Year: 1863

il was lam for bringing back. the South into
the Union; but prefer rather 70 draw her in with
the silken cords of affection kindness and JUS
tice than TO drag her back with the halfers and
chains of fyTant. am for bringing her back
by instrumenfalties that will not cause the over
throw of the liberties of both sections Of the
Union. If her return cannot be effected by such
instrumentalifies; if to bring back the South the
liberties of all must be overthrown and general
tyranny established; if we cannot have Union
and LIBERTY, one and inseparable now and
forever" if the alternative is presented to me-
and am compelled to elect between two repub-
lies and one despotism am for two republics.


Small rebellions may be put down by war,
even though prosecuted without regard to the
laws of justice or humanity, and the general pub
lie liberties be preserved. But the deduction
from history and the induction of intuition both
teach that great rebellions, those of the gigantic
proportions and peculiar character Of that with
which we arc now contending, cannot be put
down by war alone, and the public liberty be pre-
served.


And here 1 must be permitted to quote part
of page 345 of volume !, of the late valuable
work of the lamented Buckle, of England on the
History of Civilization. The extract is as follows
touching the war of George III, against our
American colonies, then in rebellion against the
British Governments:


"But the mischief did not stop there The
opinions that it was necessary to advocate. in
order to justify this barbarous war, recoiIed upon
ourselves. In order TO defend the attempt to de-
stroy the liberties of America, principles were
laid down which. if carried into effect. would
have subverted the liberties of England. Not
only in the Court, but in both houses of Parlia-
ment, from the Episcopal bench, aud from the
pulpits of the church party, there were promui-
gated doctrines of the most dangerous kind
doctrines unsuited to q limited monarchy, and
indeed incompatible with IT,"


1.-The danger was so imminent as TO make
the abeSt defenders of popular liberty believe
that everything was at stake, and that If the
Americans were vanquished the next step would
be to attack the liberties of England, and en-
deayOr TO extend to the mother country the same
arbitrary government which by that time would
have been established in the colonies DR. Jebb.
an able observer, thought that the American war
must be decisive of the liberties of both countries
Lord Chatham wrote, in l77T: "Poor England
will have fallen upon her own swordl Burk
said of the attempt 10 rule the colonies by mill
tary force, that the financial ruin of England
would be the smallest part Of the evil. Itwould
put in operation an engine for the destruction of
freedom in England. Hence it was that The illus
tIious Fox wished the Americans 10 be vicfori-
ous, for which some writers actually accused him
of want of patriotismr" And it was the friends
of free government that forced England to make
peace with America. What an exact parallel
Will the present tImei


You ask, then what shall be done7 This is a
difficult question TO answer: but see no better
course of action than to stop the war for a time;
procure armistice give time for the passions
TO cool, and for the people TO reason and TO meet
in National Convention. Go hack to the start
ing point Compel the Abolitionists TO do what
they ought to have done before the war was COM
menced do justice; put themselves right be-
fore High Heaven; offer guarantees satisfy
the South that If she comes back she shall be
let alone by the Abolitionists forever; that her
rights shall be accorded TO her; for, let me say
that till she is satisfied of this fact, she never
will return, as she otherwise would expect only
TO 60 again through the same series of Abolition
prosecutions satisfy her that her interests win
be promoted by the Union; and then, believe
she will, sooner or later, again unite with us in
concord. If she docs not then will il be time,
and then shall we be able TO adopt proper
course of action toward her. But she will re-
turn; and pray God that the next Democratic
President. who, if free elections are suffered TO
continue, viii be chosen in 1864, may have the
happiness TO be inaugurated under :he old flag,
without single star obliterated or It's effulgence
in any degree dimmed, TO administer the Consti-
tuition it is, over the Union as il was, with
such additional guarantees as shall effectuallv
preserve them thus forever