Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-10-27

secured to us in the past and which the bessng OF God
Oyerrung the madness OF men, we trust 1t still destined
to secure to for the future And Heaven forbid that
the temporary interests of any party should be suffered to
interfere with the earliest practicable accomplishment OF
this great restoration Heaven forbid that this frsrodal
war should be prolonged for day. hour or an in
slant in order to perpetuas or continue any party
ascendancy! Heaven forbid that horrible struggle
should be suffered to degenerate into great farce of
Rouge ct Noir-blood and negroes-wth nothing better
than the spoils Of office for its stake [Cheers.
1t is sometimes suggested, my friends that the Demo
cratic party have been too good friends with the South to
be trusted in arranging this difficulty. Why that is the
to find fault with the Southern procvties of
of the Northern Democrats; but if those procives
be turned to the account of saving the Union they
may well be forgiven for than all the mischief they
have done in the past And bear with once
more, feow-ctzens, while urge upon you finally that
the principles or the policy of the Republican party,
well their interest party to utterly n
compatible with any early restoration Of Union and peace
REFER need hardly say to their policy principles in
regard to domestic slavery as developed in the speeches
of Of their leading members and the acts and
press declarations OF the President himself We all know
that the Administration have solemny adopted the policy
OF complete emancipation necessary result Of the rebel
lion and the We all know that after having rallied the
country for two years on the plain direct constitutional
Of enforcing the laws and restoring the Unon the
President suddenly changed his hand and in the teeth of
all his declarations and arguments put forth solemn
proclamation of universal emancipation We all know
that at this moment man in the rebel States is allowed
to return to his allegiance and his place loyal
well as to support the Constitution of the United States
And all remember that recently, the first authentic
or unauhenc overures of and submission the Pre-
sident issued formal manifesto, to whom it may
Germ, making abandonment of slavery condition pre-
cedent for even the reception OF any such proposals.
THE POLICY OF" NO UNION WITH SHAREHOLDERS"
Meantime Mr. Secretary Seward, for whom / have
thing but the kndest feelings, and who honestly believe
regrets such extravaganceB much any Of has
pressly admitted in his recent and most e&traofd nary
speech at Auburn in New York. that there those OF
the Republican party who want guarantees for swift and
universal and complete emancipation or they do not want
the nation saved" All my friends is there not too much
for experimenting that this class is numerous
than Mr. Seward lmagines and that in the next four
years they will have acquiTedeven they have not al
ready acquired-a prevailing paramount inf aence
| the Administration? Applause Mark the words !:
Men who want guarantees for swift and universal and
complete emancipation, they do not want the nation
| saved" And this, suppose, is what these would
call unconditional Unionism LLsughter Butitis what
you and l. felowcitzens should call conditional dsunioDH
ism, and it hardly fail to be stgmatizsd wherever
it is openly encountered Why what have heard of
late from gentlemen holding the highest official positions
under the Republican regime in my own Commonwealth
of Massachusetts What have been the recent ut
erances of the most distinguished Republicans at Faneu
Hal2 will not name names, for have taste for per-
sOnalty, but will give the precise language From
we have the declaration that the appeal from sire to
should go forever and forever until the last Of
Southern land baptized by Massachusetts, blood should be
rescued from the infdels to liberty This certainly would
very like preaching eternal crusade against South
slavery without regard either to Union peace, the
Constitution From another equally distinguished Repub
can have the distinct declaration that the
Baltimore Convention and Abraham Lincoln ask something
than the Union the condition of peace, and that
he has announced in his letter to all whom it may
that all terms of peace must begin with the aban-
donment of slavery" While from the eminent source
assured that :" vote for Abraham Lincoln is to
usher in the glorious day when the e0quence of Wendell
Phillips may be enjoyed at Richmond and Charleston
it ia now enjoyed at New York and Boston" Laughter
may be told indeed that all this is only the rant and
rhapsody of anacal rhetorcans but cannot regard
it, What said the resolutions adopted at this meet
ing One Of them concluded by the unequvoca announce
ment that the must 60 until the pride of the
Souhern leaders humbed their power brt KEN and
the civil aud social structure of the South reorg
the basis OF fee labor free speech, and equal rights for
| all before the law"
| HOW LONG MUST WAR CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH COM
| PLETE EMANCIPATION
Well, now, my friends, there be NO msundersand-
ing the import OF this language 1t is clear explicit
equivoca 1t does not pretend that the is to be
prosecuted for the restoration of the Union but for
thing more than the restoration of the Union
defines that something to be the total
OF slavery and the reorganization Of the social sruc.
ture of The South the basis of free labor free speech
and equal rights for all before the law" These the
ends tor which the is to be prosecuted and lie not
to be permitted to till these ends are accomplished
From these declarations may form, think, pretty
distinct idea OF the prospect before if the Republican
psrty remains in power and make approximate est-
mate of tho chances of early peace. Why in what
mllenna period all these results to be accomplished
BY what process are they to be brought about How
this total abandonment of slavery to be enforced Are we
to wait till each individual has filed his separate
bill of reease2 Are 90 fighting till each indi
vdua State has adopted amendments to those consttu-
tions which prohibit any such proceeding Or shall
recognise the power Of the Confederate Government
and wait for that to initiate and enforce this
Of the social structure OF the South Within what period
say this side of the Greek kaends can all this be accom-
plshed [Cheers.
Felow.ctzens, there is not man in the loyal States
who would not rejoice with all his heart and soul il African
slavery could be safely and egmatey brought TO an end
this whole continent The Republican party have no
land though some Of them would seem TO claim it, But
for one, have had particle OF faith that sudden
sweeping forclbe emancipation could result any thing
but mischief and misery for the black race as well AZ the
white The proclamation however, has been issued long
ago. and its efficacy and its authority are to be the sub
jecs Of future experience and future adjudication TO
those willingly leave it, IL undoubtedly one of the
greatest stretches Of the doctrine Of was un-
quesonaby of the most startling exercises of the one
power which the history of human government free
or dcspotic witnessed. / have no disposition TO
question Is wisdom it's authority measure adopted
Tor securing greater success to arms and earlier
termination Of the though cannot help entertaining
grave doubts both points But the idea that it is now
to be made the petext for prooDgng that war after the
original and only legitimate end for which it was under
taken shall have been accomplished the idea that we are
to 90 fighting and fighting for something more than
the Unon the idea that the not to be permitted TO
until the whole social structure Of the South has
been reorganSed abhorren to every instinct Of nv
soul to every dictate Of my judgment to every principle
which cherish as a statesman Christian. 1t s
policy too In my opinion utterly unconstitutional and as
much in the spirit of rebellion almost any thing which
has been attempted by the Southern States Why, does