Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-09-10
The Terms of Pence.

The Richmond Enquirer says, 1--WE are informed
that late copy of the New York Times has been
received that says" If the combined armies of Nc
Clellan, Burnside and Pope are defeated, then we
for one are for settlement" We have not seen
the paper and do not know whether or not any
qualifications were added. Those who informed US
Of the Timex expression, added that the whole tone
Of the article was that of disappointment and sor-
row. Whether or not this statement is correct, we
have no doubt that thousands at the North, who
heretofore silently submitted to the popular cry,
will speak out and demand peace, since all their
armies have been defeated and force ntervenes be
tween our victorious army and the Northern cities"
The Enquirer then says:
"1he only which the Confederate States can &C.
cept will be the immediate recognition of the present Con-
ederae States and the permission to the other States
elect their destiny and decide whether their future
shall be with the Confederate States with the United
States
In this entirely concur with the Enquirer
Maryland Missouri, and Kentucky must be per-
mitted, by both governments to vote at the ballot
box and determine where they will go and in Or
der to ensure fair expression Of opinion, the armies
of both governments should be withdrawn. We
have fears to the determination of these States
They will decide by large majortles to unite their
destinies with the Confederate States.
But the Enquirer adds
ave are of the opinion that the principle of election
should be applied not only to the border Slave States but
to each and all of the remaining United States Not that
of the Northern States wanted in the Confederacy
but acknowledgment of the of
which this war has been waged The peace which ends
this war should acknowledge the ends for which it was
fought and apply its principles each and all of the Uni
ted States"
In this we do not concur with the Enquirer; and
we regret that that journal should have uttered
views calculated to alarm and discourage the people
of the South. In the first place, this war has not
been waged for the purpose of obtaining recogni-
ton at the hands of the Northern people of the right
of secession; and in the second place. proposition
to continue the war until the Northern States shall
agree, by the votes of their people, to recognize the
right Of secession, will inevitably lead to endless
conflict. It is matter of no importance to u.s. so
we obtain our independence, what the Northern
States think of the right Of secession, or whether
they recognize it or not What We want is inde-
pendsnee-not the recognition of abstract PROPOSE
tons, as to which our own people even are divided
So far as the border States concerned this war
has been fought against coercion, and against I'M
constitutional aggression their soil and their lib
critics by the Northern government 1t is as much
war for independence by Them as it is by tho So
called cotton States The former seeded for cause,
and the latter at will The Confederate States them
selves differ as to the right of secession rather
as to its nature and this being So it is not reason.
able to expect that the Northern States can ever
be brought to recognize the right especially as that
right is understood and claimed by the cotton States