, 1863-08-24

nnd decided terms. They should bare e1-
hausted every Constitutional MONS Of obtain
qs s. my a'fSsde y peoa
and niling In iii these, they snonld havo done
Us our revolutionary sfrcs did, {. t., fight In
tho Union for thelr rights until they. were
driven out OF 1t. saeh A. CO. course Ton!d n haze
respect, the sympathy, and the assistance ot
other nations. Instead Of that, We have
not . friend In Europe. But such WAS
not the course which theso-in their own |
estimation-wise statesmen ehose as to passae.
mended to them, they eyAded It by long LIST /
Of magnificent promises, which looked 20
splendid as almost to dazzle the mind with |
theIr bztliancy.
First and foremost, fheT promised Inat TO-
cession should be peaeeable:
secoudly. they promised that II pczchance |
war should ensue, 1t would be Tely short
war; that It would not last SIX monthe-that
the Yankees would not aght-that one South.
erner could whip from ter to one hundred Of
them-that England and Franco would speed
uY recognize us and render us every assistauce
We might desIre-that whateyer might be their
abstract opinions Of the subject Of slaye1y,
Their interests To9ld mRfa tns@ to promote
after III they should not be disposed to assist
us. Cotton Tas King, and would soon bring
nll the crowned heads Of Europe On their
knees in supplicatlon TO usi wonld compel
tablIahed-ln thirty days, In sixty days, in
ninety days, In one hundred and twenty days,
IN SIX months, IN nine months, In ono year at
farthest-
Thirdly. they promised us ;s that all the Slave
sonthernC Confede1acy ela7ery should not
only be pcrpctuated In the States, but that It
should be extended Into nil the territories In
which the negro could 1--we; that al the griev.
ances nccaaioned by tho non~execution Of the
r. knN t. -i.AxHj hn~
cd; that slaye property should be established
upon baais as saie as that Of landed
property.
Fourthly, they promised us that tho new
!: ~yernment should be mere Confederacy Of
issts 4 thnt dis he sttes st shoaid b. q
over by no such Hcentrnl. dcspotism' az the
old Government at Washington; that theglo-
rious doctrine Of state fights and publication
as taught By Mt: Jefferson aud ME. Calhoun,
should prevail In the new Confederacy-that
the sovereignty OF the States and their judicial
decisions should be saered]y respected.
Filthy, they promised rs the early and per.
manent establishment OF the. wcalshlest and
bert government on tho earth, whose credit
should ho bettar than TINT Of any other na:
uon; whose prosperity and happlncss should
he the envy Of the civilized world.
And 1aatly, they promised US TINT II war
should enhue, they would go to the battle
field and spill, II necessary, tho last drop of
| WHAT THEY u1vx PERFORATED.
| While such have been their promises, what
have been their perfoImancese Instead Of
| secession being peaceable, rs they oUI4ed
that It would, it has given rise to such q war
% Las never before deeolated any country,
since the ba! !barlaas Of the North oyerran the
Roman empire.
30 far from tho wars ending In slx months,
Is they said It would, should 1t ensue, 1t has
already lsted more th1n two years, and II
their policy Is to be pursued, It win last moro
than TWO years longer; and notwithstanding
their predictions, The Yankees hare fought
on many oecaaions with q spirit aud determI-
nation worthy Of thelt ancestors Of the rayo-
1utiou-Horthy Of the descendants OF those
austc1e old Puritans whose heroic spirit and
religious zeal made Oliver Clomwe1s 8 army
theterror Of the civilized world, or Of those
teenth century, contended with heroic spirit
and various fortunes against au the genius
Of the houso Of Lo7ainne, and nl the
power Of the house Of Valois." Eng.
land ard France hare not recognized
us--lave not raised the blocsade-have
probability TINT they ever viii, and that cot.
ion Is rot King Is universally ackno EIedged.
And Maryland has not Joined the Confedefacy,
nor hnB kensucky nor Missouri ever really
been with Us: Slavery has not only not been
pcrpetuated in the States, nor extended into
lie territories, bnt Missouri has passed an
net Of emancipation, and Maryland Is ready ia
do 60 rather than give up her place In the
Union, and the Inst hope Of obtaining one
. foot Of the territories for tie purpose Of ex.
tending slavery has departed from the Confed.
eracy forever. The grievances caused By the
failure OF some Of the Northern States to exc.
cute the fngitlre slave Inv, have not only not
been remedled, but more staves have been lost
to the South forever Since secession was 1nau.
gurated, than would have escaped from their
Sr,$ Tr3n1 ff,f Ind
lave they kept their promise that they woull
respect the sovereignty and rights Of tht
etatcsf Whatever the Government mny bt
/ In theory. In fact we have grand military
consolidation, which almost entirely ignore'
j the existence Of States, and dIarega1ds the dc
= | cisions Of their highest judicial tribunals
/ The great centrnl despotlsm at Warrington
! as they were pleased to cali 1t, WAS ut IN.
. time, previous to the commencement Of TIL
i secession movement, md eyen for Some tim
! after 1t had commenced, = most mild and be
!. neficent Government compared with the cen
:, trail deepotjem at Richmond, under which n
/. are now living.
II TIE coSrEDERACT GOING TO PIECES.
:. Instead Of IN early and permanent establish
9 nent of the =" wealthlest and beat gove1nmeu
t in the void, with unbounded credit nha
q heye ws got! In spite Of al the Tictore
Yankees, they have lost the s.ates Of Missouri
Kentucky, Arkansas, Te1as, Lonisiana, HI.
. siseippi, and Tennessee, and, In my hui mbl
n opinion. have lost them forever; aud, In Al
. probability, Alabama will coon ba added t
e The number. Thi. will 1eayo to the Confet
It cracy but five States out of the original thll
J, teen, and Of these five the Yankees haye 20.
It session Of many OF the most Important point.
u md one-thlrd Of their territory. SO FIR, th
o Yankees laye never failed to hold every plac
j. Of Importance which they hare taken an
present Indications are, that Charleston wi
E. soon be added to the number. The campaig
n. Of Gen. Lee into Pennsylvania has uudou6
:. cdly proved q failure, and With 1t tho lat
g. hope Of conqueriDg peace By successful Il
N certainly been very much weakened and diI
al pizitcd BY this failure, and the fall Of Vick
q. burg, and how long cyen Richmond Wi1 /