Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-03-03

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press the shareholders, and disp,-s ttv,, n
faVor OF Cancellation. The urf. il tihalay.
or aspect 1t may be presented, IL an adr.S.
rable instrument for them. iii shonH
happen to meet with unexpected sueos.s.
and defeat the rebellion, the slayeboldees
Will be brought back just in time 20 ioin
them in the election. If it should lag and
accomplish no results, az now eeea,s ikeiv.
this will inevitably insure them a triumnb
IN the popular vote. Their theory Is-and
rs sound one-that the two forcea.-
aoontion and Secession, now in deadlS
connict, have only to be permitted to con.
hnue the fight long enough to wear each
otner out, and cause the political waters 10
subside to their former level.
Thus, on the basis Of the war, thew hava
complete mastery of the situation, and
20 earthiy power can prevent their sues
cess.
TIE ARMY CONSERVATIVE.
Nevertheless. without references 10 Ne
result OF the war, / consider the chance
Of the Conservatives iu the election ~
superior to that Of the Administration.-
dreat reliance is placed by the latter On DE
vo!e OF .ne soldiers; but, in my opinIon,
tnis Is deiusive. The soldiers will be A..
TED IN like manner with the rest Of the -.
PIE, ano' moreover, will be tired Of miiiHe1
~ service and anxious to return hone.-
They WILDE dissatisfied from a tbo1S.r3
causes and desire change.
Inc suffering and indignation, yet 10 b
engineered oy the unlimited Issue Of "A
irredeemable paper currency viii ~ $3.50
overwbelm the Administration partv. 81
sink it deeper than plummet ever Oo1ndei
But the Democrats, in nv Judgment aafsIv
! calculate that they cen take issua On ~
one OF hundred necessary incidents Of -
war and defeat their opponents By 49,
majority.
TIE PROCLAMATION A YAILunR.
Many suppose that the effect Of the Pre-:
.smauon ct emancipation win BE- 10 Do
thoroughly, speedily and completely sDniS
innate ana extirpste slavery, that tho SisSo.
noloers VIII have no longer q motive b "a
T.ogeIner. Thls Ia an egregiouG mistake
IL can Dot have any such effect. Ia -
stitutionality lie denied. It Ia am M.
pected, and its validity undeterminH6
The whole subject is yet open 10 lal,.a,
and hpsl settlement. The Judieiary ~
partment lie to render its decision unon = 4
and IN the meantime, Is 10 10 be che eortroS
deaf. ~
This state Of things will undoubtedly IN.
spire the shareholders with Q more rosolu1s
purpose than ever. Their effort win po[
as heretofore, be to prevent the Abolition.
lst from freeing the slave, IS q distant ana
speculative proposition, but to rescue Nm
from the grasp Of the enemy ALREADY aet1r
ally laid upon, him. Il will redonhL
their will and bring oRt every latent eoee-.
81.
MINER HIS MAGNus AroLLo,
The Senator from Massachusetts,, mr.:
Sumner who has lately beer re-eIacss6 ~
serve another term ofsix years in The BODY
be has 90 long adorned, should, IN thia
crisis, point as TO the proper action. h
purely Northern character, his great aS;liI
ties, his lofty aspirations, bis sscriScss fc1
freedom, the entire confidence in his EtaS~
so spontaneously bestowed upon him-1nd
that State the noblest in Ametica-aU 10
gle him out as one authorized and reouiroA
to speak with q decisive voice on this 800
occasion.
There are also in this House zen.ian.sS
whose words on this momsntuous the,ns ~ =
country will listen 70 With Intense intere.l.
The honorable member from Pennsvla1iS.
Mr.. Thaddens Stevens,) one Of the trulT
great men Of Ameriea-full of learning -
Wisdom-tried by long years of srdooos
service IN this cause, who has nsver ~.
tered, and is now reelected in his Dist1ict
by overwhelming numbers, staods fore.
most among those Of whom the nation wiH
expect deiiverance from the dangers Which
encompass it. Let these men, and sueh A
these, speak. and tell the country wba1
to do In this hour Of trsnscendent peril.
Nevertheless, / can not refrain from ar.
pressing my individual opinion that the
true policy OF the North il TO terminals.
TINS war at once. The longer it oontinups:.
the worse our situation becomes. Let theI
ing resolutions:
"Resolred, by the Senate and Hmm. op
Representatives.. Ec., That the Exeont;S2g
be, and is hereby requested TO issue a 80
eral order to ell commanders of soroes n a.
several military departments of the Un;t.5
States to discontinue offensive onsratioSs
against the enemy, and to act for the Fatnre.
entirely on the defensive.
'Resolred, That the Executive ba .D6
be is further requested 10 enter jnto $780,
tiatIons With the authorities of the Oonfsd-,.
crate States with reference 10 n oea,af;or,,
OF hoSfilities, based on the following prom;
ositions: wv
!: Recognition of the independence o.
the Confederate States.
2. A uniform system of duties upon Inn.
ports.
8. FREQ trade between The tvo StskaH
q. Free navigation Of The MIssissiupg
river. 1''PR'
trine." WV
CAN LIVE TOGETHER.
entirely disagree with thos. VIM a..o,t
that it is impossible that the North sn5
south could live 2eaceably side By side, be.
cause there are no natural boundaries be.
tween the Two, such as Rocky Mountains
or the Atlantic Ocean. This 10 SaRbear
with which We impose upon ourselves. TIA
people OF the North and South can never
become foreign nations to each other In
the sense In which the French ana Rnrlfsh
OF Russipus are. They are sprung lrom
the same origin, speak the same Ian1naeac
possess Q common literature, inherit sIrollsrz.
politics and. religious Views, ana ipha1Il
regions closely conneeted by natursi sn6
artificial ties. They will, fherefore. bon
DO always american. The only Eroat dIf-.
4ereEce between them IL Of q .ooial az
political nature, namely, that Whisb ari,~1
from the existence Of Afrioan sIaverv M.
one, and the. absence Of il 10 ths otAer.
This Tact, however, offers no obUtae;A
whatever 20 suoh Q separation A a involV1-
ed 10 independent political juriedictIone.
on the contrary, il greatly fasiliatoa IA
Before the Federal Union uas estabIisA.
ed all the States were independent en8
associated under Articles Of dopfederstIon.
In the neture OF o treaty. The ar1umenta