Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-05-30
WHOLE NUMBER 7Ol.
NO P.... with Rebels.

No man In the North who IL heartily
loyal to the great caase of civil and politi.
cal liberty, to the Unon of these Stateu,
and TO the Government by which that
Union Is maintained, Can desire peace IL
these days. Any peace that could be made
now would he confession of national dc.
feat aud disgrace, aud the foreruoner either
Of permanent national decline or of renewed
aud moe terrible war The truth is, and
il is we'll 1t should be clearly understood,
that this war Is not to end With any treaty
OF peace, any arrangement with our enemies
that it is not 10 be closed by any special
event, that there is TO be no celebration
Of peace but that, on the contrary, peace
is to come gradually, without terms by
slow process. For he national authorities
have no power to treat Of peace with rebels
The war is not between two nations, each
of which can become high contracting
party Of treaty. The war is between .
uation aud rebels against the Constitution,
the laws and the government Of that nation.
The rebels have no character which either
in reality, OF by aay Ggmsut or prstsuce,
eau enable them to become parties to treaty
of peace. Ii ia well said that 10 establish
our ationslity on a 6rm aud permanent
basis eau have no dealings with rebels sx.
cept as with criminals who have no civil
rights as with men to whom nothing cas
be conceded, and With whom consequently
all idea of comproms, is out of the ques.
tion. We have nothing to ask, the reoels
nothing 10 give, but submission. We wsub
no peace, we will have 10 peace with tral.
tors. s afa Efel aasf
Disloyal men in the free States, ,--tha
advocates of ustional dishonour, 10 thsir
eudeavours TO prevert the judgmest, as4
to corrupt the moral sense of the people
are cl.mo Us for peace. But the people are
not yet ready to follow the lead OF tbs
allies Of traitors. The general Assembly
OF ONO gave tr her expression to the pur.
pose of he nation. in declaring that I've
viii have no armistce, that we can fight 90
loug rs rebels and traitors can that the
war shall 20 0u uutil Law is restored. -
Yes ] ualil law is restored. No matter
soout peace peace will follow, not pre-
| cede the ras oraiIon of law.
Disappoin ment, military failure but cor.
| 6rm The spirit OF the nation There can be
40 doubt that as soon as the South fairly
under stands the truth, that we will never
give up, that our defeats no less than our
victories deepen our resolution, increase
our morsl power. and strengthen our coo'
v.ctoIs of the worth of our csuse,--when
tue south uuderstand this their eau be no
doubt as to the result the South begsa
ny believing that We would not 6gh, then
fading that We were ready for war. if 10
we're torceJ upon Us, 1t believed that We
, should soon tire Of it aud give in. Thii
, deiusiou Is passing away and the rebels are
. iearulus hat the deter minstion OF the ma
ton is equal to lis power,-aud that thess
I combined are in The Ioug run irreis
I tole. The shrewd men at the South
T already begia to see that the question il
narrowed down now as to whose resources
will hold out longest, aud to recognise that
to lhls is but one answer. Surprised By
the steady lenacity Of purpose OF ths
Northern people, not having counted on
their firm adhersnce 10 principle at what
ever cost, not knowing that the love OF the
union was inspired ny reverence for JUS
t'ce aud devonon to lberty,-the Soa'h'
ern leuders see their fatal error
rney mad judged the North by the Sou b.
aud they had judged it wrongly. They
| nov see that the resou secs aud the will Of
he naslon are practically inexhaustible.
| sno they will sool see, If they do not see
1t already, that no choice is left for the
rebels but submission or extermation.
All talk about peace then, every sugges'
ton Of the possibility Of peace with rsoes.
every effort Of this kind to distract the
counses or to weaken the will of the nation,
'euds 'oprolong the war, to increase the
, suffering of The South. "The cry for peacs
is treachery." say The unconditional Uuion
1 men of the border States. LIT 1t be Sc
. reg ,rded every where. let the South be de
prived of the hope that this CRY gives II,
and the wsy is opened for the submission
which is the only means Of peace. When
the South submits then peace will return
TIL hen there is nothing but war. Thii
! submission implies the restoration OF law
: the establishment Of liberty, the intregsity
Of the Union ; and to secure these objects
The nation wui fight as long as may bs
Necessary, and it will never make peace Witl
rebels - -F eu