The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-05-28
PEACE WITH REBELS.

NO PEACE WITH REBELS.
No man at the North who is heartily
loyal to the great cause Of civil and po!it-
ical liberty, to the Union Of these States,
and to the Government by which that
Union is maintained, can desire peace in
these days. Any peace that could be
made now would be confession OF ma
tional defeat and disgrace, and the fore
runner either of permanent national de-
cline or of renewed and more terrible
war. The truth is, and it is we'll it
should be clearly understood, that this
war is not to end with any treaty Of peace,
any arrangement with our enemies: that
it is not to be closed By any special event,
that there is to be no celebration of
peace but that, on the contrary, peace
is to come gradually, without terms, by
slow process. For the national authori-
ties have no power to treat of peace with
TeDclS. J. nc war Is uot oCtHeEu wv ia
tions, each of which can become high
contracting party of treaty. The war
is between nation and rebels against
the Constitution, the laws and the gov.
eminent of that nation. The rebels have
no character which either in reality, or
by any fgment or pretence, can enable
them to become parties to treaty of
peace. It is we'll said that "to establish
our nationality on firm and permanent
basis we can have no dealings with rebels
except as with criminals who have no
civil rights; as with men to whom moth
ing can be conceded, and with whom
consequently all idea Of compromise is
'out OF the question:. we nave nothing
to ask, the rebels nothing to give, but
submission. We want no peace, We will
have no peace with traitors.
Disloyal men in the free States-the
advocates of national dishonor, in their
endeavors to pervert the judgment, and
40 corrupt the moral sense of the people
are slamsross for peace. But the people
are not yet ready to follow the lead Of
the allies Of traitors. The General As
scmbly of Ohio gave a truer expression
to the purpose Of the nation in declaring
that "wc will have no armstice, that We
can fight as long as rebels and traitors
can ; that the war shall 60 on until law
is restored" Yes until la is restored
No matter about peace; peace will fol-.
low, not prccedc the restoration of law.
Disappointment, military failure but
confirm the spirit of the nation, There
can be no doubt that as soon as the
South fairly understands the truth, that
We will never give up, that our defeats
no less than our victories deepen our
resolution, increase our moral power, and
strengthen our convictions Of the worth
of our causc-when the South under
stands this there can be no doubt as te
the result The South began by belicy
ing that we would not fight then fndin.
that we were ready for war, if it wer
forced upon US, it believed that we shoult
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sion is passing away and the rebels ar
learning that the determination Of tn
nation is equal to its powcr-and tina
these combined are in the long run IRE
sistable. The shrewd men at the Soutl
already begin to see that the question i
narrowed down now as to whose resour
ces will hold out longest, and to recogniz
that to this there is but one answer
Surprised by the steady tenacity of pur
pose of the Northern people, not hayip;
counted on their firm adherence to prin
ciple at whatever cost, not knowing tina
the love of the Union was inspired b,
reference for justice and devotion to lib
crty--the Southern leaders now see thei
fatal error. They he'd judged the Nortl
by the South, and they had judged i
wrongly. They now see that the resoul
ces and the will of the nation are prae
:ically inexhaustible, and they will 500
see, if they do not see it already, that n
choice is left for the rebels but submis
sion or determination.
All talk about peace then, every sus
geetion Of the possibility of peace wit