Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-06-18
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Peace That Shall be Peace.

terly hopeless and in thus lengthening
ont the war. If the South were but
really convinced of what is really the
case. that the nation has determined
with resolution which no defeat can
shake, and no difficulty can appal ,
that the war shall have but one end,
namely-the unconditional submits.
sion of the rebels to the lawful author
ity of the Government of the United
States !; if the Confederatcs were but
convinced Of this fact, the war would
be soon over.
Every rebel placed between the al
Tentative Of death or submission would
find strong motives to accept the mil.
der choice. If we have got to sub.
NIT we may as well submit now, and
make the best of it, would be the nat.
ural reflection in the mind of every
man not wholly incapable of reason.
The fear of greater suffering to come,
the desire to escape from utter ruin,
the love Of order, the instinct OF
profit, the memory of past comfort,
would all act as powerful induce.
ments to speedy submission if the
end was inevitable.
Look at Louisiana. Seeding in
January, 1861, the Confederate rule
over her lasted for sixteen months,
during which time the national flag
did not float over foot of her soil,
No State has supplied the Rebel army
with more soldiers in proportion to
her population. Her planters were
especially bound to the system of sla.
very. owing to the enormous profits
yielded by their plantations, which
they ascribed to the advantage OF
slave labor. In May, 1862, New Or
leans was occupied by the Union arms,
aud has since then been held by force
Feeling for the Union seemed nearly
extinct, the hatred displayed by the
mass Of the citizens against the Fed
oral authorities was bitter and malig.
nant. 49,
But the course of events has gradu-
ally changed the expectations and the
thoughts of the supporters of the Con-
fsderacy. The steady rule ofthe Fed
eral government, the slow but GER
tain progress of our armies, the dis
turbance of tho old state of society,
ths breaking up of slavery, the new
hopes of returning prosperity and
commercial success have worked their
legitimate results which are now WISH
BILE in transition of feeling and grow
ing readiness to submit TO the inevita-
bic consequences of the Emancipation
Proclamation and of the restoration Of
the Union. The people of the city and
the planters Of the neighboring dis
tricts are becoming loyal, and are
adopting the peaceful device Of Union
and freedom.
No donbt there still exists wide.
spread bitter and sullen feeling
against the national authority, but the
predominant and growing sentiment is
on the side of the Union. Delegates
from Union Associations meet togeth-
or in New Orleans to devise the best
means for organizing State govern.
ment, and for Kidding the State from
the burden of Slavery.
Such is the present condition OF
things in Louisiana. And similar con.
ditions will present themselves in the
other seeded states az the force Of
the Union conquers them, and the au-
tbority of the Nation is re-assertcd
over them. This is the manner in
which Peace is to grow from conquest.
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els should be more stubborn than in
Louisiana. the more thorough will be
the conquest, and not less firm the
peace which will be won by the sword
and the cannon, and maintained by
the strong arm Of inflexible justice.
The utter ruin of the old state OF
things and the former system Of socie'
81 will serve az the base ola new and
better social order in which the South
shall be transformed and become a
Homogeneous portion of free nation
Peace will then be no artificial coltri
vance, but the firm establishment OF
law and of liberty. and Of those hu-
man rights, the denial of which was
the origin and cause Of the rebellion.