Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-06

that We arc rot exhausted, no- In prooet. OF
sIhausiiprg th4t NO arc eatntng strength, and
may, II need be, maintain the contest indehnitsly.
This as TO men. Material resources are now more
complete and abundant than ever. =
The national resources, thin, are exhausted,
and, aa we believe, tnsxhsustibe. The pnblic pur-
pose to resstablsh and maiptain the nation Al Au-
thoritv is unchanged and a. we believe unchar re
able. The msnner Of continuing the effort rem AIMS
TO ehooSe. On careful con Iteration OF al the evil
denee accessible, II seems to me that no attempt
Al negotiation with the in,ufEent lesder could re
suit In any good. He would accept nothing short
Of severenee o. the UGion1preei.sly what we will
are explicit Aud oftrepeated. He does not attempt
20 deceive US. He affords us no eIcute to deceive
ourselves: He cannot yolpntsrily reaesept ths
him and us the Issue 10 direct simple, and ihnsxi-
Bile. tits an issus which can only be tried by war,
pa the Ss'SSa .oStsSrS pcopic fs S% Sc i SSs
Either way, II would be the Victory and deiesffol
Whst Is true, however, Of him who ho,ds the in.
sutgent cause is not necessarily true oi those who
follow. Al hough he cannot reacoept the Union,
they oan Some OF them, we know, already desire
crease. They can, at any moment, have peace
simply by laying down their arms and submitting
to the national authority uuder the Constitution,
After 90 mueh the government could not, u II
would, ma ntsin war sgaiu,t them. The loyal
people would not sustain or allow II. IL questions
should remain, we would adjust the N by the peace.
ful means OF legislation, conference, courts, and
votcs, operating only 10 constitutional and lawful
channels Some certain, and other possible, ques-
tions are, and would be, beyond the Executive
power 10 ADJUST au, for instance, the admission Of
members Into Congress-, and whatever might
require the appropriation OF money. The Exeou-
live power itself would be greatly diminished by
the cessation OF actual war. Pardons and remii-
sions Of forfoitures, however would stl be within
Executive control ln what spirit and temper this
control would be exoroied can be fairly judged Of
A year ago general pardon and amnesty, upon
T .pseinsd terms, were offered to all, except GER
tain designsted classes and IL was, at the same
still within contemplation OF special clemency.
During the year many availed themselves Of the
general prov .ion, and many more would, only
cautionary measures a. rendered the practical
process lees easy and eertaln. Duringfthe same
time also special pardons have been srsnted to In.
diviauals Of the excepted classes, and no volunta
ry application has been denied. thus, practically,
the door has been, for full year open 10 ALL ex.
eept such As were not in condition to make free
ohoiee-that u, such as were In custody or under
oonstrhint II 10 still so open 10 ALL But the time
may come-probablv will eome-ween public duty
shall demand that IL he closed and that, in lieu
adopted.
Ia presenting the abandonment Of armed resist
anee to the national authority on the part OF the
insurgents as the only indppeu sable condition TO
ending tha war on the part the Government,
retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. n
rou eat the declaration made year hgc, "that
attempt to retraet or modify the Emancipation
Fro 'lamstion, nor shall I return to slavery any
person who is Les by the tern OF that proelams-
PEOPLE should, by whatever mode or means, mshe
II 40 Executive duty to re-snslave such persons,
ano ther, and not !, must be their Instrument to
In stating single condition Of peace, I mean
simply TO say that the war will cease on the part
of the Government whenever It shall hav6 ceased
en- the part oftho'o who Hssan sI. y. ,,,co,v
December Q, Ieot.