The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-02-27

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soldiers but, in my opinion, this is
delusive The soldiers will be affected
in like manner with the rest Of the
people, and, moreover, will be- tired of
military service and anxious to return
home, They will be dissatisfied from a
thousand causes and desire a change
The suffering and indignation yet to be
engendered by the unlimited issue of an
irredeemable paper currency, will of itself
overwhelm the administration party, and
sink it deeper than plummet ever sound
ed. But the Democrats, in my judg-
ment, safely calculate that they can take
issue ON any one Of a hundred necessary
incidents of the war, and defeat their op-
ponents by large majority.
THE PROCLAMATION A FAILURE.
Many suppose that the effect of the pro-
clamation of emancipation will be to SO
thoroughly, speedily and completely ami
hilate and extirpate slavery, that the
Shareholders will have no longer motive
to act together. This is an egregious mis-.
take. The proclamation will have no
such effect. Its constitutionality is de-
MED 1t is still unexecuted, and its va
lidity undetermined. The whole subject
is yet open to debate and final settlement.
The Judicial Department is to render its
decision upon it; and, in the meantime, it
is to be the controlling issue in popular
election for President. This state of
things will undoubtedly inspire the slave
holders with more resolute purpose than
ever. Their effort will not, as heretofore,
be to prevent the Abolitionists from free
ing their slaves, as distant and specula-
tive proposition, but to rescue him from
the grasp of the enemy already actually
laid upon him. 1t will redouDle their
will, and bring out every latent energy.
SUMNER HIS MAGNUs APOLLO.
The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr.
Sumner who has lately been reelected
to serve another term of six years in the
body he has so long adorned, should, in
this crisis, point US to the proper action.
His purely Northern character, his great
abilities, his lofty aspirations, his sacrif.
ces for freedom, the entire confidence of
his State so spontaneously bestowed upon
him-and that State the noblest in Amer
ica-all single him out as one authorized
and required to speak with decisive voice
on this great occasion.
There are also in this House gentlemen
whose words on this momentous theme the
country will listen to with intense inter-
est. The honorable member from Penn
sylvania (Mr Thaddeus Stevens, one of
the truly great men of America-full of
learning and wisdom-tried by long years
Of arduous service in this cause, who has
never faltered, and is now reelected in his
district by overwhelming numbers, stands
foremost among those of whom the nation
will expect delivcrance from the dangers
which encompass it. Let these men, aud
such as these, speak, and tell the country
what to do in this hour OF transcendent
peril
Nevertheless, I cannot refrain from ex-
pressing my individual opinion that the
true policy of the North is to terminate
t is war at once. The longerit continues
the worse our situation becomes. Let the
two houses of Congress adopt the follow
ing resolutions
"ResolUed, by the Senate and House of
Representatives, DC, That the Executive
be, and he is hereby requested TO issue
general order to all commanders of forces
in the several military departments of the
United States to discontinue offensive op-
erations against the enemy, and to act for
theafuture entirely on the defensive. F's
Resolred, That the Executive be, and
he is further requested to enter into me-
gotations with the authorities of the Con-
f.,derate States with reference to cessa-
tion of hostlities, based on the following
propositions; /. Recognition of the in
dependence of fhe Confederate States
2. A trade between the two States. 3.
Free navigation of the Mississippi river.
A. Mutual adoption of the Monroe doc
trine. tie }i-
559st CAN LIVE TOGETHER.
entirely disagree with those who assert
that it is impossible that the North and
South could live peaceahly side by side,
because there are no natural boundaries
between the two, such as the Rocky
Mountains or the Atlantic Ocean. This
lis o bugbear with whichwe impose upon
ourselves. The people of the North. and
South eau never become foreign nations
to each other in the sense inwhich the
French and English or Russians are
They are sprung from the same origin,
speak the same language, possess . COM