, 1863-10-03
No Confederacy.


So much has been said and written
about jeff Davis Confederacy, that the
people of the United States almost yecog-
nize such a government. But if we re-
feet moment, we will readily perceive
that there is no such government. There
is sort of military despotism established
at the South, whose lead is said to be at
Richmond, and jeff Davis is the Autocrat
thereof. Tie secessionists call it a Con
federacy, but the Government of the Uni
ted States has never recognized it, nor has
any other Government on earth.
In the reconstruction Of the Union, this
so called Confederacy is of no more consid-
Grafton than tie man in the moon. We
know jeff Davis as a citizen of MissIssip-
pi and we recognize Richmond as the cap
ital of the State of Virginia. We also
recognize the State of South Carolina
Louisiana, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama, For da, Texas, Arkansas, and
North Carolina, as in a state OF rebellion
and as such, to be reconstructed into the
Union. A late number of the New York
Times had an article on the subject, from
which we extract the following
"The idea entertained by many that it
is the Confederacy which must submit be-
fore the rebellion closes, is completely
wrong. Our Government has never
expected any such submission aud, indeed,
could not accept even if it were offered, ex-
except as a submission of individuals. 1t
don't know the Confederacy. The thing
called by that name it has never recognized
in its living days, and most assnredly it
would not in its dying All the specua-
ton about possible negotiation with the
Confederate authorities for peace and re-.
construction is perfectly idle. Were these
'aulhnrities' ever so much disposed to treat
for the end-a disposition they never had
at all and never will have, yet our own
Government never could enter into any ne
gotations In the first stage of the rebel
lion they sent their accredited Commission
ers to Washington. Mr. Forsyth and Mr..
Crawford, to negotiate, as they expressed
it, with view to speedy adjustment of
all questions growing out of the political
separation
In consentug to negotiate with this reb-
ell ccnclave, yclept Confederacy, the Gov
ernment at once admits its cxi>teuc", and
at the same time, also places itself on a
level along side Of it. The rejection of
commissioners Forsyth and Crawford, in
the iucipiency Of the rebellion established
the fact that the Government would never
acknowledge any such thing as the Confed-
eracy. Uncle Sam don't know any such
Government He is aware of military
junta at Richmond, but he cannot consent
to dignity it into a Government 10y ceusd-
ering the simplest negotiations. In the
work Of reconstruction, which is steadily
progressing, that nondesclipt of Jeffs will
be entirely Ignored, and passed by with the
greatest Indifference and uuconcern conceiy-
able State after State will be reconstruct.
ed and voted back into the Union by the
people thereof, and the so-called Confede-
rate Government will be left where the
Observation-Disclosures proposed to leave
New Eugland-''Out in the cold !" When
the States all return to their true allegi-
ance by their own Legislatures, where shall
we look for the Coufederacy 1t will
have vanished into thin air The thing will
be no more weak then than to-day, but its
HakeduesS will be exposed to view, and its
deformity open to public gaze.
The work of reconstruction is going
steadily on to-day. Kentucky and Missou-
ri are as permanently refxed to the Union
as before the rebellion, and each State is
represented in both branches of the Fede-
raj Congress. The work is progressing in
Tennessee and Louisiana. These two
States will take their old positions in the
course of the present year Next will
come North Carolina, Arkansas, and SO Oh
till the Union is restored and the rebels left
without foothold-Sac. Bee.
eHow do you do, Mrs Diggs?" said
Mrs. Cad. Have you heard the story
about Mrs. Ludley?'
why no Really Mrs. Cad, what is it2