The War Of The Roses

The following " circular " was distributed at the reuent " Freedman'a Con vention " at Louisville, Ky., and ba widely ciroulatfld throughout the ooun try. "The oombiit deepens, on ye brave.' Good may come to the country from thi family quarrel : Washington, D. G, Fob. 18, 1864. Sir - The movements recently mad throughout tho country to secure tL nomination of President Lincoln rende neeessary some counteraction on the par of the unconditional friends of the Union, who differ from the policy of hi admin;stration. So long as no eiforts are made to forestall the political actior of the people, it was both wise end pat riotic for all true friends of the goveru ment to devote their influence to the suppression of rebelliou, but wlien it beeoraes evident that party machinery and oficial influence ure being tised to secure the oontinuance of the pruRent administration, those who believe that the interests of the country and of froedom demand a chaiigc in favor oê vigor and purity, have no choice but to appeal at ouce to tlit; people, before it shall be too late to qeoure a discussion of principies. Thi'St' in b,alilf of whom this ootnmunicatión is made have thoughtfnlly surveyed the politipal field, anij };9ve arrived at the followiue conclusious : lst. That even were the eleotion o! Mr. Lincoln desirable, it is praatically impossible against the union of influences whicb will oppose hitn. 2d. That should he be re-elected, his manifest tendeney towards cotnpromise and teniporary expediencies of poliey will beeome strongor during a secoud term tfaaii it has been in the first, and the cause of human liberty aod the dignity and honor of tbp pation suffer proDortionalely, while the war may uoutinue to anguish during the whole administratiun, till the public debt shall büoome a burdsn too giéat tq be borne. 3d. That the patronage of the governnientj through the necessities of tiie war, has peen so rapidly hipreased, and to sueh an enormous eztent, and so loosely plaped, as to reuder the application of the ons term principie absolutely esaeutial to the gafety qf our repubücau in stitutions. 4th. That we find united in Hon. Bal"Ï)OD P. Chase more of the qualities nei-dcd in a President d uring the next four yonrs than ure combiued in any other available oandidate. His record closes unimpeachable. showing him to be a statesmau of rare ability and an ad ministrator of the verv higbest order, while his private charaoter fuinisbes ihe surest ob'aiuable gu:irautee of econonay and purity in the management of public aifairs. 5th. That the discusaion of the Presidential question already commenced by tho friends of Mr. Lincoln, has doveloped a popularity and strength in Mr. Chase, unexpected even to his warrpest arimirers, and while we are avvare that his strength is at present unorganizecl, and in no eondition to manifest i tg real magnitude, we ore satisfied that it only needs a systematic and faithful efifort to develop to an extent sufficient to overeóme all opposing obstsqlea. For these reasons the friends of ]Jfr, Chase have determined on measures whjch shall present hia claims fairly and at onoe to the country. A central organization has been effected, whieh already has its connectiona'in all' the States, and the obje.ot of wbich is to enable his fiiends every'where most effectually to promote his elevation to the Presidency. " We wish the hearty co-operation of all those in favor of the speedy restoration of the Union upon the basis of universal freedom, and who desire an ad miuistration ot the Government during the first period of its new life which sha-'.l, to the fullest extent, develop the capáéity of free institutions, enlarge tlie resources of tbu country, din.inifih the burdens of taxation, and elévate iha standard of justice and of public ïd private morality, vindioute the 'honor of the republic before the world. and in all things make our Aine.rican nutionality the iairest exarnple for imitation whieh human progresa has ever aehieved. It' these objeets meet your approval. jou can render efficiënt aid by éxert?Dg yourself at once to orgtnize your section of country, aud by correspondin with the chairman of' the national executivff-cou;miia't' for the purpoaes either of rcceiving or impartí ng information. (Sigued) Vcry Respecttully, 8. C. PO MERO Y, Chairman Nutional Ex-Com. The following resolutionn woo also adcpted by the " greeáman'e Conventiou." A separate national convention was also voted down, and " ye radicáis" resolved to fight it out in the regu'arrepublican couvention. G-o in, gentlemen, we'ü hold your garments : lst. fjiat the uuity of this country, with the present republican form of governuient, State and national, must be presurvcd and tho rebellion suppressed. 2(1. That slavery was the causo and now coustitutes tho strength of the robellion ; that see DO lmpe of pei'iuanent peace until the principies of freedom announoed ín the Declaratlo'n of Indepeiidoncc and 'the Federül coiMtitution are carried into practico. The question whethr slavery is to be porpetnated or not, is do longer exclusively a Stato, but a national one. It i, thernfore, proper that the constitution of the United States should bo sü auaeudad as to seirurp freedom to every human being withiu its jurisdiction, by such a guaranteo of individual freedom as is necessary in the C?i)?titation of tbe United Sfcst, 90 tbat of a republican form of government to eaeh State. 3d. The government has the constitutional right to command the services of every man, no matter what his color o conditiou, whether bond or free. The master cannot interpose his right between the man and the government, and. we are in favor of enlistiug and enrolhng all ahke. 4th. That during the rebellion the President, in the exercise of the war power, has fnll and ampie authority to free all the alavés in the rebollious qstricts, and they are thereby invested irrevooably with all the rights of freemen, and in the present rebellion he ought to exereise this power to its full extent. 5th. That with the effect of the President's amnosty proclamation before us, we declaro that in our m opinión the same has been injurious to the Union cause and its operations within the districts to which it especially applies, and humiliating and unjust to loyal men by plaoing thm upon the same footing with rebels, and we would urge its reeall or suspension until armed rebellion is wholly crushed 6th. That the slave States freedom convention be ïnada a permanent organization by the formation of an executive committee of one meinber and one altérnate from each of the slave States for the purposo of carryiag out its principies, and that the delegation for each State represented in this couvention ap point the members on such committee 7th. That we declare ourselves favorable to such an amendment of the con stitiition f thí United States as shall make the Presidential election for one term only.