, 1863-02-20
Rejected LOVERS.

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1sEJECTED LOVERS.
Thc Way1rard Sisters Ji1t tho 0op-
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Never did dirt caters receive such I rcDua
as that given to our Corperheads by the rso'
els. They stuck at nothing in their co"a'o.s
longing for peace, and while they were 1naA
Iue offers to Davis, they were assuring tne
1ova1 pcoplc that the rebels were themselves
mast anxious for peace. Alany good citizens
were i1c1uded into believing this; they arc by
4bfs finn undccciycd, tor the rebels have re-
n,;od with ecorn and contempt to every bid
for their favor made by the Copperheads. The
,csult cannot but be beneficial in more firmly
uniting the people, for We have now exhausted
all means Of concillating IN enemy, even the
most dishonorblc; and it must be plain to
the most arrant coward amongst us that ne
1uust fight it out. whether We would or not.
All the efforts Of the anti-war party have
proved Just this: that no terms the nation
could offer, however dishonorable to itself,
however injurious to liberty, however hum
hing to its pride, however fatal to Its prestige
with foreigners, however contrary to the Con
etitution-no terms short of an entire de-
struction Of the Union can satisfy or gain tic
acceptance Of the rebel leaders.
Conc back to our arms, cry the sympathiz-
ers, with tears in their eyes and dirt on their
knees; name your terms; take what you
want; you are the superior race; you ought
to rule over us; you shall rule; we know nc
are ignorant, Heaven forgive us! do return
and enlighten us. And from Richmond comes
back by return Of mail such replies as this in
the Dispatch:
's1f the North will allow US to write the
Constitution ourselves and give us every guar
anty VIC would ask, We would sooner be un-
der tue government Of France or England"
I'VE demand an armistlce," CRY the peace
men in Illinois, New Jersey and elsewhere
and str:ightway Mr.. Foote replies, in the rebel
Congress;
-"Nor could the government Of said Con-
fcdcratc States agree to negotiate at all in re-
gard to suspension Of hostilitics, except
upon the basis Of formal and unconditional
recognition Of their Independence"
t'Lct us hold a convention Of al the States
at Louisville" demand western peace men
| but the Richmond Enquirer answers, even be-
| fore the proposition is formally put on paper
1.-The advocates Of peace at the North may
as Mell alsln!ss lron thelr progIan!me me Rre
r writf tbe sonih' TIE South cannot' by IN,
moral possibility, consent to reunion.''
s'We will take the Northwestern States in
to tho Southern CoDfederacy," cxclaim Ger
tain traitorous deyotces Of slavery In thos
States. But the Atlanta intelligence, NEE:
them with these words:
*'Thc admission Of any free States into ou
Union is not only repugnant to us, but viii
only be continuance Of that evil which ha
brought on tue war, and to get rid OF WAlcl
Ms aie nom ngn1ln
stop neut1IT:. Mhke an arhls.ice-n
formal treaty Withdraw your army from tn
| r.,-., .e...----.,
esess~anu .ne f>4eniiono 11"4"'fsF eoutn'e1a
lis proposition as
"The means to 4 final separation Of th
states, totai destruction OF the Union, an
a.5aT rnu lue - .n " LIZ lN'1'
peaN110ee VI en1 SonasNS4',es'
Nor are the Northern lovers OF slavef
treated with even common courtesy by the
'4wayward sisters" The Richmond Dipatt
speaks Of the party of which Brooks an
Vallindigha.n are representatives with gel
uinc Vireiuian poltcness, rs "fools enoue
TO belieye'' certain things; 1t says they ssloo
only to their rockets when they preacl reco
clliatIon and reconstruction. English color
! zatien, French yassalage, Russian scrfdom, 8
arc preferable 10 any association with Il
Yankees"
"Wc would not reunitc with them if th
would. one and all, consent to occupy Il
I'd to ivet On rs Ne World not consent
hold the Northern States even as province
On this subject there is hardly ripple up
e the surface Of Southern sentiment,
0 says the Richmond enquirer: and agal
nlhe seceoea states VIII never ta v1iantaf' ~
- nnss;hle tor The ingenuity Of :nan to devise
~ even to imagine. If the whole Yankee r.