Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-02-05
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY $, 1863.
Rebel Terms of Peace.

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tons on which they will treat Tor peace. Ihl'
70 ,ho hast ofer they will make in response t
,ho oyortures of their northern friends for ar
.,,;.tice and Cancellation. The preamble tC
Mr. Foote'S resolutions sets forth that the con
Esderates have demonstrated their ability tC
maintain their independence by force of arms
that great political reaction against this un-
natural war has taken place in the most infu-
ential states of the North, but that the friends
of peace in the North do not understand south
ern opinion; wherefore the confederate con-
gress proceeds to set forth
/. There is no plan of reconstructing what
was formerly known as the federal Union, to
which the people of the confederate states will
ever consent. Wrongs too grievous and mul-
tiplied have been committed upon us and upon
our most cherished rights, by united North,
since this unprovoked and most wicked war
commenced; majority of the people of the
northern states have too evidently shown them
selves to be utterly incapable of self govern
ment and unmindful of ali the fundamental
principles upon which alone republican lnsti-
tutions can be maintained They have too
long submitted patiently to the iron rule of the
basest and most degraded despotisn that the
world has yet known; for too long period of
time they have openly and unblushlngly sym
pathized with the .lawless and teroclous mlscre-
ants who have been sent into the bosom Of the
unoaending South to spill the precious blood
of our most valued cItlzens--to pollute and
desecrate all that we hold in special respect
and veneration--to rob US OF our property
to expel us from our homes, and wantonly to
devastate our Country-to allow even OF the
posi- bllity of our ever again consenting to
bold the least political connection with those
who have so cruelty outraged our sensibilihes,
and so profoundly dishonOred themselves, and
in association with them we feel that we could
not expect that freedom which we love, that
self respect which we are determined ever to
cultivate, and the esteem and sympathy of CIV
ilized and christian nations.
2. While the confederate states of America
are not at all responsible for the existing war,
and have been at all times ready to participate
in such arrangements as would be best suited
to bring 1t TO close, in d manner consistent
with their own safety and honor they could
not yield their consent to an armisuce of sin
gle day or honr, so long as the incendiary
proclamation OF the atrocious monster now
D6aTluS Eul6 III w dSuIIlS CIlH snail remain
unrevoked; nor could the government of sad
confederate states agree to negotiate at all in
regard to a suspension of hostllites, except up
on the basis of a formal and unconditional re-
cognltion of their independence.
5. Whenever the friends Of peace IN the
North shall grow strong enough to constrain
Abraham Lincoln and his hagtious cabinet to
withdraw said proclamation aud propose an
armlstice upon the basis aforesaid, the govern
meut Of the confederate states will be ready TO
sccede to said proposition of armishce with
d view to the settlement OF sIl existing dificul-
ties
4, Should peace be al any time brought
about, the confederate states OF America would
freely consent to the formation OF Just and
advantageous commercial treaty with
all the states now constituting the United
States, except New Engiand-WIth whose peo-
pie, and IN whose ignoble love Of gold and
Drutiiymg tauatlcsm, this dIsgraceful war has
mainly originated III consideration Of which
fact the people Of th confederate stales OF
America are firmly and deliberately resolved
to have no intercourse whatever hereafter Ell
her direct indirect, political, oonanreroIsI or
ocial, under any circumstances which could
possibly be imagined to exist, with said states
If New England or the people therein resi-
lent.
5. Inc government JI the confederate states,
L consideration Of the change IN public senti-
nent which has occurred in several of the |
lorthern states, wherein political elections have
1een recently held-sympathizi most kindly |
with those by whose manly exertions that
hange has been brought about-would be
willing TO conclude just and honorabe peace
With any one or more Of SAID states VINO ire
ounclng all political connections with New,
ngland) may be found willing 10 stipu ,ata
or desIstug at once IRON The further pr,,saon-
non Oi the war against the South, and N such
.ase the government Oi the confederate Stale.
would be willing TO enler INTO 8 league. often
slye and defensive, with ,no states thus desjst-
ny ol permanent aRd eaduung character.
q. The government oil the confederate statas
5 NOW willing, as it has heretofore remarkably
lvoWed itself TO he, Whenever the state, bor-
Ierlng upon the Mississippi river, or apy of
hem, shail have dectalou them inclination La
ylthuraW from the further prosecution Of war
'pon the south (Which, could ii be successful.
Nould oniy have The edecl ol DESTROYING th.jr
'"h beat mar6et,) 10 guarantee TO them. -,
he most ehectua ANA satisfactory manAeE, the
'eacelu anu uninterrupted navigation oi tho
ald MlsslssippI river and It's tributaries and
y open TO them al ouce the markets of rho
south, greatly enhanced IN value 10 t,o,,, Nc
hey would be by the permanent . voInSino of
Ii articles ot New England grow n ~, ,oann-
acture.
I. The course oi practical Neutrality IN re-
gard 10 the pending war here tofore pursued bv
he states and territories west of the Rocky
Mountains has aiiorsed the highest gratitica-
ION to The people OF tU confederate states of
Amerea and II Is hof ,ed that the dav is not
NJ distant when sad, states and territories. CON
nltlng laer own obvious safety and future
'eliare, viii withdraw from all political con
ecuon with government which has, hereto
Ore, been source of continual oppression to
leln and when said states and territories, as
r'.mg their separate independence, shall ap-
.oprlate TO themselves the manifold advanta-
,es sure to result from such a movement which
nay be reckoned, L. Relief from grievous and
tariff regulations now being rigidly
enforced. I'd. Relief from all the discredit re-
sultlng inevitably from the prosecution of the
present unjust and Unauthorized war. Sd. Re-
lief from the pressure Of a despotism the most
aeartless and atrocious vet established 4.
Relief from the crushing weight of taxation un-
ayoidably growing out OF the war. 5th. The
exclusive use aud enjoyment OF all the rich
mineral lands stretching along the slope OF the
Pacihs 9TH. Free trade with all the nations
Of the ess'th, and future maratlme growth
and poweS Nat has no parallel: and lastly,
monopoly oi tis trade of the Pacific ocean.
8. That the presdent be respectfully reques-
ted, IT he snail aplove these resolutions, to
cause them 10 DC prems' gated and transmitted
to the states OF the Nortlbv such means as he
X shall deem most judicious I'd that ba accom-
Il many them, if he shall think ,du;sab,e with
such an address or proclamation, , "i. nf
the matters contained therein as he "a ~ W
most suitable and proper.