The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-18


desire change. The suerings and indignation, yet
tc be engendered by tue unlimited issue Of an ire.
deemabe paper currency, will Of itself oyerwhem
the Administration party, and sink II deeper than
plummet ever sounded. Hut the Democrats in my
jasgRent safely calculated that they can take issue
% any one Of a hundred necessary incidents Of the
war, aud defeat their opponents by a large majority
THR PnoCLEMATroN A FAILURE.
Many suppose thattbe effect of the Proclamation Of
Enapoipaion will 80 thoroughly, speedily aud com.
pletely mnhate and extirpate slavery that the
Shareholders will have no logger q motive 10 act To-
gether. Ihls Is an egregioas mistake. The Procla,
nation will have sicb effect It can not have any
such effect. Its congtitutionality Is denied. Is Is
stu uneGecuted and It's validity undetermined. The
whole subject isyet open 70 debate and final settle
meat The judiciary Department is to render its e.
cislon upon IL and in TIE meantime it is to be lae
controlling issue in popular elec ion for President.
ms state Of things will undoubtedly inspire the slave
holders with mOfe Tes0ute purpose than ever.
lhef effort Will not as heretssOre be To prevent the
ADouonlsts from freeing the slaves, as distant and
speculative proposition, but 10 reScRe him IRON the
grasp Of the enemy already actually. laid upon him,
IL Will redouble their will and bring out every latent
energy.
SUMNER HIS MAaNrs Ar0LLo.
The Senator from Massachusetts (slr aSumner) who
has lately been ne elected to serve another term Of
aX years IN The body he las 50 lSng adorned should
~ This crisis point us to the proper action. His
FNiN1 ANAuNlH MS glehl ADilllfH ulS 1913
~ aspirations his sacrifices for freedom the entire
confidence of hs State SO spontaneously bestowed
upon him and that State the nobest in Amsvita-all
single him out a. authorized and required to speak
win decisive yeice on this great occasion There
are also IN this House, gentlemen whese words on
TINS momontohs theme the country will listen to with
intense interest. The honorable member from Penn
syVania (Mr. 1had Steyens) one Of the truly great
men OF AmerIca-iull Of learning and wisdom-tried
by long years OF Arduous service In this cause who
iH UpW pnn al NJ oil in Ne lie
uict by overwhelming numbers, stands foremost
among those Of whom the Nation will expect deliver
hnce from the dangers which encompass H. Let these
men and such ~ these, speak aud tell the country,
What to 90 In this hour Of transcendant peril. Never
theless. can not refrain from expressing my indyid.
ua opinion that the true policy Of the North Is to
terhlnate THIS war At once. The longer il Contines,
the worse our situation becomes Let the two houses
OF Congress adopt the following resolutions:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa-.
yves &c.' That the Executive be- anG he is hereby
requested to ISSUE general order to all commanders
o. forces IN the several military Departments of the
united states, to gdscontinue offensive operations
agaat The enemy and to act for the future entire
the detensiqe
Resolved, g"That the Executive be, and he is
further requested to enter into negotiations with the
anth0itles Of theCSuiederste States, with references
to cessation of hostilities based the following
propositions LIST, Recognition OF the Rdepedence Of
the Confederate States, 2nd uniform system Of
duties upon imports, 3D.. Free trade between the two
states an Free navigation Of the MississiPpi Ry-
err bth- Mutual adoption OF the Monroe doctrine. "
cANIUE TOGETHER.
Intirely disagree with these who assert that Il is
impossible that the Nerth and Sosh could live eaea.
bly side by side because there no natural bOun,
daries between the two such az the Rocky Mountains
or the Atlantic Ocean. This Is bugbear with which
we Impose upon ourselves. The people Of the North
and South never become foreign nations 10 each
other, 10 the sense In which the French and English
or Russians are. They are sprung from the same or-
ign speak the same language possess common liter
ature inherit similar politics and religious views aud
nhablt regions closely connected by natural and ar
fetal ties. They will therefore beth he American.
The only great difference between them is Of social
and political nature namely, that which arises from
the existence OF African slavery in one, and the alb
sence Of Il In the other. This fact however offers
obstacle whatever to sucha separation as Il involved
IN independent political Jurisdictions the contrary
il gregty facilitates IT, Before the Federal Union was
established all the States were Independent and asso
cated under Articles OF CONFEDERATION in the nature
~ Rtreaty. The argunehts pow adducedtO show the
imprastibilty Of present separation, between the
Narth and south, 60 with equal force to prove
the imPossibility ct what then actually existed
and was accepted In the of tho thir~
teen original states Of the UniOn The
latter stood toward each other, precisely rs the
North and South would stand should they step the
and enter into treaty. IL would simpybe resolving
the North and South inte Confederate States, resun-
ing as to them, the old basis OF the Confederation.
This would be the whole Of IT, I s therefore very
simple operation. do not suggest mis- however on
the idea that should ever be adopted the separation
IL implies would be permanent believe that It would
insure an ultimate reunion oman Anti-sayery basis
have confidence in the Inherent vitality Of North
ern civilization. have no fear TO set IL in compet
tion with that oflho South, Let them proceed side
hysde in the race Of empire and we shall which
willtriumph.