The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-26

that our Republican institutions are lost
unless ne have peace accompanied BY
Lsrmd5 wly Eh4 North. The great ques-
ton 3pf us I'm i, how are we to obtain
such " pea0oz
81 Mr.. Boyce freely states that he looks Tor
Epeace through the sccess Of the conservative
party of North. lie looks for peace
Through harmony, and not through war var
As we hare pledged ourselves to unswerv-
ing fidelity to the Union-to the Union IS
the only condition of ace--the logical
conclusion is that Mr.. Boyce is reAdy to
accept psscs On thess terms. Speaking Of
the possibility Of Mr.. Lincoln's re election,
he says: : 80 = gets
! admit in the first place, that success
full military defence is indispensable. With
lout that nothing can be- anticipated but
bnt uttersruin. But is this all? | think
not There is something over and above
success in war. That is, political policy.
IfMr. Lincoln remains in power there is no
hope of accomplishing anything by political
policy. Mr. Lincoln is the exponent of the
fanaticism and hatred of the North. He
holds power because he is the exponent Of
these sentiments of his party !; in order to
be master Of others, he has to be their
slave. He cannot be rational upon the
subject of slavery, because he represents
msdmen; he cannot exercise what Burke
calls the truest political wisdom, magma
nimity, because he represents malignants
Besides, Mr.. Lincoln is committe by his
past career to the most violent course. If
he had been statesman when he became
president, he could, by wise policy, have
restored harmony. But in that great crisis,
when craftsmanship could have accom-
plished 90 much, he used no efforts to har-
| monte, but yielded himself up mere in
strument of the foolish mob, as if states
manship came from below upward. Mr..
VIM. a. Seward, by his speeches made in
the winter of 1860, showed that he compre-
| hended the policy of Cancellation but just
at the moment when it became necessary
to put in force his fine maxins, he found no
1 use for them Mr.. Lincoln's mode Of car
1 rying on the war, his emancipation policy
the license he gave his armies to commit
the greatest outrages, shows that he relies
| on nothing but force. confess, therefore,
| I have no hopes of Mr.. Lincoln as pacih-
Gator. shorld as soon have elected Charles
TX. to pacify the Huguenots after the mas
sscre of St. Bartholomew. But, fortunately,
Mr.. Lincoln and those be represents are
not all of the North. There is powerful
party there which condemns his policy.
That party is rational on the policy of sla
very. 1t represents whatever OF amlty, oil
conservatism, is left at the North.
Re elect Mr.. Lincoln President, and Mr..
Boyce, and men like him, who have been
silent for years, will be silent forever. Elect
McOlellan, aud the party Mr.. Boyce repre-
sents is inspired with new zeal, and will
gather around it party that must restore
the Union, if it is ever to be restored-the
Union party of the South, the men who
were forced into silence by Mr.. Lincoln's
extreme policy.
For Georgia, Herschel V. johnson, q
candidate for Vice President on the Doug
las ticket, in 1860, speaks. From his letter
we quote:
In their long cherished devotion to the
Union of the Slates-a sentiment which
challenges my respect-the people of the
/, North, it seems to me, have fallen into two
grave and capital errors. On the one hand,
they attach an undue Importance to the
mere fact or form of Union. ignoring the
principles aud objects Of the Union, and
forgetting that it ceases to be valuable
when it fails to secure that object and
maintain those principles. On the other
hand, they think that the States Of the
Confederacy have separated from the United
States in contempt of that Union, in wan.
ton disposition to insult it's flag and to de.
stroy the Government Of which it is the
emblem. Both opinions are wrong. The
old Unien was an organization Of States.
But it was more; it was such an organizs
ton, founded upon great principles, in order
to give the most efficient security for the
maintenance Of those very aame principles
These principles are, the sovereignty of the
States the right of the people TO govern
themselves the right of each State to reg
ulate its own domestic affairs, to establish
its own municipal institutions, to organize
its own system of labor, and to pursue its
own career of enterprise, subject to no re
strictions except such as are expressed in
the Federal Constitution. On these the
Union was based, and constituted the solemn
guarantee of all that each State should be
protected in their undisturbed enjoyment
When it failed to do this, or, what is worse,
when the Government passed into the Ad-
ministration Of those whose avowed policy
and measures must lead to the overthrow
of those principles, it was virtually at an
end, and, in their opinion, ceased to be
valuable to the people of tho Confederate
States. Hence secession was not resorted
to merely to throw off the Union. Our
people loved the Union, and honored its
once glorious flag for the rich memories
that clustered around it. They left it with
a reluctance and regret to which history
will scarcely do justice. They were, as
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