, 1864-09-09

members of ''Old Abe's party" still keep kick
seem determined to abolish the Baltimore nomi-
nations or leave Uncle Abraham "out in the
cold" In addition to Henry Winter Davis
movement, there is a similar fare up among the
Massachusetts, Republicans. A dispatch dated
Boston, Aug Goth, states that several promi-
nent Abolitionists including Elizur Wright and
S. G.. How have written letter to Gen. Ere
mont, which speaks of the dissatisfaction in the
Union ranks and advising both the Baltimore
and Cleveland nominees to withdraw their
names and that new Convention be called to
select another and new candidate. Fremont
has written q letter favoring the suggestion
But he says he does not feel at liberty to with
draw without first consulting his party. He
suggests that direct effort be made to obtain
an immediate understanding between the sup
porters of both nominees in order that they may
''coalesce and unite upon such convention" ="
He says, "much has been said about peace; for
me, peace signifies an integral establishment of
Union without slavery, because slavery is the
source of all political dissentions and because
the institution itself is condemned by the en-
lightened and liberal spirit of the age. These
are to me the essential conditions of peace"
Fremont, then, favors the establishment of
Union without slavery. If he had meant the
establishing of the Union entire, without sla-
very, he certainly would have used the words
the Union "a Union" does not signify any
| particular Union, but might simply mean only
a Union composed Of the free States. When
we speak of 'the Union" we have reference
to the whole Union as it existed before the war,
with the boundaries entire and complete Pos
sibly Fremont has become tired of his War
Platform and desires to ''throw up the sponge,
with view of effecting peace and establish
| ing "a Union" upon the basis of separation
of the free from the slave States. This, as is
we'll known to every one, was the original Alb
| olition programme. Fremont will accept no
Union nor peace with the South while slavery
remains. In that respect we cannot see the
slightest difference between him and Lincoln.
Abraham, in his "whom it may concern" an
nouncement to the Confederates, at Niagara,
said in effect that the rebel States must aban-
don slavery as one of the first steps to establish
peace and Union Lincoln and Fremont, then,
agree exactly on the slavery question. The
only difference between them seems to be in
relation to the matter of arbitrary proceedings
in the States not in rebellion. Fremont upholds
the provisions of the Constitution which guar
rantees freedom of speech, freedom of the press
and the right of trial by jury; while Lincoln
does not uphold these vested rights, except
where, in his own judgment he deems it ne
cessary. If Lincoln is as liberal minded as
Fremont he will surrender his "military neces-
sity'' notions and meet the latter half way in
his desire to consolidate the factious parties
Whether these factions unite or not, we re-
gard their defeat at the polls as almost certain.
We believe the people will overthrow all sun
conditional Union parties" that make the aban-
donment of slavery a condition Of the Southern
States resuming their allegiance to the Federal
Government. 1t was not the object at the be-
ginning of the war to interpose any such con
dition as that and no such obstacle ought
now to be thrown in the way of restoring the
Union We believe that all those who under
stand the principles upon which the Federal
Union is based, and all those who love the
Union more than they hate slavery, will utterly
repudiate any such condition for the re-estab-
Hshment of the Union, and at the polls next
November, will sweep to the winds the candi-
dates and the set of men who would interpose
such condition. The only conditions that
can rightfully be imposed to preserve and main
tain the Union are the conditions of the Con-
stitution, and the conditions which fair con-
struchon of that sacred instrument will war
rant.