The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-04-30


Virginia, large portion of Tennessee,
nearly the whole of Kentucky, allot Mis-
souri, and disloyal Maryland, attained hrm
footholds upon the soil of North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas
and Arkan1as, to say nothing of preserv-
ing a most stringent blockade of the
enemy's ports for two years. Taking
into consideration the extent of territory
the rebellion covers, or did cover, these
advantages must certainly strike the dull
lest apprehension as being extremely
fattering Furthermore, MIR. Noon said
we sued for peace in 1872. So in the
war lh Mexico: Mr.. TRIsTE was sent
to that country with General SCOTT, em>
powered to ratify terms of peace with the
enemy Why should we now refuse to
treat our "erring brethren" as we treated
foreign enemies The fact seems to have
escaped Mr.. Ms. recollection that this
war has been on our part war Of singu-
lar modera.ion--tha the President has
time after time extended the olive branch
to the South. In his first call for troops,
in April, 1861, he allowed the insurgents
twenty days in which to throw down their
arms and disperse; SO again, in Septem-
Der last, he gave them three months more
grace But did they embrace the oppor-
tunity to stop hostilities Did they meet
us half way in eur endeavor to still the
raging torrent of civil war? No! They
spurned as we'll the olive branch az the
hand that extended it. They would have
none of it. They ha6 cast their fortune
on the hazard of die, and were content
to abide the result. The issue by them
had been fully made up-it was "Disu-
MON or death ~ "the Southern Confed-
eracy or destruction ~ They wanted no
peace then if they desire it nop, they
have only to throw down their arms and
say so, and they can be cheerfully accom-
modatcd Mr. Noon was unable to DEM
onstrate very clearly the terms upon
which the much wished for consummation,
PEACE, was to be arrived at. He didn't
want the Union dissolved. Oh /. no; he
just wanted peace. He desired the Trai-
tors to be coaxed back into the Union by
the sugar-plum Of Concession and Com
promise, and then they were to be kept
there by the precious promise to be guar
anteed them of constitutional authority to
do pretty much rs they please hereafter.
This is the veriest doughfacery. Men
that want peace should certainly possess
better grounds as the basis Of their claims
than these They know as we'll as we are
abe to tell them that peace founded upon
the principle Of yire on the part of the
North and take ON the part of the South
will not go down with the great masses
They have too much respect Cor them
selves, and too much love for their coun-
try aud It's traditions, for all that. The
South has very often declared she will
have no peace on the basis of ,cconstruc-
ton But even if she did, would it not
be we'll TO allow her--the wicked design
er of all the evil which has befallen us
as a nation-would it not be well to allow
the South to indicate her readiness to
enter into negotiations looking toward the
restoration of harmony? just here it
| may not be amiss to reproduce the senti-
ments of the Richn,ond Enquirer as applied
to those doughfaces in the North who see
fit to abandon their Government and turn
their attention to shrieking peace:
"The movement will suit us exactly; and,
although we shall not exactly respect the
actors in the affair, Yet ~c shall not be un-
willing to trade with them-hoiding our
noses u !ittle-not to show them all suitable
civiities-but at proper distance"
Mr.. NooN also said that If this war
were to bo prosecuted, it should be prose
cuted consti.utionally y-he ,sdidn't want Il
single right of the Traitors tampefed with.
This idea of Traitors having such a
thing as right under the Constitution
the right OF protection oc self or property,
| for instance-strikes us as being libel
upon common sense. By their own sins
and iniquities they have practically out
laweG themselves, and about the only
; equitable right accruing TO the most of
them is the right to be hung. Mr.. n.
declared that the South was forced into
this war; If so, 1T must have been forced