Washington telegraph., 1864-01-13

I1ScoLS's PRoGRAsNE.-Some two weeks .
90 w. nublshed in full the only important =
portion of the Message OF the fresideht q
Ipha Hated states. Our readerssbave had r
time n consider il well, and il they have read q
!, ,riybt. have gathered from lis perusal
peu determination, to sustan the fortunes
of cur struggling Confederacy, with their
nroperty and their hves-eycn to the bitter
end. The political documents published in
our subsequent issue, came in opportuneiy to
show however. that the cause of the enemy
betravs much that is weak. Whilst the plan
nut forth by the adm inistration, looks TO
result shocking to the pride, and intolerable
TO the feelings of every fre eman in the South,
the accompanying documents and the tone Of
tie Northern press must satisfy the Intelligent
statesmen of the world, that its accomplish
me Mt is irDpossible-that it is the insanity Of
desper ation-that the South nee ls only Be
firm and true to her own priIo Of character,
10 secure her final success Indeed the con-
trast between the vague. faltering and some \
what wild schemes Of President Lincoln; and
the firm calm tone of President Davis, Is !
marked and significant. Whilst the former
indicates a mind struggling with the perpexi |
| ties Of his situation, and striking olindly az
| Ter desperate remedies: the later. without ar
roqance. and with a becoming appreciation OF
| tie dangers which surround him, is calm, Sc
rene and rational in the adoption Of measures
by which they are to be met and overcome.
| We have read the Message and Proclama-
ton of Lincoln with pleasure. Our delight
grows As we contemplate it, 1t came in
fit time for the South. and relieves our mind
| of what has been from the first our chiefest
apr rehenson. We have feared our own peo-
pie Human nature is weak and few are ca
pable of that high-toned, sustained patriotism,
which looks ever beyond the trials ami suffer-
ings Of the hour and contents in the midst of
them for some absorbing principle. Excel
sior'' is the noblest of moral conceptions, but
j., alas, the type Of few. Since the time when
the Israelites tainted in the desert and lonzel
again for the fesh-pots of Egypt even with
I the degradation Of servitude, mankind have
. been prone % saci fcc their highest aim. for
present relief
And thus some remembered the times Of the
old Union aud looking back on the better days
Of the Republic, through the storms which
surround fhem, were prone TO forget that they
could nO longer have nsinel with honor
, They are apt TO dream 20 :e,tjia,ion of our
condition, and to fly b.c.-waris into Il At as an
, ark of safety. larGa y rfy of the enemy
favored this lea, and bee tme ore dangerous
TO Us than hosts Of armed men. Our own Iai
tors caught up the insdiou- thought ani with
this bait, were tempting others to deeds of
infamy equal 10 their own. We have vie ed
this with alarm, for there lay our Danger
We are-grateful that Lincoln in his madness.
has dispslled this treacher0us illusion. He
has yielded TO the clamor> Of fInaticism, and
meets the plaudits OF the Republicans But
i'll doing that he has rendered the South a
unit, and taken from the Southern traitor the
last hope. The South must succeed, or submit
to degradation III ire intolerable than has
ever yet been indicted upon a conquered pco-
pie in any age Of the world.
The meaning of the Who'll. Message AMI Pro-
clamation taken together, is plain enough Ii
| Il any thing but a restoration OF the Old Union
with it, constitution and laws. He says ex-
pressly that for while yet, tie seeded States
must be kept under military rule The whole
social system j. also TO be broken up 1t is
proposed to place the negro upon equality
with the white lab0rer, and 70 conhscate the
property Of all who have aided the rebellion,
and who have too much pride of manhood to
take servile oath Of peuitence. nd - bind
themselves in the presence of God to support
al the arbitrary, despotic AMI unconstitutional
acts Of President Lincoln. The Southern man
who does this, deserves to be spurned by the
mother who bore him. Tie has not the decent
pride of a barbarian. lie is altogether loath-
some and con.emptible
| Such, however, will constitute one Of the
elements Of the new soci' ty. The negroes
| idle and vicious, will constitute another. But
the main element will be composed OF a hated
| class of Yankee emgrants, thrown over the
what less detestable crowd of paupers from the
shores of Ireland and Germany.
These are 10 be allowed to organize a gov
eminent whenever q class can be had in any
State entitled to vote by our old laws, and
numbering one-tent th of cur voting population
in the last Presidential election. By our old
laws any Northern man is eutitlc1 to vote by
six months residence, and {, G,0GG would iii the
required number. Already they come like
vultures to batten on Southern spoil. The
movement of throwing Northern paupers down
upon US has. begun, under the recommendation
of Gov Gamble Of Missouri
Could any OF our citizens so far abandon all
dignity as to assimlate with all these hateful
elements, and become part and parcel Of them, |
what would be gained? They would be allowed
perhaps to retain property rendered useless by 1
change of the labor system. and be protected |
under Federal armies from the contempt and
violence of their fellow citizens who have been
too proud TO kneel and cringe for favor at the
feet of Lincoln. That is all Lincoln warns
them fiiry, that he cannot allow them TO send
to Congress, and promises no
National rights. They simply to be al
lowed to regulate few local affairs, all under
the dictation Of Congress, and under the sha-
dow Of Federal armies.
What man is there whose blood does not boil
at the insulting proposition? We who have
been born freemen and look back over n free