, 1862-10-24

Letter from 4 Life Lsng Democrat,
Opinions Of George Bancroft On the
War and National Politics,

~ "~"A6V ANA& VI 4A4t
War and National Politics,
NV YoRK, Oct. Is, 1883.
GENTLEMEN: am touched with gratitude
tor the good will which has led your cooyen.
tion Of delegates from 1.-THE Peoples Union
Associations, BY An unexpected and spou.
taneous vote, to nominate NE unanimously a.
their candidate for resprs sentative OF thc
eighth congressional district This act T re.
cei1e as coming frnm men who are awake Ia
the Feuls tiat overhang our beloved country.
and NAo Pledge themselves ss citizens to be
g2ye1Fe9 oJ loyalty to tue people
The Ee1t Congress will have before il the
Mqst 1mpcftant subjects that ever engaged
the attention OF = representative BODY 6ince
the convention that framed our constitution !.
and. ct We seem to await the day Of election
with fearful leyity or want of considerate-
noes, as though the old methods Of preparar
teon, ~nica nay prove sufficient in a season
Or nnfaouded prosperity, would serve for this
ncur, when cur system itself il Threatened
With overthrow. 1t 10 hcart-b.eakipx. after
the 1avteh ontpouring Of the blood Of those
oeareat 10 us, to contemplate the chAuces OF
taHnre from divisions and waTefine in the
North. Fet after we have sent out 1fom fhis
CITY alone troops enough to constitute for
msdable army, we are advised to manifest at
tie polls our consent 70 di.ru,ti IN Of the
country. We send men from every household
to 1he war; tbey show il the battlefield Tie
mort scro1c courage, and yes VIC are ASKED 10
Fo1e that tie war has no object, that We fight
OILY to Tetreat with shame il we are batan. SniI
to submit with shame If We are victorious,
me only isosslble chance for speedy end
Of LIE war is its instant and vigorous p1oss-
cu!1on. Hss!tstfo1 briggs chaos. and mo-
Longs tae : STRIFE 1ndetlaitelE: There must be
vne toul in The president, the army, and the
people, or tbe cc2.est xiil drag al3ar undaT
,he distractions Of coadic!ipg and uucertain
''pini~ MS; aud the short-sigated desire to gain
pace BY submission may change it into a
seven years war, or :: thirty years war, or a
Far Tor Cene7a-ioEs. Quick, ueited action can
alone bring it to an early end.
Ite Voice OF th'' S:-at3 OF Nav Z ork. Is pro.
EouLccd III the e1tcti3ns, will rinr through
Il" civilized world. Shall ye r,1 d., our part
TO make that voice clear for the Ucione Are
We 10 deyIte all cur resources to carry on the
WET ard tten 60 to the polls to express the
opinion that 1hs war, which ccr,:iluly was
forced upon ns and cou'd not have been
avoided, was unnecessary and amistake? Are
tho cltlzeHs Of Ne% York to be 50 inconsist-
tery in the. field, and then to slgniiy at the
gnls readiness to faint aud succombs
When the ol:,archy Of the S1uth b.rln ths
war fy Fantoniy inEnltipG our flag, this peo-
Tie rose up with cain and resolute ear
nestress which was surpassed only by the
futilMe patience aud moderation with which
they bore defeat and mismanagement, aad
1lrcertsiu guidance. Shall We now proctaim
fhat this zeal WIS delusioQ?
The tory party of England, all the old her
edl1ary enemies to the perfect development Of
cur tree institutions, have been from the be-
E:'Hing eagerly hoping to see our beautiful
hsE INIT in twain forever, aud have been Unre-
tn fn 1,+k kajF
l1fon GO: Stall We adopt them foc our 3nu-
Ec!nrF? 1t is ore Of the sad3est things, in
Ihls ilinc OF genuF2l sorrow, tnAt ali eff ": Is
made to persuade OUT fclloW-citizaas Of FIR
eien birth to give their votes in tue interest Of
:hc very party of the Eugii=sa aris.o:r.-y
ed them 1T home.
ou: hsnkers, with noble patriotism, pl,ced
thelr WtaVh b ct the service Of the :r,}yerntnent
Are tErE DOW to be told that their loans were
cn1led without purpose and With lut any
nted: Ihat the government should have
eorsht peace st any f'rice, even at Isse sacr;dce
OF cur national c1araceer, By c3vrrilE bsfore
tie conflict Which all tie possible depr-c..
f!cns Of ruslllanimity could Iot have ayp1d.d ?
N4l thty colse2t to see the government 50
Fsrsl;Z, q and its policy 50 !1'1=rta.1, as tn
leopard the restoration Of public credit, and
to invite the l1ser?osit!on oi !ureizn powees?
Are Grr merchants prepared TO vein taem-
selves from the tree u.s.. Of 1he Chasaocake
trd the Mis-i=si2pi2 Hill they, after navlas
won back these great highways, givc them up
~ :: ctLfrGeracy which Is the chi1d nf 7ebei-
3'':n ard >~h'eh tr.sn iv:eroat ca.1s.s viii, Ia
case OF is separation, be necessarily hostile
10 us True, oE: interests a~c bcuuj " vita
the South. But is tie surrender Of the caoz5
OF inc Chesapeake, and OF the Tcrsu!as, aud
c: the Mississippi, to restore pruti tabi.
con1n: rec? Viii lhs r.iinquish nett forever
OF vast tracts OF countEy-the Titles Of tie
CMted states, unsurpassed Tor beauty, Ter
tlli'y and ealthtnlness-prove TIE best mode
u rtsftotlrE the exchanges Of don5st:: p:o-
cucts: Win the b.r Of custom hon ;.s,
stretcned acrcss the channels of our mga.y
ilytr=, help Internal navigation? To let the
revoited States 60 from longing for their
Trade, Is to die through fear OF death; tn re-
to':c9 Tue Old intercourse entirely and for
ever because to-day it is Interrupted
Our fellow citizens OF for-;sa birth have de-
mcrsfFated the powers Of freedom to bl .ud
tasm viii Us in one nationality aud brother
hocd, ana they have shown By their conduct
IN TIE general distress, how they have taita
taas they are received into ths bosom Of .
Iaf!on, ard form part Of oae graz, re Il, li--
irg people. Snail We send word to those of
II. m who are IN camp that there il no Amer
icaE.leoFle-tha the Union is sname Oar
fH. rightly dec:ared its sympathy with the
gallant CGrcOral. when he returned fro N his
lnrg eap'ivlty. What gave tae chief laster to
Lis services snd his sorrows cxcep. this, that
he bad fought and suffered tor country an =
FeoIe AID Stall ~e now mar the houor5
a~ardcd him BY deciding that the Union is 70
b. given up, tbat the American people has
cca* ed to be-1hat the flag which he upbore is
10 lie robbed Of halt Its brightness? Testi-
u'oniaIs Of regard have just been sent to the
veterIn Sigel. Is New York to tarnish then,
by record ut the polls taat the f.l1oE feeling
with The patriotism which carried him across
the hills Of Missouri and Arkansas and placed
bin as an advance guard in Virginia, Ii flag
ging and dying away?
The party at the South which has made this
rebellion Is not and never was a democra.ic
party; i.zcas oHdistae ,aost e,a5ittersd lat r Of
dt7tGrfurY; il rests en- tie iaoSt 7;ar og and III.
,ncSt @1ti*h Of oig1rA;ex, erticl by The rcrY us-
<ssSfy y ifs sdtntc $eks to e1:ingt4i tie tJ.lo.
cratic principles, 10 crush the Uuiva and tat
iho'nef u The }l'rt}c. To 5; mpatniz9 With "a IN
l~ IL symEat1ize with oiigarGay in its pr,ud-
est ard mos; corrupt form. Tuey Laughed
aming Themselves at TIC very thoug5s ol
hslIE ca called democrats To cal or to have
called Slide1t aud Beuj jamfa aud their like
democrats, to have inylEed tAen amorg US to
teach wlc Should and who shn1!d not be held
10 oe members OF the de1nocFitic Dartv, w1u!j j
&c supcrh ard unqa.iiie:l jast. II il lad
not been fnlloweu By deadly Consequences.
tn'ai,'3i-ts are made a5Ainst the ad1il,s.
tr1:1on; there never was and never xill ,>e az
administration that does not require to bt
Watched But the people have chosen thei]
president; and We who preferred auothe,
pubic servant must now consent to G;yt
r1gor to the man who is the president Jude,
the constitution. TO harp upon what Is pas
and gene and ir7enediahle, would be useless
The grarer question affecting personal li9,ert,
mast be settled In such way as to leave NJ
dangerous precedent. Meantime. W caanol
suffer the country to 70 to pieces, because th.
president has CON mitted errors. LIT, then
the voice Ut ttis district and this ctr bs dis
prosecution Of tie tcar.
For one. l viii not give vote for anv M,
whose election wou1d be an eacouracs nca1
to the rebellion to hold out. I, for ona, VII
nof consent to send OR soos and broth,:rs II
the battlefield and thcn betray them st tn,
polls.
To represent such district IS the s*h. !,
such cl:5 as New York, is as high trust q
| can cesciFe On ant man. The district s1oQlt
ee f!S1tly represented; multiplication o
c9ndfdases will leave the result verS muca t,
cnaEce. l must, therefore, ask your leave t,
deciire your nomination.; and having don
this, can without reproach entreat thsf taer
may DC such opportunity offered tor deli 1era
t'on rs will lead to union of Ill those VII
teel deeply for their country In this hour Q
| her f.lbulation.
! ~ 'cry sincerely yours, GEO. BANCROFT.
| 10 John I. Hogebo0m and Others. Of tn
Nominating Committees Of the People,
Union Askociatio1s.
The RfchMond ExamfmoE>a Con,p@1
me118 u tnE E0rtAefn A(&eea of He
| bel1ao0s
| From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. ISL