Washington telegraph., 1864-10-26

eracy, and to form a new compact, which
she has dine She is as sovereign today
a. She was the day she seeded from th,
old Union, and has the same power, bya
convention Of her people, which she then
| had, 10 resume all delegated powers. aoa
all the attributes Of sovereignty, ard thea
10 declare war, negotiate treaties of peace,
and do all other acts WHICH sovereign
State may do. While this power rests in
her people, who are the original source Of
all sovereignty, her Constitution, formed
II bv them. has conferred 10 such powerup-
Oh her Governor.
The fact must not be overlooked, how.
ever, that while Georgia possesses tbs
sovereign power to act seParately, her
| faith. which never has, aud | trust never
will be violated, is pledged by strong in
| plicati0n, to her SOuthern sisters, tht sho
will not exercise this power without con-
sent on their part, and concert OF action
with them. In league with her Southern
sister States, she entered into the contest
with full know ledge Of all the responsible
ities Which attached to the act and comc
veal or woe, she will never withdraw from
il In dishonor. However unequal may b,
the proportion Of suffering or sacrifice
which her people may have to endure, she
will never make separate terms with the
eDtny which may free her territory from
invasion and leave her Confederates in iip
lurch Whatever may be the opinion Of
her people as to the injustice done her by
the Confederate adm Distratlon, she will
triumph With her Confederate sisters, or
>Ile vii. siLk with them in one common
ruin. The Intelligent people Of Georgia
already understand, and our enemy will
soon learn, that the independent expre4-
sion Of condemnation Of the errors, to use
no stronger term. Of the administration.
is one thing, and disloyalty to our sacred
cause is another, and quite different
thing. While the people Of Georgia think
for themselves, and will not blindly ap-
plaud Ihe mismaDagement of their rulers,
trey will never violate principle for exlc-
diency, Lor accept dishonOr for reward
The foundations Of our government aud
the liberties of the people rest upon tic
sovereignty of the States as the chief car-
ner stone. Destroy the sovereignty of tbs
States, and the whole fabric falls to the
ground, and centralized power, with mill
tary despotisn, takes the place Of Ccns,i-
tutional liberty.
When the passions Of the people Norh
and South have sufficiently subsided, We
may make peace by negotiation, but never
By the awnid.
If Dir. Lincoln would have peace AMI
prosperity re-established upon f.n basis.
let him stop ;he war, and painting him
self upon the principles Of the Declsratiu..
Of Independence IF lT76 lot him r-cn--
nize the sovereignty Of In. oi.i=-, 4.3
agree to leave each sovereign State l..
determine for himself, by convention Of
her people whose delegates shall be fairly
chosen by the legal voters of the State.
without military interference or intimidz-
tiun, what shall be her future conneo-
iion whether she will remain in. or ii
out, return to the old Union, or adhere tv
her present league.
There may be doubts whether Ken
tucly, Missouri, and probably other State.
desire to continue their connection with
the United States, or to cast their lot with
the Confederate States. Tue only Just
mode of solving these doubts, is the one
aboye indicated If these or any other Of
tile Southern States, should il solemn
convention decide TO 20 with the United
States, neither the Confederate Guvera-
nent nor the States can object. Wecan
not govern Kentucky, for instance, against
her will, unless we can subjugate her
This we have no power to do with tn.
Northern States at her back; aud if W.
Lad the power, We have no right to coercs
a II.
is not of her own choice If this were
done, We must in future govern the peo-
pie by The bayODet, which would convert
our re. ublicaDism into the worst species
Of military despotism. So it must be
with the North if Mr. Lincoln should
succeed in his policy of conquering US.
If We were overrun and for time sub
dued, our territory is SO vast in extert.
aud our population SO large, that it would
take regular army of two hur dred thou
sand men e. govern and hold US in sub
lection. The support Of such an army
would net only continue the country ia
bankruptcy, but in the hands of the Ex-
ecuiiye it would soon lie used to subycrt
even the furn OF tie Government and
change il from Republic to a Monarchy.
Thus TO destroy oCr liberties must cost the
Northern people their own, and the re-
pub.icanism of America must il future ,a
a rcproach and byword among all "a
ti0us.
If President Lincoln and President Da.
VI will agree 10 stop the var and to trans
fer the settlement OF the issues from lie
battlefield to the ballot-5Ux; leaving each
sovereign State TO determine for herself
what shall be her future connection, and
who her future allies, the present devas.
tatlon, bloodshed aud carnage will cease.
and peace and prosperity will be restored
IN fhe Whole country. On tie other baud,
u this j. not done, the war will last for
years TO come. till ,th sides are exhaast-
cd and overwhelmed with debt and taxa
tlon, when i may degenerate into a guer-
lila strife, the end Of which may not be
seen by the present generation, and the
hate engendered by which will last thru'
many future generations
Neither General Sherman nor I can
control this, however much We may de-
plore it.
III those on both sides. who have the