Year: 1864

There are two policies for the restora'
ton of the Union. One is that OF the Cop


perheads, and the other that Of the Admins
tration and the Union men Of the country.
The first proposes that whenever the reoei
leaders Law down their arms and take the
oath to the Constitution the National armies
shall be disbanded. The other proposes that,
until the country has received some satisiac-
tory proof that the rebellion is destroyed,
and not merely smothered, it shall hold the
rebel district by arms.


For instance, we advance into Georgia.
The rebel army, let us suppose, Surrenders.
The people take the oath. A provisional
Governor is appointed by the National au-
thority, and he orders an election. VINO
shall vote "Why, of course" cry the Cop
perheads, "those who are voters under the
State Constitution. Very well. The cleo
ton is held, and n tool of Stephens or OF
Toombs, or Robert Toombs himself, is elect
ed Governor. What will you dor Shall the
Government order General Grant to eyacu-
ate Georgia: Is the State restored to the
Union and peace secured Or if in MlsSis-
sippi Jefferson Dayis-under another name,
but equally false to the Governments elect
ed Governor under the forms Of the State
Constitution, is he to be recognized and the
troops withdrawn


No citizen of the United States acts so
absurdly in his smallest private matters.
Does ANYBODY suppose that collectively those
citizens will play the fool Have they been
sending their sons and brothers to be muir
dercd for nothing: Do they mean to put
premium upon treason and rebellion ? If
the Constitution did not enable them to set
tie the question as it should be settled, their
common sense would supersede the Constr
tuition. The Copperhcad theory Of the Con-
stituton is simply that Of the rebels. 1t IS,
in their view, an instrument to prevent the
maintenance of the United States Govern
ment, and to secure the success OF rebellion.
All the dreary twaddle about the sovereignty
of States is but an echo of Calhoun's theory,
which was expressly devised to cover dis
union and destroy the National supremacy.


The plan which already commends itself
to public approval is that of the Admins
tration. 1t proposes first to occupy the rebel
States by force of the National arms; then
to appoint provisional governor, who may
order an election. By what authority BY
that of the United States. And the same
authority-not the State Constitution-will
decree when, where, and under what condi-
tions, that election shall be held. II it re-
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these conditions, they become the rightful
government of the State, because they rep
resent the people OF the State who are loyal
to the United States. If these people are but
a tenth of the inhabitants, and cannot en-
force their authority upon the rest, the
United States Government helps them by
force of arms, as it is bound to do BY the
Constitution. When that loyal State au-
thority shall inform the Government OF the
United States that it is able to maintain it.
self the National force will be withdrawn.


Now the paramount condition Of the cleo
ton must be the oath against slavery, and
this for two reasons. First, because the only
sensible hope of quiet lies in the release Of
the people Of the South from the control OF
the slaveholding aristocracy; and, second,
because the overthrow Of the system is the
end to political intrigue at the North based
upon slavery. There is no doubt whatever
that so long as that absurd contradiction OF
the American principle, and conscience, and
policy endures, just so long the peace Of the
country will be threatened. Andrew John
son, of Tennessee, Southerner, slave
holder, Democrat, expresses the sense Of
the American people in saying; "Slavery has
been the destroying element which tried to
nut down the Government, and the Govern
ment should put it down Immediately and
foreyer."-IIarper'S Weekly.