The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-02
g From the Phiiddlphia Press.
Forney Breaking Ground for National
Convention.
LETTER FROM occasional"

LEI lEh fhOM ''OCCASlONAL,
WASHINGTON, August 25.-Hon Hem
ry.J. Raymond, the chairman of the Ma
tonal Uuion Committee, reached Wash.
ington this morning, and has been in con.
sultation all day with the President, the
different members of his Cabinet, and the
other friends Of the Administrator Of the
Federal Government Governor Ray
mond is statesman of enlarged compre-
henslon aud thorough experience. He
has not only been educated in the. legisla-
tive school, but is graduate Of that most
trying of all trials, the editorial chair, and,
therefore, brings to the task of conducting
a Presidential campaign in the vortex of
an unparalleled civil war the best and
most useful qualities. 49,,
la these days, when independent jour
nalists must take vast responsibilities,
when they must be towards in their own
esteem it they fear to speak on great is
sues, and, dvipg SO must be assaulted by
suspicious and ignorant partisans--such. a
man Us Henry j. Raymond is. treasure
which the friends Of Union aud honorable
peace. cannot too highly prize. Aud in
this allusion | refer to- The narrow miscon.
structions placed in suue cases upon the
articles under the title of 1.-The Road to
Lasting Peace" which appeared in the
Washington Morning Chronicle Of the
10th Of August, and the Phladelphia
Press of the 18th of the same mouth
What every ody thinks about, it would be
Jolly to refuse to speak about. North
and South the humblest and the highest
are discussing the problem IF the easiest
road to peace. All desire it, and when
wrote tho article which appeared in the
the Chronicle aud the Press, above refer
red to, | did no more than to print some.
thing Of what the loyal mind was thinking
at that very moment. 1t is 50 easy to
misunderstood public man who desires
to save his country, that | was not sur
prised to see that article misunderstood
on the QUE hand aud Wisintcrpreted on
the other. -. r....t-. ,.,,.,.
Governor Raymond will be found, l
think, on higher plane and holder plat
form than that which assumed In.
deed, his articlesi in the New York Times
have been more thoroughly in favor of
peace, on the ground of national unity,
than anything have written. Aud why?
Because he has looked over the whole
field, aud has perceived that we, the
stronger party, and the conqueriug party,
and the party that is sure to win III the
eud, can afford to offer generous and mag
unanimous terms to the people of the
South, who, however erring, are still our
brethren-bone Of our bone and flesh of
our flesh Mr..Greeley himself, the great
auti-slavery leader, who Commanded and
demanded the emancipation proclamation,
is now, | believe, willing to tuke any
ground consistent with the national dig
nifty to secure Reconciliation between
the two cohtending sections. Nay, it is
not violent presumption that Mr.. Gree
ley would not he willing to ignore that
proclamation in order to secure such re.
Cancellation. 49,
We are not fighting foreign foe. The
blood poured out in this war for liberty
miugles with the blood that is poured out,
not for slavery, but for an,ideal Southern
independence, anu Ill we can change lnls
latter sentiment into the belief that South
ern independence can be better maintained"
in the Id Union, why should not all the
issues, except that only Of national unity,
be entrusted to National Convention
Southern independebce bias already brave
-ly asserted Itself in the field of battles
So, indeed, has Northern iudcpcndenoe.---
Each has shown its ability to defend it,
self, and yet the South has been unable
to tear itself away from tue old Union. --a
We may be independent of everything
except God and our country-independ-
ent in our counties and in our States, but
not Independent Of the Constitution nor
of that great lpdissolube bond that holds
US forever together. OCCASIONAL
--s.O 49,