Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-01-23

IL The peace democrats, in other word,
tp scmi-secessionists, under the lead Of the
Woods of Nfw York, John Van Buren,. Val
Iandigham, Cox &C., have baen making ad-
vances towards the rebels and asking the
terms upon which JEFF Davis, Floyd &c.
will give up and come back into the Union
The Richmond Dispatch of January 10th,
has the following reply. These poor fellows
have been rolling in the dirt for nothing.
L" Mr.. Brooks appears to be in earnest in
these extravagant propositions, strange as il
may appear to any man who has possession
OF his senses; for, upon the occasion Of pre-
sentlng them. he made long speech, and ex-
pressed himself confident of their success
Are the northern people all natural born
fools, or are they only stricken with that
judicial madness which We are told the god.
always infict upon the victims of their
wrath preparatory to their ruin? Can they
suppose that the South are as g,lless and as
lily-iiyered as themselves, and that they are
willing, for mere considerations of interest.
to forget the uaheard Of outragss under
which they have suffered during tie war;
Can they believe them capable Of 50 soon
burying in oblivion all that they have done,
and all that they have suffered?
I" u tie iehole YANKEE race should fall Go,cn
in The dust to-nlorrotr and pray us 10 be thar
masters, zee pouLd spurn them ere1a as slares.
Our only wish is to be separated from them
finally and ioreyer-neyer to see the face oi
one Of them asain-neyer to hear the voice
of another Yankee on the south side of the
Potomac or the north-to have no traffic
and no intercourse of any description what
ever with them. Hieare Gghing for separa.
ton, and ace leiH hare IL, II II costs The lie o,
erery man IN The Confederate So
" We are aware that many pers ms believe
that the party Of which Brooks and Van
Buren, are representatives, desee and lesigu
to restore Peace, AM that at presert they
dare not speak q out their real scutim.ut4
which are in favor of separation We d.
not believe they are in favor o. any such
thing. They would like peace on condition
OF our return to the Union, and they ar,
fools enough 10 believe that majority o
the people in the Confederacy are in favor o
reunion. They would like peace ON tie,
terms, because it would restore the CONNER
cial supremacy of the North, and especially
ot the city OF New York, which is gone for
ever if the Union be not restored. But the,
are as bitterly opposed to separation as Lin
coin himself, OF any OF the thieves and mur
derers who lead his armies la the event 0
a refusal to return to the Union, they woul,
to a man, unite in bounding on the assassin
who are desolatins our country and murder
ing our people, as fercely as they have bee,
bounded on by Beecher and Hale. The
look oAfy 10 their pockets rhen they preach O.
reconciliation and restorat,oa. Ii tue sam
object could be effected BY entirely d.stroyin,
the people of the southern states, and the
thought it as easy to do, they would recon
mend 1t as the best of all possible policy
/ Let them be satisfied however. Presidea
Darts oppressed the sentiment of The eahy
Coyederaey IN his speech the other mani
gAen he sad The people ,eou,d sooner int
lrith nation of hyenas fAQi. ,eith the deiesfo
be and detested Yankee naion. 4nDth,c
but that. English colonization. French "a.
saAqge, Russian serfdom. all. oil are preftro
be 10 any association NTH the Yankees