Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-09-20


and union or unions would naturally and CO.
silly adjust themselves, according to the inter.
ests of parties and the exigencies Of The times
Herein lies the true law Of the balance Of
power and the harmony of States"
So, too, the Hon. W. W. Boyce, oi
South Carolina, in letter to Jefferson
Davis, Sept. 20, 1861 ..,y
81 think our only hope of a satisfactory
peace, one consistent with the preservation
of free institutions, is in the supremacy OF
this the Democratic) party, at some time OF
other. Our policy, therefore, is to give this
party all the capital we can. You should
therefore, at once in my opinion, give this
party all the encouragement possible, by de-
claring your willingness to an armstice and a
Convention of all the States, in their sover-
eign capacity. to enter upon the subject Of
peace. ''''.-
A Congress of the States in their sovereign
capacity is the highest acknowledgement Of he
pr,nepIss Of STATE Rights" .- .q. -,
Mr.. Stephens was suspected of being
weak in the knees. and, on Nov. IA,
1864, when frank exposition of his
views could no longer injure the pros
poets of Mcclellan, he communicated 70
the press another letter, dated nov. 5,
1864, ia which he gave his reasons for
desiring the Convention, as proposed at
Chicago. A paragraph in this remarka-
BILE document shows in the clearest light
the ,results exnec,ed North anil Sop,b
-. -
irohi the cooperation OF the states Hlghts
Democracy with rebellion and the faar
f,,oh, NAN ,...In
slse,;o, - Ar J;roo,n " ~
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a Convention of the Stares) being rendered,
unless Mcclellan should be elected. He can
not be elected without carrying @ sufficient
number of the States, which, if united With
those of the Confederacy, would make n ma
Jority of the States. In such a Convention,
then, so, formed. hare we ret strong reasons
to hope and expect that n resolution could be
passed denying the constitutional power OF the
ccerce sts.A- Tbe Cb;ca 90 n,s,fo-u ,;r'
ITALY does this already. Wcald not such
and Vj.finiar resolgtio1. %% Of I7os u S and ' I3ee;
Are these no, strong reasons, is least, to in
even @ II ,a, ap eonS a ss dons % II ro ena the
war. Itvould recognize as the fundamental
mate absolute sovereignty of the several
s;,r as - arsr I w;sb % sa. '.aemu'e IL earasJ
l wish no other kind of recognition, when
comes tnan ,nn' Q, ueorge rye i o.
c;gnty and independence of each State
separately and by name" A 81 -
The same ground was taken By the
Hon. h. W H'lliard, Of Georgia.
at seems to me plain that we should ac-,
cep, the forum indicated by the Chleago Con-
tlement of our troubles. The very proposal
to refer me settlement OF the great qnarre,
of DELEGATES from all the states. is the most
emphatic recognition Of sovereignty of the
The States. .-.-,-.r ....g = -.-..
Thus, by the mere fact OF their assem-
bli,o the JTn,on would he resolved info n
,...
mass OF iuependent Earring nationaIties,
and they would then proceed, as Mr..
AID
oeeo 'o'i US u ''c""nye' "oDifi nd
ROGATE. 7 a. lfya4+ lHr "a"
SYMPATHY WITH THE SOUTH.
En,or,a;n;nc those views and cherish.
-, =, thosa S.b.mos Il 500 ,,s;.urr,l thar DO.
nocracy should look upon the Southern
e,dars with svmnatbv grld resrect and
u II =, I
houio endeaVor 10 avert the antipa'hy
If the people from them to the Admin |
III. .ho e,l,om;;, CO., .ho
' 10 10 '''e wv -o ''''N'" b -
Philadelphia 1gc OF Sept. %, 1864, pal |
a,es tho reb e,I;on and ,ts chief hv esta.
- - -Sf,> - = J., :,
'llshlng parraiiel with the hevciu-
ion and &c orce Washington.
.They (the Yankeesy haze lately al; I'D to
heir collection the Bible ,oi Mary MSs1ins
d George whv made himself notorious some
ears back in little rebellion which was 80.
,roperfv y y, r stolen from Arnst.n and carried to
>eW hhgianu, lol II she hao 'eau III 'he