Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-29
WEDNESDAY, july 40, 1868.
The Method OF Securing Peace.

that our government should recognize JEFF
Davis and his associates as ga legitimate
power" with whom we must negotiate for
peace, They have steadily vexed the air,
and troubled the ear Of the country with
denunciatons Of eur government because it
will not lay down arms give the rebel lead
ers their way, and propose terms OF peace
to the traitoroas organization at Richmond
The people of the several seeded states
have been called on by the president to re-
turn to their allcgianceS and tits known that
any one of these states may come back into
the Union if it will But nothing short of
formal negotiation with the JEFF Davis or
ganization itself, will satisfy our northern
xlisioyaljsts, fer they desire to bring that or
ganization into the Union and establish it as
a permanent political power And yet, all
the while, these men utter a great deal OF
hypocrtcai drivel about ''upholding the con-
stitution" which they propose to have the
president trample underfoot in order that he
may thus recognize the jeff Davis govern
ment, send ambassadors to it, and make n
treaty with it.
1t is not easy to understand what is really
meant by these factious troublers of the coun-
. try, unless they mean to have the rebel CON
federacy' established as an Independent nation.
Perhaps, however, their chief aim is to assail
the federal government at all points, and by
all the means in their power, in order to
break it down, They must know that the
president and his advisers cannot lawfully
treat with the jeff Davis government for
restoration of the Union. The federal con-
stitution does not allow that organization
of treason to be treated as a legitimate
power; and, if this we're not SO, it
would still be true that return of the seeded
states to the Union is to be affected by their
own action, and not by treaty with jeff Da-
Wis. Suppose Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas, or North Carolina should renounce trea-
son and the traitors, become manifestly loyal,
and seek a return to the Union, would our
government go to JEFF Davis for his consent,
and arrange with him the terms and method of
their return? Would any loyal or reasonable
man interfere and talk as if treaty with the
rebel government at Richmond were neces-
turning states would come back in the hands
of Union men, utterly renouncing the rebel
leaders, and neither seeking or caring to know
what might be said about it by JEFF Davis and
his associates, for whom those who have sworn
to administer the federal constitution and en-
force the laws can have nothing in store but
the punishment due to traitors.
1t is not at Richmond that our government
will discuss terms of peace, but among the
people Of the seeded states whom it rescues
from the despotism of the rebel conspiracy
There will be no sending of ambassadors IN
hattie correspondence with him on this sub
ject. Wherever the people of seeded state,
rescued from his military power, cease to
make on the government, renounce Sc
cessien treason, and show disposition to be-
come loyal there peace will be sought and
secured; there the control of affairs will pass
into the hands of Union men who will under
stand clearly what is necessary to give safety
to the Union and make the peace permanent
The federal constitution does not recognize
the organized rebel leaders as a power
authorized to control the political condi-
ton of the southern states /; and it does
not allow the president and his advisers to
treat with them or pay any respect to them,
in arranging the restoration of a seeded state
to the Onion. Nothing but treason, or sym
pathy with treason, can assume for them a
claim to such consideration. The proper
business of the government is to break down
their military power and crush their ma
chinery OF terrorism, in order that the
Union may be restored by means of the
free and loyal action of the Southern
people. Strengthen our armies proper
ly and this work will soon be done.
We have noticed that those who are most
persistent in denouncng our government be-
cause it will not propose terms Of peace to
the Richmond ''confederacy," also lack SYM
pathy with the earnest Union men of the
south, and, even, assail them with scornful
hostility, when they are heard among us We
hemently cursing the rebellion and urging our
government to put it down with the strong
hand. This is natural, 70 it is the aim of our
copperheads to keep the southern people I'M
der the control of the rebel leaders. In their
view nobody at the south must be consulted
or listened to but JEFF. Davis and his fellow
traitors; southern Union men must not be
heard in any discussion of the terms
OF restoration and peace; must not be
rescued from the reign of terror that
has cost them so much; suffering must not
be allowed to tell tine country what is best
for the south. Copperheadism can see moth
ing in the south worthy of consideration but
the rebel leaders, and nobody else to talk to
about peace. 70 preserve the power of these
leaders and renew political alliance with
them, it would trample on the constitution,
sacrifice the welfare of the country, north and
south, exterminate southern Union men, and
reyolutionize the government
Louis Napoleon and the Rebels.
From various sources we have reports that
France or, rather, Napoleon III, who for the
time rules France intends IN intprfpra in he.