, 1863-08-01
TIE ONLY WAY TO PEACE.

A'os tHEtI StaH AN FAA1aeE III k4G pGt$EtES Oh TIC
Warohsd the war neen conducted throughout as
"at hrgnn, eimpy aud solely to re~establlsh the
1i! ofdr' OF fthing--hnL there been no cou6scation
Ia"s. 10 emancipation proc1am?tfonR, uO armiug
cI ne!r" slaves. 60 attempts to excite eeErile fn-
fn'11 d ton no barbarsns 10 the rebel territory;
woul, hive been fllcd with 1nurmurinss at 70 dis.
nitrous Wat and party would be developed IN.
Or tlcs+ defeats t1amorous fot peace and return
70 tbe ntou.-iSte<*h 73m<s
THIS is specimen of the loathsome
EewaEe with Which the JEFF. Davis organ
leeds its readers. The war WIS conducted
Tor two campaigns 1,y the "poicies i" with
which "it was begun" and was the
"south flled with murmuringsf" Was
party developed under those "pohcies,"
"clatnorons for peaoe2" For two cam
paln's conducted BY pro-slayery Generals,
rebel zlaves we're not armed, no Emanci-
patton proclamation was issued; no rebel
properly :ves confscated; no Slaves were
1ncltcd to revolt OF run of; there Was no
"harbaTisms" practiced On the Union side.
On the contrary, the Federal soldiers we're
employed in vast numbers to stand guard
around rebel plantations; not pig, chick
en-, or car Of corn was allowed to be contls-
Gated from the worst rebel the roslare1y
Generals used their eofdiers to run down,
catch and deliver loyal fagitives to rebel
claimants. lfa soldier took q rail from a
rebels fence with which to cook his break
last, he was either tied up by the thumbs
or aonpeNtd to 60 into the woods and
split another 10 replace the one consumed.
Rebel live stock or provisions taken by the
quartermastcr were paid for in gold at
enormous prices, and everything in the
power Of Copperhead sycophGntic officers
exhausted upon the incorrigible rebels
in the vain effort to placate them, and to
df;ve:ope c1amors tor peace and return to
the CIian > but al ended in miserable
3ailurt. These favors were as useless as
pearls cast bcf0re sEine The insurgents
laughed ~ and Knocked them IS pueriIe
0ttcm:ts to 171bt them back into Union
thcy lad deliberately resolved to destroy.
Our soldiers who fell into their hands
were treated with savage barbarity,
They were crammed. into filthy and
1oathsome tobacco factones, fed on
nusty bread and putr1d meat, insulted
and 1aa1tfcated, shot ct for looking out of
windows; the bodies Of slain soldiers were
dug up and their bones manufactured
into bracelets. rings, and drinking cups,
for male and female ctiyalry-but We for
bear 10 rceite farther, as we sickcn at the
recol]t ction ot rebel atrocities practised
upon cur brave men, in return for the fa-
vors and forbcarances to them on the
part Of our army. It was only
when sterner "policies" were adopted
3nd retaliation pracliced, that the rebel
ba7M,rians ceased their inhunan conduct.
And it was when our Government ceased
throwing grass and began pelttng the regi~
cidcs with stones, that We heard any rebel
.aNl Of returning to Lis loEaltE It since |
the adoption Of the new policies that |
triumph has crowned our arms; before |
u-cn succession Of disasters befd our !
armies; 1t Is since tho passage of the |
to,j:scatiou and Conscription laws,
the issuing Of tho Emancipation |
Proclamation, the enlistment OF col
Or i troupe, the disulissing Of Copperhead
G'n'-;als, thai the rebels have lost terrific
~, aid been Defeated in almost every bat~
tie, Grd crowded to the wall It is only
now tue "South begins to be filed With
mL;rnrings ut flor them) so disastrous .
"Hyar,'' cnd to "develop under these de-
"fcals clamor for peace and return to the
"Crion," as is witnessed in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee. North Carolina,
a2d elsewhere. And it Is only and solely
~ driving forward the chariot Of war,
,lmesl with Emancipation, Con6scation,
mi! Conscription, and manned by black as
,cu Is white soldiers, that the monstrous
lave holders rebellion can be crushed in
Ike dust, and The sr1o{c South filed with
c!.nors for peace and return to the
J1ie..4.' This is the only possible method
remaining whereby the rebels eau be In
drccd to return 10 their duty and allegiance.
The other plan, the easy, coax1ng, bribingg,
vrlvct-hand, cry eira, coppcrhead method.
vas tired and fni1ed utterly. disastrously,
md no man but a rebel coa1jutor now ad-
Yocatcs relapse into it.