, 1864-10-30

| Ine uulteu STATES. II N1eel5elFp1, undeE tne
influence Of Jefferson Davis and other traitor
LEADERS,, has since that period abandoned
those principles, she cannot expect me to
follow her, and thereby surrender opinions
which have uniformly maintained and ad-
vocated throughout my life, but more espsc-
ialiy from 1888 until the present period
Mississippi ("hose prosperity I would re.
sto1e BY bringing her back to the Union)
fncofaEd thoee opinions when she elected me
to tie Senate Of the United States over an
avoWed and distinguished secessionist {Geo.
PoiHde1ttr), after contest ct uuexampled
violence, personal and political, as extending
It VAS on that occasion that Gen. Jackson
| wrote his celebrated letter In favor OF my
| election and sustaining my political course.
It WAS after the Adoption OF the secession Or
dinance By Carolina, that Gen, jackson sent
ont war vessels TO Charleston to hold and
blockade the ha1bor, aud our troops, under
the ulustr1ou5 Scott, to MAINTAIN, By force,
il necessary, the authority OF the Federal
Government over the forts commanding the
city OF Charleston. Let us suppose that the
rebels had theD shot down our tag, captured
ceeded to dissolve it By force J; let us suppose
that committee from any convention had
dared to nominate him for the Presidency
upon such platform as that which was
adopted at Chicago. proposing an armtstice
and cessation OF hoatllities until National
! MED by the declaration that the rebellion
| could not be crushed By war, who doubts
what would have been the course Of that de-
! voted patriot? He would have stamped the
disgraccful and reasonab1e resolutions under
his feet, and Indignantly secuted the traitors
who o1sr.d them. And now this Mcclellan
conve ntion at Chicago PROCESSES to reprssent
the Democratic party.
NEGOTIATIONS.
What are ne to negotiate about? Is 1t as
to giving up the Mississippi and Its trioutar-
les, toeetner NTH New Orleaue, Vtcksourg
and Tennessees Is West Virginfa, which has
been admitted as new free State, to be sur
rendered? Are Fortress Monros and the
Chesapeake to be abandoned? Is the rebel
1ug to hoat at Alexandria, and on the heights
of Arlington; and are rebel cannon to be
planted there, In sight Of and to command
insult loyal Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland
and Delaware, By negotiating about them
| Are ne to give back Western to Eastern Vir-
giaia? Wre1e is the line Of division to be
| run, ard what armies would be strong
enough to maintain peace on the border?
| ing us with the Pacific are to be surrender
ed? Ara We to turn over to the crael des-
! poti8m of their bloody and relentless mas
| 1els.- the millions Of loyal people Of the
South, to whom We have given the most s4-
cred pledge Of the protection Of the Union?
and, last sf all, are the two millions OF
slaves, as Jefferson Davis com plains, who.
have been emancipated by the Constitutional
War ProclaU alton Of President Lincoln are
they to be remanded to slavery, including
the thousands who have 80 gallantly fought
in our defanses
TIE TRANSCRIPTION PRoc1AxAr1ox.
It was said that the Baltimore Convention
has made the abolition Of slavery one Of its
| issnes; but, as well might 1t be objected that
| it had made the prose cunon of the war, or
the maintenance Of the army or navy, part
t Of its creed.
The Emancipation Proclamation Of the
| President had Its whole constitutional force
! as war measure to save the Union, and, "a
| such, 1t was adopted BY Mr. Lincoln as e.
| cD1ao t. Commande1-ln Chief of the Army and
| NAVY OF the United States" That 1t WAS, as
| q war measure, perfectly constitutional,
have never doubted, and 80 declared In an
article published ut the time In the Ctncin-
natl Magazine. It is the duty of all persons
not aliens to unite with the President In sup
PRESSING rebellion; slayes 3h 1s r. the relation
ment under the Federal Constitution, are
tbiice named in the Constitution,
and by no other name. wnateyer.
Especially, under the clause pro-
providing Tor direct :a1ation they are emu:
| The TEN :::p=r.onh 10 assl mare frequent,
= constitution than any other, au. =.
IS applied expressly to slaves, and to the
Mno1e people Of the United States, inclu3ing
Ine Ffesident and Vice President, who are
designated therein as persons. This yerv
4uesuon, whether slaves are persons or pro-
I PeIty under the Constitution, arose In the
gfeat eaee Of Groves agt Slaughter, when,
N le41 with single dissenting opinion.
eumeut on both sides, It was unaniaons3v
| decided by the Supreme Court Of the United
I St1tes that flaVes, in the relation which thew
hold to the National Government under the
Federal Constitution, are persons only, and
Were it otherwise, Massachusetts could
not forbid the Introduction Of slaves from
! the South for. sa1e there as merchandise: for
| Msssachuaetts cou1d not prohibit the intrr-
| duction Of the cefton or any property OF. the
! hmlts, for that would bare been a prohibl-
| t1on Of the exports from State to State,
! which Is forbidden by the Federal Constita-
| t1on: MY own elaborate argument befora
the Court, as one Of the counsel In that case,
Wnl be found In the appendix to the first
edition Of the dftsenth volume Of Peters,
Reports.
As persons, the President has the tight to
call for the aid Of all residing in the United
States, except aliens, to suppress the rebel
lion. He has right to call for the services
Of the loyal or febel masters for such pur-
pose, as well as for the service OF their
slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation then, Of
the President, with compensation to loval
mRsters, is most clearly constitutional during
tie continuance Of the war, and as war
measure to suppress the rebellion and save
the Union, and such must be the decision Of
the Supreme Court Of the United States, to
which tribunal the President has properly
submitted the final arbitrament Of the Con-
atItutiona1 question.
- It is true, Ehen. the rebellion Is crushed,
! the President can issue no new emancipation
| proclamation But neither can he then recall
| or modify the one already Issued; aud If he
had the power to recall the proclamation It
would be an act OF perhdy unparalleled In
the history Of the world. TIE nation would
Notld be involved in the revocation Of The
Emancipation Proclamation, as to earn the
contempt of all honest and honorable men,
and the loss OF sympathy Of the industrial
no longer fear to recognize OF aid the South.
It Was the magnificent uprising of the work
ing classes Of England IN favor of the Union
that alone saved both countries from bloody
and disastrous war.
WORD TO SOLDIERS.
Remember, soldiers, that the Mcclellan
platform declares that your battles are fail
ures; that your blood has been shed in vaiu;
that your arms can never crush the rebellion;
that You are Inferior in courage to the slave
holding rebels, that you must admit your |
deftat, throw down your muskets, return In |
, disgrace to your homes, disband the army,
Jay up the navy, recall Generals Graut, Sher- |
man, Sheridan, Meade and Gilmore, and Ad- |
mlra1s Farragut, Porter, Dupont, Davis aud |
WIns1oW, and leave it to the civilians Of CHI |
cago, vallandlghan, Harris, Long, Pend1e. |
ton, and others, to negotiate peace.
WHAT IS ABNI8TtCE? !
Now, what Is an armistice? It is defined |
to be suspension OF the war for a limited |
period. There may be conditions added. but |
none are named in the Mcclellan Chicago |
platform OF course, then, It means cessa- |
tion Of hostifltfes By land and sea- Indeed, /
the platform IL weaker than this, for It pro- !
poses directly st cessation OF hoat1liues,"
not BY land only, or by sea only, but Of
course by both, a8 the words are general. |
Now, then, the blockade Of the rebel ports.
and the capture or destruction OF blockade
runners and their cargoes, Is war upon the |
ocean. This blockade, then, Ia to bo abau-
doned during the armfstice, Tor there Is to |
be cessation Of hosti1itles upon the ocean
AZ the land. -
!, During this interval Of pence, when there !
is to be no blockade of the Southern ports, |
what ia to follow? BY their own ACCOUNTS |
and estimates, the Confederates have within |
their limits IN cotton, lat present prices, to- |
bacco and naval stores, a valCe exceeding one |
billion ct dollars In gold. Now, then, "a |
soon as the armlsttce was agreed upon, the |
war upon the ocean, including the blockade |
having ceased. the whole OF this cotton. to. |
hscco and naval stores would be shipped to |.
Europe, or partly to Nassau, on the Hay to |
Eurtue and this er nrmnrp emn,rrf -ac1t,n5 |