The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-23

The President made but two conditions 10 the |
reception and consideration Of any proposition |
for tho r. storation Of peace. which should come |
20 him from competent authority ,-First, that it |
should embrace the iutegi 10y Of the whole Uhioni
sccnrd that IL should embrace the nh m tOnmCut /
Of slavery. We helievu he might have gone still |
furiber u an this he might have Omitted the |
secutd OF these conditions altogether, and re- /
qutrCd the first alone, A. esspnul 20 the recCp- ,
tiou and consideration " prOpUs ais for poace.
We DO not mean 70 say that Il will he even |
tually 'uCud possible to end the war and restore
the Union without the Tab lndOnmeut of slavery ~
hut we do saw that this abandonment need not ne
tNactCd by the Prusid, nt as condition withoaI |
which hC Will not receive or consider proposhl'
for peace. he people do not require him 70
Insist uoOn nny such condition.
N,ihtt lis oath OF OllCC, nor bis coustFutlonh
dufy, nor lis personal or lical consistency, re-
ouhts him tO insist upon It, That Is one OF the
questions to be considered, and arranged when
the terms OF peace come 90 be di,cu sod. II Is
not subject on which terms can DC imposed by
the Government without consultation, without
aarecmtnt, or without equivalents.
The President has right, and "a is his duty 20
in. ist upon the integrity uf the L lon az cnnd
tiun sine g1id non His oaih Of otte bind, hin
b, the most solcmu sanctions TO execute tue laws
over all the territory committed TO his executive
jurisdiction 10y tue Constitution; and Il hu wore
| In enter upon any negotiations with any poEr
| foreign or domestic, under any pressure fcou
Viihn or without, for The diruptOn ot ih II ter
ritery and the overthrow Of tue Government
| committed TO his hands, he would render himself
! liable TO imI tachmcnt, trial, and punishment as
| traitor.
| He cannot ccncode that point, nor waive It at
| any time OF under any circumstances. Hc c IN
| make no trcaty-he can iiStou 20 no propose tio4s
| tOT a treaty-hC can receive no otherwise than a.
| crime any suggestion iIom any quarter, for
| any peace WHICH Involves the destruction or s5pd-
ration Of the Union.
Urou this point, moreover, the people Of the
country, outside Of the Rebellion, are thoroughly
and heartily agreed. NoparJy in the loyal states
| dare favor separation for moment; and terrible
! as are the burdens and caam ties OF the war,
| they will be borne and welcomed, with alacrty
even, and carried through 20 the bitter end by the
great mass Of the people Of all parties and OF all
opinions, IL this Union can be preserved 10 no
other way Upon this point We have no DOUBT,
ana the President need have no mi glvings. He
cannot err in standing by It, aud in making It the
absolute and immoSaDle guide for his action no"
aud forever.
But il Is lot so with slavery, With condscaton,
| with the ductriue OF State Rights, vito the as
| sumption Of the Rebel deUt or with any other
| question growing out of the war or connected
with 1t, in its origin or It's progress, in any way
| or however closely. These questions were open
| 10 discussion before the war commenced and
they are open yet. II is the right Of both ii les 70
| be heard upon them, Tor bo'h sides are - DO
affected by them -! needS but lutte reflection
to convince any candid man that their discussion
and settlement By concurrence must enter into any
pe'cc which will DO either possible or worth pre-
serving
rover which "coutrOs the armies now ss Wal
| against the United States" is disposed 10 make
| or entertain any propositions Tor peace Whlcl
| shall "embracc the integrity of the whole Union.
E | SO far ms the record goes, the preSumptOl Il
T | tho other way. The Niagara correspondence
Z | Strengthens that presumption. The objection
|, ! made by the Rebel cmi,sarics there Is not spe
| Crlly to the Presidents requirement. that slavery
shall be abandoned. but rather 70 the require
/ mt Mt that the Southern Contederacy shall abaiI
don their own Government.
Nevertheless, Wc believe that tue great body o
the Southern people are satisfied that the Ronel
= lion must and will tail and arc therefore wlin
TO resume the priceless heritage of seI-gONern
3 mtut" which tn, y enjoyed wi hin the Cnion an
q under the old Cons tuition. We believe II to b
n the duty and wo know IL 70 hc the desire, OF th
4 President 70 watch eagerly for every indicdtio
i of such willingness, TO meet IL heartily IN th
most prompt aud liberal spirit, and to give ever
u possible facility for its development and sai'
r. ! tactiUu.
St The time has come when the South shoul
e understand that the one thing and tue onl
~ thing which shuts them away from us-whlC
II builds up between them and us an impassa1
- wall Of sCpaTa ion-whch shuts our cArsto ever
20 claim they cGn make upoU uS-whtch steels ol
y hearts agaiu them, and stTeug hens our ara
\ for their destruction-is tthcy arc wagin2 WI
ts for The destruction of the Union. We Her 9
y many other subjects. We have quarrelled, az
"a are ready to quarrel again, upon questions OF Il
finite importrnce to them and 10 u.s. But thts
e the one thing which, so long as ii lasts, rendC
iy Il utterly impossible for rs ever to be friends
y other differences we can discuss upon this '
4 Cor only hight.
BY We trust the day is not far distant when 4
All | President can hold such language 70 the peop
c, Of The Southern States with the certainty OF
g friendly reception and the prospect OF hap
~ result. MIR. Greeley, in whose jndgmeut ~
he ! patriotism we have high conf lcnce, saw reas'
en- / in what passCd ut Niagara for believing tu
IN peace was by no means so impos-ihlC nor so d
10 tant rs IL has been deemed. We hope that co
I'D yicliou may ere long become equally evident
% the county at large. And We teel confident u
sc | p,,e;1o,, i,c,l, uy,II not Iraye ita congumu
,te tiup, whenever il shall become possiple,t to
Of sought sOely through party iutrtgues,
u.s. achieved By party triumph.