The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-02
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The Rtchmond Ea4uirer" Ga
Peace.

Peace.
From the Richmond Enqoirer, March 8.
From Of old it was hcld perilous for men
10 cry peace! pcacel whcn there is no peace
The dangers Off f,r ns at this moment
are manifold. It encourages tise planting Of
cotton instead ofcorn; Il uEsettles the minds
of our soldiers in the ticld, which il demnr
it stimulates the enemy to more
vigorous prosecution ofthe war, BY the idea
that We are 40 tired Of Il. 4 W {
There are some whc reproache the En-
Qniref with beips an advocate Of war, and
not Of peace. This is somewhat unresson.
able Is any one Offering u. peace ? Look
round our whole horizon whore is it, On sea
or land, that you discern any faintest Antt"r
Of the white wings p It is Ill war, all
one botsom'ess gulf Of blood, ono universal
carnival of slaughter, and ravsge and ru-
in. III ali
True, there is one way BY which the South
ern Contederates could immediately regain
all he blessing Of peace; it is by submission
by reconstruction by lesist'ng from the
rebellion" and delivering up the ring lead
ers to tie punishment Of the laws they have
trampled upon. Is there. Indeed, on single
citizen If this Conf'dsrscv who would have
peace .. any price wel!,sA is the price
40, at once--are we to psv Up
But the symptoms If a breach between
the East and Nrthv,s. | Nav they not he
MANAGED and turned to account, perhaps
Why ''repar' the Northwest BIZ harsh ard
cutting lanypsge ?-Trsiy, we admit. che
language is verv inaiequats weapon against
those armed and brutal invaders; they would
nev.r be''repe!led'' ny vituperative epithets;
and oil the bavo ,ets and eslumhiads we car
muster are scarcely enough to repel The
brigsinds. But let Us help and encourage,
you. say, their intestine divisions. Yes. we
are wiIlingr in the way We gave rise To those
divisions At first. We wish to encourage then
now. That is to say, by desperate resist
ance and defiance. .es..t...,
To be plain. we fear and di<trust far moro
these apparently friendly advances of tn,
Democrats, that the open atrocity of philan
thropists OF Massachusetts, Taat Democrat
ic party always was our worst enemy. and
but for its poisonous embraces these State
would have been free and clear of the un.
natural Union twenty years ago. It is no
the Stewards and Summers, ! the Black Re-
publicans and abolitionists, who have hur
us. They were right all along; thers ,oa
an irrepressible c,nflirt, between two differ
ent civilizations, two opposite social organ
izations. They were no more able to liv
peacebly::together in enc government thai
two hands can wear one glove. If We did
not consider so soon as the Aboltionist
this great truth. it was the Democratic par
ty, neutral as it was in principle. false II
both sides. and wholly Indifferent to tn
moral of either ofthe opposing communities
placed ,tsolf between. raised the banner o.
"spoils," and-we all the rest. The idea @
that od;ous party coming to life again. AZ
holding its arms to US, makes us shiveI
Its foul breath is malaria it's touch i
death. ....,..-
Give us the open foe.nan let. him be q
ferocious and greedy ~ you will. Let OH
enemy appear as an exterlninating Yanke
host, we pray, and not as Democrat
Convention. Let him take any shape bu
that Already we have visions Of men &
feeble knees. tender feet and undulatn
spines. losing their sense and, manhood b
the contract; as they did, alas ! so often be
| fore. We scent from afar off the old dea
compromins-absit omen !! and seem to &c.
upon our throatS the s,ran.ulation Of nnclea
fingers. But it is dream nobody live
in this Contederacy who will dare TO pre-
pose, or hint to that abominabIe shrine a
the gallant blood freely poured out to sanct
| ~ our natioahnod Fr it com.s to this
we can have no peace now save by snbmi,
sion; no peace now save by making ono
more affi',ation with Northern party, an
maxim. the Democracy a press tot al! tbs
ines,inable treasurer Of the ,d.arest bloc
that flowed in the Southern veins.
Peace Does the monstrnus host Def OF
Vicksbnrg hiring rs peace Is it peac
that Rosecrans is making in Tennessee
Does the military Dispersion Of the publ
meeting in Kentucky bole P,sc,! Tn
new Northern CONSUMPTION cnrnlliag tire
million, and making provision for Instant
commanding their service, or exncting
he,vy exemption tax-riocs this hook lik
poace The deliberate ves,i 8 iu Abraha'
Lincoln of all the military p,wer Of dic.a
tor, with the treasure Of the whole natio
opened to him without stint--is it to enab
him to make peace or war-which :?
Where, then, are those indication of p,ac
which we are said to be reclessfv resistin
and disdaining! Olthe great speech {
vallandigham the touching invitation (
tunefnl Cox! We greatly fear that tho'
two wooers Of the south. 80 fond and far
will very soon be found like John Van BIZ
rem. shricking out for tho wal, to the knife
and ifthsy delay or .leclins to recant thai
great and noble peace speeches, Why the
will soc the inside Of Lincoln's ,jails. W
wish from our hearts they were alread
safely chained up at the present writing
they have done US more harm, they On
their like. than ten Thousand Stewards an
Summers. We tremhle to see their unwhol