Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-16
Pspce Proportions Nos to be Rntertaine.

PePce Propositions Nos 20 be Entertained,
Special Correspondence of the Chicago TribuneI
WAsHiNGTON, October ). 1862 IL am sur
prised to peresive that the latest canard of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, . Journal which considers
invention enterprise, and which accounts It a
dUty to produce At lesst two sensations = week
should 6Dd believers and create excitement in
the West. The sole foundation Of the peace
paragraph is the resolutions introduced BY Foote
into the rebel House of Representatives, and the
reports, pro and con, of the committee to which
they were referred. These simply Contemplated
renewal of the offer Of the Mississippi bribe to
the Northwest, snd not the sending of commits
sioneTs to Washington. II, moreover, the i-sbels
have had such mission seriously under & nsid-
Grafton, iI was before the battle of Autietam.
and be ore the PRONUNCIATION Of the Presidents 8
proclamation of freedom Il was Immediately
after the defeat Of General Pope, and at the time
when their victorious columns had invaded Ma
ryland and were threatening the national capital
Baltimore and Pennsylvania. If the rebel gov
eminent ever makes proposals of peace, it viii
be upon the heels Of great victory ever our
armies, and the sine Faa non Of negotiations win
be the recognition Of the Confederate States.
But there is no ressOn-nOt the slightesg-to be-
lieve that JEFF Davis has ever got so far vet As
to think Of sending commissioners to Washing
ton. Even had the rebel House voted in favor
Of such a step, it would be no indication of the
purposes of the rebel government Our lower
House voted thanks to Commander Wilkes and
declared that we would never, never, never sur
render Mason and Shdsil
There is little doubt, however, that there is q
party here, as well as in the Northwest and the
Middle States determined in purpose and
growing relatively to the rest OF the home Popu-
latiOn, IN nUmbers-which talks about she olive
branch in one hand and the sword in the other ;
which has vague dreams that diplomacy can
nntWist the GJrdisu knot Of rebellion, and pre-
fsrs not % see it cut, if i can be prevented :
which has vague ansioipatiOEs also that slavery
viii vet be saved and the good old Union As il
was in tho mes of Brooks and Ksitt re-estsb-
lished. Until the bells that ring in 1868 ring
ont forever the old order OF things, these dream-
ers NAY dream on But with the dawn Of the
Ist Of January, If not before, they may expect
rude awakening; unless, indeed rebellion
against the government and its DEGREES be set on
foot in the loyal States, as viii not improbably
be the case, many think, if Seymour should be
elected in New York and king-maker Wood Dut
in q position to govern the Empire State and to
betray it to JEFF Davis. But l cannot believe
that the kuaves who lead viii have following of
fools enough to elect their reasonable purposs
A man who casts DsmOcTatie vote now in
consequence OF cid party associations; a nan
who iorgets his country in his party; man
who refuses 10 see that the Democracy Of the
present means more or less sneaking sub
servieney to JEFF. DAVIS, aud that he who would
support the government OF his country and help
suppress the rebellion must oppose that, is Wo-
fully obstinate or blind, if not IN conscious alii
sncs with the enemy And il Is to be hoped
that the few leading war Democrats who still
cling TO Seymour, among them even such men
as Moses f. 0jsll of the Br0nklyn district, will
see the erFeT Of their ways before November.