Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-07-09
Peace That Shall be Peace.


Reqistey, is not the dividing Of the force
Of the nation, or the lowering of its
shirt. for these cannot be affected in
the smallest degree by so contemplate
party,-but in pursuading the rebels
that their cause is not utterly hopeless,
and in thus lengthening out the war.
IF the South were but convinced Of
what is really the case, that the nation
has determined with resolution which
no defeat can shake, ard no difficulty
can appal, that the war shall have but
one end, namely-unconditional sub
mission CT the rebels to the lawful au-
thority of the United States; if the Con
federates we're but convinced Of this fact,
the war would soon be over. Every
rebel placed between the alternative of
death or submission would find strong
motives to accept the milder choice. If
we have got to submit we may as well
submit now, and make the best Of it,
would be the natural reflection in the
mind of every man not wholly incapable
Of reason. The fear of greater suffering
to come, the desire to escape from utter
ruin, the love Of order, the instinct of
profit, the memory of past comfort, wo d
all act as powerful inducements to speedy
submission the moment that it became
evident that submission in the end was
inevitable. Look at Louisiana. Sc
ceding in January, 1861, the Confeder-
ate rule over her lasted for Is months,
during which the national flag did not
float over a foot of her soil No State
has supplied the Rebel army with more
soldiers in proportion to her population.
Her planters were especially bound to
the system of slavery, owing to the
enormous profits yielded by their plan
tations, which they ascribed to the ad-
vantage Of slave labor. In May, 1862,
New Orleans was occupied by the Union
arms, and has since then been held by
force. Feeling for the Union seemed
nearly extinct; the hatred displayed by
the mass Of the citizens against the Fed
eral authorities was bitter and malig.
nant. But the course Of events has
gradually changed the expectations and
the thoughts of the supporters Of the
Confederacy. The steady rule of the
Federal Government, the slow but GER
tain progress Of our armies, the disturb
ance Of the old state Of society, the
breaking Of slavery, the new hopes Of
returning prosperity and commercial
success have worked their legitimate re-
suits which are now visible in a transi-
ton Of feeling and growing readiness
to submit to the inevitable consequences
Of the Emancipation Proclamation and
Of the restoration Of the Union. The
people Of the city and the planters Of
the neighboring districts are becoming
loyal, and are adopting the peaceful de-
vice Of Union and Freedom. No doubt
there still exists a widespread bitter
and sullen feeling against national au-
thority, but the predominant and grow
ing sentiment is on the side Of the
Union. Delegates from Union Associ-
atoms meet together in New Orleans to
devise the best means for organizing a
State government, and for Kidding the
State from the burden Of slavery.
Such is the condition Of things in
Louisiana And similar conditions will
present themselves in other seeded
states as the Union conquers them, and
the authority of the nation is re-asserted
over them This is the manner in which
peace is to grow from conquest. Ii
elsewhere the resistance of the rebels
should be more stubborn than in Louis
lana, the more thorough will be the con-
quest, and not less firm the peace which
will be won by the sword and common,
and maintained by the strong arm of
Justice. The utter ruin of the old state
of things and of the former system of
society will serve as the base for new
and better social order, in which the
South shall be transformed and become
a homo geneous portion of free ma
ton. Peace will then be no artificial
contrivance, but the firm establishment
of those principles of law and of liberty,
and of those human rights, the origin
and cause of this rebellion.
Indian Troubles.