New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-11-14

lures this governpaent may present AT some
period ofthis struggle there must be nego-
tistion it nurt be resorted to, sooner or Ia
Tor ! Why not now1 ra5.E@ aaa zgcTeGs3
i Isit because pride forbids that We should
be the first to stretch out the hand ofconcilia
ton Heaven fereiend that thousands, Of
human lives and q country's welfare should
depend upon SO false principle. Isit because
the South has not been sufficiently punished,
humhled, and snbdued Then lot u confess
that chastssnent aud vengeance sre the sb'
iects, of this war. IL it because the anti-sla.
very movement has not yet received . suf5'
cient impetus? IF 90. 70 tell it to the armies
that haze won your victories ! Make aboli.
ton the war -cry! Place banner with that
deyice in the vanward, and lure those armies
ON to conquest with tiff you can. Your
soldiers. would rend tho treacherous ensign
into ,hreds, and would march to their homes
with the same alacritv with which they push
ed on to the battlefield. @-@ 'e lA. s'., .
What, then, is the cause that withholds
negotiation You will net psrley With arm
ed treason But you have ,parleyed With
treason, if that be the word !; parleycd for.
the mere conyenisnce Of an exchange Of pria.
oners, and other purposes to mitigate the
grievances Of war. twas your duty to do
so. And shall you not do go to accomplish
all that your troops arc fighting for--thc
.ooo,> o<.,,rk;oo of TIM 1In;an
Let us suppose that the South il anxious to
embrace an opportunity Of return, and is
withheld from making advances by doubts
a T., the Intentions the North is it not
right that We should confer with them, that
those doubts may be removed? What do tho
people care for such miserable punctilios in
the hour of nations Agony Sir, an hon
orable peace is within the grasp Of this Con-
gress without further bloodshcd. This Con-
ereas knows that 1t is so, and when the peo-
ple shall realize that it is only the infamous
design to strengthen the anti-slavery move.
mcnt that prevents an effort to obtain that
peace, woe to the chiefs Of the abolition party
in the land. +.
But, enough Of thcm. Words are thrown
away upon their stubborn fanaticira'. --Iap-
peal with better hope to the loftier feelings
that should pervado humanity, and especial.
ly pervado this august assemblage; that
should, by the nature Of its sacred functions,
bs far removed from the miserable ambition
Of reducing section Of our common country
to the extreme and therefore dangerous con.
dition of despair. H@ aa sR e"a r
Sir, there may be fseinAtion in the CORY
magni6cencs ofwar. There may Be crav-
ing for martial glory in the hearts Of men,
and an instinct of contention which We share
in common with the brute creation. But if
ever there can be time whom . Christian
impulse should possess eur souls, il 10 now !:
now, when triumph and the Consciousness Of
strength give us the noble privilege ofex-
tending the hand Of conciliation without fear
of degradation, or selfreproach for coward
ice. IF adversity has been our excuse for
sternncss let succcss be our plea for magnan.
unity. Providence has placed within the
reach of tho North greater triumph than
armed lcgions could conquer the
triumph Of subduing brave enemy with .
generous and merciful POLICY that will disarm
resentment and rekindle the old brotherly
fame that perhaps is not yet totally extinct.
For, after all, they are our brothers, sir
and some softening Of tho stern Romsm rigor
which our rulers have assumed 10 due to that
brotherhood which, by untmely severity,
may be cancelled now forever. There arc
gentlemen who will say that the South must
be subdued that every armed southerner
must throw down his weapon and sue for
mercy. Should freemen ask 20 much OF his !
brother freemen Would they be worthy of
in our fraternity, being Is-
slammed at such sacrifice Of maaly feeling
What would you have them do. Would you
have them crouch and cringe and strew their
reads with ashes and kneel 1t your gates Tor
admission They are Amer,cans, sir, aud
vii not do it. No! though Roanoke aud
Henry and Donelson should be rc-cnscted
rom day to day through the lapse Of bloody
vears, they will not doit Give them some
'hance for an honorable return, or you will
ripe out every hope, and the two sections
vill be twain forever. Yes, sir you may
ink them to each other with chains, and pin
heir destinies together with ,bayonets, but at
lcart thev will be twain forever They are
be children Of the same heroic stock, the
oint inheritors with ourselves Of the precious
egacy to freedom; and it is . sacrilege.and an
INSULT to tho memories of the past, that 70
nany, sir, should sit in your presence here to.
lay to goad them on to desperate resistance,
nd SO few-alas 50 very few-to mediate