The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-10

entered into this contest with full knowledge oil
all the responsibilities which attached TO the act
aud, como veal or woe, she will never withdrA 5
from Il ia dishonor However uuo lHal nav bc
the proportion OF suffering or sacrifice which her
people may have to endure, she will never make
separae terms with the enemy which may free
her territory from invasion and Leave her con.
ftdctatCs In the lurch.
Whatever may be the opinion Of her peopIc A
10 the justice done her by che Coulcderae Al.
minis ration, she will triumph with her CJnf,de.
rate bist. TH or she will sink with them in common
ruin. Ibu intelligent people Of ue1rpa already
understand, aud our enemy will soon lcir1, that
thr independent expression Ot condemnation OF
the Aouinl tratun is one thing, ami d.sl1ytlty
10 Qua sacred cause Is another and quite a diilar.
oui thing While the people OF GrGrsts think fir
thtm,. vtsnud will not blindly app aud the mi,.
management Of their Tu ers, thoy gill never yO,
latc nrihcIplo iorcXpodiency, nor accept dishouol
for reward.
Tht foundation Of our Government aud the
hbciuD, Ui the people rest upon tbe s1yCrstg glty
OF tho SfRtes AS their chef cUrnrr-,tbne Des,r,v
the sovereignty OF the Stto, and the Shrio fabric
falls 10 the r,Ouud, and centralized power with
military despottsm taxes the place Of constitu.
tionHl liberty.
When the passions Of the people North and
South bavc sufficiently sub tded, we my make
peace by icgututiOn, but never ny the sword.
IT Nj. Lincoln would have peace and pros.
pcrity rc-estth ished upon tirm blIs, leg him
stop the war, aui, pl inting himself upon thJ
l776, let him recognize The sovereignty Of the
States, and agree 60 leave each sHytreign Staa I'd
deiOI mine for herself, by Convention of her
people whose delegates sh No be fairly chosen by
the legal voters Of the state, without military in-
tCriCrcnCe or intimidation, what shall hp her
future onncctiOn-Whethor she will remain in.
or, II out, return TO the Old Union, or adhere TO
her present league.
There may b. doubts WhehCtr Kentucky, Mis-.
6Ouii, and prob lbly other Stltes. desire To- con.
tiuUp their connection with friT "a.
to cast their lot with the Confederate States The
only just mode OF sowing these doubts Is the ont
above indicated, If these or any other Of The
southern states should, in solemn convention,
decide N 60 with the United Sttos, neither the
Confederate Government nor the other states can
object. We cannot govern Kenucky, for in
stance, against her WILL unless VIC can su1jug ,tc
her.
This we have no power n do,with the Northern
ttates AT her back; and If we had the power we
have no right to COerCe a sovereign State into a
connection which Is not Of her own choice. II
this were done we must, in future, govern her
people by the bayonet, which would convert our
TepubliCansm into the worst species OF desp ptsn.
SO il must be with the North it Mr.. Lincoln sue
ceedod in his policy of cOnquering us.
Ii We were oycrrun, and for time subdued,
our territory is 30 vast in extent, aud our pOpu-
laton so large, that it would take regular army
of two hundred thousand men TO govern aud hold
us in subsection. The support of such an army
would not only continue the country in bank
rupcy, but in the hands Of the Executive Il would
soon be used to subvert even the form of the
Government, and change il from a republic 10 a
monarchy. Thus to destroy our liberties must
cost The Northern people their own; and the
repubiicansm of America must IN future be a
rcprOach und bywOrd among all nations
Ii President Lincoln and President Davis will
agree to stop the war and transfer the settlement
of the issues from the battle field to the ballot
box, leaving each sovereign State to determine
for herself what shall be rconnectiOn, and VINO
her future allies the present devastation, blOld-
shed, and carnage will cease, and peace ana pros
perity will be restored to the whole country.
On the other hand, If this is not done, the war
will last for years to come, till both sides arc
exhausted and overwhelmed with debt and taxa
tion, when it may degenerate into guerilla strife
the end of which may not be seen by the present
generation, and the hate eugendered by which
will last through many future generations.
Neither General Sherman nor | can control
this, however much we may dcplore It
If those on both sides who have the cOnsttu-
tional power of negotiation, from obstinacy or
ambition, refuse TO recognize the sovereignty of
the States, and to leave the settlement Of the
question tO the States when they cannot them.
selves agree, and insist on continual efIusiOn of
blood to crafty their caprice, all the States
North and South, in their official capacity may
then he justfabe in taking the matter into their
own hands and settling 1t as sOvereigns in their
own way.