The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862
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ion 'as it was' is a thing that never can be again. They say the South wants nothing but guarantee for the security of its constitutional slave rights--if that had been given they would never have taken up arms; give them that and they will lay them down. Nothing more false. Just before the secession of South-Carolina, Pryor telegraphed from Washington: 'We can get the Crittenden Compromise, but we don't want it.' 'No matter what compromise the North offers,' said Mason, 'the South must find a way to defeat it.' These are facts undeniable and undenied. They demonstrate the falsehood and folly of the men who talk of bringing the rebels back into the Union by concessions. The South did not want guarantees; it wanted separation. It determined to set up an independent slave empire, and no concession you can make will lead them to abandon their determination. Undo the recent legislation of Congress, reëstablish slavery in the District of Columbia, and repeal the prohibition of slavery in the Territories, and

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