Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-26
TALKS WITH REBEL oFFIoERs.
what the Confederate. Say of the war.

W hat the NOhLeuezates say or the Va ar
The correspondent of the Phiadelphia Press
with Gen. Banks division, reports conversa-
tion helo by him with several rebel officers,
during an interview on the battle field of Cedar
Mountain. We copy
Crushing Out Union Feeling.
] was afforded al opportunity Of converting
with several officers oI the rebel army, among
.w hom- wele General Stuart, of S uart's Cav
airy notoriety, General Early, formerly an off
Ger IN the service of the United States, Msior
Haireston, of the Mississippi Cavalry, and
Acting Adjutant General 70 General Stuart,
Lieutenant Elliott, of Mississippi, and others
The topics of conversation were various,
though, OF course, relating almost exclusively
u the rebeilion. Among ether things, L was
informed that the late order of Gen. Hunter.
emancipating the negroes, has been the means
OF bringing over twenty-five thousand men to
the support of the Southern arms-ne1, many
Of them, who had never owned slaves, and
who had remained neutral until the negro hao
been turned loose upon them. Further, the
same authority informed me that the late order
of General Pope, in relation to the subsistence
of our troops upon the people of the South,
has resulteG in crushing out every vestige of
Union feeling in the South, and that the retail
lakOEy IH6aSAISo d4OPt0Q Dy OS0- bdf3S FcCSfV6Q
the most unqualified approval Of every man,
woman and child il the Confederacy and,
moreover, that it was the fixed determination
| of President Davis to carry into execution
| every part of that order, and that with sever
| ity commensurate with the rigors of the orders
of General Pope.
The Terms Of Peace.
To a question OF mine as to the terms upon
] which the South would be willing to close this
| war. L was answered " Precisely the same on
/ which we would have lain down our arms
! twelve months sgo-peaceable separation
| But vfas answered: "Suppose You we're al
| lowed to go your way, and after awhile one oi
/ tho Confederate States desires to withdraw
from that Union, what then 2" Let her go,
vas the reply. Let them go one by one until
all are separate sovereignties; and had TIL:
been permitted a year ago, every State now
out of the Union would have been back again
/ and that voluntarily. 1--WE are very hope
| fuI people" said my informant, " believing in
tho Righteousness of our cause, and we havt
i one great advantage over you of the North il
this-we of the South fight one man, Will
YOU Northerners are actlIated by al least
half Sezen different motives. With some i
| is the desire of notoriety; with others gain
more fight tor the preservation of your gov
i eminent; others for the niger. Some fgh
| for principle; others for they know not what
, whereas, every man in the South is lghtinl
q for his liberty" And, = continued he 'ther
is but one way by which yen can conquer u:
and that is to exterminate US. You may prov
victorious through superiority Of number
hut every man Of the 100000 men in tn
Southern army is determined to die before b
? will yield. And even if you succeed in ge
ting into Richmond, which with you is only
Question of time, you viii flnd that the war
only but begun. I ou may drive Us from Sta'
to State, yet so long as our mountain fastnesse
], afford US a complete shelter, our men will dgf
Q you as guerrillas-so called by the North-W
call them ambassadors; and you will lind vi
it is only when every man is killed or disable
= that YOU can gain any certain advantage oy'
! Us"