Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-16

cause IL Is IOelT own. ID IN luSunCt As nat.
| uial and as strong as the instincts which are
| the basis of the family relation. Every upper
| verted man adheres to his own wife in prefer
| eDee to another mans wife. and fights in her
defence in preference 10 the defence OF n strange
| woman. Every urperverted man cares for
| and guards and trains bis own child instead
| OF wasting his care on his neighbours children.
| SO every uDperverted citizen defends his coun.
Try against ite enemies, domestic and foreign,
| instead OF defending foreign country or seek :
ing 10 destroy bis own. The robin does a.
| his. Tie lion defends his lair, and each of
| these is endowed with force adequate to that
d'ience. Our disloy citizens act on the as
| sun plion that the enlightened and yirtuous
An erican people are less sagaeious than the
f.M Is Of the air and the beasts of the field.
=. lou see from these remarks why 1t 70 that
throughout this war have refused to be di-
Y r:ed from the main question to engage in
collateral, and therefore idle aud mischisy ous
d-ta II is such debates that trouble weak
minds and taithless hearts. They are afraid
OF the loss Of individual liberty and OF State
Rights, and they therefore saw continually on
the strinR of arbitrary arrests and suspension
country is in a condition Of civil warIexr osd
to foreign invasion, that arrests are a weapon
OF W ar which must be welded by the military
power OF the State, and not by its Courts and
con stables The dangers they fear are futura-
they overlook the PR sent danger which IL IL
rreN ans, Will leave the country future
Iney mourn the pu slic peace lost, so piteously
tnat they have no heart to restore it in the only
way II can be res ored, by contest with the enc
mics IN al ms who ave destroyed it. They sigh
Tor peace IN the future, and thus invite the in
surE mt TO invade our O wn homes and fresides.
They are trouble d TO know the terms uooa
which you will give peace To the insurgents,
The answer is simple one There can be no
p ace to insurgents in arms, until thew have
subn Tilted and accepted Abraham Lincoln az
the President OF the United States; then, and
not before, will be the time to speak OF terms Of
peace.
The abettors of tt e rebellion are troubled for
lear We shall not leave IN the rebels, when they
nave submltte q, enough Of slavery and sla yes.
Ihey want 10 know what we propose about
That. My answer is. that if they had submit
ted 10 Abraham Lincoln, ut the beginning thew
would have retained the whole. They have
iost, by resistance, on an average, 10000 slaves
a month. Each mon h OF prolo n sed resistance
lncreas the lose, and they are verging upon
the the, time when submission, coming to, late,
VIII leave neither slavery por slaves in the
land. The question of slavery is their bust
LEES, not mine. So long as they propose no
surrender, they are entitled to ask no terms
What has happened to slavery thus far has
bs en- the leelt mate result of their own crimes.
hut II WAS fruit not ordained by man, but of
Gcd; Mihou, seeking 10 divine His ways
INN fh at the future will be ike un to the Dast
The insnrrection VIII perish under military
power, necessarily and therefore la yfullv eS-
ercist d, and slavery will perish with it. New
eItteie>s, am willing that the prodigal son
snail return. The doors, SO far as l am con-
eerh'd shall always be open 10 him. Tne
iong niger ne is content to ed upon husks, t1e
s. oner ne Will hunger. The longer he is con-
tent in his Galliance with the harIot of rebel
lion the gre alter will be his ultimate disensr
with her embrace. The greater his hunper
and his disg ust, the deeper will be his renent
an &c and the more lasting his reformation,
shai! send no invitation after him; and vet,
spe akDg not for my SELL but tor Won and the
whole American people, l express the conyic.
ton that neither man nor angels can prevent
the lated calf being slain for his welcome,
" hen lie does come back, saying penitentIy
A. brothers, have offended. and / desire "a
I he sympathiZers with the Confederates tell
ditbre of MONEY and of life I 1t is the lot an
pointed 10 nations to endure war with its evils,
as ell ss TO enjoy at inter walls peace and pros
peri1y. Who caused the debts, the taxes and
the shedding of blood The cannonade of Spm
Ter answers the whole question at once
In conflict like this the question is not one
Of q stfa act suffering. but which of the contend
ing parties suffers most Viewed in this'light
he v hole of the suffering which the war has
produced has fallen upon the insurgents, and
the 10y al part OF the United States is exempt
l he insursent States there is not one citizen
WHO Is not the poorer and the more un.
happy TOR the war. In the legal regions there
is not State which is not stronger, nor q citi-
I'm who is not the richer for the same cause.
The increase of wealth which arises from the
new national discipline Of industry which the
war has obliged US TO adopt has enabled ne to
pay all increased debts and taxes as easily as
we paid the debts and taxes existing when the
war begun. Nor must we forget that IL - onIy
a question of whose debts and whose taxes we
pay either the debts and taxes Of Abraham Lin
coin and his Administration or the deots and
taxes of jefferson Davis ana Robert Toombs
In the one case we have an equivalent OF dol.
lar for dollar for what we pay, and the greater
equivalent OF national safety and honor. In the
the other case we pay twelve dollars in gold
for one dollar Of Confederate money, with the
additional loss OF eternal disgrace and ruin
Fellow-ciizens, AZ Is SO near TO so that we
may use round numbers. Fifty years ago.
then, first saw and assembled the Hudson
through the agency OF that river, and artificial
extensions of 1t to the lakes and the Mississ ippj
to fortffy the Union and develop the greatness
and prosperity OF the American people. Every
year revealed new, enlarged and
gratifying success OF that policy, un.l the year
1850. Then, on the way to the National Capital,
descended the Erie Canal and the Hudson
River. I surveyed the cities that had grown
up on their banks with wonder, and the vast
commerce that foated On their waters, with
admiration. But then there was the alarm,
mutterings loud and deep, threatening civil
war and revolution. was oblieed trv 10
appIehend, 70 grasp this danger II corld. and
What 10 revelution2 II is the subyerston Of ali
this trade all this prosperity, and all this hap
piht ss and the substitution in its place Of
this inevitable? tits in one case, was
the answer. The Democratic party throughout
the United States, which haA virtually held the
been oyeIthrown by q constitutional majority.
IN the election. In the name and in behalf OF
that party it's disappointed chiefs have refused
submission and resorted to civil war.
II the Democratic party Of the United States
lend themselves directly or indirectly to that
i insured; sivn war is inevitable, and
indefinitely fastened upon the nation. That
revolution will then end in successful inv asfon
and pacificatlon under q foreign conqueror
What shall be done in this emergency the
answer was obvious. Prevent it by appeals
to the patriotism OF all parties, and q surrender
OF all their conflicting interests, prejudiees and
passions to the common safety. This win
enable us to prevent a revolution ~ possible,
to meet and conquer II we must. Will these
means prevent it, / know not. This u OF
the knowledge which God retains to himself.
He indicates the means, and withholds for the
trial Of our virtue the results. But shall
not long be left without indications OF the 70.
suit Three months, six months, twelve
months, twenty. four months, thirty months
will disclose either the fact thatthe Democratic
masses OF the United States are disl ,yal, and
that the revolution will therefore pr svaii, Or
the fact that they to the true spirit. TO Tie
lofty heights Of patriotism, and the country
will be saved.
That time has come at last. Not SO soon n.
in our impatience we wished huf as soo., -