The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-18
Peace that Shall bs Peace.

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The 81 ief harm done by the Psacs-
nj any-price men is not the dividing Of
the force of the nation, or the lowering
OF its spirit, for these can be affected
in small degrees by SO coptemptibIs
party-but in persuading the rebels that
their cause is not utterly hopeless and
in thus lengthening out the war. 1.-THE
South were but convinced of what 10
really the case, that the nation has de.
termned with resolution which nd
defeat can shake, and no difficulty can
appal, that the war shall have but enc
end, namely--the unconditional sub.
mission of the rebels to the lawful an.
thority of the Government of the
United States; if the Confedsratss
were but convinced of this fact, the
war would be soon over. Every rebel
placed between the alternative of death
or submission would fnd strong motives
to accept the milder choice. If We
have got to submit we may as well SUBJ
nit now, and make the best of il,
would be the natural reflection irs the
mind of every man not wholly incspa.
BILE Of reason. The fear Of greater suf.
fering TO come, the desire to escape
from utter ruin, the love of order, the
instinct of profit, the memory of past
comfort, would all act as powerful In
ducemepts to speedy submission the
moment that it became evident that
submission in the end was inevitabls.
Look at Louisiana. Seeding in jan
uary, 1851, the Confederate rule over
her lasted for le months, during which.
time the national flag did not float over
foot of her soil. No State has sup
piled the Rebel army with rEore soldiers
in proportion to her population. Her
planters were especially bound to the
system Of slavery, owing to the enor-
mons profits yielded by their plantations,
which they ascribed to the advantage
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
Federal authorities was bitter and ma
lignant But tie course of events has
gradually changed the expectations and
the thoughts of the supportes of the
Confederacy. The steady rule of the
Federal government, the slow but GER
tam progress of our armies, the distur-
bance of the old state of society, the
breaking mp of slavery, the new hopes
ct returning. prosperity and commercial
success have worked their Legitimate
results which are now visible in
trasItion offeeling and growing readi-
ness to submit TO the inevitable conss-
quences o' the Emancipation Proclama-
tlon and of the restoration fihs Union.
The people of the city aud the planters
of the neigbboring districts are becom-
ing loyal, and are adopting the peaceful
device Union and Freedom. No doubt 4.
the restill exists wide spread bitter and
sullen feeling against the national su.
thority, but the predominant and grow.
ing sentiment is on the side of the Union.
Delegates from Union Associations
meet together in New Orleans to devise
the best means for organizing State
government, and for ridding the State
from the burden of Slavery.
Such is the present condition of
things III Louisiana. Aud similar con-
ditions present themselves in the other
seeded states as the force OF the Union
copqners them, and the authority Of ths
Nation is re asserted oyer them. This
is the manner in which Peace is to
grow from conquest. 1t elsewhere the
resistance of the rebels should be more
stubborn than in Louisiana, the more
thorough viii be the conquest, aud not
less firm the peace which will be won
by' the sword aud the cannon, and
maintained by the strong arm ct infsxi-
BILE 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 be-
come homogeneous portion of free
nation. Peace will then be no artiH-
cial contriyance, but the firm establish
ment of those principles Of law and Of
liberty, and of those human rights. the
denial of which was the original and
cause OF the rebellion. N.
az McClellsn's friends are pretty
active in pressing his claims for of1ios.