Washington telegraph., 1865-05-17

its ul;ima,um. and the non-slav holder will
unite heart and hand in subjugating tho Afri-
can, and If resistance be made i'm extirpating
the negro ace; aud that is where this question
will end, notwithstanding all the sympathy and
all the philanthropy that may be evincsd. if the
agitation be carried out successfully to its con-
summation.
"If | said anything in the presence Or hear
ing OF anybody on that point, that is what
did say; and repeat now, that the idea of there
being any difference between the feelings Of
the shareholders and non-slaveholders of the
South on the question is a mistaken one.
false one, as the demonstrations at Harper's
Ferry proved most ccnelusively. When there
was agitation in Tenr essee, in 1856, saw that
the non-sla seholder was the readiest man TO
raise up and reduce the negro TO subjugation;
ana would Join the master in extirpating, if
necessary, his race from existence, rather than
see them liberated aud turned loose upon this
country. Everything said on this subject was
to meet tho fallacious and absurd idea that the
non-slaveholdeTs of the South would unite with
the negroes against their masters"
-" On wHMN
AMEEsTY.-HoraceG GTcely has long been a
synonym for hatred Of So I iherners, and wax
upon their Institutions. His influence in tho
slavery crusade has been greater than any liy
ing man, because his talent and encrgy TOO nd
in the Tribune means by which 10 opsrate On
the rural masses OF the North, and TO indoctrin-
! ate those masses wiki his opinions His pa per
is read more than any journal OF the North
not in cities. where the population. more raw
enous OF excitement, prefer the Herald--but in
the ceuutry districts Of the populous Northwest
He appears now in light not anticipated
| from his previous career. Despite the nlaletic-
tions of majority OF those who control north
ern popular sentiment, he is adyocating- -recoui-
| mending AN amnesty 10 the rebels--pardon to
leaders, fellowship and brosherly love dsindra
/ followers. \ recent article, AprilIlth. is sub
! joined, but If any of readers delrIded
| into the belief that coarse. vindictive. sangnn-
! airy Andy Johnson will be governed by such
sentiments, they have great faith in mental
! metamorphoses. -.- -U
! We cannot shut orr eyes TO the fact that
| strenuous efforts are being made 10 swerve The
| President from the course To which his judc-
! ment and bis feelings alike incline him, b,
stigmatizing it as involving iniidrhty to princl-
| pie or to party. OTHERS will be heard ON this
| point, though ~e were to kerp silence; We claim,
therefore, our equal right 10 set forth our views
that they be accorded such weight as they shall
| be deemed to deserve.
| We hear man say, ''Yes forgive the great
| mass OF those who have been misicd into re-
bclIion, but punish the leaders they deserve y
But who eau accurately draw the line between
leaders and followers IN the prrniises' BY what
test shall they be- discTiminatedf Some Of the
arch-plotters ot disunivn have never taken M
arms in its support, nor have they held any I'M
poTtant posts IN its civil service. Where is
| your touclstone OF leadership, We know none
Nor can we agree with those who would pun
ish the original plottels of secession, yet spare
| their ultimate and scarcely willing converts
On the contrary, while wo would revive OF in
flame resentment against none OF them We feel
tar less antipatiy TO the original uphcld-rs OF
the Resolutions of '95-to the disciples of Cal
hsun and McDu tic--lo the Nullitirls Of 1882,
and the States Rights men Of le5U-than to the
John Bells, Humphrey Marshalls and Alex. III.
| II. Stuarts, who were schooled IN the Nuiioaal
faith, and who, in becoming disunionists and
rebels, trampled Oh the professions ut a lifetime
| and spurned the logic wherewilh they Lad SO
/ often unanswerably demonstrated THAI secession
was treason. Whether they weakly yielded 70
! the madness OF the hour, hoping that 50 they
might ultimately ride the whTlwi,ld and Lir.ci
storm" to some ill-deiined but bcneiicient pur-
| pose, or surrendered their Judgment and their
loyalty to that imposture OF ''slatg Sovereignty"
wnichsthey had always held in Just contempt or
were driven by sheer cowaruicr and fear Of
bodily violence into course condemned by ali
their better impulses. protest against any
discrimination whrreby This class shall b.,
screened or favored. We consider Jefferson
/ Davis this day 4 less eulpablc trsitor than John
| Bell
But we cannot believe il wise or well to take
| the life OF amy man who shall have submitted
| to the National authority. The executi IA OF
even one sucn would be ie!t a. personal Iii.
/ ma by every one who has ever aided tL. rel,rI
cause Zach would say 10 himself. II an, as
| cupaDe as he; We differ only ia that am deem
| cd ot compaauyely IItile consequence" A
single Coni,d ,drrste led out 10 execution would
oe ever more enshrine, in a million hearts as a
] conspicuous hero aud nTuTt,r We eunnot re-.
llze that it would be wholesome ur sat,-we
arc sure Il would not br r.i.lci.a imous-,o give,
the overpoweIed-disloyaty VI the south a shi IA !.
| Would The throne ot the House of Hanover
stand more firmly had charles Edward bern
caught nd executed Al ter Cullodcnl Is Austri-
domination IN lluu= the moro stable to-
| day tor the hanging OF Avgy Sander aud his
twelve compatriUt Generals, after the surrender
Of Viagos'
We plead against passions certain AZ this
moment TO be herce and intoIersHt, but on our
side are the Ages and tho voice ot History. We
plead FOR restoration ofthr Union, gains A Dol
icy which would afford momeuiaIy graiihca-
ton at the cost oil years of perIlous hate and
bitterness.
We have borne FOR a quarter of century TN.
unjust imputation of hating tha south. when
we hated and sought to subvert only slavery,
| the scourg- alike vt South and North. and the
sole cause of dscerd smung them We hav.
done what we could--of course, not Away 5
wisely battle, TO cirrunscribe, and ultimate
Iy to overthrow the slave power. At length
through a succession OF events which DO hu-
man being could have devised or for.se.n, the
eud which We sincerely hoped but hardly ex-
pected TO see, is plainly before us American
slavery is visible in the agonies Of dissolution;
II NE live year longer. we shall almost GER
taiily see IL laid in the grave; and. whenever
abolished here, its expulsion from he last rood
vfSf. ,rv 4
postponed five years Let us take care that no
vindictivc impulse shall 10 suffered to imperil
this glorious consummation-
%, Tbo following resolutions have bcea re-
ceiYed Since our last issue: n-l
Meeting of Line Officers of Churchill's s
n DIVISION tciIULl a.