The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-02-26
se.shsrn synpathizers Alarmed.

ss.sAsr. sy.P.shi.srs Alarmed
Thsursxpsctsd and brilliant victories achieved
By our soldiers in Tennessee and North Carolina,
has greatly alarmed portion Of shs Northern
prsA, represented BY the New York Herald.
Lsuvsal Of Commerce, Detroit FSes Press, and
stbsr papers Of like proelivities, and the fear
ups. thsir part at present, ID, that the South
viu refuse speedily 70 surrender, and the inst.
tuition Of slavery may, after al, be doomed 70
a,,ihiation. The Herald urges it, Southern
irisnds to make peace at once with the Govern
nsnk arguing that il il useless TO continue the
snrueels longer, and BY making virtue OF ne
Getty, they may save tho institution Of domss-
lie slavery. 1t calls upon the Government Ia
proclaim an amnesty for all political offences, and
70 coax back the rebels by promising that thsii
rights . slaveholders shall be respected. Thu
Jeuy~sl of Commerce asks the President to issue
Q proclamation, "o6sring satisfactory terms o.
adjustment" and 70 promise them that there
shan b "no further interference with the do
nsssie slavery Of the South BY northern ioesa
diasiss," II they viii consent 70 como back int
the Unien. That secession sheet thinks il THU
course vas taken they would undo their OWL
work, and says:
1.-THE hope of the Union 10 that the influence
a abolitionisn may be 50 thoroughly overcome
thas the South will be willing TO make . revolu
ton again and overcome their own revolt"
The editor Of the Free P,sss urges the sam,
aetiou and coofesses that he has been in CORES
IL
eject the purpose, and TO secure aid and comfor
for the Democracy in the future which the fol
lowing extract from late number proves:
We have before ne a letter from the Soutj
which show that such . proclamation, plain
direct and positive, one which could not b,
misunderstood nor perverted by designing o.
dishooese men, would call out all the latent Tn
ION feeling which We believe so largely exists il
the Southern States"
He also ssigmasi2es Charles Sumner, and eths
great leaders in the common cause Of hum anity
- abolitionists, and deserving Of the fate o
rebels and traitors.
Who commenced the present war, and for wha
purpose! Shareholders, to subserve the int
rests Of slavery. Slavery was, in the words o
their Vice President, "the corner stone Of tn,
sdi6cs," and thousands 6f lives, and hundreds o
millions of dollars have been sacrificed and squan
dsred 10 sustain and uphold free institutions, ant
- P-e~sns Republication from becoming a BY
wvad VI rrprvaUh end thr.ushs~t til.
world. Unconditional surrender" was tn
terms demanded Of the rebels ut Fort DonelsO,
BY Gen. Grant, and We like the words and &C
cept them. Let this be the proposition of tn,
President and no other. When the seceede,
States shall voluntarily, and of their own fire.,
will, lay down their arms, and accept such term
a. NO may be disposed to grant, not under com
pulsion, but because We are generous and woul'
do them no wrong, We shall DO disposed to listen
But the people of the loyal States are not vii
ling to SEQ this accursed Institution occupy tn,
Same ground it has hitherto held, and under nj
circumstances will they again become slav'
eatchers for the South. No treaties with trai
tors. Our safety in the future and the oppresse,
nations Of the world eagerly watching the strif
demand this, and will be satisfied with nothing
lsss
Let the traitors be driven to the wall, till eve
y ono has surrendered without conditions, an,
then the people If the loyal States who hav
freely offered their lives for freedom, will hav
sonsthiDg to say in the settlement of the slave
y question.