Washington telegraph., 1864-11-30

lrS- Ill any o4.c lSCls a Iingc.lii5 iS-
grot over the defeat of Mcclellan, lei
him lcmcnbcr this.
That we never could lave solaccd
ourselves with the idea that we chad
got all we claimed" and thus saved on
honor i'll case If Reconstruction with
an amended constitution guarantceirg 2
slavery. That-was net what lie South
scceded for. 1t seeded for scParatioa
and independence. The salvation NJ
slavery would be 40 triumph to SJull
EN- trms, as salvo To its honor. Should
ii ever succumb TO so into the Union
with al its rights secured it would
adopt "a very thin and ridiculous dis
guise Of lis humiliation aud shame.
The party which elected Lincoln never
proposed interference with slavery i'll
lhc States. Tine South thought iis n-
stitu!ions threatened ly his election.
and that her only futuc security lay iu
immediate secession. She was unwil
ing 10 acccpt constitutional guafantces
She scorned thcm The States wliicl
first seeded refused even TO wait foi
the cooperation Of others. They rpnrued
with contempt a convention Of States ID
amenI the CONSTITUTIONS. Thry would
not longer remain I'LL connection Will
the North on any terus, even with every
possible guarantee. NutAinE would do
lhcn hat Immediate, complete, mcondi
tIomal and ternaJ tpaidtiup They
iurcstallcd the calIEer judgment Of other
states Of the South, " no wished co-ope-
.ation, and would have been content tu
nave tr:cd the Union longer with udli-
uuual guarantees They made nrr,-
liatiuI 5 with the North iR lhc Union
impossible.
tan thry accept now what they tlcn
scorned, Oh any q her grounds, before
,he would, than as d conquered people.
What else cJu.d make il safer or better
for them now, after all the terrible car
mage which has eusucd? Ii is simpl,
defeat and submission.
We do not refer 10 al those n,d his
tories Of a past the memories uf VIII cL
should le buried, f1r tIe purpose w rc-
pr)ach, or 10 revive tic discussions bc-
iwcen orig1lal sccessiJMists uud thy-r
vi later da.c. Tie last, when coercion.
against their repeated remunstr.uce. was
attempted. fully adopted tic causc Of
their sister States OF tie Soulh, and lie.
came identified with them, aud fully
coDcurrcd in fine determination Id hzhr
lo the last Tor entire Independence. Ai
differences were erased. and Arkansas.
Virginia AID Tennessee. became a- lnlI,
committed against ANY future rC.unul
as South Carolina or Georgia
That was our STANDPOINT. linden f.
dcnce, not protection Of slavery. Should
We now, compelled by force Of arms, and
the eXigencies Of the war give up the
former, and accept tic latter it would b.
u defeat, Disguise il as WIKI NAV.
1t would be humiliation nnd dishonor.
McLleIlaa's election would have created
a party favorable to this disgracaful lpt-
ling down Of our preteuiions Newould
have seen all around rs The sad 50 ctacle
of men who were at first load iuoutheI.
and vindictiye against all those ~ ho were
in favor Of making terms with the North
for cancellation and harmony, now willing
70 accept those terms, and humLlv init
ploring them.
Docs any one wish such party I'LL thr
South ? itso they may rightly fnel dis-
appointment. lfnot, then W. ask them
te join with rs in salf-gratula;ion thai
tlfe election Of Lincoln. chrystA.izrs ali
clements oil the South into a solid and
Symmetrical mass Cf determined and pa
triotic cooperation for the one only goal
separate nationality