Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-18

pnHSlhiS with the uVuluuTS p'ifheSen uhh Az
s,itut;cns Of the people. hat no one can
slut his eycs 30 the immense advantage, both
social and military, which has resulted frsm
the cloans Of the liquor saloons and drinking
houses Of this city. And so long as our
streets continue TO be thronged with soldiers,
the advantage and necessity Of the policy
will CONTINUE il both its aspects We trust
therefore, that the prohibition will continue,
whatrrur tit limits into which Martial
L7~ msy contract itself in other resp.
poets.
PROPOSALS FOR TREATY or
PEACE
Mr. ruun. .! Tenn, offered the follow
ing iUins re,"ntiun proposing to send
commissioner c; commissioners 10 Wash
inrton rit;. empowered to propose terms
of jmSt AID hararahl" r,hc,
Resolved, hy the Congress- Of The Confede-
| rate States u America, That the signal sue
cess with which Divine Providence has go
continuously blessed dir arms for several
months past, would fully justify the Con-
federnte Government in dtapstching COM
missioner or commissioners to the Govern
ment at Washington city, empowered to
propose the terms OF .i'iHt AMI HONORABLE
peace.
Mr.. FoorE, on offering this proposition,
! observed that he did not intend to occupy
the attention Of the House more than few
minutes, preliminary TO the motion which he
should presently make. to refer the resolution
under consideration to the Committee on
Foreign Atiairs;a committee, I beg leave to
say, continued Mr.. FooTE, with the exception
of lts chairman, emnenty qualified TO deal
with this grave and interesting matter in q
calm, conslderate, and sgually advantageous
manner. Sir, ! have but little hope that our
insolent and cruel foe will listen to this
proposition favorably. have but little
confidence, | confess, sir, in the wisdom and
sagacitv, the craftsmanship, or the true man
illness OF spirit, of Mr.. Lincoln and his deluded
cabinet couMsellors. I am not unaNSre that
thess personages have heen disgracefully
driven forward continually, FROM the first
shedding of blood in the affair Of Fort Sum-
ter mp to the present moment, By numerous
and active body Of infatuated fanatics and IN
scrupulous demagogues, until they have al
most reached the depths OF utter hOpelessness
and ruin. l am not OF all confident that the
weak aud racilla,ing Executive Chief in
Washington cityhas adequate moral courage to
receive cir commissioner, should we conclude
to send one, even were the sufterings Of our
Northern enemies far greater than those
which they hare already experienced, though
stimulated. as TO some exteEt they must ne
cessarily be by the apprehension Of the far
greater sl'fArinss with which they are
now 50 obviously 'menaced. But. sir, to
these considerations / attach hut little i'm
portancc. l will eDdeavor to state my view
Of the subject in very concise manner, as.
according to the rules of the Hous-, can
occupy its attention only for a few minutes.
The enemy will either refuse our proposal Of
peace. or perchance even refuse to receive our
commissioner, or they will be courteously re-
ceived. Certainly it is hardly to he hoped
that our proposal Of peace will be respectfully
considered and agreed to. IN the latter case
a most bloody and desol-tiug war will be
brought to close; our own beloved country
will t"- relieved from the experience Of present
sutfrr!ngS, aid ;.r, ,erchance, saved from
greatly multiplied sutferings hereafter. III
Just and Eo:.ui able peace he madly refused US,
then upon the heads Of our hc:,rtieSS adverse
rieS Will DC accumulated all tho responsibility
CONNECTED with those evils when may DO
hereafter inflicted upon the general interests
of the civilized world the oceans of blood
which may be hereafter shed, AMI all the i'm
measurable horrors which must inevitably
result fro,u war conducted as it hus been
heretofore conducted by our hesrtlsss enc
mics in utter disregard "f ali the well known
principles OF civilized war. We cannot, in
any state of things which can he possibly con-
ceived Of, be at all injured by the pursuing
o! the line Of policy suggested in the resou-
ton. Our brave armies in the field will not feel
less inclined to prosecute the war with ener-
gy and resolution because their government
manifcsts disposition 10 save them from the
necessity OF incurring further hardships, and
shows disposition to restore them once
more TO the blessings Of pence, Of domestic
happiness, and Of social beatitudr. On the
contrary, sfa!! confidently expect the exhi-
ton Of h still sterner resolution, still fercer
military zeal, and still more glorio,is achieve
mentS, when they shall thus find it demon
strated to them thatIhere il no FEASIBILITY nf
peace with our prosecutors save by resorting,
in spirit Of just RECLAMATION, to those terrible
eXpedients which may be calculated TO i'm
press upon their own obdurate hearts the IN
tense cnnscient!ousness Of those horrors Of
which they have been the sole originators.---
Ii our proposition should be declined. and
| there be any good men yet left in the North,
friends to justice to the laws Of christian hu-
mainly, and the general happiness of the
world, they will at once make their presence
known, organize and ernbody their energies
agains, an insolent and ia aruus government.
drive lincoln and his Inyrmdons from power,
and elevate to the seats of official authority
wise and upright statesmen, through whose
efficient inStrumentality this saneuinary
struggle may be at last brought to termina-
ton.
Sir, it is not even possible that our motives
OF objects in taking the initiaties in the noble
work of pacifcation can be misunderstood
either by the enemy OF by the rest OF the
civilized nations of the world We are thus
far completely victorious in the war. In all
the numerous battles which have been fought
we have been moss a;snally successful. We
have driven, or arc now driving the Wanting
hosts of the North beyond our confines, and
our victorious standards are now being plant
cd upon the territory Of the foe. Such a
succession OF brilliant aud decisive triumphs
has never heretofore adorned the page of our
history Our successes have hccn acknoW-
lodged in the most emphatic manner even in
the columns Of tbs Northern newspapers -
In sheer lnagnan!uity, VIC are bound to offer
terms Of pence to the eneuy. With us alone
can proposition OF peace originate. with