, 1864-10-02
The South to ba G1veu the Upper Hand
In the UoAVcnSloMe

In the UoAvcnslon.
See this new evidence of the tripartite
conspiracy, rebel, Cupperhead and British,
to e1throne the rebellion upon the ruiu OF
the WEI and the eubjugstion Of the North
It Ia from the New York correspondence
{August 223d) Of the London Iis.es:
WILL TEE SOUTHERN STATES ATTEND i cox-
tyERT1oN f-sKETCH or THEIR TERMS OF
MEkT1N0.
1t will doubtless be asked IN Europe
whether the Southern States, though gladly
AID for ohvlous reasons co2senting to an
a1mieuce, would consent to aend delegatea
to the proposed Convention believe am
justified in stating, as the conviction let
on that subject with the dlplomasists who
nave taken mp their abode On the Canadian
side OF the Fails Of fNfaEara-gentemen who
claim to possess the entire coincidence OF the
Confederate government, and 10 represent
its views and Withes In this and other res
'pects-that every Southern state would do
60 on the following terms:
1st. That the Ft1trs1 Government ehonld
ctRstdeT Vt7Eihia a one STATE, and not a. Two,
instmuch as the creation Of the Slate OF
Western Virginia without the consent Of all
Vi5fin!a va hleg1l and unso1st1tuttona.; a3 -,
the Federal armies, or Menaced by Federal
uavles-such as louisiana, Tennessee, Geor.
gfa and Alabama-tbe Federal soldiers should
possete no vote, and that linz utuivst ,Fxedom
Of election OF delegates should be guaranteed
to all bana 1de citizens.
Sd. That In such Border States as ken'
tuckY, Maryland and Missouri, where there
Is 80 etypuR q tympathT for the Sonthern
cause that Lot even the most brutal Of military
despotisms can 1epress 1t, the Federal. Gov.
eminent will reestablfsh civil and suspend
martial law, and allow the, delegates tu be
l %nA 4hn ntf%fn& aF4fnt nf thA T1NNtt1N.
| These conditions cannot be considered uu-
reasonable. They are founded alike upon
the principles Of the Federal and tho Confed-
| crate ConsHtutlons, and seem to be inherent
in my truly republican form OF government.
II conceded, they Would give ne S9ntn The
States that once comprised the Unlon-vtz
Texas one, Loutsi.na two, A7kaBsas three,
Missouri four, Mieeissippt five, Alabama sfE,
Georgia seyen, Florida eight, Tennessee nine,
Kentucky ten, so9th caroll9a eleVT1, NoEth
FOURTEEN, and Maryland Attsen- We're the
North united In purpose, and rent By no po-
litical diasenetons, It would, under this ar
raugement, ba able TO elect c1ea majority
OF the convention; hut as It Is almost Ger.
tain that Obio, Indians, sud Illinois, L no1
New York, New Jersey, and PennsylSauia
would, for social and commercial, ~ vel
~ political reasouB, cast their. yotea with tht
Sonth rather tb4n break OF negotiations &nt
renew 4 hopeletB "a well ~ 4 saugu3nar,
struggle It may be anticipated, II the cor
ventaon Ahan ever msgt, that the sooth NJ
held the stronger land and p1aythe Einnia.
game in conference "a In war. u New EGG
land and the spa.sely, peoplet States OF tn
far West should, auder such circumstances
| prove recA 1cltrant sud rehen1ous. the sontn
ern and Middle States would be quite con
tent to re1n1it their peaceahle secession, ant
to recognize their independence as separate
commonwea1th. They would not mete ou1
to the Puritans the measure that Pctstanlsu
has meted to the South, bnt would rather b
ia az them fran souseut to be any 1onzel
encnmbered With their advice, their assfs
tacce. their interference Of their partnership