Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-08-06

to be substantially the same as that the
people of the Southern States would cease
resistance, and would reinauguratc, sub.
init to, aud maintain the national aulhori.
ty within the limits of such states, under
Constitution Of the United States, | say
tl'at in such case, the war should cease on
the part of the United States, and thatif,
within reasonable time, "a full and gen
eraI amnesty wero necessary 10 such end, ,
it would not be withheld"
Early i'll the autumn of 1853, in his eel
obratcd letter addressed to the Spripglield
Republican Convention the President wrote
as follows, as if to exclude the cayil OF
objection on the part ofpolitcal opponents
that he had any design to continue the war
lor the purpose Of emancipation alter the
declared object Of the war should have
been reached in + oration f the Uuion
10 this effect the Prcsidentsaid
"l ou say YOU will not fight to free ne
grocs. Some of them seem wiling TO fpht
for you But no matter fight YOU then
exclusively to save the Union. issued
the proclamation on purpose to aid you in
SAVING the Union. Whenever you shall
have conqured all resistance to the Union,
II L shall urge you 10 continue fighting, it
viii DC an apt time then for you to declare
you will not fight 10 free negroes,
We have arranged these declarations of
the President in the order Of their chronol.
ogy, for the purpose Of showing that his dc.
clarcd policy under this head has bccnuni-
form, deliberate, definite, and dotcrminatc.
In the month Of July, 1861, he dcclar,
cd it his purpose to preserve the govern,
ment that it might be administered as it
was administered by the men who made
it, and he added "Ioyal citizens everywhere
have the right to claim this of their gov
crnmept, and the govcrnmdut has no ri gLt
to withhold it,
In December, 1862, he said that if "thc
Po'P'o ol inc southern states would cease
r''''' ''anco ana would rc'nauGuratc, sub
NIT TO- ana maintaln the national author
ity within the limits of said states, under
tho Constitution of the United States, in
such case the war would coaso on the part
Of tho United States"
+. c., ,oc, ,.
" - '"'0''' i"o' 0i'eo''ng MS re-
MARKS 10 supposed dl'scnticntS from his
negro policy, he said :"Fight you then
exclusively for the Union" "Whcncvcr
vou shall b,vo oorororod ali uo,;.,a,o.,.
-. !, ''''''' W
.nI cu'on' " s""'l urge you 10 coh'lnn'
hghtin5, 1t VII! BE- An apt time for you to
declare you will not fight for the negro"
1t Is III tbo light oil these presidential
declarations '''t the reader IS prepared
properly to appreciate the latest terms on
which the war will cease as far as the
fFeS'oont Is concorhod' ana without which
purposes TO continue lighting We nl-
!uao' OF course to the Shpulations announ-
cc0 oy MN nc" days ago as the necessa'
~ conditions preliminary to negotiations
with tho "ohfcoorato authorities, as fol-
lows
hAEcuTiVs 1,e ,1Ni MANSloN' "a, "AS"tN0roN'
ronds;,ian '1;"I ,I;"L - L, "'Lg o3,'e',I'' ,'
restoration II ncarc. tho intcrritv Of Lo
Union and the abaudonmcnt Of Slavery,
and which comes by and with authority
lnat @ can coH'rol ~ o.. the arme" no" at war
"a non,iToroI ia 'II" NV 'J, ~, ~ ~, ~ ,
ment Of the ITuitGJ S,atos. and will he mat
by liberal terms on other substantial aud
collateral points, and the bearer or bear
cfs 'n''''l nan AaTo SAFE conduct ootA
""1' = '''''' 'i''''' ''i''''''N'
l MS "eclora''oh Is lmPoFt'nt IN m"ny
aspects II SHOWS, IN the hr't place. that,
accor'lng TO the principles pFoPo"nded BY