Year: 1864

to submit, but to share the sin and shame
Those whom argument failed to convince
the military despOtism has silenced, for the
time being.


There has been a great deal said about the
North seeking to subiugate the South. We
have sought nothing of the kind. The po-
litical and military leaders of this rebellion
it is who have subjugated the people of the
Southern States; trampled upon their pO-
litical rights, and involved them in the
crime of treason, with its accompaniment
of civil war. The triumph of the Northern
armies, and the restoration of the old Coy
ernment, is, in truth, the deliverance of the
people of the South; and they will so hail
it hereafter.


There are but two ways in which the
restoration of peace and the Union is to be
accomplished first, the unconditional sur
render of the leaders, and the abandonment
Of the rebellion; or second, the continued
progress and cOnquests of our arms, until the
military power Of the Confederacy is broken
and the heart of the rebellion crushed. All
intermediate plans or schemes are mere pal
liatives, that, like our compromises of the
past fifty years, will only serve to procras-
innate existing evils; restoring peace that
will require constant watchfulness and con-
cessiOns; and prosperity that will be de-





avoid future demands and insurrectiOns.-
In view of the permanence of our govern
ment and the integrity of our Union, there
is no such thing as compromise with rebels
in arms against both. Turn from it as we
may, the great truth is apparent to every
reasoning mind, that SUBMISSION or sUBJU-
CATION, for the leaders of this rebellion, are
the only effective means of restoring peace
and good government again.


The first of these is not likely to occur in
the present posture of affairs; nor as long
as hope, however blind and unreasonable,
will serve to shield from despair the for
tunes of the civil and military heads of the
rebellion. The second, therefore, consti-
tutes our only certain means of success. In
its progress to this end, our gallant army
has two fold mission to fulfill. The first
is to press back, step by step, if necessary,
the military power of the COnfederacy
from the usurped soil of the seeding States;
and eventually to subdue that power, and
bring it to terms of peace. The second to
develop the principle of loyalty in the re-
lieved people, and protect them in its eXer-
else and enjoyment while they restore the
civil functions of their State Governments
and unite them again with their sister States
under the provisions of the National Con-
stitutiOn.


1t is objected, perhaps that the loyal peo-
pie of the South are too few i'll numbers to
assume, or be trusted with the powers of
the State Governments. A fair test will
demonstrate this assumption to be unwar-
ranted. In addition to the large body who,
in almost every Southern State, opposed
the ordinances of secession. many thousands
have been converted by the progress, and
many thousands more will be released and
flock to the standard upon the suppression
of the rebellion, and the subjugation of its
military power. The lessons of privatiOn,
suffering and misery entailed upon the peo
pie of the South by the wicked leaders in
this war will suffice, at least, for the present
generation; and with wholesome and benef
icent Government again restored to loyal
or rcpentant people, will live in history as
a warning to future generations not lightly
to put in peril of destruction such form of
Government, at the command of wicked
and unprincipled leaders, only for the es-
tablishment of an oligarchy in its stead, with
nothing but civil war as its means, and des-
potism as its result. But the loyal people of
the Southern States, be they few or many,
can alone be entrusted with this great work
of reorganization.


While we desire peace, therefore, we
must, as necessary MEANS prosecute the
contest. To this end our armies must be
reinforced and increased and the brave
men who accept this duty must be cared
for and protected. The past has had its
gloom, but the future is full of hope. The
call of duty in the field and the council is
earnest but cheerful, and your response and
mine must not be laggard or uncertain. To
this end you are chosen; and mine shall at
all times be cooperation cordial and eff
fective. i


And now solemnly invoking the Divine
blessing upon our mutual labors for the
good Of the State and National Govern
ments, am ready, in your presence, to as
sumo the oath of office.


JOHN BROUGH.