, 1862-02-24

We pity Tie man aflcted With mind
capable Of believing that there can be q re-
turn Of peace and security before slavery
IN Secessia be destroyed. The conviction
Of loyal men is that Slavery caused the
war; this conviction daily gains ground;
after the war it will become still stsonger;
therefore, the restoration of the curse will
prevent the restoration Of confidence. Our
soldiers in the rebel States are becoming
Srabued with an cxterminating hatred Of
Slavery. Nearly all their letters express
aGhouence Of this Southern abon1ination.
Those at home on fa1lough bear testimony
against it And theee facts arc mat
ters Of general remark, and can be
attested in every school district Of
the North. When half a million
eye-wihesses Of this brutaIizing system
return 10 their homes, and relate their per-
sona1 experience in the familiar language
Of the flresIde-when they detail pitiful
incidents Of the white traitors oppression,
and Of the black sufferers ycarning for
liberty; how our 1ruest friends were slaves,
and our bittercst enemies their MASTERS
will these things allay the anti-slavery feel
ing Of the North, or create fraternal feel
ing for the slave power3 Can We ever
again repose confidence in power caught
in an attempt to destroy the Republic?
N.ho trusts his life second time to the
foihd murderer What is peace without
afecling Of secn1ityr ..~:.
Nor would the slave power be exempt
hom distrust and uneasiness. The noble
deeds Of individual black mcn-the :valua-
bic Information repeatedly given by loyal
negroes, sometimes at the peril of life
rebel: aznbuseaaes pointed ont, railroad
trains saved from destruction ships pi-
loted through dangerous inlets on the South
em coast, when white men stood back in
te11or-the services performed as scouts, az
sailors, as sgunners-wAcn all these things be
COME matters Of history, the shareholder
will find the Norlh a dangerous hunting.
ground The incidents Of this war will be
come burned into the public memory-and
they will not be forgotten The Slave States
will be several years III arrears with their
Federal taxes These taxea will be ,lssessed
on the basis Of Congressional representa-.
tion. The slave representation, SO long q:
1t cost: nothing, was priced by the South
above all things; but when it become:
heavily taxed, it will le looked upon as :
grievous burden. There will he an end O
The luxury Of bullying in Congress. Wash
1ngton society will assume 4 Northern
tone, and there Will he nc slaves il
the District to gladden. the eyes Of plan
tauon Representatives. Anti-slaycry paper
VIII multiply in the sonth. There will be !.
falling oH In 1he foreign demand for cotto,
and general state Of bankruptcy through
out the planting regions There will b,
consriracics,, and plots. and assass5patious
amo1e intense audhitter i,.dividua. 'bstnei
than ever; the Government compelled t.
give nominal support to slavery: tn,
Northern people jealous of any tavors he
slowed upon it, and tue slaveh.,1ders i,
league agalnst both people and Govern
mept; thousands of exited traitors s.irrtn
up mischief in Europe; constant appre
1ension Of foreign war, and distrust {
Southern loyalty; d's,racting rumors, an
irritating Controversies; foets hu7eia
about the Gulf coast, and vast and super
or army standing guard over the sulle
slave power. Restore slavery, and sue
Riil he the condition Of things for man
anxio''s years. ending at last in inevitsbl
efnsncapa1ien: No human agency can poss