The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

The Nov York Herald Is blowing on its
monotonous horn the siugle note Of "a ns-
tonal armisiice and convention of the
States This tene will doubtless msnopolize
is fiddling energies until Grant takes Rich
mond or Sherman Atlanta, when il will shout
Justify for .yigorus prosecution of the
war" still the Heraid's weak-kneed yelp
for peace is useful a. indicating the measure
of depression which has taken place In the
public pulse OF tie. bsr~tendefs and chamber
saids Of New York. by whom il is support
ed. and Of whom il sspires to be the organ
We are not aware that the views OF the oys-
ter bins and tap rooms Of New York and
Hoboken ars OF any serious Importance to
Sherman or Grant, but OF whatever moment
they may be. TO that extent the editorials Of
the Herald which yeer, like weather cocks,
with their changes. deserve attention and re-
gard.
1 What does the Herald mean by AL .rmis-
ticei an entire suspension OF hcstilities But
that would include q withdrawal of our
blockade--the sale OF all the rebel Gotten to
Europe putting the Coniederscy on . gold
basis, and rendering the ultimate restoration
OF the Union. IL il shall not be restored by
compromise-ten times more difficult and
bloody than now--in short. impossible. In
this aspect the Herald's plan looks as ifn de-
signed to help the rebels
9. The "Confederate" constitution claims
10 be the supreme Law OF the Seuth. The
Federal constitution claims to be the supreme
Law OF the South aud North. Under both
these constitutions such convention OF the
State would be nullity, 50 Tar ~ IL might
claim 20 annul these constitutions or de-
stroy them. But 20 restore the Union the
| Confederate constitution or "Coniederacy
must be destroyed. and to recognize the
OSniederacy the "constitution" OF the United
States must be destroyed. Tberefore the
the delegates from the Confederscy would
come into such . convention with no power
but TO sustaiu the Confedsracy. aud the dele
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or but TO sustain the Union. Hence both ssts
would come empowered only to disgrace.
unless you give the Northern delegates the
| power to dissolve the Union and Southern
delegates the power TO d.ssoive the Contsd.
sracy This would be TO abolish practically
| both the Union aud The ''Confedsrscy," re-
solving :he former into thirty-four inoepen-
dent sovrenisies- but this is 20 give seces-
| sion all il asks at the start. Hence the very
idea of a convention of the States. with
power" recognizes the whole theory OF Sc
csssion and disnnion.
3. ION the other hand the convention
Dc without inherent powers, but merely
advisory, no man IN his senses believes
that il would be moro efeciasl than oul
armies n the feld to restore the Union
The South did not rebel because of an,
wrong the Federal Government had don'
Il. for that Government hsd always beer
in their own hands and they had NJ
charge 10 Iake against IL The South
wss ridden into the rebellion BY thre
hundred thoassnd booted and spurrsS
slsveholding sristOcrsts, who hated th'
people OF the free States because Of thei
snti-slsvery sentiments. But those senti
ments are Ear more intense now than the
we're when the South seeded and ert<n.
10 . far greater numb<r. IL il probsbl
thai lsveholders would have any NOR
love fo7 "Abolitiolists nov than thea
The Hereid i blind 20 one fact SLAYER,
si the South Is being abolished while Al
osfionisEa At the North, with tenporxr,
oscillations and vibrations, IL stesdil,
growing INTO opinions, platforms. iaw
sna Constitution Il i very well for ID
Herald 70 strive 20 drift with the curren'
bai whea, As nov, i mistakes an eddy g
the carrent and driiis up stream, il coarss
ia circle whose vortex is deztructiox
We love and desire peace Gar more prc
fOandly than those can possibly 90 vh'
ike The Heraid, skim merely On the 81
face q The mighty issues involved in n
var. and are ready each day of the vee
With new p1nsoes Cor its cure. But -
f&l % sse tk2i tksre s zay peace adj