Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-06
Reuthern Peaoe Propositions aud ths SOrs
Eleru Peace Party


6eatherB Peaoe ProBasifigas and ths NOrs
thern feacS Party
Il Is AZ least & curious circumstance
that Mr.. Foote, of Tennessee, should have
brought forward his propositions Of peace
IN the rebel Congress al the precise mo-
ment when it has become important for
the success Of the Seymour Democracy al
the North, that the Northern people should
be led 70 believe Ia the existence at the
South Of a disposition TO end the war By
compromise. We do not for moment
suppose that any o0llUgion exists bel " Ween
the Southern representative and the North
ern CONSERVATIVES" for we DO the latter
party the justice 10 believe that they are
labOring not for the Independence of the
South, but for the submission Of the North.
They are mol seeking 10 exalt the Confed-
eracy, but merely 10 abase the Union. Mr..
6Oote, on the contrary, is earnestly bent
upon achieving complete separation of
the TWO sections; and VIC interpret the
conjunction of his remarkable speech at
Richmond, with the scarcely less remarka-
bic resolutions Of the Democratic Conven.
tion OF Albany, 10 mean simply and solely
that the rebel leaders are ssgacious enough
70 see the great opportunity which the nc
tea Of the New York Democracy affords
them and resoluEs enough 70 avail Lhsm-
selves az once
The foolish story set aaoat by somebody
in the office Of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
who had taken the pains TO read Mr..
Foote's speech, Of the tenor Of the South
0rn peace proposition, would not deserve
moments attention, were 1t not 10 be fear
ed that in some parts Of the country 1t
may gain temporary credeuee, and be
Used to further Ihe schemes Of the Demo-
cratic leaders. Many Of our people are 80
little informed as 70 the real state Of fee
ling at the Souih, and so snxiouS TO be-
liese the Southern people more rational
thsn they are, that some positive mischief
"a The National cause mighs very easily b
done, even by 50 ridiculous 4 SoEdrS as
that Of the Inquirer, were il not promptly
exposed. That the Southern people desire
peace we cannot doubt. So, for the matter
Of that, do the people Of the North. War
Is rarely an agreeable pastime 70 the ns-
tons engaged. But we must never for
get that what the tkeOlogians might call
an operative desire Of peace, is only to be
created in the hearts OF = people fuirly at
war, by the evident triumph or the evident
hoPelessness Of thsir cause. We Of the
North ought not TO and cannot desire peace
have reduced the South 10 submission, or
that we are unable 70 carry on the war
sny longer. We may be sure that the
South WIll not desire peace on terms homo
Fable 10 US, until she has been compelled
90 70 do; and il would be childish 70 pre-
tend that we have yet brought her TO this
state. The SOuihsrn dreams sill reign
supreme in The Southern heart. Whstev.
srsymplOms we may perceive In partieu-
lar sections Of the South, of exhaustion or
BesrIness, should not delude US as 70 the
central fact, while three hundre thousand
man In arms cenJInus 20 confront our
forOes from the Potomac 10 the Mississippi.
When the soUih talks Of peace now, she
talks OF 8 peace 10 be purchased by the
surrender OF all for which We have been
aghiiDg, BY the abolition Of the Union,
and by Ih5 supremacy Of Slavery from the
Chesapeake 10 the Rio Grande. If the
Northern friends Of peace ut any price at
tempt to persuade The people into the pos
Gibilty Of any other peace than this, at
this time, they are either igaorantly or
willfully misleading those who hear them,
and betreyiDg their country 70 iIs tall.-
" J. TfNss.