Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-11-03
Conditions Of Peace with Rehels.

Conditions OF Peace with Rebels.
In an article IN his Quarterly Re0ieto
on the return of the Rebellious States, the
able Roman Catholic writer, DR.. Brownson
discusses the conditions Of peace with the
rebels. The gist Of his views may be in
ferred from one or two OF the closing para
graphs, as follows:
1--WE have urged the abolition of slavery,
and as far as practicable, its perpetual ex-
clusion from the United States, for reasons
Of state, and chiefly as necessary TO the fu-
ture internal and external security Of the
Republic We have in no instance taken
the ground of the Abolitionists, and we
have refraiued from doing 50 partly because
we do not wholly agree with them, and
partly in Difference to the passions and
prejudices of my countrymen. But it is
not ilnprope, for a statesman torehect that
slavery is sin on TIE part of the nation
that, having the power to remove it, au-
thorizes, or toerates, or conniyes at It's ex-
istence; and that as nations have no future
life, national sins arc and must be punished
in this world. Our indiffence 10 tie wrong
done by slavery, both TO the slave and TO
the master, has already been visited upon
our nation with one of the most formidable
civil wars that history records; and il will
not rsuder the Great Arbiter of nations
less disposed TO smile on our most patriotic
efforts, and to give success TO our arms, If
he sees us resolved to put away the evil of
our doings, 10 remember bis poor, TO raise
up the bowed down, TO help the helpless,
and to set the captive free. The govern
ment has now the right under the eonsti-
tuition to wipe out from our national es-
cutcheon the foul stain of slavery and fit
refuses, or if the factious spirit, the bitter
prejudice, or The cold hearted selfshness of
the people prevent it from doing SO, what
right have we either TO expect or to ask
God TO give us success 10 the field, or 10
endow Us with wisdom in council 10 defeat
the Vaccinations Of our enemies He
fights in vain who fights against an offend
Ell God, or without The Lord on his side.
His very victories are defeats, and bis tri-
umphs are failures and death. He is thrice
armed who hath his quarrel just; and ours
can hardly be called just. If We are resolved
not TO use tie victory We aay win, 10 re-
move from our midst that grossest outrage
man can commit against humanity, negro
slay cry. We own that even on moral and
religious ground I'VE should fear that We had
taken no security for tue future, if we suf-
fered slavery to be re-established anywhere
within the American Uuion. We are not 10
he secrets of the Government; but we are
confident that it has no intention of restor-
Ing any seeded State TO The Union as
slaveholling Stale, or without having a
constitutional pledge given TO abolish it.
"The Government has given pledge Of
freedom to the negro race, by organizing
negro troops, and using them to fight The
battles of freedom. We have peyer urged
it TODD that; nay, we have opposed it-for
we hold none but freemen can be justly
called upon to bear arms in defense of the
country, since slaves have no country-un-
less there is a determination on the part of
the supreme authority 10 recognize aud
treat them henceforth as freeinen aud citi
zens. As we read it, the government in
raising negro troops, and employing them
side by side with white troops, has given
solemn pledge Of negro freedom and negro
equality; and though we did what we could
to dissuade it from giving that pledge, now
it is given, we insist it shall not be broken.
1t is now TOO late to talk Of gradual eman-
cpalion, of colonization, or to oppose ne
gro troops. Their blood has been mingled
on more than one battle fed with that of
white men; and it is idle to wrangle about
the brotherhood Of race, when we have es-
tabhshed the brotherhood of arms. Hence
forth, whatever have been or still are our
preiudices, v are bound in honor to treat
the negro as our coLntryman, and as a free
citizen, having as much right to call this
lis country as we have to call this ours. No
man has better rightto call a country his
than he whose blood has consecrated its
soil; and never let the man or the mans
race be enslaved 10 country that he has
poured out bis blood or given his manhood
to defend The Government has gone fur
Their than we wished, further than we be
lieved wise or prudent, but we accept what
it has done as M. fait accompli, and hold
II 10 Che logical consequences Of its action,
as far as in IFS power, TO follow them"
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