Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-08-16

The Cry of "Peace, Peace, when There
Is no Peneo''---Union or Disunion the
only Issue.
Our Northern peacemakers of the South
ern Confederate school, through their agents
in Congress and through their newspaper
organs, have recently become somewhat moi
sy and importunato with their petitions and
resolutions in favor of some peace Offering
to the South in the form OF amendments to
the federal constitution, or in the call Of a
national convention, or through a special
committee of pcacemakers. All such peace
propositions however, are so manitestly out
of season and out of place at this crisis that
no argument is needed to explore their fall
lacy. The only overtures that would now
be listened to by Jefferson Davis and his
confederates would be overtures embracing
the recognition Of our revoted States as an
Independent nation.
In his first message TO the Confederated
Congress, Provisional President Davis very
earnestly protested his desire for peace, that
| the Confederate States were ready to make
almost any sacrifice for the sake of peace,
except (the only matter in ssue) the sacri-
fee of their national independence. They
had entered in this war for the purpose of
establishing an Independent Southern Con
federacy, and, peace or no peace, they would
establish it. In subsequent session of the
same Congress, if we are not mistaken, a
member therefore declared that if the gov
eminent at Washington were to submit to
! the rebel authorities of the South blank
paper, upon which they might write their
own terms for restoration of our revolted
States to the Union, the offer to would be re-
iected. With such manifestations from Da-
Wis and his confederates months ago, be-
fore they had tried their strength in the
field of battle, can it be supposed that now,
since our late army disaster in Virginia
they would listen for moment to any peace
proposition falling short of the recognition
of Southern independence No. So inha
ted have Davis and his governing rebel as
sociates become since their late unexpected
victory, that it may be doubted whether
they would now except even our recognition
of Southern Confederacy, unless it EN-
braced the State of Maryland, the District
of Columbia and the city of Washington.
Our readers will remember that in the
United States Senate in December last, in {
speech which, at the time, was considered
very amusing, but which was delivered will
a suggestive gravity, Senator Iverson, o.
Georgia, predicting the fulfllment of LhC
work of this Southern rebellion which has
since occurred, spoke of Washington as ad
mirably adapted for all the purposes of the
federal capital of the South. Nor can W.
feel assured of the abandonment of this idef
by the rebel leaders, until they shall have
been reduced to the extremity of evacuatiua
the State of Virginia. Then, perhaps, they
will be prepared not only to entertain pro
positions of peace, but to advance them.
Meantime, noe hare seen only one North.
ern proposition for peace which comes
within range of the ultimatum of this re-
belion. This proposition was in the shape
; of memorial submitted in Congress a few
days ago from citizens of Prattsvlle, New
: York, by the Hon. Benjamin Wood, fatty
f recommending treaty of peace upon the
basis of Southern Confederacy as prefera
BILE to civil war. And this is tho precise
issue involved in this war-Union or dis
union.-New York Herald.
One other "Northern proposition 70
peace" has now been made by the so-calleC
Democracy of Ohio, made by Convention o
which Clement L. Valandigham was on,
of the getters up-a rebellion-sympathize
: of the most odious character, who recently
, declared from his seat in Congress that h,
would "prefer peace to the Union" VIII
the Douglas men of Ohio endorse such :
proposition for peace" One hundred anC
eighty seven thousand freemen who cas-
their suffrages for the lamented Douglas
reply that they will not thus abase them
selves.