Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-04
MORNING LEADER
WEpNRspAY aIORNING NOY. 4. Isas
Proposed Terms OF Peace.

The rebels in arms, like their willing
and subservienl allies, the Butternuts Of
@s.'a the North, are decidedly in favor Of
.Isa Hpsaesn upon their ol7n fsrmsI Their first
F proposition is an absolute recognition Of
is. the Independence of the Confederacy.-
.aa-.g What ssy the BuLternuls to that II they
af say yea then sre they openly and avowed-
- 3 Z y for q dissolution Of the Union, The
basaaA Pesee.at-any -prics men, are, therefore,
. Ia disuniOnists. No disguise, or su5tsrfuge
can save them from the logicil ouclusion.
Another proposition, which, for its ex-
trene fairness and disinteresiel magma
nimity, must commend itself to The But
ternuts, is this, in their own language,
snamely, The North mus; yisEi all; sss
nOsAiSgP A proposition 50 entirely rea.
soanbls the Butternuts will not cITil at
With abject servility they will, as they
sf-- have done, yield all and ask nothing in
return but the sublime privilege of being
hsWsrs Of wood and carriers Of water for
-l Southern aristocrats.
: E, Another fair and honorable proposition
bon Is, as the price of "pesce," that the North
80 ' shall pay the rebel '0ar debit This But
= ternut taxpayers will be but too happy to
saz a-. do 10 Oblige their Southern friends. The
l,,- following embOdies the latest peace prOpo-
o. sitions put forth by the rebels, and it is to
--7a be hoped the Butternuts will look ct them
carefully, and say how they like them as
sal far ss they have gone. The following is
''. an extract from the Richmond Enquirer
aa5 from the 18th of October
HSave on our own terms we can accept
no pesoe whatever, and must fight till
doomsdsy rather than yield an iots Of
them and our terms are
3lsl Recognition by the enemy Of the inde-
pendence Of the Confederate States.
"a Withdrawal Of Yankee forces from
every foot Of Confederate ground i7eluling
Kentneky and Missouri.
-l'-- Withdrawal Of Yankee soldiers from
Maryland, until that State shall decide,
- by free vote, whether she shall remain
in the old Union, or ask admission into
1E the Confederacy.
oisssra 81 Consent on the part Of the Federal
T Government to give up to the Confsderacy
1919 Its proportion Of the Navy as it stood at
the time Of Secession, or to psy for the
s..s same.
i. q Yielding up all pretensions on the part
af tha Federal Government to that portion !
l1tb a o the oid tefr1f0r1eB which lies West Of
.dsrrf the Gonfedsrate States
d .glaae5t An equitable settlement, on the basis
pf our absolute independence and equal
- krighfs, Of all accounts Of the Publis Debt |
ND Public Lands and the sdYantsges &C.
- ruing from foreign treaties
"These provisions, we apprehend, COM
prise the minimum Of what we must re- !
s,,,s, -quire before we lay down our arms. That |
$50 Is to ssy, the North must yield all !; Ios moth
SO is7. The whole pretension Of that country |
eseiss topreFent By force the separation Of the |
Z - etates must be abandoned, which will be |
equivalent to an svoWsl that our enc |
si57 mics we're wrong from the first; and, Of !
cOurse, ss they waged causeless and wick |
l5-ze ed war upon US, they ought, in strict JUS
6cei to be required according to usage in !
such case, to reimburse to US the whole Of
our expenses and losses in the course Of
that war.
l,,ir-lE Whether this last proViso is to be in
sisted upon or net certain we are that We
cannot have any peace at all until We shall |
be in position, not only TO demand and ex-
.act, but also to enforce and collect the !
- treasure for our own reimbursement, out |
Of the wealthy cities Of the enemies ooun- |
try. In other words, unless we can de- !
stroy or scatter their armies and break |
up their Government we can have no
Pesce, and il we can do that, then we can,
- snd ought not only TO extort from them
a our own full terms, and ample acknowl- |
edgment of their wrong, but also hand
some indemnity for the trouble and ex-
pense caused TO US BY their crime"