The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-28

our eauno 81 uupsssed and disastrous
check q hTi5g Ultimate discontinue
which lit sHc army, erected against
&Acapif = (pnfederacy, has already
e 66fis continuation OF the3
~ 3Sih6 Nal successes for us. we dej
R t11keuccesses in any spirit Of
Vim tG5eid< boe1p humble acknowledg
ment Of that Almighty protection which
has vouc1s1led1nd granted them.
serhe Rofh- nnaf- neM-sea- that eight
millious of, people, iphabjtilgI so eytenslYe
te3iisSf wii6 sucaEkhsd lseapEcss sid
such numerous facilities for defence as tho b,
benign6nt bounty Of nstur5 has bestowed
s spSa d eoiss %lfElthi,
of property, of life itself, rather than be
DEGRADED from tire condition Of free and Inc
dependent States, intol which they were
born, eanlEeverd be, conquered WH not
| our advebsasiesr themselves begin TO feel
that thdmsnity has bled long eneughli that
tears and blood and treasure nenpugh have
been expended ID q bOotless, undertaking,
covering their oxnIland, no less than ours,
with pail ofmonrniug, and exposing them
far more than ourselves, to the tropbs
of financial exhaustion land bankruptcy,
not to speak OF the loss of their Liberties
by the deepotism engendered in an aggres
siya warfare upon the liberties Tof sanother
end Kindred people12in Will they pc willing
by longer perseverance, in o. wanton ana
hopeless contest, ito make this continent
which thsy so long boasted to- be,the 'cho-
sen abode of liberty and self government
of peace and "a higher civilization, the thea
llteraof the mont )causelessi and prod,ge
i sffusion of blood which the world has ever
seen, of virtual relapse into the barbarr
4 ism Of the ruder ages, and of the destruc,
ton of constitutional freedom by, the law
lessnsss Of usurped power Iw yIlsi.gr1gs
sThese are Questions which our adverse
| ries will decide for themselves. We desire
to stand acquitted before the tribunal o
the world, as we'll as in the eyes of omnls-
cient Justice, of any responsibility for the
origin or prolongstion of war as contrary
to the spirit oflthe agesas TO the tradl'
tons and acknowl lodged principles of the
political system of America. ..sU
"On this continent, whatever opinions
n may have prevailed elsewhere, it has eyel
been held and acknowledged by all parties
that government, to be lawful, must bt
founded on the consent of the governed
, We were forced to dissolve our Fedora
connection with our former associates BY
their aggressions on the fundamental prln
ciples Of our compact of union with them
! and in doing so we exercise right conse
, Grated in the great character Of American
liberty-the right of free people, when (
Government proves destructive OF the end
for which it was established, to recur Il
the original principles, and to institute new
guards for their security. The separate
Independence of the States, as the sover
eien and co equal members of the Fedora
u Union, had never been, surrendered, AM
the pretensions of applying to Independent
communities, 80 constituted aud organized
the ordinary rules for coercing and redu
cling rebellious subjects to obedience was
solecism in terms, as we'll as an outrage o.
the principles Of public law.
"The war made upon the Confederat
States, was therefore, wholly one of aggres
sion. On our side it has been strictly de-
! fensiye. Born freemen and the descen
dants of q gallant ancestry, we had n
opinion but to stand up in defense Of on
invaded firesides, of our desecrated alters
OF our violated liberties and birthright, an
|, of the prescriptive institutions which guar,
, aad protect them. We have not interfered
nor do we wish in any manner, whatever
to interfere with the Internal peace ant
prosperity of the States arrayed in hostilit
against us, or with the freest development
y of their destinies in any form of action 0
line of policy they may think proper tt
adopt for themselves. All we ask is lik
i immunity for ourselves, and to be left t.
ourselves in the, undisturbed enjoyment o
! those inalienable rights of Hlife, liberty an,
] the pursuit of happiness" which our com
mon assessors declared to be the equal her
itsge of all the parties to the social com
pact. 10 B. .54, .. = .. l..r. &c.
"Let them forbear aggressions upon u
and the war is at an end, II there be ques
tons which require adjustment by negotia
tions, we have ever been willing, and ar
still willing to enter into commune GATOR
with our adversaries in spirit of peace, o
equity, and of manly frankness Strong il
the persuasion of the justice of our cause
in the manly devotion of our citizen sol
diers, and of theiwhole body of our people
Il and above all in the gracious protection o
Heaven, We are not afraid to, ayow sim
cere desire for peace on terms consistent
with our honor and the permanent security
OF our rights, and an earnest aspiration tc
see the world once more restored to the be-
nefcent pursuits of industry and of mutual
intercourse and exchanges, SO essential to
its well'being, and which have been sc
graTely interrupted by the existence of this
unnatural war in America. -.... ..-
"But if our adverssries or those whom
they have placed in power, deaf to the voice
of reason and justice, steeled to the dictates
of prudence and humanity by a presump-
tuous and delusive confidence in their own
numbers, or those of their black and for,
eign mercenaries, shall determine upon an
indefinite prolongation of the contest upon
them be the responsibility of decision so
ruinous to themselves and SO injurious to
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