Daily national Republican., 1863-04-01

beyond all perndyenture, mean nothing less, or
else than that the people Of the country will
never consent to division Of this Union Into
two Governments, and will never stop at any
point short OF the restoration Of the efficient ad-
ministration of the Constitution and the laws Of
the United States over Its entire indlyisible terri
tory. And Il Ia made more than ordinarily proper
that, OF this moment, such declaration should
go forth from the Capitol in which your meet
Ing will be assembled. l read, with astonish
ment and pain, in a letter just published, from
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell, the British Secre-
tary Of Foreign Affairs, dated In this city on the
18th day of November last, the following ex-
traordnary statement sent by him as authentic
information for tho guidance of the British
Government
can hope, :" says he, "Of the reconstruction
Of the Union appears to be fading away, even
from the minds Of those who most ardCntly de-
sire IT,"
When We find that, from a high fuuctonary,
such representation has been officially made
so calculated as II was TO cause ineXpressible
error and mischief abroad-l trust that your
meeting, gathered here at the seat of Govern
ment, under auspices which will give Its ex-
pressions more than ordinary authenticity, will,
among other things, speak in such tones on
this point, at least, as that the cars of her
majesty's minister near our GovCrlment may
catch the sounds, so that his next dispatch
may carry across the Atlantic testimony Of q
lar 0iHerent character, anu InOEb 70
the friends Of humanity and constitutional
Government all over the world
trust, too, that you will declare that 1t Is no
partlZan purpose which calls you together, or
which animates and directs, at this time, your
support Of tho Administration which Is tempo
rarlly charged with the Executive functions of
the Government.
It is the nation and its Constitution which
are to be saved. Parties will and must arise;
and they will, as certainly, rapidly decay and
pass away with tho questions Of the hour But
| the Constitution must be eternal. Liberty and
Union must be one and inseparablo, now and
| forever
What, then, If some may think that some Of
the officers Of the Government, either In the
Cabinet or on the Geld, do not In all respects
come up TO our ideas Of the highest standard OF
excellencei II is for that very reason that we
should do what each and every one OF US, as
individuals, may or can do TO make up for the
shortcomings which we think we see In others.
| II we believe we can detect error in some point
Of policy which, in our Judgment, weakens
rather than inyigorates the prosecution OF the
war, Is Il not more wise, more Just, more patrl-
otlc, and more brave for us to close up the ranks
| around those whom the people have appointed
to be our leaders and coloT-bearers, than to
break into a rout, and by senseless clamors of
| roproach and elimination to increase despond-
ency and dismay among the loyal, and at the
san e time give aid and comfort to conspirators
| In our midst, and encouragement for continued
desperation to tho openly-armed rebels In the
field In our front
Irejoice to know that express the sentiments
Of a vast number Of those who, as party men,
had no share in the election OF Mr.. Lincoln,
and who never, in party sense, have been the
supporters of his Administration. Among
| them, one noble Democrat, (Mr. Brewster, OF
Philadelphia recently spoke to his fellow cit
liens in manly language, which warns the
hearts, and from which make a brief quota
ton as the most fitting close Of this letter. He
had just come home from visit to Europe,
and had there witnessed, as he says,
"The dependency expressed and felt by all
loyal men in Europe, who, far way from home,
heard OF the disasters Of oul arms, and felt aud
heard the sneGrs Of all Europe banded against
us and our cause, bounded on by the false re-
ports and cowardly exultationS of fugitive trail
tors who had fed their homes To find a refuge
abroad from the doom Of the treason they en-
couraged and upheld.
"No one who had ever felt the sharp sorrow
Of such reproaches can help but resent the law:
less combinations Of Northern men to stimulate
traitors in the Held by hopes of divided cOun-
ellis at the North. For my part care not with
whom | act, or where am found, so that act
with those who will sustain the law and stand
| by those who were lawfully chosen 10 admins
| ter 1t, and so that am found with those who
will, as Northern men, born on Northern soil,
bred aud cherished by Northern comm unity,
spurn those who spurn them, and spit on those
who betray their birthright and defame their
fellows, whilst they live under the protection
of Government that guards too well their
worthless bodies, and protects their property
that should be conhScat0d for sympathy with
treason"
All honor 10 him, and to men like him, who
thus refuse to "giye to party what was meant
| for maukind!"
Yours truly, GEo. AsHMUR.
Messrs. Richards, Gordon, Plant, lhrtaqh,
| Knight aud Lloyd, Committee Of the City
Councils Of Washington.