Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-09-22

on the hand and with schemes Of subiura
uon ana exermnation on the other Insead AZ the
great constitutional idea ef TsstoTst0n I'VE have BEEN
eAted 70 all manner Of projects and theories Of recon
stract'on There would blmost seem to have bean will
y some quarters to vie with enemies them-
selves 40 dlscarding aud destroying the old Constitution Of
cur fathers At one time have had solemn propositions
for annihlang whole States whole stems Of States and
Dotng out their stars from the national banner At an
oiher we have heard open declarations from the hiyh
places OF the land that never again were 10 ba narit
ted g. have the Constitution al shd the Union as It
MSS. Good heavens what else are fighting for
What other uaion are striving to sstablsh9 What
other constitution are we struggling to vindlcatef What
other Constitution arc rulers and legislators solenv
s"9 s 70 support we might expect such declarations
WHO can listen to them from loyal ips without recalling
the warning words OF great ngsh statesman aud ora
tor when be bade look with horror th children
OF Their country who prompt rasby to hack their aged
parent TO pieces, and put him INTO the tile Of msgcans
Ia hope that by their poisonous weeds and wild moan
and 0
any such regeneration ard renovation that Great
applause 5ram tslF II bs,tvrg a,,s.'. ff.
Fellowcitzeis all know that it was the success Of
the Republican party with its alleged sectional oreanxa
ton and sectional objects, which furnished the orig nal
OCCASION four years ago. Tor that atr0c0us and ung0dy
sault upon our Government which initiated this sigantic
civil war. ["Tbats so." We all know that the
sion leaders Of the South who had lang been meating
the movement in van exulted ID the eecton of Abraham
Lincoln at that dayas fully believe they Will exut again
If he 10 echosen in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it supplied the
very fuel which needed for kndng this awful confa-
grafton That assault upon the Government be
characterized in terms OF too severe condemnation and
railing ut the rebellion its authors would do any good
this evenngf it would be any thing better than bayins
at yonder moonI would join with you in den0uneing it
until the vocabulary OF was But
all kaow that the whole North nObly up,
without distinction of party to repel that assaults
and that they have sustained the
Republicans, and Conservatives oil their hearts
and hands, pouring out their blood aud money like water
from that day to this Aud the Loyal States viii continue
to sustain the powers that be- all their oonstitqona
action until the end Of their term whatever may be the
result of the pending elsctiop-not all Of them BY any
approving the policy Of the but
all Of them as recognizing its ebtful possession of the
authority Of the Government But 70 conalderasons q
L"No" and cheersl No considerations of loyalty call
upon to proong the supremacy Of party whose art
and part it has emnenty been to extinguish almost
every spark Of Unon sentiment in the Southern breast
and to mpant there in its stead desperate and defiant
determination to be reconcled never to submit or
YIELD again under rulers whom reasonably
reasonsbly they have learned to hate No consider
atoms OF patriotism call upon TO the official tsrm
of Administration whose peculiar policy BY inspiring
this spirit of desperation and hatred has rendered the
victories OF hundred fold harder to achieve
and has robbed them of many Of their legitimate results
after they have been achieved For my friends, do
victories cost much and to go te when they
wrung from foe who has been goaded and maddened
to despair This sort of goadng and maddenng process
may we'll enough for increasing the sport at hu
fight but it has certainly involved us in at least one Bull
Run. r" Good" laughter and cheers And fear the
day ia still distant when will that sort of VIC
tory which we reasonably hope to see followed by union
and peace. ytsalMg isy8Y;Ba bas a fis9.Hz0s Il
Nothing could be further from my purpose in these
marks than to cast the SLIGHTEST imputation upon the
patriotism Of President Lincoln body else No one
can doubt that he wishes to write his the roll OF
history the resorer Of the American Union IL IL a
title which might satisfy the most exalted ambition He
may we'll be excused for his eagerness to remain in office
until he has accomplished the work. He may almost be
which belongs the Executive in war like this for se
curing his nomination and his own election, If he
really believes he accomplish il And those who Of
inion that he ia just about to within
sixty days ninety dsys-before Christmas or afterare
right to give him their support. We would all support
him if of their opinion for we want the country
saved no matter who to have the glory But President
Lincoln s evidently looking forward to another title in the
history the future He desires to be enrolled as the
great hberator Of the African racea glorious title also
Ia laafrna fay nhfanadz INT greatly fear
that in aiming at the second he has lost the frat No man.
think help perceying that be il embarrassed and
eutaugled by his procamations, and commitments. and
pledges in regard ssvery be almost incapactated
for bringing this terrible struggle to early scessful
termination Applause lie has contved to weave
Gordian knot which he himself is unable to unite and
which the truest and harpest swords thus far pow
erless to cut asunder. No one have forgotten,
tanly that recent and extraordinary manifesto To whom
may concern In which ia reply to the rst
OF peace hs felt obliged to insert condition which dis
committed his best friends and rendered all such efforts
hopeless. - 81 s38 etesa4
Fellow citizens we need change Of counses We need
change of counselors We need return to the policy
which the Loyal States first rallied unanimously to
the suppression Of the rebellion We must go back to the
principles embodied 10 the resolution adopted by the Con
of the United States not FAR from the fourth day of
July 1861 and worthy to havs been adopted that hal
lowed anniversary itse-sdopted in the Senate, the
motion of Andrew Johnson and adopted in The House OF
representatives on motion of the amened Crittenden
That terrible repuse at Bull Run had then just taught us
wisdom. Would to Heaven that had not for.
gotten that lesson IL had departed from that
resoluton-if :" esse bad snted made In
pa nj firmly believe that union and peace would have
been blessed portion at this moment You all remember
that resolution 1t embodied the simple policy Of vigorous
prosecution OF the for purpose Of subjugaton
gresson spirit OF revenge hatred with disposition
to destroy impair the const onal rights of any State
section but for the sole end of indicating the Con-
suiion and re-estabishing the Union. Cheers That
was the policy which would have divided the south and
which oug hit have satisfied and united the North Let
rather Say il and is st the policy which, stead
pursued under the lead OF whom the whole
Southern heart and mind and soul have not become hope
essly embtered and poisoned under the lead of sn,
who not ashamed 10 ayew that readiness for reconc
aton which the highest ornament of the Chtstian
racter and without which cannot rely tn, bssiog
Of God this say, is the policy which thus pursued viii
sgain If any thing earthly WILL unite both North ana
South in nds Of constitutional fellowship, and exhibit
country and its flag more in the face Of all the
world with for every State and State for every
star What glorious day that will be, my countrymen
for and oil mankind II to yearn for it, and to pant for
it, and pray for it, be for reproach exhibiting
too great willingness for peace, nm the gutest man
alive. Cheers And how can we hasten that day more
effectively than by supporting the candidate who the
very Improvisation OF the policy have described Our
noble candidate has enforced and illustrated Thousand
fold better than any else do 10 his memorable de
spatch from Harrisons Landing his brilliant GRAFTON at
West Point. and st recently ia his admirable letter