The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-19
John Van Buren's Speech.

AT meeting at Tammany Hall,
New York, on Tuesday evening, Feb.
lUth, John Van Buren, made a length,
speech, in hich he discussed his late
position upon the subject of the war,
and nlIofnise with the rebels, and
now advocates Il VIGOROUS prosecution
of the war as the only path To peace.
This change has been brought about
by the contempt in which The rebels al
Richmond held the ttfurtS of Mr. Van
Burtn and Mr.. Brooks To bring about
compromise. He is now satisfied
that they intend I" reptl any ANA all
honorable terms which may be .ffared
TO them by The North, an.jhe acc"il
lnuly now l'r"puscs {" substitute fight
Iug for iawnlng and tlattcry.
We commend the following qnota.
tions from this speech to .,nr Demo.
cratic readers, who are IN favor ut set
ling our difficulties with the rebels h.,
compromise. He said
"On fuimer occasion he Che
>peakcr,) suggested that after We had
cnnqucled Richmond, i: would be well
to- hold convention cf the People al
he different States, to see if the differ
cuces between us could not he accom-
mudatrt, aud he vrIturrd Ia suggest
that If half dozen States persisted III
holding cut after that, the qurs'i"rr
nuId aiise whether the war should br
prosecuted Tor The purpose of kcrpin.
! them ar whether they should be al
lowed to 90, and that for himself h..
should br IN favor "f allowing them Ia
80. The New York I,iGnne was
shocked at tl"sc remarks !; hu, now
the IriJ,t1ie "l,rnlN stat, d that unless
We conquered The enemy 10y the first of
May ihry were in favor "t arranging
the Iloie matter The editor of that
paper substantially states thai he de
>lrcS Ia acknow cd.c the independence
"t The Southern States if they hold ont
to the first oi MAY. That was All ex
ira"rdinaiy change i'll the sentiments
"f those opposed To the Democracy.
Well, gentlemen, the suggestion was
received with moderate favor by the
North, and with none at all by the
South. The Richmond Dispatch, in
speaking of what | said aud what Mr.
Brooks said, made these remards o..
The 10Th of January last:
"'We are aware that many persons
helirve that the party of which Brook,
aud Van i5nren are representative, lie
sire and design I" restore peace, and
that a, present they dare not speak ",il
Ii 4. A,
nf separation. Wctinn"t believe that
they are in favor of any such thing
i They would like peace ON condition al
our return Ia the Union, and they are
fools enough la htltvt that maj.iit,
If the people in the Confratfacy ar.
in tavor of 81 re union. They wo,ild
like peace on these terms, because i
would restore the commercial su.iem
ary of the North, and especially of III,
cit, nf New York, which is gone for
ever il the uninn ~ not restored. Blu
they are AZ ,.iiltrh "rposci 10 scPara
: tion as Lincoln himself or any of H.,
thieves and mur.ltrris VIII" lead hr
mics. In the event of a refusal I,
I, return To the Union, they would ,o
man nntc in hounding on the assassin
:. ho. arc. aesplaiing cur country an'
numbering onr people, as fiercely n
: they have ever been honn,lesl on b.
: Bee,lIer and. Hale. They look only 4
: their pockets when the, preach of re
: Cancellation and restoration. 1t tn
: same object could he effected by entire
: ly destroy ing the people of the South
! ern States, and they thong il easy I,
/ do, they would recommend il as ih
best of all p"ssihlr policies. Let ih.r
: lie satisfied, however. President Davi
E expressed the sentiment of the en,ir
Coniederacy in his speech The "the
: night, when he said the people w"ul
D sooner unite Will, nation of h,ena'
than with the detesfable and deteste
Yankee nation. Anything hut ihn
English coI"nizati"n, French svas.a
age, Russian serfdom, all are, eferahl
10 an association with the Yankees