, 1862-12-04

Aty commensurate to the Otftnse-an eve
for an eye, tooth for tooth. Who then
would have remained wholef
We are in favor Of the scheme because it
Offers broad. comprehensive, and We be-
l'evc, an enduring basis Of Union and CO.
operation between the now discordant and
seni-hostile parties Of the North, The
magnitude of the task that the government
has undertaken in the restoration Of so
many rcbellious States to the Union, fsrbids
the hope that it will END otherwise than
disastrously to the country, unless the
North can be as an unit in the prose.
cuion Of the war. And we are ready
70 accept and act upon the Presi-
dents suggestion, and compromise with the
friends rather than the enemies ofthe Union;
and at the end secure part Of that for
which We contend, rather than by
a rigid adherence to abstract prop
ositions without regard to e1pediencv,
face the certainty of losing all And We
do not see why this compromise NAV not
be made, and why it may not include, as
well the entire population Of the Border
slave holding States, as the Democracy of
the North. The latter profess that they re-
gard slavery as national misfortune, if
not 8 grieVous sin The former avow, we
know not how sincerely, the superiority Of
their devotion to the Union, above their
admiration for slavery as an institution;
and that they need only be guaranteed
against direct loss by the emancipation Of
their slaves, to impe1 them to say that the
institution shall be destroyed SO that the
Union may be saved. If these professions
and ayowals are sincere, and if the rigidity
OF Northern Anti Slavery belief may be
made to accommodate itself to the facts
presented in the national situation, there is
no reason why harmony in the National
Councils, in the State Legislatures, and
among all men who profess Unionism as
their political faith, may not be restored,
and why the rebellion may not be certain
y and speedily brought to close. If we,
and those acting with us, who are Abo1i-
tonists, and who hate the whole system of
Slavery as an abomination too loathsome
for federation in any Christian country, can
so far reccde from our demands for the
quick freedom Of all men beneath the
shadow Of our flag, as to postpone the con-
summation Of our hopes and
realization Of our beliefs for q length
time equal to generation Of men, for the
sake of peace, for the return Of prosperity,
and for the preservation Of the Union, why,
IN Heavens name may We not be met with
the spirit that the President eginces, and
that VIC are endeayoring to imitate. We
appeal to our opponents to answer as sin
cere1y as we put the question!
An indissoluble political Union in the
year Of our Lord 1900, among one hundred
and three millions Of people, every man of
whom VIII be as God made him, the DOS.
SCISSOR OF freedom in himself and the mar
ent Of larger freedom in his SUCCESSORS;
an undlssoluhle Union among great family
of States, each in the enjoyment Of its local
laws and institutions while all arc pro-
tected by The central authority, which will
be the dominating power over all the other
nations Of the world-the people and the
States presenting to mankind the most
glorious example Of liberty guarded by
law, Of fruitful industry, Of Intelligent pros
rerity, and Of conscious happiness that
Heaven ever permitted Tor the guidance
and instruction Of the human 1acet We
point out this glorious. prospect and beg
our opponents to lay aside their preluiices
and hates and assist IN its realization.
Let them remember that the Republican
party cannot alone carry The Presidents
plan into effect; that the cooperation Of
seven slave States is required seven States
that the Democracy can induce to come
into the scheme; that no party has the
courage, in face ofopposition, to propose for
peace aud freedom, half even Of the sum
that it would give to war and The chance
OF victory for slavery; and that the
country in this matter must he
unanimous. The cost Of the great boon
that the President would confer will be
immeasurably less than the expenses of a
year Of bloodshed and rapine, and In the
end the work do.:e will prove SO beneG-
cent that men E1ll wonder that it eyer
could have met with one to hinder its pro-
gress, or to scoT while it was going on.
Let the Democracy carry the golden words
Of N1r. Lincoln 10 their hearts: "The dog
"mas OF tae quiet past are iaadequate to the
stormy present. The occasion is piIed
high with difficulty, and we must rise with
81 tie occasion. As our case is new, 50 we
"'nust think and act anew; we must dis
enthral ourselves, and then ne shall save
cur country.
In giving freedom to the slave We in
sure freedom to the free. Honorable
" *ike in what we give and what we pre-
serve, We shall nobly save or mcanly lose
=" the last best hope Of the earth.''
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