, 1863-05-21

fy1nF3lhles are with Lie toIlleuetucy III LIE
pending war. This deportation is not Con-
fnedt those who claim Cen{eGer .te cit!zer-
SIM and have been embraced, accidentally or +
o1herW iset within the -nemy's lines. 1t II +
extended to Inhabitants OF the States that ac-
h1owledge the rule Of the Washington goT-
ernment, but who commit the nnpardonable
ofense OF protesting against a wicked Wat
though in terms far more moderate than were
employed bE Pitt when he denounced ewar Ear
less diabolical. "sent south.n Are they
sent here as authority to them to take part IN
; ttwicEed rtbellion:'' Are they sent hero as
exiles who are afterwards 70 be warred upon?
The history of tvrauts las never furnished |
anything so base as for despot to prosecute |
| hcstiitiGs against his oHn exiles- The Auto !
| crat Of Russia wars not uron Siberia
Why ar. they sent here! The only rational |
solution, consistent with ordinary ideas Of hui
u1anity, is that Lincolns instincts tell him we
| are two nations; that We ought to separate
| place themselves upon one or the other tide
Of the line, according to their elective af1ini-
ties. 1t is a confession that the Wat upon us is
wicked; that men living where We do may,
do, and ought to do So, and, Of course,
| We should not be uaole:teu for it. Lin
| coin old not intend to confess all this. But
| there Is central i'd 8 to every system Of pol
| recognized l , him who adopts the policy, but
vel guiding h.ul by his Instincts an1 debating
his ccurs +, hot El his mind percefyes not the
rra.tn- That ct.trll taea III this policy Of
Lincoln is that the South justly occupies q
different relation to the Federal Union from
the North; that it Is not under the SINE obli-
gition to rtsrect it, an' hority; than the act
which. ut the North. is politically incongru.
ous, n.7y he in :cco' dance vi the fitness of
things u hen exhibited ut the South. The mo-
tive which ariinates Lincoln cannot be to
lnakc ttrtasun'' stronger where it is already
teyend his power, but an honest instinct
guiGes him to the implied confession that, the
Union and frate:nization beingno longer ros-
ourht to eepa1ate, and on the basis Of their
! several af1lnities-cach State, and perhaps
each individual, coiug where It is most agree.
able. This would be In accordance with that
tue American theory OF popular government,
| and Of the authority nfyoyernment as derived
only from the consent Ut the governed, which
was once proclaimed from every platform.
but which the intense passions Of the North,
and their liaboical feelings toTarl us have
. caust d them 10 forget.
Supposed Capture Of Confederate
From the Charleston Mercury. 9th.1
Persons who were at Morris Island and Fort
Sumter yesterday lnehtion that propeller
steamer calue into the bar during the moru~
ing, and reported to the Yankee nagehip. She
: lal one mast, aud her coal made very black
! smoke; and persons have supposed that it
was the Confederate steamer Cherokee. late
: the British steamer Thistle, which went oat
l i1pm this port OIL Thursday hight But some
: observers say that the above steamer WAS
painted black, which is a color entirely differ
| tnt from that of the Cherokee. In the pre-
l sent state Of our information It is quite un-
I certain what vessel the steamer was.
The Fnll In Flour
[From the Charleston Mercury.J
} During the past few days the price Of flour
y Eax jn1Arr Jtllen iu orr ntaykat, and, at pres
: rnt, holders actually do mt know what ia
h ask for the article. Tic last sales which have
T. come to our nu1icc were at $40 aud S59 4 bar
a rel We are Informed that one party in
= chased On speculation at 255 to St'0, tSpect'
;. ing to zealize ut least 10pcr cent. profit from
II the necessities Of the people. The srhfat CROP
Y throughout the srl:ols to1:rtdsracY nfrtr Y
= general ih eft, and nertr more promising II
+ appearance, than at fhi. fi'n-.
l. Fruits of the Suffolk Campaign.
y [Fsom the Richmond whig. May 14.l
It During Gen. Longs:1eet's investment o
: SulIuik be caused the removal Of tue s{,1endit
u irun If thu Svaboard and Roanoke K1ilrua'
/ up to point nrar franklin, distance .
E. nearly tw entv miles. He has Ecnt away mil
of lions If pounds Of blcon and other supplies
and all this las been done with an iuconsider
able loss Oh ourpaEt; while in every skirlni5
i he dealt severe blow to the enemy.
IL Retaliation.
The Petersburg Express, Of the 18th, says:
The retaliatory resolutions adopted by til
Confederate Congress provide THAT every coil
mi-sioncd officer who shall command negroe
for military service against the Copte1cr.!
States, when captured hfial! bc put to dealt
and negroes, whcn thus captured, shall be L
;, liycted to tile State Authorities, to be DE-,
III with according to the present or future Law
Of thu State