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osable, solid and enduring. There Is no prob

otable, solid and enduring. There Is no prob
able. compromise which can secure 1t. The
, rebels VIII submit to no compromise short Of
: dissolution Of the Unoin, and the establish
mert Of a Southern :; Confederacy. !. On, the
other band, the people Of the loyal States will
Sion Of the rebels to the Hghtful authority Of
the Gcyernment; and the unconditional union
of the States. The rebels demand the right
to 60 of with three-fourths of our broad ter
ritory; the people Of the loyal States will
never yield single acre.
To those who, In view Of the calamities Of
the war, may suppose that any division Of our
1nterrcgatories: Where would be the bound
ary line; and once established, what guaran-
tet u there for q continuance of peoce?. A
division, Of this country into several different
;natIonalltie6 means nothing more nor less than
pergetual and destructive war; IN unceasing
conn1ct 1or supremacy; never ending strug-
gle for the empire Of the continent, at 4 cost
u millions OF treasure; and oppressive hlxcs
upon the people to keep up separate govern
+ments and malntatn standing armies. Such Is
now the condition Of the different rationale
tics Of Europe, whose immense exactions hay
In the last twenty years driven millions Of her
poor 10 seek onr shores IS m asylum. In
stead Of peace, it would be as if this nation
we're to make its Inst will and testament, and
f, ,bequeath intcrcine and bloody war as
. legacy-an'; inheritance for the dwellers
IN the land for all time to come. War,
then, might be expected to become the
occupation Of the people. The questions, Of
the navigation Of our rivers, Of boundaries,
tariffs, commercial regulations, escape and
capture Of elayes, pride and jealousies embit-
tered by the remembrance Of former fcuds,
and numerous other causes, would cngendsr
and Keep up bloody and perpetual wars, until
ut last al that was woEth living for, ali that
Was lovely in the land, would be blotte9 out
and but few evidences left Of the greatness
afq glory Of once happy and united people.
can think Of no peace worth having, short
ol crushing out the rebellion and the com-
plete restoration Of the authority OF the Gov
eEnment. The only way to honorable and per-
nanent peace Ii through war-desolating, ex-
terminating war: We must move on the en-
emy's works. We must move forward with
Tremendous energy, with accumtllt thou
SANDS o. men an md the most terrible enginery
OF .war- This will be the shortest road to peace
and be accompanied with the least cost Of lifs
| and treasure in the end.
If our. braye boys shall tall in the field, ".
must bury the dead, take care Of and brinf
| home the sick and wounded, and send fresl
battallions to fill up the broken ranks and II
deal out death: destruction and 'deso1ation tt
the rebels. We might talk. Of compromise
If it affected us alone, but it, would affeet oul
childten and our children's children, In all tn,
! years Of the future. Theinterests to be affec
| led are far reaching and universal humanity
| aud lasting as the generations Of mankind.
! have never had my faith in the perpetualunio
of these States to Elter. I believe this infesnn
rebellion car. be, ought to be and will be sub
dued. The land may be left bowling waste
desolated BY the bloody footsteps Of war from
! Delaware Bay to the Gulf, but our territor,
shall remain unmutilated-thc country shal
be one, and it shall be free in all its broat
! boundaries, from Maine to the Gull, and from
! ocean to ocean.
! In any event, may vel be able to act worth.
part in the trying scenes through which NJ
are passing; ani should the star Of onr des
tiny sink forise no more, may we feel tor our
selves and may history preserve our recort
clear before heaven and earth, aud hand dow
the testimony to our children, that ne hayi
done all, perilea and endured all, TO perpetu
Union uninfpaired to cur posterity.
| RICHARD YATES
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