Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-16
The Future Democratic Party and Its
Leader, q. n. sanders.
IFron the Montreal Telegraph

fFrOm the Montreal Telegraph
To THE PATRIOTS OF THE SOUTH
MONTREAL, CANADA, June l, 1865.
Reason begins to dawn upon the
Northern mind-the days are brighten.
ing. Practical, vigorous craftsmanship
on your part now will loosen the iron
grip OF the federal ruler Many of you
have, without pausing to examine the
facts, very naturally allowed the tyrant's
Interpretation of Gen. Lees surrender to
have too depressing an effect.
The "peace" IN the Grant and Lee
correspondence did not mean the de-
grading Of soldiers and citizens into
upon Gen. Lee by preceding authorita-
tive declarations, and by the antecedents
OF Gen. Grant, who was pat forward by
his friends for the Chicago nomination
last August as q JsRersonian States
Rights Democrat OF many years stand
ing. They declared ghat his battle-cry
had always been, and would continue to
be, The Constitution as it is, and the
Union as it was.
When Gen. Grant, as Commander-in-
Chief Of the Federal armies, wrote to
Gen. Lee, Commander.iu.C Chief Of the
Confederate armies, that the best mode
OF securing peace was to surrender in
the way indicated by him, the question
at issue was not what was TO become of
the army, but the fate of the country in
the largest sense Peace" thus spoken
by Gen Grant had the highest possible
significance, and the correspondence
shows that Gen Lee surrendered upon
IL. Il. al
was given. If Gen. Grant did not mean
| peace With the fullest protection the
Constitution could give land Gen. Lee,
/ representing the citizen armies of the
South, cpu not have understood any
thing se), al bis words were false and
4 cruelty dec4ptive; and be will violate
/ every principle of chivalry, honor and
/ Justice if he now lend himself to any
/ coercive measure in Conflict with tbs
/ Constitution, as he is known 10 interpret
I t. But with punic faith the tyrant
President would now unblnshingly sepa-
I rate the word from the antecedent and
f we'll known opinions of the General in
Chief who uttered, and give it color, as
if spoken by Generals Halleek, Hunter,
+ or Butler. Yet no one will have the
| hardihOod 70 say that General Lee
would have surrendered 10 either Of
these Generals without explicit under
standing and assurance.
General Sherman's truce imposed ex-
ira constitutional conditions upon the
South when far better terms had already
been obtained BY General Lee-"The
Constitution and the Union, without
.s-other conditions The subsequent sur
render of Generals Johnston and Kirby
Smith on Generals Grant and Lee .
Fplatform-''the Constitution as il is, and
the Inion as il was, with the acquies-
+ cence Of the people of the South-ex-
tends aud re-establishes the protecting
power of the Constitution to them, in
equal degree with the people of the
North. There eau then no longer be
pretext for acts within the Southern
States not warranted within the north,
ern States Now that you are returned
to the Uuion, no one has right to saJ
thatsyon will not maintain that carefn
adherence 10 the Constitution and law
for which you we're distinguished befort
J the war.