The Portland daily press., 1864-01-15

IL.
Tothe Loyal National League OF New York.
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H.
You will crush the revolt, gentlemen. You
! will succeed is our belief-in re-estab-
fishing the Union. Ii will emerge from the
bloody trial stronger, more free, more worthy
Of thcsiobe destiny to which God summons
it.
1t has been demonstrated to us, It is true.
that the re-establishment of the Union was
impossible; but was it not also demonstrated
10 us, and by irrefutable argument, that YOU
would be always and OF necessity defeated !.
that you would never know how TO handle a
musSet; that recruiting would become i'm
practible: that your finances would be exhaus-
ted; that your loans would not be taken that
yon would become bankrupt: that riots would
ravage your cities; that your Government
would be oyerthIown. You have given to all
these oracles the simplest and best answer
1on viii reply in the same manner TO those
who assert that the re-establishment of the
Union Is impossible
What seems really impossible Is not TO re-
store the Union. Where draw the line be-
tween North and South? How maintain be-
tween them a state of Peace, or even of truce (?
How shall Slavery and Liberty live side by
SIDE? How, moreover, restrain the South
from European protectoratcs, and by what
means arrest the frightful consequences OF
siich protectorates Geographically, morally,
politically. separation would create an unnat-
ural situation, situation violent and hazard
Gus where each would live, arms in hand.
waiting for the hour OF conflict.
We have full faith, gentlemen, that such
trial will be spared TO you. 1t is not that we
overlook the difficulties which still remain for
you TO overcome they are great, greater per-
llF1C rI1A1. t..... -.
tudes, and you may perhaps be yet called upon
10 pass through periods of ill-fortune. Yet
one fact always remains, and shows on which
side the hnal triumph will be found, supposing
that there be no foreign Intervention. The
nag Oh the Union has now, for two years, new
er paused in its advance. 1t floats today over
the soil OF every reyolted State without ex-
ception. The South has had its victories it
has never gained an inch Of ground. The
North has had its defeats; il has never fallen
back. Master to-day of the entire couise of
the Mississippi, master of the border States and
OF Louisiana, all that remains is to sthe the
revolt in the narrow territory where IL first
burst forth, and back to which it has been
driven. We believe that you will succeed in
this; for Europe, the only hope of the South.
seems now little disposed 10 give her aid.
In short, the Rebellion is already reduced to
such narrow proportions, that should it ever
become distinct Confederation accepted as
such from WEAKNESS of war; the Confederacy
thus created viii not be born with the func-
tions Of life. Neither European recognition
nor your own could give IL a serious chance
OF duration. 1t would end in a return to you.
But we delight to believe the re-establisllment
OF the Union less distant. Aud, in the pres
ence of that prospect which thrills our hearts
with JOY, permit Us, as your friends, TO offer
you some sincere advice. The dangers of vic
tory, you are aware, are not less than those of
the combat. We give you, therefore. our low
al, frank opinion, sure that in the main it will
agree with your own, and feeling, also, that
these communications between us have an aim
more serious than simple exchange of words
of sympathy.
We hold it TO be OF the first Importance that
the cause of the war shall not survive the war:
that your real foe, Slavery, shall not gemain
upon the field. We have often asked ourselves
these last three years, why God permitted the
proongation OF this bloody struggle Was It
not that the real issue might present itself
with perfect clearness? Conquering earlier.
the Federal Government would, perhaps, have
been led to make concessions, TO enter anew
upon the fatal path Of compromise To-day
all eyes, not willingly blind, see clearly. The
New York riot breaking out at an appointed
day TO aid the invasion of Lee, and falling in
stantly upon the negro In a way to show to
kind Of spirit animated certain friends OF the
South-the New York riot was supreme
warning 10 your country. Your line of action
is clearly traced. SO long as anything of Slav-
cry remain, there will be cause oil. anfaro-
nism in the bosom of the Union. There must
be no longer any question of Slavery. 1t must
be so ordered and settled as never to return.
An amendment to tie Consultation TO this end
must be proposed and adopted before the re-
n
The condition of the free blacks must also
be secured against the inIquities which they
have SO long endured. No more plans of col
onization abroad, no more disabling laws. no
more inequality Those whom you have arm
ed, who fought so bravely before the walls OF
Port Hudson and Fort Wagner, can never be
other than citizens. Leave the problem of the
races 20 Its own solution-the most natural
solutions are always the best. Under the rule
of the common law, the free blacks of the
South and Of the North will find their legiti-
mate place in your society, of which lhcy viii
become useful members, honorable and hon
ored.
In thus ordering in deGnitiye manner all
that relates to slavery and the colored race,
you will have done more than is generally inn
agined for the lasting pacifcation of the South.
What remains for you TO do on this point may
he stated in three words Moderation. Gene
rosity, Liberty.
There can be no question, as you have often
said, OF an occupation OF the South. of a
conquest OF the South, Of reducing the South
ern States to the condition ofproyinces where
the conqueror will maintain his garrsons and
the public life will be suspended. Save in the
districts yet ravaged by guerrillas and in The
heart of which the Federal troops must finish
their work, victory will everywhere bring
with the re-establishment of the Union, the
re-establishment as promptly as possible OF
Constitutional rights. You hope, Gentlemen.
that those whom you conquer to-day will to-
morrow meet you in debate, and you will ac-
eept In all their truth the struggle Of the
press, Of the legislative hall, and of the ballot
which will replace the strife of the battle
feld.