, 1864-03-12

public life will be suspended. Save in the dis
tricts yet ravaGed 10y gucrrillas, and in the hear
Of which the Federal troops must finish thGil
work, victory will everywhere bring with the
rceslabShmcnt Of the Union, the rcG<tablish
mrnl as promptly us possible of CONSTITUTIONS
rights. You hope, Gentlemen, that those whom
you conquer TO day will tomorrow meet you
in debate, and you will accept in oil theil
truth the struggle Of the press, of the legiSla
tive hall, and Of the ballot which will replace
the stilfc Of the battle field.
We all feel it is much better that you should
hate to encounter difficulties fruitful Of liberty,
than that you should seek for yourselves the
;leccttul advantages Of dictatoral regime
To apply to the South an exceptional rule
would be, alas, quite easy. 1t wond be easy
also to pronounce the death penalty, to outlaw
to execute contscation bills; but in trcadinc
this path af vulgar tyranny you would sacrifice
two things-you high renown in the present
4 lasting union with the South in the future.
But Il, Oh the other hand, you show the world
the novel spectacle Of victory without repri
sails. Of liberty sltOng enough TO survive civil
war; if yonr Constitution remai,., aud Slavery
alone tall in such a conflict; if on the morrow
Of the struggle the law remain supreme, Il
elections for the Senate nnd House Of Repre-.
scntatives be again open as in the old time, Il
the representatives of the Southern States re.
appear at Washington, IL taking the oath to be
faithful to the Union and to support the modi-
fled Constitution, they find themselves on a
footing Of perfect equality with the rcpresen.
tatives of the North, if il be permitted to them
TO attack and to embarrass the Government
you will have won the most glorious Of victO.
ries, and assured to your country the best
chance Of prosperity aud greatness.
Accept, gentlemen, in the advice which We
tender TO you, proof Of our esteem. 1t is not
Of every Government, it is not Of every people
that such things can be askrd. Protracted
civil wars tend 10 arbitrary customs, stir up
passions and hates, and ut last cngendCr de.
velopment of military power and irresponsible
authority which generally binders n return Ia
control, to free opinion aud to the strict letter
Of the law. We honor the United States
enough to believe that they will be capable OI
setting US this, too, after 50 many other exam.
PIES.
The moderation which We hope f,r from you
ut home, we look for also from you abroad.
ASSurcdy on the mr. rrow Uf the submission OI
the South there will not be wanting a class Of
pcrsnns eager to recall to you wrongs, rea! OF
faucie,l, suffered nj the hands Of this or that
power. They will point to your armies aud
dispOSab'c fleets. They will prove 10 you that
foreign war Is perhaps the surcst way ia
draw together the two sections so lately hostile
They will tell you that n common enmity, com.
mon dangers, are the cement needed to strength.
en- your shattered cdilice.
You will not believe them, gentlemen. You
will feel that after these jars, il is needlui b..
fore Nil else TO restore to America peace and
liberty. You will not seek new adventures,
and thus lcngtbcn the temptation Of dictator.
ships, the peril Of exceptional rule.
You will fear a return TO the aggressive policy,
which with its invasions aud turbulence the in.
lluence Of the South forced upon you, the day
when, TO assure tho extension OF Slavery, Il
awakened in your hearts wicked covctOusnCss
aud pushed you almost to the violation Of the
law Of nations. Your glory will be to take the
opposite Of thnsc violent d. claratOns, Of those
lilibustcring expeditions, Of tLose unscrupu.
lOus ambitions.
The temptations which great army cxctcs
are of the class most difficult to repress. May
you not hesitate TO reduce your fprces after
peace! Not only your material prosperity Lu,
your very liberty is involved In disarming, in a
reduction of your expenses, and return to the
old idea of S rail- armies aud small budgets
But we do not deceive ourselves. Your small
armies, do what you may, will be large com.
pared with those Of three years ago Your
military education is completed; you have re.
piled but too well 10 those who smiled at the
reel al Of your battles OF 1885,. You have
LEARNED but too quickly TO face death aud to
kill, aud what you have learned you will not
unlearn. You will not return to your former
situation.
But while We do not expect again to sec your
effective force at ten Thousand men, We do hope
that effective forces which are now numbered
by hundreds Of thousands will not long be
witnessed on American soil.
Courage! You have befre you one Of the
most nuble works. the inost sublime which eau
6e accomplished here bciow--a work in the
success Of which We are as interested as your.
selves--a work the success Of which will DO
the honor and the consolation Of our time.
This generation will have seen nothing more
granl than the Abolition Of Slavery (in destroy.
Ing il with you, you destroy it everyWhcrc,)
aud the energetic uprising Of a people which
IN the midst Of its growing prosperity was viSi-
bly, sinking under the weight OF the tyranny oi
the South, the completely oT the North, odIOus
laws and compromises.
Now, ut the cost Of immense sacrifices you
uuNc hNuou up oSoNSe SuOSeh
rather TO pour out your blood and your dollars
than to descend further the slope Of degrade.
ton, where rich, united, powerful, you were
sure to lose that which star nObler than wealth.
Or union, or power
We'll! EUROPE begins to understand, will
ingly or unwillingly. what you have done. In
France, in England, everywhere your cause
gains ground, and 6e il said for the honor Of
the nineteenth century, the obstacle which our
III will and our evil passions could not over
come, the obstacle which the intriyucs Of the
South could not surmount, is an idea, princi.
pie. Hatred Of Slavery has been your cham.
pion IN tho Old World. A poor champion
seemingly. Laughed at. scoIncd, il seems
weak aud lonely. But what matters il, ere
the account b. closed principles " III stand for
suincth,ng, and conscience, in all human affairs,
will have the last word.
This. Gentlemen, Is what We would say to
you in the name Of all who with us, and better
than ourselves, defend your cause in Europe.
Your words have checrcd US; may ours in
turn cheer you! Ycu have yet TO cross many
4 dark valley. More than once the impossibI.
ity Of success will be demonsti ated to you ;
more than once, in the face Of so,ne military
check or political difficulty, the cry will be
raised that all Is lost What matters il TO you
Strengthen your cause daily by daily making
Il more just and fear not there isa God above.
We love to contemplate in hope the noble
E.a. - u. n. IL a