The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-08-22
letter from Hon. J. W, wan, OF New
Jersey.

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GENTLEMEN have but this moment received /
YOUR kind invitation 20 attend the celebration hF
the venerable lUmmony Society of the ouuUrru.
Nv of our National Independence Owing l0 %
engagement twill not DO nuy pow
crtO accept
Recognizing the sincerity of your patriotic 20,
forts and desires must confess that ann not am
mated by the same hope that appears TO glow m
the bosoms Of the sachems of old Iummany upon
the subject of a restored Union,
fully appreciate the spirit that induced Tine pa.
tri0tc jackson 10 utter the famous watch VERDI
"The Union must and shall be preserved N0u
have pluced so pre- cmiucntly ut the head of your
card Of invitation, but II is clear to the most oI
nary comprehension that he meant only in Che
constitutional way, and not through the c0eroINe
military agencies Of the Government He dlstlc.
Nv declares I'm his Farewell Address off such
struggle is once begun, and tine citizens OF one
section of the country arrayed against those ol
another let the battle 40 as 10 may, there viii Doe
an end of the Union"
lie believed with Washington, and so asserted
--"that the foundations of the Union must DE
laid In the affections of the people and therefore
could never have acquired the Illogical idoa That
the strength Of the supcrsuucturo could be ln.
d d nnTmWUNnUN
ding directly t6 undermine these foundations
ReIv mon H. the only hone now, IT indeed there
is opy hone left. is in imcdato cessation Of This
bellisb Slaughter, aud q speedy peace, and even
thcn the restoration Of the old Union win have Co
nal sITff, VIM fiaycss55 E51. The man WHO looks
f,r the old Union TO arise bcautiGcd and glorid.d
from The vet warm ashes of desoatcd Southern
homes, from fthe blood of Kindred, shcdiu civil
strife from the force hate that the dying shall
breathe forth ms a legacy 90 those who survive
them. most surely Imagine a vain thing. ono OF
fine prayest dolusions I'M an ago Astounding with
them. is that which urges tho citizen "to sacrifice
bclasf dollar and the last man" I'm "a blind iloh-
mry for what is callod the Union. have Bs strong
love for the old Union, as high an appreciation OF
lbs benefits. its glorious orsn, and its ilusDrious
memories as any man nay, moro than This, was
mborinr TO preserve Il, when these modern PATRIOTS
wbo ors now so much in love with IT,. wer5 evil
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states, are Oh lnunlle'y more importance " "y ''''
mere broadth,ol territory Whlch must ne oerUWo" ny
white slaves moro important than Federal power.
If that power is to be welded by ursurpog amt 20
tyrant Liberty we must and viii hayoi Dos pos
session is essential to the life Of every free born
American the Union is not necessary unless usso-
dated with tho first
Orwhat value is Union to tho citizen who finds
al his guaranteed rights in the amendments to
the Constitution entirely gone? His right to free