Year: 1862

gives in his inaugural for the difficulties
and delays which have stood in the way
Of The carly independence Of the Southern
Confedcracy, Is that the hopes Of aid and
cooperation from certain Northern men
and parties, which secession cherished,
have proved to be unfoundel. The rebels
had good reason for believing that they
would find efficient and devoted allies in
the NORTH Who these men and parties
at the North arc, and why the rebel lead
CTS hare been mislcd and betrayed by their
Northern allies, are plainly to be seen.


These Northern allies on whose aid and
comfort to treason the secession chiefs had
good reason for relying, are the same men
WHO have always been scheming and work
ing to hold the power and emoluments Of
the Government, by adopting as their OWL,
and helping forward with all their strength,
that Southern policy, whose chief and
never chaDgmgpu has been to employ
all Tie power Of the Onion to build up and
extend slavery. The secession leaders had
determined that the General Government
should be used especially to defend and
cherish their peculiar institution or they
wonld break up the Union. Their allies
North are the men vino have done all they
could to make the Union the efficient keep
CT and avowed defender Of slayery, find
ing their motive and reward in place, pow
er and emoIuments, the gift Of their South
ern masters. And the sole mistake Of Da-
us and his followers was in suppos1ng that
these, their Northern allies, could be relied
upon to the extent Of breaking up the
C1ion. This could never be, because these
secesh allies hope to rule the North by the
power Of The South through the Union,
and the moment tue Union is broken their
power is gone.


But although these rebel allies are for
these reasons out and out Union men. vet
they are not only willing, but are ever
scheming and 1ahoring to have: the war
carried on in such . manner, and 60
brought to close, and the Union after
wards reconstructed in such form, that
slavery shall haven power, aud be more
a privileged and dominating institution
IN the Union, than ever before. For it is
clear thatwhen this is brought about, these
Northern allies have secured ueyer-cnd-
ing lease Of power, or one to endure lust
as long as slavery lests, which they intend
and trust shall be forever. How dazzling
to their Imagination, how stimulating to
their ambition, this vision in. which they
are TO be ever ascending to higher and
more commanding positions, and always
enjoying richer and more royal emolu-
meuts'' tust 50. fast IS slavery makes con
quests Of new States and islands, and es+
tabNshes amoro magnificent empire with:a
more imperial sway


Gross and huniliating to the North as is
the charge made in this statement Of Davis
that secession had good reason for looking
to the North Tor aid and comfort in It's trea-
son, it viii be an outrage none the less
atrocaous, and a disgrace full as black, if
these rebel allies are allowed to save rebel.
lion from its just doom. OF enlarge and
build up slavery on tirmcr foundation,
or be suffered to seize the administration Of
the Union from such base motives, and to
caETy out such detestahle schemes Of pub
lie wrong and private gain.