New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-09
FERNANDO ON PEACE.

The loyal and unAinching supporters Of the
Government in its struggle against Slaveholding
Treason ought to cultivate and cherish the out
right Copperheads, for they are very servicea.
BILE. They have just given US two Members OF
Congress from Connecticut whom we should
surely have lost if they had not obtained con-
troll of the Opposition. We are now morally
certain of working majority in the next House.
when it might have been against us If they had
not driven many conservative Democrats to
vote for our candidates. In Ohio, Indiana,
and throughout the entire West, the local cleo
tons proclaim a wholesome reaction, which we
owe entirely to recent Developments OF Copper
head ideas aud purposes. The Administration
has gained no popularity; but quiet, conserva-
tive people, who are " tired Of Wars alarms"
and were inclined 10 vote the Opposition
tickets as denomination for Pence. are fright.
ened out Of that intent by such fantastic tricks
as were attempted by the Copperheads in the
Ncw-Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Legislatures,
and bestow their suffrages more wisely, patri.
otically, than they had purposed. The Copper
head movement is doing good work, and
should not be arrested.
Mr.. Fernando Wood, in the gathering Of bis
Mozarters on Tuesday evening" made these as
sertOns:
81 repeat here what hsvc said upon previous occasion
that the I2h dsy Of December last proportions ners sub
ited 20 he PreienI Of United State, pheh You'd haze
1ns So"tS teore d. ,t Of Iprl IA Voice whs. were
they ~ said ths same time, aud said sub.equspty 10
Tie public newspaper that was only pscadea
sscesy Of chief officers Of tine Goyetnmopt aud
have been Visiting my iri.nd.y .ssius Rsonb
can paper 10 this city have been Visiting aud looking for
some authorized denial Of my siaenent 80 mt might pro
piae II has not been denied II has not been denied be-
c,u.s they cannot deny it," lAppiaa'e
-" Propositions from uhom' Mr. Wood
cannot be estopped by any "request OF conf.
Dental secresy by of the chief officers OF
the Government just at the point where his
revelations damage that Government while
doug no harm to the Rebels. If he Is allowed
to state that proportions were submitted,
he must have equal liberty to say who made
those propositions, II jeff. Davis has made or
authorized cOnciatory oyertures to our Gov
ernment, the vital facts should either have been
wholly concealed or wholly revealed. To pro-
claim just so lnucn as WIZ bupJcct INC ohion
Government to the suspicion of having rndely
repulsed Overtures which it might and should
have accepted. is what no chief officer of the
Government had any right to do or to re-
quire. Now that the COpperheads have been
permitted to make pernicious use of these
" propositions" we insist that they shall be
stripped of all mystery and laid fully before the
public.
When they are, we are sure that these facts
will be established:
1. Neither JEFF. Davis, nor any one even
pretending to speak in bis name or by his
authorization, was committed by these "prop.
ositions," or was even aware Of them.
2. The whole basis and foundation for this
Copperhead story is the volunteer mission to
Richmond as a prisoner Of Mr.. or Major or
DR.. Vim. Chase Barney of Baltimore, and
his casual conversations there with judah p.
Benjamin, Preston S. Brooks, and other nota-
bles, who reciprocated his wishes that there
might be an end of the War.
That our Government should not eagerly
bite at 80 bare hook as this, can surely
excite no surprise. Had they not just been