, 1864-09-10

IL IL btuEAuAF "A1t AANAetAO0o ElQ14E9 pEEs /
p1o md even newfpspcrs will tell for polftf- |
cal purpose The Cbicsgo Nba acts as sort |
Of tenccr to tic Iso.e', Its aim being to catch |
aus strpgg}e1s from TIC Democratic ranks, |
with stouachs too feeble to bear the flerco |
diet of the organ OF the mnlignants. L,
late number it mskes this outrageous asser-
tion; That altar Ltncu11's election, the rep
reetnta,iyes OF the how rebel1ious States de-
clared that whist Has wanted ras "such
amendments 10 the Constitution as would
not alter It's existing terms, hut woul1 serve
as written guarantees ard pledges against
the Unconstitutional abuse Of power, aud
that such terms would be satisfactory to their
peop1e. RAo weu1d not sccede, would not
rebel, would not take up arms against the
old f]as, II their Northern brethren would
or1y speak 10 them in ecch frank, patriotic
terms" :
Nbht does this lass Of ycrb1agc mean to
assert? That the sebels were unwilling to
scccde, but were driven of By Lincoln; that
certain an,endmeuts to tbs Constitution
would satisfy than. What amendmentsr
a law yeas passed, guaranteeing slavery in
the St=tts wherc 1t exitted. That did rot
eatisty them. a whole month after Lincoln
was icsugusated, aud tue whole winter be-
fore 1t, WAS spe.s In finding on: what would
satisfy them. But the 1act YVES, they did uut
Nant to be satitaed-dld not mean to be-
a1d would not be s4tlsned. Tae Ra knows
that tue Southrra leaders oi7ided the Charles
ton Convention, with the aim 10 e1ec. Lfa-
coin, 20 rs to have pre!ext for accession,
for which they had been plotting, rs they
themselves have said, !" Tor thirty years." It
kucws, too, for JET Dacis las just said 1t,
that what tha South wauts aud means to
havc is Independence. And though ne.
afllation and interference, Is the chief
motive Tor independence, that does
not alter the case. All was offered
them which the North could in honor
offer, AID somewhat mote. bnt they nt<a.t
secession; and 8 good many Of them meant
xcar n,sgiDipe 1t would be ehort and trifng,
ipaEmucA as the Southern superiority would
be 20 overwhelmingly conspicuous, that it
would give them advantage, and the power
to domlrccr over us for all time to come.
With what fase csn 2c5 paper which cares a
straw for the truth, eseert, that any amend
me1ts to tie G ,nstitution possible to be
given would have satisfied the rebels In 1861.
The I1st goes on 10 Fay, that II the War
had bccn conducted fol 1he Union only-and
emancipation had been Let slone, 1t woul1
hare come to speedy ED. Well, our re-
collection H.. that 1Ae war commenced In
April, 1851, md that emancipation was rot
proclaimtc till January, 1Si3. I've thus had
about TWO 3tars VI 1t, eth George B. Afc-
Clgllan for Conmander-in- Chief, dnrieg o
year and a tnn OF the tine; without any
emancipation other than Of such negroes a.
ran away in spite Of him; and the war did
rot end in that tint; and ut tae rate 1t was
carried on, would not have ended in thia
century. He put DOWN "taxur1xctioa toitA ar
iYo7, ho,,d''-st least promised to do SO Ii It
showed ttaelf He tried all the b1aodish.
meuts of which he was Muster. His speech
yes Of the good Lord and good devil ki1d
but It made no converts among them. They
declared INN good Genera1-for the n
though not quite equal to Buel1-oaly thAt
"he would Lie outrastously;" and 1t is lm'
possible for us to defend him against telling
some wllapperr. But If this eort of thing /.
80 eficsctous, why didn't it succeedg VIII
didn't it ind the war, Is the Rast says 1t will
and the "war Democrats arc now trying tx
persuade themaclves it. IL sure to doY Every
body With an ounce of brains knows this II
all bosh. TIE way to settle with the rebels i
to thrash them till they giye in. Ou= day o
such Whaling, as old Fauagut gave them /,
Mobile Bag. or Sherman at Atlantis, is wort1
more thau euch stuff ae that OF the R:t pilet
up to the height Of the sun, for. cycles 0
ages. Put on the blows; they are the stut
for rebels.