, 1863-04-02
(Qbifaoo Grit,u1rt.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1868.
PUSH ON THE COLUMNS !

PUSH ON THE COLUMNS
In reply to the gahble Of the Copper
heads, that National Convention is a1l
That is needed to establish a peace and
restore the old relations Of the North and
South, the New York Ercning Pest, rcpub-
fishes part Of the proceedings ofthc cele-
brated Peace Convention, or Onc-Horse
Congress which assembled at Washing
ton, at the suggestion Of the Legislature Of
Virginia, during the last days Of Buchan-
ans Administration, in which it shows
that tho Address and Resolutions brought
forward by Hon. Amos Tuck Of New
Ha1npshi1c, and supported By Mr, Chase,
the present Secretary Of the Treasury, Of
fercd all that patriotic men could propose.
They, in effect, declared that the Fugitive
Slave Law ought to be enforced, that all
State laws claimed to be in conflict with
the Constitution Of the United States
ought to be repealed, and that ConTen-
tion Of all the States should be held to
amend the fundamental law upon
which our institutions are based, il other
cause Of complaint, on the part Of any of
any Of the States, should be found. Hero
was proposition in which much that was
held to be true by the dominant
party in the country, was eurrcnd-
cred for the sake Of peace, to which
the Republicans were sincerely attached
The South, had not accession and disunion
been prc-ordained By the leading spirits Of
the slave-holding aristocracy, would have
accepted the concessions thus freely tender
ed; but when the vote vas had, the pro-
positions were negatiyed by eleren States
roting against, sshile oily nine State. roted
.5or, their adoption!
After nearly two years OF var, is there
any man in the North, not thorough ma
lignant and an earnest and deyoted adro-
cate Of human slavery, who would bo will
ing to offer, now, as the price Of cessa-
tion Of hostilities, anything more than the
Republicans proposed to give in 1861, q
few weeks before the war commenced?
And has the military success OF the North
been so flattcring to our martial skill, and
SO terrifying to our enemies, that the South
would, to-day, accept any thing le*s than
what her representatives then demanded?
The answer i. plain. The North stands
where she always stood the Constitu-
tion, the comfy and equality Of the
States, and on the Interchangeable principles
Of public justice; while the South, madden
ed and infuriated By the miscarriage of
her hopes, banduptcd by the losses of the
war and the misdirection Of her industry,
and driven forward by the fact that her
people have, through their worthless cur
rency and other evidences Of Confederate
debt. embarked all their moveable wealth
in their enterprise, are in q fury of dcspe-
ration, ready, as long as they have any
form Of government or any Hope Of con-
tinuing the contest, to do anything rather
than yield an item in their exorbitant pre-
tensions, or abate a shade ofthat arrogance
that made them the aggressors. We have
seen how the propositions for convention
and peace, supported by the Coppcrhcads
Of Illinois and Indiana, in their respective
Tcc1s1aturcs u-cro rect.;ro,} ~ p;oh,,a,;4
The organ Of the Confederate government,
undoubtedly expressing the opinions and
purposes, If it did not use The words nj
those for whom it speaks. had th;s rcr1v .
We ali know. indeed. mn, arc ba,,. - 49,.
zlat come Of the Northwestern States arc vc7
stct of t,a ,rar hc.,+;,v d;sor.ct,1 ~ ~ W.
innton Goycrnncnt- .tTonc,v d;snoscd - .n..1-
ont Of the debt they ha7e incurred and to ak alli-
ancc, or cren union, with the Coniedcracy, ..If
asrecable.1 This Is wholesome state of feeling.
no proonee ',s '',,,ss ol alsosaa'zalion and
let na not rnI.take The matter. Not one n thos.
States has Jet pronounced itself in this sense,
though some stump orators hare When they do
s .ase sasa as.ons. ~. "nen elr
5orapy such nurpose no aoubt th.1 vim bc rcceiv
ed and answercd according to the mature Of their
propofa1. We cpresnme they will be told that the
afst thin: they hare to do is to cali back their
,',,n a. '1en W" DC
IN un,on with thc conf,dc1,r1 nnaer ~ .hs - ..,,a =,
nag," or any other, they come two years loo late.
Two years. and nj abyss of horror and hatred, and
1he oooo Of our slsnshtered brothers crying aloud
~ th.r r.ens,..a -. aeh. 49,, u,4s oas onlon'
@l1iQ AOAnQ0Q LnE government tGcy have rEtAbfiEh-