The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-12-20

NJ Sumner for tie resolution he 81
ferea 10 The Senate in May, lses, tbs
ga iaexpedient tia, the names O.
the victories obtained ever our owu
fcllow-eiJi1ens should be placed on Is,
rg.menAl eolors oftbe United States.
Our lighting generals call tlis Mandy
pAmbylsm, ard regiments thai distin.
guish themselves are ALLOW "a 10 recon,
their victories upon their battle flags
just as 10 a foreign wars aud trophlc,
are sent home and exhibited 10 tie
National and State capitals. II va,
no mock sen,imenlalism, howcvcri hat
induced Gen. .Scott and Senator sum.
ner 70 dcpreeate lhis practice, but a
+ very natural mistake IS 10 fhe eiIec,
/ produced by it. Experience in the
war las already proved tha, We are
winning the respect Of our southern
felloW.eiiizens by defeating them
They have the highest respect for our
boldest and Most successful command
er, and are always ready 70 meet on
friendly terms the regiments that have
done them The most serious damage.
Before the war they had been taught
that The Yankees were towards. That
That error has been corrected, and
they respect Us, and thep will respect
US more and be the more ready to
come back cordially into the Union, if
thoroughly defeated and compelled TO
acknowledge it, than ifw make terms
with them before the superior power
OF the government and its loyal sup
porters has been fully demonstrated
by arms. It's fortunate, in this view
OF the case, that we are under the ne
cessity Of finishing the controversy by
war, and can find no solution short of
the utter destruction Of the rebellion.
Some OF The administration papers
are inqnlring anxiously, as il already
repenting of the alternative they have
accepted, whether there Is not some
means by which the people Of tie
South may be divorced from. their
leaders,, and the war ended without
further sacrifice OF life. We see no
way to this result but war. The PEG
pie Of the South will stand by their
leaders so long as they can make them
believe there Is any hope Of success.
The illusion is only TO be dispelled by
the destruction Of the confederate ar.
mics and the occupation of the princi-
pal cities of the South by our troops. |
Then, say the Democrats, the war
will be eternal the South can never
be subjngaied-they never will give |
up slavery IN order 10 secure peace
and reunion. None OF these declara-
tons are tenable the most difficult
steps TOWARDS the subjugalion Of the .
South have have already been taken,
and the rebels are now debating the
question whether they shall not give
up slavery for the sake Of disunton.-
Let our troops Ike ping marching on,
and the question with The rebels will
soon be whether they had not better
give up slavery for the sake of the
Union. II is too late now TO inquire
if they would not have come back
sooner with slavery. The policy oil
he country on this question is fixed.
# the Presidential election did not de-
ermine it, the character Of Congress
loes, by making certain the adoption
# the constitutional amendment to
'bolish slavery. The South under
tands, therefore. that wi ether slave.
y is abolished os a condition of the re.
urn of the States to the Union or not,
will soon be abolished by tie soyer-
ign act Of tie people, in accordance
With the Constitution. The thing is
liked beyond recall. The reluctance
i the South TO yield this main point -,
n dispute between the Two sections
nay pfolong' their resistance, and !
will. But this cannot be
Ielped how, and for it the rebels alone
re responsible. They might have j
enamel in the Union and chung fast
. their bafbarous institution they ,
light have sa we'd it by yielding after
le FIRST year Of the war. i is too late I
ow They must give up slavery or !,
Sc everything. And The conserva- X
sm that does not see this and stand 3
y the Government in its entire war
oliey is not conservatism, but stupid I
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