Washington telegraph., 1863-10-14

| Rolds. he pointed out in the distance the surf
Of the breakers spon which the Government Of
| the United States must inevitably 70 to pieces.
even should it succeed IN sustaining its politi
cal integrity, and preserving it's psw.r unt;,
| that point be reached. The idea was mot alto.
gether new, but presented in such a manner ..
| to have the charms of novelty. If not .oon.r
indeed, the process Of dissolution must inevi.
tably begin with the next Presidential election.
No human sasacity, ever so anxious for sh.
safety Of that Government, can discover for
them an escape from the dilemma which mn st
soon arise, from their ASSUMPTION that the Sc.
ceded states still constitute . portion Of the
Union under their constitutio n.
The trainers ofthe constitution never con tenn.
piated that it should survive civil war. This
Is remarkable fact. 1t is the verdict of those
"i'e snd sagacious statesmen directly upon the
fight OF secession, or revolution, or whatever
uame may be given to the act Of State or
States which might choose to withdraw from
The Federal Government. Provisions are mad.
to suppress insurrection, but civil war under
the authority Of recognized State authorities
is not insurrection, and no provision is made
Tor that 1t cannot be that so important q
matter was overlooked by those far sesirp men
1t is degree Of stupidity which could hal div
be charged upon even one of oui State Leyis.
atures, which do things often in a mode the
most shockingly careles 1t happen. there
fore that they made no provision for a con-
tested election of President. In times of peace
such contest could not arise, The electoral
college of each State sends up its vote for
President, and in times of peace there could
never be two electoral colleges in the same
State. 1t must have beer that the trainers r.
the constitution considered we'll of the IT. after.
and looking upon the consent and the harmony
of Sta tes as the groundwork of the Union. mad,
no provision for the election of President and
Vice-President by the votes of such States As
might remain in the Union, nor any prc visio,
for casting the votes of such States as nigh,
refuse to hold An election under the constitu
uon. This fact, most remarkable proof, OF
the opinion Of the sages of our government n.
70 the true nature of the Union which the,
framed. and its Legitimate and proper dura.
hon. 1t is saying in effect that when Sove-
reign States refuse to cooperate in the cleo
non OF Chief Magistrate. the I'm ion should
| oe dissoived-there should be no compulsion
and no constitutional provisions are prooer y,
perDetuAta n
grand fundamental idea of consent Such.
however, is not the view taken of it bv the
| BLACK Republican nor any other party at the
| North. They claim the Union to be still il,
existence, the constitution to be lepitimats,v
powerful over all the States, and will claim.
| according to their several constructions of tn.
constitution, the ght Of their candidate to tbe
Presidential chair They all claim South Caro-.
hua and the whole of the Gulf States to be il,
the Union, Notwithstanding, as they profess.
the peace of those States are sadly distu. bed
! by 4 surgents within their borders. Thereon,
| h e dilemma will arise. Nothing but blood
will settle it amongst them Whoever think
otherwise has read history and studied human
| nature 10 little purpose.
| A President to be elected must receive a ma
Jority of the whole number of electoral votes
In view Of the political revolutions in favor OF
the Democratic party since Lincoln's election,
1t is not in the nature of things that Mr. Lin
cold, As the candidate of his party, will receive
enough Northern States to constitute A maio.
rity of all the electoral colle-e es provided for
by the Constitution, which they profess to re
cognize. The candidate claiming his election
Will no doubt do so by the aid of votes from
Southern colleges, gotten up in States under
the control of Federal arms These will MI
doubtless be for the administration Those who
vote under Lincoln's bayonets, vote of course
for Lincoln or the candidate of his party.
| In this view the present efforts of the admin.
lstratIon 10 over-run the States OF Arkansas
Louisiana and Texas, and to conciiate tht
people inro the establishment of civil govern.
ments, has a n ad litional gnifcance, and be.
comes the hest policy, perhaps, Of which tha,
Government is capable. If our people suppose
that it is their inter tion really to allow free
suffrage, and their eyes are not opened bv the
examples Of Missouri and Kentucky, they
have depth of stupidity against which it il
hopeless to reason. H5'
They may be nursed and fattered even un.
| til November. 1854. When their bogus civil
| governments are used to create an electora
| college for the Presidential election, then tn
leniency will be no longer policy. and ven.
geance, with its train of coniscations and per-
secution, will fall upon the hated ..rebels"
In the high state of party excitement, which
begins already to breed riets at the North, an
| amongst people accustomed as they have
| been TO fILt for distractions, it is absurd tc
expect an acqui essence in such an election Oh
| the part of political opponents at the North
| They can stand upon the constitution, and
claim that those electoral colleges of the South
| were not the creations of free elections. anG
| had no right to cast their vote. 10 swell thu
nominal majorities of the successful candidate
IL, ON the other hand, no votes of the seeded
States are counted, and any candidate should
claim his election by majority of the votes o
the Northern colleges, it will be replied tba
the Southern States also are a part of til,
Union, and that the constitution had it in view
that the President should receive majority O
all the electoral votes, and that no provision