The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-06-18
PEACE THAT SHALL DE PEACE.

PEACE THAT SHALL DE PEACE.
The chief harm doae by the Peace.at
sny-price men is not the dividing Of the
force Of the nation, or the lowering Of its
spirits, for these can be affected in small
degree by so contemplate party,-but
10 persuading the rebels that their cause
is not utterly hopeless and in thus
lengtheniug cut the war. If the South
we're but convinced Of what is really the
case, that the nation has dctern incd with
o resolution which no defeat can shake,
and no difficulty can appal, that the war
shall have but one end, namely, the no.
conditional submission Of the rebels to
the lawful authority Of the Government
Of the United States if the Confedcrates
were but convinced of this fact, the war
would soon be over Every rebel placed
between the alternative of death or sub
mission would find strong motives to ac-
cept tho milder choice IF we have got
to submit We may as we'll submit now,
and make the best Of it, would be the
natural reflection in the mind of every
man not wholly incapable of reason. The
fear Of greater suffering to come, the de.
siro to escape from utter ruin, the love
of order, the instinct of profit, the mem.
Org of past comfort, would all act as pow
erful inducements to speedy submission
the moment that it became evideu, that
submission in the end was inevitable -
Look at Louisiana. Seeding in JAM
~, 1861, the Confederate rule over her
lasted for sixteen months, during which
time the national flag did not float over
a foot Of her soil. No State has supplied
the rebel army with more soldiers in |
proportion to her population. Her plan.
tiers were especially bound to the system
Of slavery, owing to the enormous profits
yielded by their plantations, which they
ascribcd to the advantage Of slave labor.
In May, 1862, New Orleans was occu.
pied by the Union arms, AID has since
then been held by force. Feeling for
the Union seemed nearly extinct, the
hatred displayed by the mass Of the citi-
gems against the Federal authoriti.s was
bitter and malignant. But the course of
events has gradually changed the expec-
tatious and the thoughts Of the support
ers of the Confederacy. The steady rule
of the Federal government, the slow but
certain progress of our armies, the dis
turbanee of the old state of society, the
breaking up Of slavery, the new hopes of
returning prosperity and commercial sue.
cess have worked their legitimate results
which are now visible in a transition of
feeling and growing readiness to sub.
NIT to the inevitable consequences of
the Emancipation Proclamation and Of
the restoration Of the Union. The peo.
pie Of the city and the planters of the
neighboring districts are becoming 10y al
and are adopting the peaceful device 0
Union and Freedom. No doubt Their
still exists widespread bitter and sulle
feeling against the national authorit,
but the predominant and growing sent
ment is on tho side of the Union De
egates from Union Associations meet t,
gether in New Orleans to devise the bes
means for organizing a State govern
meut, and for Kidding the State from tn
burden Of slavery.
Such is the present condition of thine
in Louisiana. Aud similar condition
will present themselves 10 the other S,
coded States as the force of the Unto
eonquers them, and the authority of tn
Nation is re asserted over them Tn
is the mauuer in which Peace is to gro
from conquest. If elsewhere the resis
ance OF the rebels should be more stul
born than in Louisiana, the more thor
ough will be the conquest, aud not lie.
firm the peace which will be won by tn
sword and the cannon, aud maintaine
by the strong arm Of inaexible ius.ic,
The utter ruin Of tho old state Of thips
and of the former system Of society W
serve as the base for new and bstt
social order in which the South shall
transformed and become homo geneo
portion of a free nation. Peace will tn
be no artificial centrivance, but the f.
establishment of those principles Of |,
and Of liberty, and Of those human riqh
the denial Of which was the origin a,
cause Of tho rebellion. N.