Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-09-21
IAN Honorable Peace"

IAN Honorable Peace"
There are some men in the South who
are ever ready to grasp at any little
catch penny prejudices of the time, and
use it in-order to cheat unsuspecting and
Ignorant people out of their votes. In
some portions of tho South We hear Of !
candidates running and claiming the suf-
frages ofFhe electors on the ground that
they are in favor of an honorable
peace" Ws'I is there a man., woman,
child, or even negro, in this broad Con-
federacy whoIs not in favor of the same
thing? If there is, he must be a very
odd specimen of humanity. All, from
the President down to the humblest in
dividual IN the land, would gladly hail
the prospect Of such an,event.
Now, we insist that all such men come
out and deal fairly with the people
Let them say what they mean by an
is to inaugurate measures, with honor to
itself, for the ~obtainment of such a re-
sult-and what terms of closing the war
they would consider " honorable 1t
is very well for candidates to talk about
such a thing, and make capital among
ignorant people by saying that they are
in favor of it, but how do they expect to
accomplish it? Let chem give. US the
whole process, with details, and then
we can Judge whether they really have
some recipe for peace which NOBODY else
has thought Of, or are simply, quilting
the people with claptrap.
We here warn. the people against these
men. ghey are either impcstors, or trail
tors to. the eaase of independence or
else they are too ignorant to comprehend
6 the real condition of the country and the
!. object for which we are fighting. In
neither event are they worthy to be trus-
] ted with Office, in the Legislature or else
where.
lincoln, in his recent letter to the
Springfield meeting, lays down the only
. terms on which peace can be obtained by
action on our part, and that the North
. will sustain him is unquestionable-at
least for a time to come. They are as
follows 1st, That we yield to the Yam
KEGS as conquerors and secondly, tina
. we agree to disband our army and returl
to the Federal Union-in other words
that we consent to Reconstruction" anC
y fellowship with a brutal race, who hay7
= desolated our country with FIRE and sword
drenched the land with the blood of GU
! best people, committed every species 0
h diabolical outrage upon inoffending wo
h men and children, and absolutely brough
the Christian world to shudder by thei
barbarities and crimes against us. Ar
re- these men in favor Of bringing this dee
degradation upon their countrymen? |
they are not, then they are woodworking
the people by promises of results which
they know to be impossible.
J. We are as much in favor of peace a
: any true Southerner can be, but we tel
) our coautrymen that there is no " hon
J. orable peace" left for US, except tina
which we shall carve out with The s1or0
m The sooner they make ep their minds
TO this solemn truth, the sooner shall W
have peace on the only terms that ar
nj honorable-complete independence of tn
al Yankee race. Then let them spurn frol
re- them these holders out of false hope!
is which are only doomed to disappointmei
= though they may be made, to answer tt
10 present selfish and sinister purpose. The
re are not to be trusted. There is no wa
S. Tin which these men can promote til
n cause, of honorable peace, that any othe
h good citizen cannot and will not do j
The President has announced, over ar
To. over again, in his messages to Congress.
his anxiety for q close of the war, and
willingness to clese it the very FIRST me
~, ment the enemy shall render it unneces
sary for US to defend ourselves. In tn
ne is backed by Congress and the who
h. nation. Peace with reconstruction ca
only be obtained by ingloriousIy 1ayin
h. down our arms and submitting to be ru
at ed by apeople, who besides their .tyrar
re ny, would confscate every negro ar
CHI acre of land in the South to pay the 9.
penses of the. war, thus reducing o.
e. peopl e to beggary and ruin. Is there
~. man In the South whes is willing to give
Of sote for such q contamination Sara,
on nah Republican,
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