Union and Anti-Slavery Speeches, Delivered During the Rebellion; (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ... political family. And hence it becomes the duty of the one party to ponder well upon the grievances of which they have cause of complaint, to submit them to the party whichhas oppressed them, and if they reject them, or treat them with contempt, thenceforward they will be justified in complete alienation from them. This position being admitted, it will be the duty of the Legislature of Missouri, we humbly submit, to take such steps as will, in the first place, secure the cooperation of the slave States in some definite plan of action, and then to carry out resolutely whatever may be agreed upon. As the first movement of this political drama, it would well comport with the position of Missouri, to pass an act, at an early day of the session, calling a Convention of commissioners from all the slave States in the Union, at Baltimore, to consider and decide upon the matters in controversy, and to state explicitly the grievances and aggressions of the North, to which such States will no longer submit. The commission need not be a large one, say one from each electoral district, to be appointed by the Governor. His own sense of the responsibility of his position will dictate to him the propriety of selecting the ablest and purest men in the State--and he will do it. In the same act let provision be made for a State Convention to be elected and assembled on the call of the Governor, to consider such constitutional amendments as may be proposed by Congress for the settlement of all these difficulties; or, if all constitutional and patriotic expedients should be exhausted before the 4A of March next, Then To Declare A Separation From The States Of The Confederacy. A commission, such as we have suggested, selected for their wisdom, their regard for the rights of the...