The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-08-08
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In@ NAOs - s% - IS Il IS
| ~ 8, fhe aoyel 1aents Viii Ii & been
| y,,ada ~ what Il called Peace Demo-
cyats,, ii the North, not one has been
ypayap1as "a Co By the insurBenM p the
manner evidently anticipated by The
| ansors ~ naiRilE fill c0lunn after col-
,yss,rs 80 III tracts fr0xn E0uthern papers
ar,d sr>eerhea sla0winG the cDzatezapf oaAs
4 sslsslsfs nil sxpOM these peace aeassorf-
istFafions BIZ the Gecessionists. lie mott
IroIsr sAesIs geplY sc pFop0ait iens Of the
/ nhnracfsr referred ID we hare yet seen
4 contained III the richmond SssflssI OF
"a 80 ssssissao. sskscls jesaFnas rssisWs.
ne proceedings of late Democratic
ennssessf tor n View HaEnpshffe, presided
! 0yar 81 a. prosident PiRAcR. The New
Hamnshfre Democrats, appealing 20 the
| cit;aea,s of the Eonfede racy. To reasarns ID
the Union, pIedging themselves, IN thai.
event, to do al in their power % secaEet
1.-The safety OF all the rights Of the South
under the Constitution. How y this
| friendly invitation metz In the Language
LOT apparent kindness, the New Hamp-
slaire Democrats are asked II they sup
pose the Confederates could 50 much as
link of reunion with the Northern peo-
tpie. We are told that they the Con-
Ifeasrals would rather join bands with
Ifiends, and that 30 thousand feelings
| Of horror repel the bare idea of Q renewal
association And yet in the same
article the editor hints that when the
Republican party is put down. the south
imay be willing 10 make treaties that
shall be mutually, advantageous. Per.
haps." he says, hereafter good will
may be revived again. But Union
never let ii be mentioned. Never, never,
| 1t is impossible" And the Democrats
Eare exhorted TO secure peace by exceeding
to the demands OF Gonfederates. &c -
either this, the Sentinel argues, or contiI.
ued there Ia no middle course
The Richmond paper has here arrived
at logical conclusion. In the present
temper OF the leaders of the rebellion
we must recognize the independence OF
1.-THE South --consent to tho final and ire
Yocabie disruption of the: National Govern
mentor, ne must fight on. There IS
indeed no middle course. Arnaistlees,
conventions, compromises, are questions.
lin parliamentary pariance, mot before
the House" Those who hold the pow
or over the people ofthe insurrectionary
States are unwilling TO listen to any bar
| gaining upon terms OF peace that do not
embrace the concession of their every
demand. Wemust surrender ell we hold
in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
Arkansas, and the Atlantic and Gull
coasts. The rebel leaders will not treat
on the basis of the existing States
We must give up Missouri and Kentucky
which, with unblushing arrOgance. they
claim as their territory. In short, we
must humiliate ourselves before the civ
ilized world as a destroyed nation, a4ov-
ernment that's failure, and d 4 people
going down on its knees ID craven
cowardice, to few ambitious hsls men;
who now rule the remnant Of the SouI bern
Confederacy. If so be that the Wsal thy
| ar,d stra4au powers of Eurnue comb Sze 70
force this disgrace and oblooty upon e1s
nation, it may be that snbmission nalias
! be our fate, soon or renotes but Nd do
not think it lies within the reach III the
rebels to do this thing, though they
thunder their notes of defiance TIL their
brazon Threats are hoarses
Norw outstanding the nisrep presents
ton of the Abo,;tionists, for political parS
poses, we have been willing 20 accord TO
the peace Democrats" motives entirely
consistent with an earnest desire to WIT
ness the restoration of the Union. We
have insisted that they were too sangnineI
in regard to probability of accomplish
ing this by cessation of hostillitiess and
the amicable settlement of our unhappy
differences by means of a National Com
vention, proposing amendments to the
Constitution securing beyond eaFil the
controverted rights of the Southern sec
ton. Every days developments, every
editorial article, speech, or statement,
coming from those who manage to rem
resent fairly or falsely, the sentiments az
the citizens of the so~called Confederacy,
confirm us in this ground And we have
reason 30 believe that many who have
classed themselves in opposition to the
war have become convinced that there il |
no other way now Of perpetuating our |
Government than by fighting to replace
it where it stood previous to the seces- |
sion. =. n = II
The fact is the war is still a necessity, |
and must go on until the Nations enc !
mics exhibit spirit very different from |
that now manifested by them. ....