East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-08-12
Harmonious.


any possible solution of our National
difficulties. All accounts agree in say
ing that among the people of the
South there is longing for return
of peace and recognition Of the
"Union as it was" before tho crime
and folly of secession was attempted.
The recent disasters 10 Confederate
arms have turned many misguided
rebels thoughts back to the time when
peace and prosperity reigned, where
war and desolation now prevail. He
sees what might have been avcrted
had wise counsels prevailed at the
outset, feels that the cause in which
he is fighting, however sincerely es-
poused, through prejupice and misrep-
resentation, cannot in the full light of
reason be justified, and desires from
his inmost soul to return to that state
of quiet and prosperity which so long
existed under the old regime. Evil
dences of this feeling are apparent in
all parts of the Confoderacy; they
come through various sources and are
received with the fullest credit by all
parties at the North.
A Memphis correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican writes:
"As soon as the surrender of Vicks-
burg became generally known through
out the States spoken of, peace feel
ing began to develop itself in all di-
directions. Persons who for the past
few years have been compelled to hold
their own counsel, now speak out their
feelings, and their enthusiastic desire
to have the odd flag wave over them
perfectly astonishes even the most for
ward movers in the Union cause.
"Within the past week Union leagues
have boon formed in several counties
in Mississippi. Where thoIe is no reb-
el army-where the people can give q
the cause of the Union is comparative
" strong, and its adherents are more
numerous than in those parts of the
State where the army has been en-
campod, At secret meeting held III
one of the most populous towns in the
State of Mississippi, a resolution was
unanimously passed TO the effect that
in the event of peace, each member
then present would use his influence
in having law pass Congress taxing
every person living i'll the Confederate
States one-half of his or her income
to pay the public debt. There can be
no question as to the wishes of ntne
out of ten of the people now at home
i'll the South, and those wishes are for
u speedy restoration of the Union.
Says the n. Y. Etming Post.
When Vicksburg was surrendered,
newspaper write friend
lyintercourse atonce began between our
officers and soldiers and the rank and
file of the rebels. Even while the siege
was going on our officers and men Of
ten had pleasant conversation with the
rebel soldiers opposed to them. From
Port Hudson like facts are reported 4;
and at other points in the West: the
same has been noticed. 1t was a COM
mon thing to find southern men wish
ing the war would cease; wishing that
they were once more at their homes
and expressing SORROW that it ever
began. And wherever such senti-
ments are expressed it is common to
hear also the opinion, that if it had
not been for the politicians there would
have been no war;"
TO counteract this feeling, the radi-
Gals at the South are compelled to put
forth the most desperate efforts to con-
vince their followers that there is no
choice for..them but "victory or death"
no hope for peace save in the establish
ment of the Confederacy, or in Che
grave. Here is a condensed specimen
of their argument, which we copy
from the Mobile Register:
If the abolition arms triumph, you
may pile up your oaths as high as St.
Peters dome you may periodically
damn yourselves to the profoundest
depths of infamy, and steep your souls
in the terpitude of vile abjurator of
your country and her sacred cause,
and you will yet not save your prop
erty.
OF all the stark mad fools and
empty headed idiots that we can con-
ceive of on this earth, the Southern
submissionist and reconstructionist, at
this stage of the game, is the biggest,
the starkest, and the emptiest. 1t is
the prey proposing realliance with
the raving wolf; it is submission of
all you possess to be gobbled up by
the invader, for this is the philosophy
and programme Of the war-to seize
and confscate the property of the
South to save the North from remorse-
less bankruptcy and ruin.
How well the rebel leaders are sus-
tanned by their abolition allies at the
North, and by parties claiming to rep
resent the administration, is demon
strated by the following paragraphs
culled from hundreds of like character
and purport:
WAsuISeToN, July 30
"The official organ { Washington
Chronicle to-day takes bold stand
against the terms proposed by the AL
bany Journal for the re-admission of
the seeded States into the Union, ad-
ding that the edvaiaathOrities hare prob
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