The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-09-27
THE OLD UNION IL IMPOSSIBLE.


"Talk as We may of the old Union under
which the nation attained such II degree Of
prosperity, add advanced at once To the
front rank among the natioral.ies Of the
world, its restoration is m impossibility.
Only a zany wonld ever dream 0t it's being
restored. There will, undoubtedly be n
reconstruction, but never a restoration OF
the Union. The questions that are to be
settled, the new conditions Of things conse-
tquent upon tho disruption Of the DID, the
increuse Of the quantity Of power surrUn
dered the General Government BY the peo.
pie rbe relation Of the States to the Frder.
al Union, the influences Of the conduct Of
'NAtJnal Affairs which is sure 10 be accor.
ded to the military eiemcnt-all these con.
'siderations forbid the idea Of our living uu.
der a Union, snch rs that under " hich We
lived and ihrived from 1878 10 1861. Thi,
statement may appaI the thousands Of good
people who live Ia The past and dream Of
days that are no more. tie is w!lfuIr or
'stUPidly ind who not see .he changed
condition OF public affairs ip ,his country.
We may hurrah for ihs Union, but Il il not
the old Union for which we hurrnn The
nation has entered upon an en,ireI, new
phase Of it's existence, whether We are vii
ling or moi to acknowledge II.
This grand fact was duly recognized by
those who fOrned this cCncav NJ Niaunra
Falls. The problem they set a. work to
solve was, to reconstruct Ma Union Oh n
plan satisfactory to all sections, ana 10 con.
vince the Democratic party OF the necessity
of adopting his plan or one of similar i'm
por.. After long aud earnest deliocraiion,
in which Messrs. Clay, fiolcombt and Sau-
ders participated the folio wing ger eral
conclusion was reached, and was tari Is
agreed to by the National Dem mocratic Con
yeniion al Chicago.
THE PLAN FOR REcoYsTRUGTIoE
at was, that what was once the United
States be divided into five separate Iunfed.
eracies, each independent of ,he o,her to
the management OF its local affairs. ye,
bound 10 each other in certain RESPECTS, of
which ] shall speak hereafter. These Con-
f.deia acies, as divided, were to consis, of The
following States:
!. The Cotton and the South Atlantic
States
, The Trans Mississippi States.
3. The STATES OF Great Northwest.
4. The Middle States. =
8. The New England States.
he proprieiy and expediency Of admit.
INK thV iNo" ota'co "aS
at considerable length. The olC nos,pilies
to these States was conspicuous in the
course Of the discussion. The policy in
relation 10 their admission was not deter
mined and the question whether six States
areiO be "left out in the cold" is still an
open Que. The Mercury proceeds:
, "Another important feature Of this pro.
posed Confederation is,a provision for ad.
mittiag to it, in case circumstances warrant
II, The provinces in British America, and
what is now the Empire Of Msxico. But
this is an event so far in the future that it
cannot claim more than ii mere mention "f
its possibility. therefore pass on to the
coDdi iIi0Es'for The construction o. this Ia
ion for the future
CONDITION OF THE NEW UgIoN.
Leaving TO the separate Confederate.
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