, 1863-01-21
Chicago Gribt11re.


Every loyal paper in the Union ought to
copy the following article from the Rich-
mond Enquirer, the organ Of the jeff Davis
government. The copperhcad sheets and
orators are filling the public cur with clamors
for "comprondse'' with the rebels. This
article explains on what terms tho rebels are
willing to "compromisc and make pcacc,
There Is Just one question to settle: to con-
tinnc the wnr in the hope Of putting down
the rebellion; or, to acknowledge the indie
pendcncc Of the rebels and give m the
Union The copperhcads are in favor Of the
latter, but they gabble about scompromisc.'
Reconstruction" and the "Unlon as It was,"
Vallandingham, their leader, moro honest
than his followers, openly advocates on the
floor Of Congress the Withdrawal Of tho armT
md nary, stopping the war and letting the re.
bels 60. But read the manifesto from Richmond.
TIE PEACE FRoros1T1oSs-7uEo ORGAN OF TIE
SOUTHERN CoNFEDERACT oSTHE SUBJECT.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Jan.Gl
In our Issue Of Saturday we gave some ac-
count Of the meeting lately held In New York.
ut which resolutions were adopted calling
upon New Jersey to invite convention of afl
the Yankee States, to meet at Louisville, in
February next, According to this hopeful
be invited to send delegates to represent them
in this sarory conclayc, and In case they
yielded to the proposition, an armistice Of
six months by sen and land, was to be pro-
claimed. We are told that the resolutions
were unanimously" passed, and that 3fr.
Bsooks, the orator Of the occasion, Was en-
tlusiastically applnuded.
From the above it Is plain enough that the
Valor of our soldiers :;nd the skill Of cur Gen
erals arc beginning to tell Richmond, Ma-
naSsas, sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg have
almost wrought their lesson. The tide is be-
ginning to turn at the North in favor Of peace.
The glorious victories at Murfrcesboro and
flcksburg, which have occurred since this
meeting Tas held, wll doubtless give fresh
impulse to the sentiment OF which it is msn-
ifestation. But while the North begins to see
the folly and impossi5ility Of attempting to
conquer the South, they are not yet ready to
chain us, By some *pecious compromise, to 1ae
corpse q TIE old Onion, OF, at least to gain
some advantage in determining boundary and
commercial relations. It would be fine
Thing for them, truly, to have the South agree
to meet them in i convention which should
recognize the Union as unbroken, and look to
its perpetuation. On this head, however, they
may IS well know the truth. On no terms
acatcrr ,rn The South consent to political usso.
citation zrtA item. There Is no co,accssio,. ,Ai.a
could render tic idea augAt but intozerable and
rtsoling to the Southern .,.ind We sep
aratcd from them because they sought
to pat on lis n brand Of social and
political inferiority- We would not reunitc
with them If they would, one and I'LL
consent to occupy tile same position Of deg
radiation which they aim to riyct on lis. TIE
tcoatld not consent to Ao2d the Northern
States fte's as protinccs. On this subject
there is 1a7llya ripple upon the surface of
Southern sentiment. This was the feeling and
the PURPOSE. Fixed and unalterable, Of the
South at Q time when all was gloom and lisss-
tcr-Whcn Roanoke, Donclson and New Or
leans had surrendered to the foe-anl 1t
seemed as If Providence had decrecd to test to
the utmost the. fortitude Of our people, But
now, when Heaven has vouchsafed to us 80
many crowning victories, when the indepen-