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1 Warren P. Noble, Speech of Hon. Warren P. Noble, of Ohio, on the Causes of the Rebellion: Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 6, 1862 1 (1862)

handle is hein.slavery/spwpnohreb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SPEECH OF IION. WARREN P. NOBLE, OF OHIO, ON THE CAUSES OF THE REBELLION. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 6, 1862. MR. CHAIRMAN: Being one of the youngest members of this body, and having sr- lom occupied its time, I trust I shall not be suspected of affectation when I say that it is with great diffidence that I now intrude any remarks upon its con- sider ation. Nevertheless, 1,r the purpose of setting myself right before the country upon some of the questions involved in the political difficulties that now distract and disturb our beloved and once happy, peaceful, and prosperous country, I am induced to forego whrt has been heretofore my determination, and to claim the indulgence of th, Comrnittee for a brief period of time. I had hoped that this everlasting slavery agitation, which has occupied so much of the time of Cngre's in days gone by, would not now be renewed, but that this C ogre(Yss would turn its attention entirely to the suppression of the rebellion and the retoration of the Union. In the pal Miest days of the Republic the agitation of tWis question was frauht with nothing but evil continually; and that it has contributed more than all other causes to bring down upon the country the dark clouds now boveiing ovtr it, I think no observant man will deny. Our country is now involved in a fratricidal war ; one section is arrayed in hostile strite against the other, brother shedtling- the blood of brother, depleting our land of its wealth and prosperity, filling it with mourning, arid sowing the seeds of wretchedness and misery. If, then, there is any one thing we should all desire to accomplish by our action here more than all otherrs, it should be the speedy and successful termination of this deadly strife, the es- tablishment of peace, and the full and complete restoration of our glorious Union, with its Constitution unimpaired. That it is the sincere desire of every true and pa- triotic member of this body to accomplish this, I have no question ; but as to the mode and manner of bringing it about there seems to be a great diversity of opinion, some among us contending that this can only be done by the total abolition of sla- very, while others see in any attempt- to do this nothing but certain and permanent destrction of the Government. Mr. Chairman, I should never have considered it as any part of my duty, or even my legitimate privilege, so long as the war existed, to go back and investigate the origin and causes which have led to the rebellion, but should have been content to look only to the means of crushing out and putting it down ; but the issue is forced upon us ; forced upon us, too, by those whose every act, word, and deed show a dis- satisf tion with the Constitution as it is, as it was made by the fathers of the Re- public. I will not say that these identical men, but will say that this same class of men have always been dissatisfid with that sacred instrument, and with the con- struction given to it by our Government. I refer, sir, to that class of men, some of whom have declared that The Constitution of the United States is an agreement with death and a covenant with hell ; som-e of whom have even gone so far as to

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