, 1863-08-24

the question in the territories made b. . Re,
publican Congress, which gave the South all
Venio1 se s Lad e .. es han
ccssion. Indeed think Il n must now b appa.
rent that secession, eycn II It could have been
ef1ected peaeeahly, would have been no Iem.
planned. Nay, 80 far as any grievances arising
from tallure to obtniu d return Of fugitive
slaves was concerned, l think It must now be
apparent that It would have been IN aggravn-
al chin snd dispasslonate men everywhere,
are now ready to ndmit thAt It wou1d have
been far better for Us to have accepted the
terms offered Us aud preserved pence and the
Union, than to have plunged this once happy
war, which has spread a pail over tie whole
lnnd-has brought mourning Into every fam
>ny-has rendered hundreds Of thousands of
heaTthstones desolate-has 1lled the land
with MANNED and disabled, with widows md
our poor-houses and aims. .houses-hass sported |
away many hundreds Of thousands Of lives,
aud many hundreds Of millions OF treasure,
only to lind the institution for which they
profess to haye gone to War, in q thousand
tunes gEeater jeopardy than ever before. Il
TILE REMEDY Is rEAcE.
Such being the condition into which they
sents itself, is there any remedy?" 4 full,
complete md adequate remedy, there Is not !;
for what can restore the loTed ones 1ost-ra-
pair at once the desolatlon, or remove 1mme-
dlately the mourning from our land Yet
there Is . remedy. which, With the helping
hand Of time, will accomplish much, very
much indeed, and which with the energy that
usually follows desolAtiDg wars, Will, per
hape, remove most Of It's traces IN half ecu
tuTy. This remedy Is redee, SPEEDY rHAcEi
DIX $1,~$r aff $uA fat Y7F@
proposition for peace can be made BY us;
that having proclaimed our Independence,
We must iSht until 1t is voluntarily acknowl-
edged By the United statcs, or until we are
completely suhjugsted. On the meeting Of
the 18th Of December, 1879, tho King, in his
speech to the two Houses, intlmated his in.
tention Of going to war with the French Ra-
public. On moving the address, in answer to
Tho speech, memorable debate arose. On
those powerful speeches which have made bis
name fmmortAl-which havc forever stamped
him as the nb1est Of British debatots, and the
frst OF Britlsh statesmen. In the Gourse Of
negotiate: Why, Because We hare no min.
| lister at Paris. Why have we no minister
| there1 Because Franco is q Republlci And
60 ne arc to pay IN blood aud treasure Of the
| people for q Pnnc9aiol
The road ot common sense ie s.mple, plain and
taDgled as it Is serpentine." In the impass-
Toned language Of 1fr. Fox would ask, afe We
| to pay IN blood and treasure Of tho people for
a punctilio? Shall NC purhuo the path Of
| pride md punctillo, which Is a8 tangled as it
Is scrpentlre, Or shall NC take the simple, plain
and direct ruad Of common sense, which may
lead to the happfts results? Four. .1fths Of tho
people Of North Carolina bordering for mnny
| miles on the YadkIn River, and believe Of
the whole Slate, are In favor Of the latter
cour1c2
HOW SHALL. PEACH DE OBTAINED.
The one great demand of the people Of this
part Of the State Is peace; peace upon any
TLey may, perhaps, prefer that the lndepen-
dence of the South should ba Ackuo EledQed,
but this they believe cannot now be obtained,
nor In viewing the situation Of affArs. do they
see much hoPe of IT In Tho future: They nat
any extent, We cannot hold our own against
the armies Which the Yankees now hare In
the field, how can nc meet them with their
SEQ, ,NO new levfes which will soon be In read.
tuess, while they GIN Keep their army recruit
NUM- number, from alventufers which are
constantly arriving In their ports from every
country In Europe? But If Independence
cannot be obtained, then they are for any
terms that are honofahle-any terms that do
not degrade Us. They would be willing to
l
ttitntiou proposed by Mr.. Corr 6in from the
committee Of go. perpetuating slavery II the
States to which have before alluded. But in
What precise way oEertures shal1 be made, or
the movement lnauguzated, 1eaye to wiser
and ab1er stateamen than myself to propose.
would, however, suggest to the people to
elect members to the next Congress who are In
favor of an arnistfce Of siI months, and in
the mean time, Of submitting all matters In
dispute to convention Of delegates from all
1 ALC A~&A Y--k II. AtC3 AL Boz A.
be elected By the people themselves, In such
manner as may be agreed upon BY tho t@o
parties. Others there are, who desire that the
people Of North Carolina should be consulted
In their sovereign capacity through conyeu.
tion@;that the Legislature ehould submit ths !;
to the people, as was done in February, 1861,
Such convention would undoubtedly speak
, the sentiments Of the people Of the State
citizens Us well as soldiers, as all would he
and only make these suggestions to bring tht
matter before the public. would, however
.. most earnestly appeal to the friends Of hu
manity throughout the State to use their ut
most eHorts to procureas speedily as possiblt
an honorable. peace. In the name Of reason
! | which We profess, would appeal to the pub
] lie men and Statesmen Of North Carolina, ,sant
especially to that eminent statesman who pos
} | sesses In q grea.er degree than all others the
| confidence Of the people Of the State, and W1'
. has recently been elevated toa high place Il
. the Confederate government, to lend help
/ ing hand and use their influence to brinl
} about IN honorable peace. And lastly,
: would appeal to the ministers and professor
= Of our holy RELIGION TOT pray constautly-Wltt
: out dIctatfon Of ter1ns-to Almighty God 70
i, an honorable peace.
Having but recently occupied large spac
0 In your columns, feel that am intzudiDe
/ and will therefore, after expressing my obi
j cations to you, close for the present
d DAVIDSON.
: LEMossy111E, N. G., July 10th, 1868.
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