The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-14
CONDITIONS OF PEACE.

The Confederate States. when victorious and
about to propose terms of peace, will have nothing
more to demand than they would have proposed
before the battle of Sumter, except indemnifeation
for those outrages committed by the enemy
against every Law of civilized warfare.
The acknowledgment of the Independence Of
every State now in the Confederacy, and the free
choice of the people Of Maryland to determine
whether they will eject the Coufederacy or the
United States, will form the first of the "condi-
tons" Kentucky and Missouri are already men,
bers of the. Confederacy, and upon the hypothesis
of Confederate success, must remain members of
the Confederacy unless their people determine
otherwise. With their future destiny the United
States can have nothing whatever to do, and will
not be permitted to exercise any authority or
any influence upon their people.
The navigation of the Mississippi, though lost
to the United States by the trial of battle may yet
be theirs by the conditions of peace" Its al
vantages are reciprocal and will be readily yielded
to the United States. The return of all negroes
deportcd by the Yankees payment of their value
will be another Of the conditions of peace" The
laws of war were violated in letter and spirit by
the running off of these negroes, and the destruc-
tion of the property of private, unarmed citizens
payment will be condition of peace.
Trade relations will also form part of these
condtions-what their nature or character may be
it is impossible to speculate upon. But they
are mutual in their advantages, and exist by treaty
between all nations, they win doubtless arise, de-
spite the anmosities engendered by the war.
With such conditions of peace accepted by the
United States, in what particular will they have
sustained damage by separation which justified
this war? ..'
The people Of the United States have been kept
IN ignorance of the real demands of the Con-
federate States; they have been taught to believe
a proslavery propaganda, involving the conquest
and conversion to slavery of the States Of the
Union, to be the purpose and designs Of the Con
fedcracy.
The conditions of peace that the victorious Con-
federates will propose simple, and, We believe
will, in the of time, prove advantageous to
both nations
The people of the Confederate States believe
that their future destiny can be better accom-
pshed in separate nationality than under the
Federal Union. To attest the honesty Of this be-
hef they have maintained war which has desola-
ted much of their territory, sacrificed many of the
bravest and best Of their people, and endured all
the privaons and crselties inflicted by the enemy
They have demonstrated their determination never
again to live in union with the people of the Uni
ted States; and they have illustrated their power to
defy the encmys efforts BY series of victories un-
paraI!eled in the annals of war. Their conditions
of peace will involve no humiliation of the enemy;
10 loss OF power except such as is incidental to
separate nationality.
If the enemy unwilling to accept these con-
ditons Of peace, let 1t be. The war is and will
remain in Pennsylvania, and farther North
Richnoond Enquirer.