Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-12-24
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION !:


arm the slaves and to give to them theil
freedom Is consideration for their services
in the field. and they draw from this cir
cunstance the belief that 1t foreshadowI
the speedy restoration Of the insurgen
States to their places in the Union, com
pletely purged Of slavery. One Of thu
Administration journals that feels happy il
believing this expresses itself thus:
The rebels commenced the war for tn,
sake of their negroes" and it is mostsignifi'
cant that their leading organ should now
same object. They have, during a war oi
nearly four years duration, sacrificed hun
dreds of thousands of their "children to
preserve their slavcs;;n but now they ques-
tion whether this Is good policy! "Rhetor-
10, argument and authority" have for four
Syears been employed to ''fire the Southern
heart. against the North on account of its
repugnance TO Slavery: but now we find
the leaders of this movement suggesting the
abolition of slavery as the only means OF pro-
pitiating the Anti-Slavery sentiment OF
European Nations" with view to secur-
ing their recognition" and "protectiOn -
Are we told, In the face of these facts, that
the "South can never be conquered ?"-
With this direct confession of JEFF. Davis,
Gen. Lee, Gov. Smith, and leading rebel
journals, that there is no hope of their sue
cess through the means of the white popu-
lation of the South, and that the despised
and down-trodden slave is their forlorn
hope, shall 1t be said that the rebellion can
not be suppressed and the Union preserved?
Is the war that has brought them to this po-
sition "a failyre?" Must we now give up
arms and resort to the resources of states
~ kt..N y, 1<a ynsh
Do we not see in these things something
of the.eflect of the triumphant reelection
OF Mr.. Lincoln? Would these evidences of
despair have been given if the cowardly
peace policy Of the Chicago Convention had
been adopted by the North?
Grant that the leaders in the Rebellion are
reduced to such an extremity that they can
neither prosecute the War any further, nor
secure the intervention of foreign powers
until they abolish slavery-grant that they
are willing, to propitiate European powers,
10 abolish slavery-what then? Does it
evince contrition? Does it manifest will
ingpess to return to the Union? Nothing
of the sort. 1t shows contrary determi- |
nation, It does not look as though the !
rebels contemplated a return to the Union |
In the most dire extremity.
The Richmond Enquirer, that has given
the text to the Administration journals for !
their jubilant articles, declares: 1--WE would !
not return into the Union If every slave
could bereturned to his master, and if every |
guarantee that human ingenuity could de-
wise, were secured for the protection Of the
institution! We prefer liberty, with free
society, to reunion, with the securest basis
Of slavery In word, the men who con-
troll and direct the Rebellion are will
ing to sacrifice everything rather than
come back into the Union. This deter
minatlon may be accepted as evidence Of
despair; but an evidence of despair is one
thing, and an evidence of willingness to
come baclcinto the Union under the Ad-
Of Mr.. LINcoLN, is altogether
. different thing. Where do you find any
evidence that Is calculated to give color to
any such willingness? Truly may it be
said that '.the triumphant reelection of
Mr.. LIxcoLN' has contributed to put mat
ters into this condition. JEFF. DAVIS want
cd LINCOLN re-elected---wanted him re-
elected because 1t would completely silence
Gov. BRowS and Vice President STEPHENS,
who were willing to acknowledge the
failure Of the rebellion and take their places
again In the Union. LINCOLN reelected
and his policy and measures indorsed, |
JgrF. DAVIS can tell the people in
he South that before they can take their
places in the Union again they must firsti
abolish the institution of slavery. There
Is no other alternative, and inasmuch as
hey can not come back on any other terms
inder this Administration, in their despe-
ration they win give freedom to all their
,laves, upon condition that they fight in the
rebel ranks; and IL after having exhausted
his resource, they are then reduced to the
alternative Of coming back into the Union
" Of putting themselves under the protec-
ION of England and France, they piH ac-
opt ths latter alternative, and hen tciH Eng
and and Eraacs coms 20 ths rescae Of the in
urgent States. NEVER WILL ENGLAND AND
FRANCE Allow THE UNION TO BE RESTORED,
e shaii BE- N taeir poperto frevsnttt. This
WI be the legitimate result Of the re-elec-
lon Of LINCOLN and the Endorsement
hereby Of the schemes of the Abolitionists.
When matters shall have been brought to
his position, It can easily be decided
whether fthc war Is failure" 1t, is
,ow good time ITO resort to the resources
a =, s,.to.c.snahtx,, IN save tbe JIniou - Such