True Democrat., 1863-03-11
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 Then, sir, New England, freed at last from the domination of her sophists and dreamers and hicots and restored to the control once more of her former liberal, tolerant and conservative clvll
 saton, will not stand in the way of the reunion of these States upon terms of far and honoraole au- iustment And in this great work the central free and border slave States, too, will unite hear' ano hand. To the West it is necessity, and she ne' mands it. And let not the States now called Con- faderate insist upon separation ana ihdepehoeuce. What did they demand at first? security agalhsc aboIitionism within the Union. Protection rom the sirrepressibe conflict" and the domination ol the absolute numerical majority A cnange ot nuhlic opnon, and consequently of political par lies in the North and est 50 that their local in
 stitutions and domestic peace should no longer oe endangered. And now, sir, after two years ol nersistent and most gigantic effort on' the part oi this administration to compel them to suont' o"s with utter and signal failure, the people ot the free States are now or are fast becoming satisfied that tn. nrce of the Union is the utter suppression or abolitionism or antslavery as poltlcai element, and the complete subordination ot the spirit or fanatcism and intermeddling which gave IL olrth. In any event, they are ready now nave my greatly misread the signs of the times, to return ,o the old constitutional and actual basis of efr raars aco-tnree- -ftths rule of representation, aneedv return of fugtives from labor, equal Eghes in the territories, no moro slavery agitation any ,vbar. and transit and temporary sojOurn wlbh clo
 Without all these there could be neither peace nor n.rranerc. to a restored union of States "part sI,ve and part free'' With it the south, Tn addl- ton to all the other great and muitIpiled oenents If union would be far more secure III her slave nroncrty. her domestic institutions, than under separate government. Sir, let no man. North or West. tell me that this would perpetuate African slavery know it. Bat so does the constitution. I repeat, sir, 1t I. the price of the Union. Who
 ever hates negro slavery more than he loves the Union, must demand separation at last. think that you can never abolish slavery by hghtlng- Certainly YOU never can till you have first destroy ed the South, and then, in the language, first ot Mr. Douglas and afterward of MT. Seward, con yerted this gouernment into an imperial despotism
 And sir whenever l am forced toa choice between the loss to my own country and race, o personal and political liberty with all it's blessings, and the involuntary domestic servitude of the negro, l shall not hesitate one moment to choose the latter alternative The sole question today is between the Union with slavery, or final disunion, and, think, anarchy and dcspotsm. l am for the Tniop It was good enough for my father. It Is good enough for u. and our children after us.
 And sir let no man in the South tell me that she has been invaded, and that all the horrors inn
 nied in those most terrible of words, civil war, has been visited upon her. I know that, too- But VIC. also of the North and West, in every State and by thousands, who have dared go much az to qu, stion the principles and policy, or doubt the honesty of this administration and it's party, have suffered every thing that the worst despotism could inhict, except only loss of life itself upon the scafold. Some even baye died for the cause by the hand of tbe assassin. And can we forget?
 Never never Time will but burn the memory of these wrongs deeper into our hearts. But shall
 we break ID the Unionl Shall we destroy the government because usurping tyrants have held possession and perverted 1t to the most cruel of oppressions? Was it ever so done in any other In md where? No, sir; let expe the usurper, and re- store the constitution and lava, the rights of the States and the. liberties of the people, and then, in the country of our fathers under the Union of our fathers, and the old hag-the symbol once again of the free and the bravc--let US fulfill the grand mission which Providence has appointed for us among the nations of the earth.
 And now sir if it be the will of all sections to unite, then upon what terms? Sir, between the
 South and most of the States of the North, and all of the est, there isbut one subj ect i'll contro
 velry-slavery. It is the only question: said Mr Calhoun twenty-five years ago, of sufficient mag
 nitude and potency to divide this Union; and divide
 it it will, he added or drench the country in blood if not arrested. It has done both. But settle it
 the riginal basis of the constitution, and give to each section the power to protect itself within the Union, and now, after the terrible lessons of
 the past two years, the Union will be stronger than before, and, indeed endure for ages. Woe to the man, North or South, who to the third or the fourth generation, should teach men disunion And now the way to reunion; what so easy?- Behold to-day two separate governments in one
 country, and without natural dividing line; with
 two Presidents and Cabinets, and double Con-
 gress and yet each under constitution so exactly
 similar, the the other, that stranger could
 scarce discern the difference. Was ever folly and
 madness like this7 Sir, it is not in the nature of things thatit should so continue long.
 But why speak of ways or terms of reunion now 2 hC,fh consent and good will and fraterrlal atfecton.-- War i. force, hate, revenge Is the country tired at last of war? Has the experiment been tried long enough? Has sufficient blood been shed. treasure expended and misery inflicted in both the North and the South7 What thenl Stop fight ing. Make an armistce-no formal treaty m Withdraw your army from the seeded States Reduce both armies to a fair and sufficient peace establishment Declare absolute free trade be-
 tween the North and South. Buy and sell Agree upon a zollverein. Recall your fleets. Break up
 your blockade. Reduce your navy. Restore
 travel Open up railroads. Re-establish the te!e- graph. Reunite yonr express companies. No
 more Monitors and iron-cads but set your triend V steamers and steamships again In motion. Visit the North and'West. Visit the South Exchange newspapers Migrate. lntermarrv. Lot slavery alone. Hold elections at the appointed times.- Choose new president in '64. And when the
 gospel of peace shall have descended again from
 
 ton and of hate been expelled let your clergy and the churches meet again in christian intercourse, North aod South. Let the secret orders and. yoie untary associations everywhere reunte as brethren once more In short, give to all the natural and all the artificial causes which impel us together, | their fullest sway. Let time do his oicedrying teaIs dispelling sorrows, mellowing passion, and making herb and grass and tree to grow again
 uuoif the hundred battle fields of this terrible | '" But this is recognition" It is not formal re- l cocnition to which will not consent. Recogni- | ton now, and attempted permanent treaties about
 boundary travel, and dtrade, and partition of terri | tories would end in fiercer aud more disas- | trous than before. Recognition is absolute dis | union and not between the slave and the free | States but with Delaware and Maryland as part of | the North, and Kentucky and Missouri part Of the | West. But, wherever the actual line, every evil | and mischief of dsunion is implied in it. And,
 for similar reasons, sir, would not, at this time, | prass hastily a convention of the States. The | men who would now hold seats in such a conven-
 tion would upon both sides, if both agreed to at | tend come together full of the hate and bitterness | inseperable from civil war No, sir; let passion | have time to cool, and reason to resume it's sway.
 It cost thirty years of desperate and most wicked
 patience and industry to destroy or impair the mag nificent temple of this Union. Let us be content
 if within three years shall be able to restore it. But certainly what propose is informal, practi- | cal recognition. And that IS precisely what exists
 to day, and has existed more or less defined, from
 the first Flags of truce, exchange of prisoners,
 and all your other observances of the laws, forms
 and courteses of war, are acts of recosnition.-