, 1863-12-12

ounce of blood in his whole body, who
would consentto any such boundary. On
ly q man Of solid copper through and
(. through, could think Of it: Parties who
lnve fought rs long as we now have here,
and who agree to stop The contest, are nat
urally expected to retain the territories
of which each are possessed when the fight
ing ends And it would be q modest
proposition indeed, that after having H.
gained monc than half the territory Of the
Confederacy, by two aid half years Of
fighting, VIC should relinquish it, for the
sake Of peace We might have had in the
beginning. y: ::
We're we tired Of the war, apd hopeless
of further gains in II, and were we to set
about settlement of boundary lines, We
should stand out for such as these: We
would permit no question at ali about Ma
ryland, for she has not been in the Confed-
eracy and we would not eycn speak Of
asking leav6 Of any ono for passage
through their bounds to the Capitol Of the
nation. We must have the Chesapeake,
with both its shores, and the towns there
on, for they arc now ours, and are needed
to prevent future complications As to
West Virginia, It is already in tue Union
and ii fn11v 'r;d of C,onfeilerat. forcez
Vnntucl-1, "a and +oa h.an o,,rs hr ,,ta.
" yeneated It Is ours by possession and
we will not rive it up, Tennesse is
ours in possession, and two-thirds Of 1t by
a choice never-re1inquished. We shall
hold on to Tennessee. Missouri is in tho
same condition; and has alzcady votod an
emancipation act, which she threatens to
shorten as to time We shal not give
up Missouri Arkansas IS ours BY. fair
conquest, and is rapidly coming into
line with Missouri and West Vir-
ginin, us a free State. Arkansas will
not be yielded Louisiana is ours also by
possession, with perhaps the exception ofa
small corner in the Northwest 1t is also
feeling it's way to freedom, and we Rhall
stick tor it to the sablne The Mississippi
tfiTcr Is ours' with every ounce Of water it
]Funs' anu every pa1ucte OF mud It carries,
anu every silleatof ana 1ros thas swlms in
it, from British. America to the Gulf Of
Meuco' Tor we have hewed our way down
II N2tn our s"ofos.,- Inc streams anu the
nanka' and tine toWns and tbe territory adJh-
cent are ou1s' anu neltner Sohn bull nor the
rest Of thean "1n make any head"aJ IN
urging Us 70 change our 1n1nos. ne snan
a'so Slice 70 f4o1l1a' 1oF " has oeen Is
eooo Us III our posse'slon 'of acala5 e"o
years. II "oulo nave peen ou1s, hau we
tnoueHt II worth occupying; and II we are
10 save nses We must nave It now. Then
We must hoio On 10 aAton deao, and inc
;. .aoJacsn' Aants' 'ot' We nale ~. sone enousanas
OF c1uzens o. A1saean oesecnt thefe' WHO
must be taken care Of, and whom we could
not think Of relinquishing to the tender
mercies Of Jefferson Davis For similar
and other reasons, we must keep posses
sion ofAlbemarle and Parnlico Sounds, and
their adjacents- OF course, we shall keep
Key West, and all other keys which open
into The Gulf And then the territories
must be ours Of course. We want and
will have. no more slaye lands! on our
borders, -
@> 1nh1l this. wc claim that and that o,ly
ofv1,;ch re have r,osseaa;or. md ,not,;n :,
7n,t ,o,vdar a,d 1ood con,a f,vo = 1,ot;,,e
- ~ ,es,t~-.;a,,t =. -. s 49, - -, :.
.a.o.,:.a ~ -: ~ nz:a a.,s 49,. 49, 20 -, ..ora ~ s4,sn
- e..,,o- -s .7,.a m.I =, .e.se 'Ae Soa'su-
Gee: .0e4 o4'1 ~ "e @uAs ooa1nefa
Sug1nla, tne TWO Caronnas, Georg1a, and
MI, OF tMo1nnos ' u o1 'h'sslSslpN' IN one
.coay; WIN 1e1as alone as she was before
the Mexican war, over west. Not very
large concern, but too big yet for slave
. empire.
Now, suppose usaggrced to these ,bouuda-
1ies, how do they SUIT the Confedcracys
WIN the Times pledge its hero, JEFF Davis,
to them? Does the Northern American
gentleman" think they would 60 DOWN.
Is there any man, or thing in the shape of
man, with solid wooden head, who i'm
agines that the South would think of ac-
cepting independence with such terri
tozy?, No, the Oontederntes would sooner
fail altogether. Independence in such
limits would be curse nrolonrei.
Boundaries, and peace with boundaries,
nre just the ugly things to handle. They
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