True Democrat., 1862-12-24


 ,tlati. said about the affars of the coiatry, ,fo
 wAicl1I haveless respect .:It sgeyenhead by soun l that he is a disoyal citizen 'who seeks to re-es tatlish the union by other means than the word I How, eabsnrd,, The sword has been at werk--at' T agency has been tested, vigorously and terribi. lssted-and hoy stand the States now lnat snonk Il be in harmoiy}i The sad response isi Where they l were,when ne war began, arrayedfn grim andre I ientiess hostility Then why spura other ageneaes I 10 aid in the good w0rk2 H In, tho words of sAlf ] Lincoln, We cannat fight always, and we sha'ad l not fight longer Upess we car Go so as means ei ' ultimate union and permanes eaoe.Ga3 rpispg s 4. What then can be dope2 And:l regret that aid
 that should be done eannot be aecampli plisped proapt ly. The States noYia the union should be iA con l yentep, or have deIegateereadyt g9ihto conyeh'
 ton, in order to reafirn the present csnstitatoa
 and it's relai among States, with explanation and l on controTerted points or to make such new re-
 iations as may be found necessary to bring togeth- CT aai retain all the States. AFhe State Legsla- I lures could petition Congress for such eenxentio i as provided by the restitution, and Congress could
 make the necessary provisions for it before tue
 close of the GomlnS sesslqn'i Such 2State Legsta-
 lures Iqs do not meet ip regular order could ioe | specially convened; and when the necessary nun
 Der of States pettion it is obligatory on Congress I to comply, The body thus constituted would le
 competent to adjust and settle all the complications 1 which now beset us, In the midst of war, then, ] we should be prepared to make reace; whereas, < when the time comes for settlement, in the absence r of such body, it might be found thatwe have no I competert authority in existence to to the things
 that may De necessary. IN either Congress, nor the
 Executive nor the two together, have rightful au-
 tn orty to change the old or to make relations
 among the States Congress may submit amend.
 ments to the constitution for the ratification of the
 States and believe the present calamities of the l VI hay rtndi in that VIZ n
 winter of 1861 but now the disorders of the counr try are, probably too complicated to be reached in I that form. .., ,r. ..,, Il, .i., .,i,.tji...~.o | Meanwhile, the President and Congress should
 prepare the way for settlement. <, Indeed, by con sulting the people through the ballot-box, they [ mi ght make settlement, to be ratified by, the
 States thereafter. Let the President propose an
 arnistce, for the purpose of considering some pro-
 .raanne of reunion and settlement, in which the
 feeling and rights of the masses in the South shall
 be duly appreciated and provided for. Invite them Ito come back on the conditions of the constitution
 with explicit definitions on controverted points, or on new conditions, with the fullest assurance of l j stice and equality when they do come.' Let him l to this, and challenge the rebel authorities to sub {. nt such propositions as may be agreed upon to an i uprestrained vote of the Southern States, as he
 will at the same time, submit such propositions to a ayote of those of the Northern States, with the understanding that If q ma aority of slave States
 and majority of free States accept the proposition, sts conditions should be binding until ratified or | superseded by the States Suppose the Confed-
 crate authorities reject this, or any similar propo
 siticn, harm could ensue to the Northern cause. Such action would only leave them in a worse l light before the world, and the government in Washington in the better. The preliminaries. for I such d noSement could be readily arranged by commissioners selected for that purpose. % ., 1t may be said tlrdt are constantly, inviting
 the southern people to lay down their arms, and I come back into the union, and this would seem
 ebe conclusive; but 1t must not be forgotten tha
 tner sehelled because, they say, the party now in | power at Washington, would not permit them to
 enjoy in pesce, ,'tlre real conditions and coyenants Of that union, and there is no evidence that they f would fare better now. Beside, he has studied
 uinanfnature to a poor purpose, wlio cannot
 discover that unconditional Submission involves a 1 degree of huniii s4ion to which they will never
 come 50 long as ehe5 have any means of resi- stance
 In sife effort to gain back even the masses, their passions and pride, and selffespect may be wisely considered. We must gire them some new gfouid,
 s5nle pretext, ifnet complete and substantial guar aisee before we can expect thom to entertain the idea of lOrSak ing thelr present Readers, and em bricing the old government. ' ef'- ~''''' l am fully aware of the indignation, and even contempt, with. which these suggestions will be pagllsed by some i'll both sections, but care not , are we not engaged i,au effort to re-estabisf ant main ain ha.uEoa, anu are not the seeded States to compose plrtst that Hnion5 Then why not en- deaYor. ce rescue then from destruction, aaG cul- ,iYfte good rc.atioas with lhen- ..... --,a...
 When the fami y 0. States again exists IS here
 tofOre, they must become oUg hrethcm and our equals in every plrticular. What pleasure, then.
 c..a we have in their des ruction OF huIniationl
 l. there be any liienis of the oll flag and the old government within the seeded States, ,jhey ssould cultivate the same apris toward the, \ OFta. The absent clement of ] substantial union is'iratesnity
 amongst the peopie, and that c4n lever be furnish ed by the sword. Again, in the wort-s of hIr Lin
 c0ln ''thele has been muea loss Qn Asoth sides and
 ao gain On eher," and the identical old question
 as ta terms of intercourse are upon us, and
 should seek so to adjust them to re-e5tabish the
 union on an imperishab ble basis. -} ~. '-'
 But r ,say le asked IS thbs w3s for the union? ~ Are we sure ttat those in authority inteud nothing
 esef They Certainly profess nothing ei1e, and 1. attribute to them nothing else. II the war l., tol for the uhion, and IS not directed Wsn sole rcfer-. snee to that end, then 1t is the most stppendois . haud that has ever been practical upon tue world, We all know, however, that many. very many of
 its partisans win rot be sati fled with that issue
 It rig4t'be very important, therefore, to tha sal7 yat0n Of the country, when the time for recon
 s.ructon comes, ifeverit should come, to have Il e soundngs on this point taken in advance. shoula
 like exceedingly to see popular vote taken in the
 North, especallyih New England, between the
 propoetiois to receive all the States back into the
 
 makes the States equals and alike sovereign, each
 with the right to have such domestic institutions az l. it may choose; and proposition to rccgnlze the Southern Confectionery. It might be interesting,
 as we'll instructive, to unveil the hypocrisy of a certain school Of politicians who have clamored so
 zealously about the war for the union, Itis pail fully apparent that notwithstanding this eanlor, they do not intend that the union shall exist here
 after on the terms of tie constituton if 1t is to embrace all the States The ratio of slave repre-
 sentation, and the rendition of fugitive slaves, features of the constitution which they condemn ]. and abhQr. Between tbe mantainance of these and
 the recognition of the Southern Confederacys many
 of them, in my judgment, four to one, would pre-
 fer chatter. Their aversion to these. classes of 1 constitution was primary cause of the alienation and hostility of the South, and fear they would n jt yield that aversion now to render the union what it once was. Let Mir. Lincoln try this aues
 ton if he would solve tue problem of the nation's imbriglio. , ....., .. ..e.ilt,s - Do not undefstand me, that would yield the
 sword or any other means calculated to render the union what it was. What mean is, that if the
 union and that only, is the object, the sword will
 never find the belgerent in better condition to
 consumnlatc that work than tfrey are now, and
 that other agencies should be promptly employed. ' Tyiela'to no rnan in devotion and loyalty to the I unionas it was, and to the principles of govern l ment transmittedt to us by our fathers. iTle main
 tainance and perpetuation of these shall be the Ob | feet nearest my heart, whether be in private or l public life, With much esteem, remain,
 -~ine | 70. VIM. B1GLER. a I To s. D. ANDERSON, Esq, Philadelphia, Pa.