Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-11-12


nsnts as II Is to US Whist through battle and sursge
the President who elected in 1860 should by bis op
ponents be kept out OF the Presidency Of tbs United States
until another election What il they should then succeed
10 electng President In 1864 against the majority who
elected Abraham Lincoln ia 1867 Can that majority be
expected to acquesce without voting and without blood
shed, IN the election Of Jefferson Davis John c. Breck
inrdge, or Horato Seymour Certaipy not and then
you have perpetual civil war; which is nothing else than
perpetual anarchy.
Let not bs deceived Abraham Lincoln must bsB
President OF South Carolina and Georgia by virtue OF hs
election OF 1860, not only the peace Of the Union but
'hs Upon itself is forever lost Pace comes through
that success, and IN other way There always peace
where justice regis always disorder where injustice pre-
walls great poet expr s'rd this truth in homey Ian.
guage which " u doubt: ssly remember
Jack shall have Gll;
EaUght shall go i'll
The shal have his mare again,
And all shall 80 well.
know you will prevail to morrow for another reason
Like the last one, it founded upon moral instinct.
hat moral instr ct which guds the people of every con.
try to MAINTAIN md defend i4t country simply because IL
Is their 1t distinct natural and as .tronR as
he instincts which ths basis of the family relation
Every unperyerted sdhcres to his wife in pre-
ference to another mans we and fights in her defence in
preference to the defence Of strange womaa Every
man cares for and guards and trains his own
child instead OF wasting bis his neighbours chill
dren. 30 every unptvefed citizen defends bis country
sgainst Its enemies, domestic foreign instead OF de-
tending foreign country or seeking t. DESTROY hs own
The robin does as much liz guards his own nest le-
cause 1t Is hs The lion def IDS his lair each of
our dlsiya citizens act on the assumpti that the en-
ghtened and yirtuous Auec psop are less sagacious
hsn the fowls OF the ar and the beasts u the field.
fou see from these remarks Why il is that throupbopt
this war have refused to be diverted from the main
question to engage IN collateral aud therefore idle and
mschevous debates Its such debates that trouble weak
minds and faihess hearts They are afraid of the Ioss -
individual liberty and OF State rights and they therefore
saw continually the striug of ararry arrest ana
pension Of the habeas CORPUS They 10 not that tue
country IS ia condition Of civil warexposed to foreign
iDvaslon that arrests weapon Of war which must be
wedt by the ,ry power If the State and not by its
courts and cnstabrs The dangers they fear are fu.
ure-thry overlook the present anger which if it pre
walls VIII leave the country future They mourn the
public peace lost pteousy they have no heart IN
res ore 10 the only way it can DO restored by contest
with The enemies IN arms who have DESTROYED IT, They
sign LOT peace IN the future and thus the nsrpaDr
70 Invade our own homes and resdes They are troubled
to know The terms upon which you will give nnaca RI tba
insurgents The nswer ls simple one There can be
no peace 10 insurgents IN srs until they have subitad
and accepted Abraham Lincoln as the Preside Of the
United States then, and before will be the fime m
speak OF terms of leaCe
The abettors of the reb lion ara troubled for e,r ma
shall not leave to the rebels they hve submitted
en- ugo OF slavery aud slaves They want to know what
we propose about ttst My is that il they had
submitted to Abraham Lancoln at the bspunnt ihsv
would have retained the whole They have lost by resist.
nhce on an average ten thoussad slaves month Each
month OF prolonged resistance ncea es the loss and thev
are vsigtng upon the time when submission coming too
late will leave neither slavery nor slaves in the land
Ibis question OF slavery is their business uot mine So
no terms. What has happened to slavery thus far has
been the legitimate fruit of own cliueg but il was
ut ordained not by man, but of God Without seeking
To divine his ways think that the future will be like nnt
me past The lnurfection viii perish under m t,ry
power necessarily aud therefore lawfully exercised and
slavery VIII perish with 1t Nevertheless, am willing
that the prodga son shall return The doors 40 far ma
am concerned shall aways be open 10 him. The Lnpar
he cor tent to feed ausks he will hunper
ne longer he % Content in HE daance with the hafut Of
rtDeon the greater will be his Ultimate disgust with he,
embrace The greater his hunger and his disgust the
deeper viii be his repentance and the his re-
formation. sha send invitations after him aud vet
speaking not tor myself but for you and the whole Ame
rcan people, express the conviction that neither man
nor angels can prevent the atted calf being slain for his
welcome when he dnes come back saying, penitentiy
Brothers. have offended, aud Gesirs rscs citation
The symP,thizers with The Coae era,cs tell Us or debt
taxes, ard blood. Was ever sovereignty aud freedom
saved without the expenditure Of money and of life II
is the lot appointed nations endure war with il. eys
as Well as to enjoy at intervals peace and prosperity Who
caused the debts the taxes aud the shedding of blood
once.
Ia conflict like this the question not one of abstract
suffering but which Of the contendng parties suffers most
viewed In THIS light tho whole OF suffering which the
war has produced has fallen upoa the and the
loyal part of the United States exempt In the ln,ur
gent States there is not citizen not the poorer
aud the more unhappy for the La the oy
there is not State which is stronger nor citizen
who is not the richer for the cause rne ~
", attn when arises from the new national discipline of
industry which the war has obliged to adopt has en-.
abed us to pay all Increased deOts and taxes easily
We paid Inc debts ana axs existing when war bepun
Nor must We forget that 1t is only question of wboe
debts and whose taxes shall pay whether we snail
pay any We pay her the deDts aud taxes of Abraham
Lincoln and his Administering the debts aud taxes of
ersUn Da ris and Robert Toombs In the one case we
have an equivalent OF dollar for dollar for Whist We nav
and tie n eater equivalent OF national safety and honr
In the other case we pay twelve dollars n gold for one
dollar of Confederate money, with the additional o.s of
eternal disgrace and ruin.
Fellowcitzsns fory.seven 50 near to ftv that ,vs
may use round numbers. Fifty years ago. then arst
saw ana ascend "a the Hubs For forty ak years
u was constant study through tho agency of that river
Bnd artificial extensions of il the lakes and the Msss
spp to ortty the Union aud develop the greatness and
prosperity OF the American people Every s,cc,eding
Year revealed new, enlarged and gay "a cess of that
polcy until the year 1850. Tnsn, on nv wav tn the
national capital descended the Erie canal and the Hud
son river 1 surveyed The cities that had grown nm on
.her banks with wonder and the vast commerce that
lated on their waters with admiration. Bat then there
was The alarm mutterug loud and deep threatening civil
war aud revolution. Obliged 10 try to apprehend M
grasp THIS danger If could, gasp win all itx mao
NUDE and terrors, What is revvuton 1t i, The SUD
version OF all this trade all this prosperity aud all this
happiness, and the subtuon iii Its place scenes f
blood AID universal desoa aaid h. myssifIs this
Inevitable 1t is in case, the answer The lle
nocratc patty thronghous the United States which has
virtually held tue OF Government Tor half century
has been overhrown by constitutional maioty In RE
election Ia the ana ia behalf Of III prty ts do
appointed chiefs have refused submission ana renrtt -
,vl war II the Dem cratc party Ut The UIt.d stntas
end themselves directly tr indirectly TO that
vl war Is inevitable, and ieTOcious bopdy all p.rvad
ng revolution 10 Indefinitely fuseuei upon tn, oatoo
ntt reVoiulon VIII then end IN