The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1863-06-25
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OF may b inferred froas. tke lslior;ny
rsascns which he sssigssd Hhy % Va
should cease So 2 -, !. q =. - :
!. The war shcsld 1885, - 4
shoaid never have comueneoAs .iss1aIu,S
- there D no ooeseiye iiiIiissy - q
the Federal Govesptn1ut - Ss<fai ~
Sss:es, which are sevesSi1n, I'D a -.
session 81 I'll power nos dslsuesi. If.
Power q coercion czists1at III, k bsI sIsxSl,
and rot military. -. -,
z. Because there was no nscsesify foe
u. An ninioable adjasachs cf tke 38ss
s;oEs In dispute could have bssn, md eas
DO snn, procured on terns IL fairnass aud
eqselity. So. =. =, : - :,
y. because, however leesl end inst -
the commencement, Il hsS heen al, cstcd
from its osteusibie original bsfc5ss. aod
mndc - war for The sholiSicn a slaverv
aafl ths -dilfiagnishnsss e n <1oufheu31
States, - such, which, Of oupcus. n, = -.
sequenec, subverts the Govsrnsssut .itsen
q Becasfse it IS made ps5Sext Tor tbs
ncct outrageous and dsmaabls crimes
against the liberty Of the citixen, the rights
ct property, and even against the form Or
uovernment under Which NE hsvc lived.
D. Because il is creating q stup,nioua
public money debt, which must bear down
labor, destroy capital, aud fusily cause
bankruptcy and dishunor. - -
9. Because 10 the military IL n A.
saLiisLing new and dangerous power.
which already oser.rides the courts ana
the Consiitution, and which history teach.
es when once firmly established becomes
permanent, despotip and .yrannica!. When
uiistary Law sutTerts the ciyi! Law, liberty
departs iorsyer.
4. Bseaase there is neither in the ciril
tos IN .ae military departments Of Gov.
ernment any man or men Of sun7ci3nS
mental power to successfully prosecute the
war against the vastly superior statesmen
and Generals Of the South. zsrs-.s p
because the commercial wealth of
the country, derived from foreign trade.
and largely enhanced By Southern I'D.
ducts, must gradually disappear, if this
war continues AS yet, artificial stimu.
laIts have supplied the detection Of sound
iaercantile Resources, but time must dissi.
pate them, aud then will follow ,eaction
territlc-overwheluIin and snpihilating.
y. Becaiise The popular enahusia,n ne.
eessary to couduct the war tsa rutily the
failing armies has subsidized. Force by's
draft, cannot supply the indispensable re-
quisite. Republicans who have grown
ap with the idea Of personal freedom, and
right 10 political opinions and action, can.
mol be 90 suddenly changed rs to becor-a
wiling instruments of power, and be used
efcctuaily against their errn es.v;etions OF
policy and right.
lo. And, finally, because experience
should admonish uaihat tae overruline
power OF God Is against us. We eaunot
succeed In what we have undertaken
Hence every dollar expended Is thrown
away--every life lost is little less lhan
murder--eyery SSss ct land laid waste a
90 much toward national impoverishai
and every days continuance OF war pieces
IN additional barrier between Us and re.
union, and drives another aaii in she col.
fin al the Rcguhlic.
Ia his speech te said
The contiGaaoce OF the war will be f.
tai to our liberties. SGbppsc that ,ne war
bo continued Tor two years snoye S,y the
ssalst1acc of Democrats, would there be
vestige Of civil litcrsy lett The great
body Of the people are tired Of the war,
and demand peace on the bass of existing
views N this respect. II !l.c men who
now oceapy tire position of leaders, DO not
see and recognize this fact, they will be
Forced to give place to men who 60 see it,
Again, In addition 60 these irresistible and
sufficient reasons why the Den1Cta,ic par
~ should declare tor peace, Is the palpable
comrioa senss aud hard headed fact that
the war cagnos succeed We have beefi
beaten. We capnot conquer the South.
A glance ct all history would have told
this before II was undertskon, had wo
read It Alright. No purely agricultural
people, ia stato 6i' revolt, contending for
their domestic rights, have ever yet besn
subjugated aud tto reyolted people, who
have been able ~ maintain 20 in1epend-
ent Government for twelyemontt, have
been conquered or pus dowa. The last
tweivemonth has united tho South, and
though We had twice their power, they
! could successfully rcs:st ss AZ inyaders
We are impotent. To eguaiize sne caanoes
OF war the invaders should possess ten
| times the power aud every advantage Of
! position That is not the case. Besides
| all this, Cod did not intend that We shodld
succeed in this war. Had lac intended il
| he would no, have placed ia coiamsnd .
Lincoln, with sucl, coadjutoss 40 Butler
or Burnside. We wit! iet eom6ars thesS
| men 10 Davis, or lee, or Stonewah
jackson. 1t IS not Gecessary. Mind,
character AID capacity viii always esipeo
declsse or uaihtsir its srperiority. The
land of God IS upliited ugain>t US. His
| illimitable power oyerturns all our designs
! and subyerts all our plsas.
GEN MAGRuDER Ar HIS OLD TnIcKs.'
"A reliable otkcer OF Col. Bctss Regi-