Speech of Hon. John S. Carlile, of Virginia : On the Bill to Confiscate the Property and Free the Slaves of the Rebels; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1862 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Speech of Hon. John S. Carlile, of Virginia: On the Bill to Confiscate the Property and Free the Slaves of the Rebels; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1862

To recognize the confederate States for their benefit is no part of our duty; but to shape our policy to accord with events, and enable us to fulfill a high purpose, is what we are imperatively called Upon to do. The fiction Upon which we are now proceeding binds us to slavery; and hence the national arms, instead of being directed against it, are held where they may at any moment be required to be turned to its defense.

The wish of the masses of our people is to conquer the seceded States to the authority of the Union, and hold them as subject provinces.

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