, 1862-01-14

l,aYe borne this long enough. Wewant to put
an end to those threats, and to know, oare1or
all, which is the sovereign, the State or the
Nation. We.<wlsh, therefore, the issna dis
tinctly made up, SO that it shall be decided by
the result Of the var, whether We are or are
not a sovereign nation, With the right Of pro-
teetiug itself against tdfsmemhermc1lt ordeatL.
I'VE need not fear TINT, if we bring home t
to the revo1ted States all the horrors Of wa-,
we shall make them one whit more hostile to |
rceonciled to the Union after tie war is over.
I'VE wish the people of the loyal States to |
understand we'll that the people Of the dis1o;a
States will regard any show uf fuFbcanlncc, |
Tenderness, OF nlagnalinity on our part only |
as weakness, tanlcncss, Or fear Of losing them
away upon them, and injure instead Of serve |
tho canse Of the Union and reconciliation. |
Tic South will never believe in our sincerity
and n1agnanimity till we have given them |
sound drubblng, and prored ourselves the
and consent to i've in peace and brotherhood
with us. They take every advantage Of us.
and VIC must take every advantage of them,
and force them by the damage nc do tlen in
to submission. Nothing else remains for us.
They will not submit unless forced to snbalit;
but when forced into submission aud fully
Convinced that further resistance is vain, they
will, Hc doubt not, with far less difficulty than
Many imagine, become rGconcifed to national
union with us. They have great respect for
power, and worship force Us 8 god. With
ton, perbaps even in ourss the stronger is the
better man, and to real superiority they will
deem 1t no dishonor to yield.
'tIf The contest end favorable to US. as it
certainly will, unless we throw away our all
vantages, wc shall lag behind no one in our
efforts to make the terms OF reconciliation
easy; but We urge now the prosecution Of the
war with all Of wars severity, and with ill the
energy Of a free Government and brave and
heroic people. Especially do We protest
against any compromise. Il TIC are beaten. As
We may be-for the race ia not always 10 the
swift. nor tie battle to the strong--we Will SUBJ
NIT 10 the victor and take What comes. But
we insist on preserving our dignity as men,
our honor as states, and fall, if fall We must,
with our principles. Let no man dare breathe
mise has gone by. The man, be he President,
or Secretary, or Senator, or General, who shall
propose and effect q compromise, will stand
branded in history as an Infamous traitor to
his country and to humanity.
TEE GOVERNMENT MusT RE IN TIE INTEREST
OF LIBERTY.
:sN'e tell the President and TIC desire to do
| so with al possible respect, that even the
| restoration Of the Union on policy shaped
| expressly to conciliate Ole kentuck,' or the
| slaveholdlng interest uf any Of the border
+ fN~SASA%S
ciIeeting. Why have VIC Of the loyal States
placed him i'll his present elevated position:
! No man better than himself knows that
| We voted for him at the risk of civil
war and tho dissolution Of the Union, be-
cause VIC were determined that the
| slave interest should no longer shape the pol
icy and govern the councils Of the nation. Il
| was this determination On the part Of the free
men Of the East, the North and the West that
| took Mr. Lincoln from his 1aw-ofice and made
i =, III n1o fN@
| serve slavery, nor TO abolish slavery, bat he
was elected to enancipate the administration
and the republic itself from the domination Of
the slave interest: and We protest, therefore,
in the name Of those who elected him, against
the Rerpctuation OF that domination, even
| though coniined TO the slave interest Of Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri: Slavery may
or may continue to exist, but Te
insist that the Government shall cease to be
administered in its interest or under Its dicEa.
the interest offreedom and loyalty. 1fnot, better
yield to the seccssion{sts at once, and take Ief
ferson Davis for our President Wewil not poua
out our blood and our treasure, we will not
send the Aowcr Of our youth and tile glory oi
our manhood TO rot in camp, die on tie battle
tic sake OF bringing the Unionagain under thc
domination Of Southern Shareholders, and ol
exposing ourselves to be again insulted and
bnliied, or cheated out Of our rights and OIL
manhood by the Davises, tue Too1nbses, the
Hammouds, the Masons and the Slidells. W.
hare resolved that our Government Shall bs
| emapcipated, whatever becomes Of slavery an6
| its worEhipers. This is what re beg the Ad
n1inistration to bear in mind. We should bs
| glad to bclievc that the President las not for
gotten it, and that he is prepared to assert hi:
| own INDEPENDENCE Of the slave power, and th;
| Of the Government, for NC tell him never vii
; there and never can there, be reunion Of TIL
} | separated States under the domination Of tn
, slave interest.
} "We have no concessions to make to Ken
: tucky or TO any other border slave State: Ih
, shareholders have rebelled against the Union
: | and by SO doing have abso1eed the Union iron
al obligations to protect slavery In cithc
l loyal or dis1oya1 States. II Kentucky, tn
: 1,:1iyc State OF the President, will not rcnai
! in tho Union, unless permitted to dictate it
policy aDd make her slave interest lis Law
: then let her be treated as rebel State, an
a coerccd as we are coerving the other rcbe
/, states into loyalty We viii no more cousen
/ 10 allow Kentucky than South Clrolina 0
l Georgia to impose her slave policy upon til
: Government.
: awe Of tic Free States intend to ass.rt an
: maintain our own freedom, our own right
4 and dignity, and to be something else hcrea
i ter in the government Of the country than th
:, mere 1ackeys Of Southern shareholders. "
c are fighting to yindicate our, own rights, an
= our Government must rccollect that in tlli
/ | contest 1t is bound to take oar rights, th
:. rights of freemen, into the account We wis
C tIc Administration to consider that nc
: tho Free States have accepted tho issu
q rendered uE, and that We will spend OF
It last dollar and our last life before we vi
e suffer this Union to be sacrificed
IS the vain endeayor to preserve the infamor
h institution Of negro slavery, aud before Il
s slave interest shall efer again shape tue pole
;. Of the Government OF dominate III its cou1
J cils. If Dir. Lincoln has not learned this sc
r. l,o tnfnrp ,,1r..1
e the present session Of Congress. We 1la'
J. been i'll bondage to the capital invested
y slaves long enough Ne have long cnoue
Is covered and crouchcd under the lash Of s1aV
G holding dictators, afraid even to say our sou
are our OWL, lest NC should endianger tt
peace and safety Of tic Union. We will do
q | no longer.
Il s.Eyents march, Us we said three mont
~ ~ ago, and they are marching with fearful rapi
~ ~ ify We arc carried along with them.
3s many of us What six months ago seemed Il
- - extreme Of rashuess now appears tinid, tan
~ ~ and coWardly. The Government, if it wou
" guide events, must march With them. T
"a a President, re perceive marchcs-slowlg,
a deed, hut nevertheless, he marches-and
~ ~ message proves that he is at least some ste
~ in ADVANCE Of where he wn5 at the close of t
e extra session Of Congress. he will, probab
~ ~ march at more rapid pace by and by, II
nU ~, perhaps, catch up with public opinion
~ "We do not want the war wagcd or prose-
- ted Tor the 1D0uL10Q 0I ElaFGlys DuG VIC
~ ~ insist that it shall not be waged or prosecus
~ - for the protection Of slavery and its reinsta
~ ~. ment in power. Slavery has rebclled, aud
~, it pay the forfeit. We have no confidence
"D the wisdom, NC had almost said in tue loyal
! Of the statesman who insists that the Cove
,ot ment las any further obligation toward it 4
~ than to brush it aside if found III its way.'
're TIE CHURCH FOR LIBERTY AND AGA1,
ITS SLAVERY.
in in The article, ssArcAbishop Hughes On Sla
~ Typ is 4 trenchant review of an article in
M lMttfupogitat1 Record, Of October IL, 1851, CT
4 cising an article In the October number
hie B3ote7tson7s RtfTtte on secession and slave
~ In this article it is maintained that tic Ron
ne Catholic Church and doctrine are for freed
lhc and against slavery The reviewer SAYS:
r. "Neyer did our Catholic publicists and
nal litica1 and social leaders commit a greater Il
= y take than when they seized the bait thGo
Ehe out to catch the Spanish people, and recon!
I them to the surrender Of Cuba to the south
er. slayeholdcrs-t1at slavery and Catho1icity
thc the only two conservative institutions III
far country; and that to strengthen the sla
to | holding power would be to strengthen
jng Catholic Church, PLACE the country on the $
a. Of conservatism, and secure the salvation
M nj souls. It was sad mistake. Inthis count
w. as every where else, the interests Of Catholic
ea1 are linked with the cause Of freedom, and
rict | proper alliance Of Catholics is not with
,ad friends Of slavery, but those who love, resp
Il and are ready to die in defence Of the right
MD nan. In regard to civilization and
~. future prosperity OF our religion on
~, continent an anti-sluyery Protestant is wo
on on more than pro-slayery Catholic- It is
he from the slayclloldlDg South that We can b