Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-30
PEACE PROPOSITIONS.

ncrted on, We have published the speech O
Mr.. Footc. Chairman of that Committee, i
favor Of the policy Of making peace overture
at this fine through the action Of Congress
We copy to. day On the other hide Of tn
question, the report If The minority OF I'll
Committee which was presented to the Hous
on the 10Th inst, by Mr.. Barksdsle.
There is no doubt hat orr. whole Cnnted
eracy ardcntly desires peace. We neye
wanted war. We did not make the war. W
! stacd and are standing, on our defence agains
n wicked aggression. We are fighting loI
peace 4; Of conrSt: we wish ror II.
For ourselves, too, we look with mucl
interest, not only for peace, but t">
| snch II division Of the present North
ern Republic, a. shall :scnne psSce il
the future. This division will surely come
[ and the earlier the better. Its territory pre-
senls a yast dispropnrtinn hrtwren its length
and l,rcm,lth. lts ex:rpmitieS front on i've
creat, oceans .lhat look to diiier-mt parts of the
world and the" are separated from each nv
| lift =. eie hi degree Of longitude, and nm airline
of tl,r. t!.nn@and miles This vast belt OF
tsrr,Lury IS almost cut in two, between Lake
Erie and the Ohio-the connecting neck be-
me- only abour 4 hundred miles wide. 1t is
nearly snndcrcd again by the vast desert
plains that lie midway between the MiSsis-
sippi ard the Rocky Mountains. 1t is again
in.ersectei: hY the great Rocky Mountain
ranrr. which allows hut 4 few doors Il COM
munication between its eastern and its western
bases.
These geographical dislocatinnS are not the
onlv obstacles to continued 'nnion. The di-
yers;tv of interests sill constitute a greater
sepsra,i,t. Mex E~i:lanl will nerer rest
,nlesS siir /, Ia kin: 'lhc: people for her AL
vantage. 1t i; h.r nature and her history
Pennsylvania has cvcr been demanding what
she calls "prcte5tion ioI her iron and coal;
40 far she will .. with Ncw England for a
:arilt' that will cheat the remaining States -
the Wcstarr States urr producers. and a
tariff - IL :!lYn noiiiug Lat n IaE for Others,
oen"fi'' ih"y ~ sFoinl !" H. " - AL
with .rea, IL. ID .ance. and Only because their
;n,,n.I si,u,riun makes i maritime conuec-
ton 4 .ort Of necessity. Sooner or later,
they vii! prefer 10 avail themselves OF The
Tree navigation Of the .MsSsissip pi which we
h.,. 81 d,iu.,i, To- 4 connection With the sea,
,hr.,,h ,h. y.,lr ,s for which they must
,J,,,. ,oT,or,;, with
s"' -
her E"'d mines aH' "e' ra'H'' "o"t ""'
eastern m"nn;all barEi"r, viii undoubtedly
together viii: ;,r,s"n and Washington, form
,. ror..y .;rp x;ll mt he content
49,. n. U..h,, . dis.
10 SEN" "' "' N"'''
tance ~ water u! &iEht OF nine 'n"u>a"'
''il";.
But while We "ant Irars' "ni want 10 see
,hs division Of the ~rcl,ihlir lhat borders ne on
tho N,,r,b e., think. ,ritb the minority rruo,t
:, ,ho fre, :, 10,
~ u "'' wy
vigorous il@ht'us, anu Inc seconh' py leaving
the communities concerned TO discover their
own Interests. ANY formal overture OF pres
s,,. ;nd,,,oncnt mn unr n,rt il likely to be
u,, La.,
~ 81 ~
reauy cal, IT,: Pe'ce'"' "'.''''''"' NV NV.
t''e', II ". -, H., oponr
cohu"c' u '"e ~, -.
" '''"" ':tr,r ,r.;,h .ho co,,.
dnty OF heSotAti'' ; 'olasn ~ ~
oi'cei 10 WIN !, IT, - ~,
tue Nj ""' 49, donn"n ,nl
any inai'',A'''"9 hi'' - . ~.
ID proht ny any 't"n'"e ti't ny "
sell AT the >an.e ''He t''H. VIZ =" t%t
Tue thu'eh''i '" n
onr propositions lnG pr"ei :" he6o.a'
ard the power 70 S'riNe oe''e II nc same
hands, the latter VIII not DC ehpat'asseu OF
en'eebie'i ny unt'meiy o'er!ureS; "hi'G Tue
iurIn"r may oe eEcrchSei VAN 'he u"'i'"|J
and tart necessary Tor the best Success
The following Is t!ic address
"rhe undersigned. a minority of the Com
.,;ttoe m Eoreipn Aii1irs, beg leave to lis
cen, from the rern,i Of tie majority upon
r.rra;n resolutions referred l., the rnmmliiee
io,ct;ur IN. condn.i If fine var and recon-
nandin The issi,ins, i,v the President, Of a
nro.lanation to the iuhab!tauts of the North
westerp States. rendering to them the free
NAVIGATION oil Inc MISSISSIPPI iINcT, anu MI all
t,,,or. ,r..,r e,;ruIatione al IN. ,luse of rhe
w9r
It j. sul,,i,ted rim, subjects relating to the
cn,d,., n th-. war ,rr m, sncrnnriale mat
ters of investigation by ,h. Committee on
For.;,n -. ,t,;rs-
But wa,y,no This consideration, the under
s;,n.J ~,n,ai,v ,I;ssac, fem tlm v;,v, o, the
,no;,riIv tourh,nr the dntic, If This uo,rr.-
Il y n worE Of snper.rorntion for thi, bod
f., unt,rtaLc +, L,rilr. md 20 declare. The
mod. Of conducting the var. 1: il q question
n,.n,r;uy conu ou.,,ces of vital moment, ip-
n,,;rnotoIr :rt,;nin c n tha ;n,ct;ons or the
GEr"o",ir nd tbosa uho have h..r chosen
=, I,aJ o,r ,,o;,r Rnt If such ,lutv wer,.
IN fact dey,lvo; uuon this body, as is implied
Nv ,be rc,nr, 81; ,Lc majority. il would be in
| - ,l;obta,oI ror