The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-05
greeley and thesPeaae j Propositions.

The NewYork Times recently gave
credence to a. report that Greeley .wasF'
comforting with Vaflandighama and the
French Minister in regard to: foreignme-.
diatien and negotiations for peace. Gree
|. lev -disposes Of the subIect.as-toilows'- r@
Here follows the exact truth with re-
gard to our Views on the whole; suigeet,1
which N. Mercier. or Mrs. Nalfandi CHAM, q
-orsariy one Else can haTe' for the moder-i.
ate prie-es of six cents in Washingtoug or
three Hhe purchase inNew York q 81 j
lagWe~believe thatzthe- WAR for the,
| Union has%now entered upon phase
which inssli probability must prove finaf'
THAT We are on the eve Of movem fnts,
combinations attacks battles, whereof
the result must be welI,nigir deeisiSe.IsfF
+ Ia We believe that the rebels are
4 about to be badly whipped atseveral VI
i tai points and that their defeats nwill. be
| So conclusive that any-irDpartiaE umpire
would thereupon5a them that their
enterprise is hopeless, andthat theyought
T to give IT up r9.-r ',sAia-..'o4 n -
+ {. ]. I We sbelieFei4hati f our armies do
not whip theirs, theirs will viii p oifrs. nit
II 4 We.bplieve that. sheuidIhey he sue
4 .cess!hl andfwe defeated .inatheag general
(. l-results ;of the, aigninow opening, inn
martial third parties will say that I'VE
ought to vconsent,to peace on the most at
tainable terms. Whether we shall take
that counsel or renew the; struggle as a
f. united people who have come to under
\ stand and TO accept it's real character
and the cost and suffering involved,
events will determine.T,Tp O. ii5n329os
s. Butwe believe that. the time will
come-we, do not say how soon, asathat
must. depend on the results Of conflicts
y in futureAwheh the Great Powers. Of
Europe will mediate-notby blows nor by
i Imenaces. ba t by representations-aga inSi
the continuation of the struggle as fruit
Hess, wasteful butehery, and urge set
: Element in the interest OF Humanity ant
Commerce. We hppe,to see tins lnter
81 position take the form of an. emphatic
/. | protest against further, persistence in thu
= Shareholder sfebethon; but to this, end
lgl is prebably.essential that the interYenin;
battles shall result differently from. til
recent attacks on Fredericksburg ant
Vicksburg. -sDL sga-3r7 birag
tn short, we -believe-nnd we woul
- zssss.ss4 ! M 10
Gnu OCSlOOu cuCSGSS. az. SeSSllLldli W III
: salvation of our country-that the UpioI
: will be lost BY another campaign a
dwadlng and Ineffective as those. of Nc
s Ctellah and. Buell. duringtthey ear Of grar
a fIS62, :1Essa5. - - ka-..~oi.-,
We fully Believe thatoarH country ma
and will sbeE saved-but to, this end sou
J.. craftsmanship ana soldiership for III,
- next fdhrim0nihs- must, be- an Improve
mention the averagelof thoselof the, las
2 year. -sln our view the u life or death o
our country is no longer-a -gHesiiop, O
years. bat Of months, and it isjnlperatiy,
q . thai odr5pIlers itaul our Generals, shoull
/ breahzeeand act on this .trqthssao DIV .ro.
- We. do;nQt knov that M.cMereier. ol
Mr. Nallandigha1n afeiaware2 of these
q convictions they ceEtainlya have no
Z learned tie m from; any. private, .commn
nicatiopss written or oral, from us: We
-cerFinly- do potibelieye, that the .loya
people of this country, however much
they may desire peacepare ready to pur
Z kchaseit attic )chst, ofpisuniep, and we
have never told any one that we were
=" We believe the loyal millions desire first
, of al to-see Their Government make
Naf-real; eaFnest, vigorous Mar War
which will soon obviate all necessity for
. J. andpcsyibtli1y afdisunipn. III they can
not make ,this-or IL they make it and
, I fail, and therefore be satisfied. that the
n ], struggle Is hopeless believe they. will
next wish to- ascertain whether or no
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