, 1862-07-29

Tie stuth sacrifices everything that con
ficts With her central idea The North must
DO the same. The South Is not ashamed Of
slavrey. The North must not be ashamed Of
Liberty.
Cpder such circumstances, We hold:
]. That it was un~ise to Gill for SOC. .03o vol
uDteers The day has gone by for Init. Tue
Administration should have drafted half 4 mil
liun men for instant service, and half q mil
lion more IS reserves. Il viii waste mouths
courage growing diBcontent, md expend pre-
cious popular renthusta$m-and tAen, be obliged
TO dTntt. II was not prat.lent2 The people
might be discontenteda To-tbis is replied:
consent to that or dismemberment! Tais
call for volunteers is one more step in that
Observation-Disclosures policy which has marked
she war. Volunteering would have sufaced
early in the WIT, had the Administration been
wise according to the exigency. They did not
men do not want to go. Drafting now VIII
succeed. WHIT fcur months, and that will
have become tour-fnld more difficult than
now! Always behfndi -
3. The Government can no longer avoid
choosing the issue that has been made up and
time has come. So long as there Was a chance
Of solving this quuestiou as ctu5t question: 1t
was wise to leave 1t, as far as possible, to the
States concerned, and to employ the mora, In
duedces which change mems minds. But
aapery has beconse military question. One
gear has charged ali things. 4 rsniss and
yaci1latipg policy OF the Administration the
committing Of the armies Of the United States
for whole year to man who thought he was
at West Point giving "a four years' conrse OF
Instruction to 5oo, 600 men. Infinitely at leis
urc, has changed the relations aud pos.ibili-
ties Of things. It has taken slavery ont Of the
resm1sof discussion, and placed it In the arena
Of var. It must be settled By FORCE Th-ra
Is the country, and alzveIy On IT like deadly
cancer. Diet and regimen will not cure It.
The knife may. Choose! Shall the patient
die, OR shalt the cancel. he cut out7 Tae
question before the American people to day Is
Knife? or Deaths Liberty and Slavery can
not live any. longer together. Caoose be-
tween tbemi
The crisis is reached. s.:
8. Let no one fear TINT bold policy of
MILITARY EMANCIPATION ~ilI distract
| the country. It would have exactly the oppo-
| site effect There is now no current of public
feeling. Administrative hesitation aad = policy
| 20 fine and intricate as to bs Beyond popular
comprehension, have checked popular eatha-
| across the river, and the nation hiss DO sed
| back into. q vast cnIrentless, slack9atkf pond.
This ia a condition of public mind which
| breeds disccntent and divisions These
s1aRpant Taters breed Insects, vapars, aud
dlseaees. They ara beginning 10 rise
and chow themselves alreadg. But ouce
make channel, remove the dam, give cousee
and current to winters, and t6es will dow irre.
sittible as the Mississippi. There may be Ut
first some dissent, some rtefsfnnce, some hes.
lta'ion Of men Who hriog Old traditions to new
anars; hut, like eddies on the Mississippi,
tley will but wrinkle the edges Of .a:stream
that moves on with omnipotence.
ho1hing will upitf this people like = bold
anDuncla1ton Or moral principle. Let the
Ame!tcan 7. dAg be litted up By Mr, Lincoln, u
q H1,n
looking upon it-oa. .ihis -consiaeot, enouId b
free, and tide Of Joy and Irresistible enshu
i elasm would eEeep away every obstacle
Let Mr. Lincoln decEea Il. Tia nation vii
dn In. ~: "a. ;. l. -.-.t"-' 1.-A 3
| Such pbueytMqum raffy Eh;s, :6aasc{aRse+o
1 the NORTH; :wo1lst >EIndaa the enshasI tsn to
liberty, which is alWsye the moet potsat q
Influences; would bring al the hist5tic trad