Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-13
ail .h.t rnnr trnons are fighting for--the recon.

l c0nter Wlll lueiu; tht'" tAOoS NN'~ -' ! moyed
 What do the neople care for such miserable l puncti.ios in the hour of q nations agony! Sir,
 an honorable peace is within the grasp ot this Con
 gress without further blo0dsheJ. Ih's congress
 knows that k 90, and when the people shall real
 i:e that if is only the iniamdu' deslSh to stFehStne
 the anti slavery movement that prevents an cI 'r'
 to obtain that Deace woe to tue chiefs Of the abo- { liton p ,rty in the land.
 i Sir, there may be Il fascination in the gory mag | nifecnce Of There may he craving TOT
 Atial glore3 in the hearts oi men, and all instinct l of conten ion which share in common with the l brute creation But if ever there can be time 1 when a more christian impulse should posses our 1 souls t is now now, when the trium1h ana con
 sciouspess and strength give us the noble privilege 1 ot extending the hand of reconciliation without
 fear of dcgradat on, seltreproach for co"irclce
 If advcrsity has bean our excuse Tor stctncs8, ie9 l success be our plea for magnanim:ty Providence has placed within the reach O. the North greater triumph than countless armed le%i0ns could con quer; the triumph of subIuinS brave enemy "ith a generous and merciiul policy, that VIII dislIta
 resentment and rekinde the "ld brotheriy lame that perhaps k not totally extinct. For after all, they brothers still, and some sottcnnS of the
 stern Roman vig0r which our rulers assumed Is due
 to that brotherhood, which by untimey severity, may be cancelled nov forever. There are gentle
 men who will sav that the South mt be subdued; that every armed southcrner must throw down his weapon and sue for mercy.
 Should q freeman ask' 50 much of his brother
 freemanl Would they be worthy ot co pnIi0n- ship in our fraternity, being reclaimed at such s
 sacrifice O: mauly teeing2 What wouid you have
 then dof Would you have them crouch and
 cginge, and strew their heads with ashes, and kneel
 at your gates ieadmissiOn? They are Amerl- cans, still, aud vii! not 10 it. \ though Roa-
 noka and Fort HenrS, and Fort DJnelson should
 be re enacted from day to day, through the lapse o
 .il chance for an honorable return, or yoa will wipe out every chance. and the two sections will be twain forever. Yes, sir, you may link them to- gether with chains and pin their deSines together
 with bayonets, but at heart they will he twain for ever They children of the sa c heroic stock :, the joint inheTiiors wl.h ourselves of the precious legacy of freedom; and 1t seems sacriege and all insult to the memories of the past, that 90 many, sir should sit in your presence hers to-day tO goad chem on to desperate resistance, and so tuw-alas, :, so very few-t0 mediate and restrain
 c these few. tbalk my Cod that am one.- l am proud to proclaim it here beneath the dome of the capitol. l shall proclaim il here and every
 where until the wings of peace >hali bc once more 10 ded over the b'eeeihg bosom of my country ! sha proclaim it h mostly, although to do 70 would make me the next victim of ii cruel rife.
 Sir, it may be said that sl cak of peac" while it's attainment withou further recourse to arms re
 mains impossible. Blu; do not believe it impos
 sihla. What effort has been m tde? What do"i has been opened through hich the passiuns and i'll fee iugs of the might ,ss out and reason enter None. The single ilea has been
 forced upon the people thIt the sword, and the smord alone, must decide the issue. It has been pronounced treason 10 hold an opposite opinion -- Sir il to have but litle faith in the efficacy of the sword for joining sevcged friend hips f to earnest " desire peace, and to deprecate the ho TOTS of war; be treason, then 1 am traitor, and l am prouler of such treason than others have the right to be of their vndictve, tuning and Eretentous patriotism
 conjafe ths Congress, in the name of our sui
 fering country in the name of wives that my be widows, of caiiGren that may be otphans-in the name of gallant men, now strong in he lltn, ani
 who to-rlorr0w may be stretched in ueath upon the
 battle ground. or wrthing. mairned and dShgure1
 with torinenting wpnnts--in the name of hnmani-
 ty, that sciens at the daily record of this strfe --I couure this Congress to seize 1T the merest chan that may exist Of a present termination of this tragedy. Let something be attempted in
 the spiit of mediation. Sir. the people will re soond u it. They will thank this Congress for i5.
 I hey will bles, this Congress for any that brea hes Of the s1r.t of reconciliation. They are weary of wai-welry in despite Of the excitement of present victory They i!i awaken son 10 in+ cousc ousness jli-t such victories are being pUr
 cha ed Ut 8 sacrhce that terrible to contemplate; that a national debt is being craated which in it's
 ? pll Hc' 'tiHitb't!!' i> iii4itGt utBL htifns Ii ever paid, wi press like an incubus upon future general ons, sun;ing the growth and prraif v ne
 the yigor of our young republic, or it repudia.ed, resting Ll0t upon lnnals.
 And while at home we grooming with dis tcess sud standing on the verge Of snkuptcy: if we look abroad the spectacle tends only t0 our shame. We seo the sceptered haais of FurOpo
 planting their banner, upon tacs M oF this western
 hemisphere, which it is our natural duty t0 coI se crate 10 republicausm, and ch might a least hay guarjed from the greed oi foreign Gc'pots. Inc flag of Ardg0n and castile tlaunts in the air of San Domingo, an, united with the haznnrie- of France and England, s u2iulie upon the walls of San Juan FCCa. Where may they uot float twelve months hence. if wc the natural guardians of this continent from foreign interference, should still be busy eiyii dahbng in cach others gore? .? Sir, if there must be war. let It De aGlln-t the natural enemies of republican>m, and as we nave already ndBh!ei our national pride 10 conclIiate the British ion, let make some sacrifice t0 win back iu amity, and not 10 srhiugare the SoIth, tha, we may stand once again as comrades in arms, to scourge these foreign interlOpers back again
 within their limits.
 trust that I should te among the last 10 fall
 prustrate that the hurricane might sweep harmless lv ky To subse4ye the schemes ot party we have already hrnilated the American people in the eyes of scoting Europe, and t will be task hereafter to fpgalD the CSle We nave OsI III tue family of nations. N much greater evil could betaii us than to be forced from the position we have hitherto assumed towards foreign powers. would not have my country swecva one inch from any vital principle of her foreign roicy in any emereauey whatever Above all things, l hold dear that national honor which we have ever ,isl of late preserved untaini,hed. iioweTir gloomy
 may be the aspect of things it home, would haF our flag float as proudly eyer abroad. not even designing to make domestic aflcti0n a p!ea fer 1 humiItv an excuse for cOwArlice, or paaii0n Oi national shame Wheneve', occasion demand. that staud ehould be made against foreign ag-
 eresson, or q rc,,uaa ad%,inistered to foreign pride or d ch4s cement inf ctcd up n foreign iusu encp, ] would have the gauntlet thrown down uiOn the impulse oI lhe natiopal sentiment without rete-
 renee domestic eAig' ee, ptusibg to
 sure the str lg proportions of the foe
 In the heat of our private die I'd, we seem to have forgotten that gre at mission people
 is to repunlicani1e the world, |, advance he prin- ciple that men capable of self government, and to check the progress of monarchy. Sir, We are n>iDg ground in the tulf lment Of that sacred mission, aud monarchy haG 2 .ined q footho q while we have been weakening our snews with in- teStlne strife And to what purpose? l. it pOss- bie that gentlemen hope to reconstruct the Union by pursuing policy of uurelening severt, Gan they expect to esIab ish concord and broth erly love by puShn' hostilities to the extreme
 verge? What is the Union worth without mutua,
 respect and reciDrOcated amty to bind the sections
 What Un.on of unwilling states, driven into
 companionship at the point of the bayonet, and
 held there hereafter by military power? Such i