Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-31
president Lincoln and hts Peace Ne.

! There j. some d,nger that President Lincoln
will become the king u the coppefhe-ds While
preparing for vigorous prosecution OF the var,
he i vigorously engaged in quiet way. In taking
bis soundings Tor peace.
Thea agents employed in this political coast sur
vey may be stigmatzed - outsiders aud adven-
turers But what does that signiiyf A TN ped
dier. vender of razor strop- a camp follower. a
horse doctor. chiropodist. an ugly giP-y or
beautiful woman may have facilities Tor the bus
ness IN hand beyond the reach of our greatest
Generals. our wisest statesmen and our shrewdest
politicians Nor does u follow that all these
peace agents ~ill fail because Chase Barney was
humbagge=i at Richmond by Judah T. Ben amin,
or because Wesley Greene. alter wofming him
self into the confidence vt our Cabinet rs boaa
fde peace missionary. wormed himself into pen
itentiafy a. a swiudler On the contrary. where
there l. 90 much smoke there must be some fire
We have. IN Tact, 80 many reports from 50 many
sources, and 50 m,ny different places. OF the rapid
Increase OF peace men, peace plots aud peace
NOV .nents througho the South. that the time
has arrived 10 work among them and turn them
no good account. This ~ what President Lin
coin IA doing. His agents are out They may
appear a. cros- and ravens. but they are the
doves Of peace In their various DISCUSSES they
,te sounding the temper of the rebel rulers ss
Richmond. the rebel armies IN the field, and the
various classes Of the Southern people. from the
impos e'rhed cotton planter To the starving
,sandhiller.
The "Confederacy" IA hard M. JEFF Davis
land his ruling juuta would cave ia " insured
against the haugman d. Z,eharie. the corn.
cutter, who has been n close observer OF the
heads as we'll rs the toes Of men, iu his late ex
petition 10 New Orleans. IA ofthe opiuion thattho
rebel chiefs would jump 1T the oilcr Ola Tree
passage To Mexico aud iar chance ut the French
,usutpatlou IN that quarter, We are assured this
Idea has been &C epted M something more than n
loke 10y Honest Old Abe. Aud Why notg lie u
master Of he situation, lie Ia backed by tho
lpeope lie eau take HI. own course Nor
should We be Surprised At all with the appearance.
some line iforiy morning, OF prusAm itiOn from
the white House ot an amnesty to the people OF
the rebellloua States, with the condition of the
departure of leIi DAVE. his Cabinet Congress,
army. camp followers aud Confederate setip Tor
Mexico Al exodus of that sort would only settle
all our troubles at once, but II would give 90
Davis Co a splendid Confectionery from the
Trio urande 90 Nletauga perhaps 10 Panama.
aud the firm alliance Ut the United States,
l. The Republican radicals are all at sea, They
know nothing OF the purposes oi President ln
coin. The stump speeches NJ Secretary Chase
amount Ia nothing. except on the "greenb,cks,"
when he speaks hy the book Nor eau Ne say
that NJ seward has the confidence ot "Unole
| Abe n hls future projects, Our Premi,r's
,0lumn0ua diplomatic correspondence, which
has nightly bothered Louis Napoleon aud Lord
Psimelaon Ia read or to comprehend, Il glory
enough luf auy man Ia these degenerate days.
Mr seward can stand aside A for the Serfe.
vafy of War. having killed oil more generals
han the hfut Napoleon, aud being altogether n
| lighting man. he Il not the mtn tur great peace
movement The Cabinet Nv a word, upon this
question, ae nothing, the President i ever, thing
We have said that ha agents are all abroad IA
| Dixie, aud Ne doubt not that they are collecting
an overwhelming mass oi facts, hgurea, statistics
and testimony ln heh III III some Hncn peace pro
gAmme ~ that ~ DE- Ziehatie
! l. not this plan ~ the removal of Jt0 Davis
aud the rebel armes 10 Mexico Infinitely better
than that VI their cAtelmnhtnni That Mexico
IN some way /. involved IN these peace explots-
,onH, set on foot hs, aud With the advice and
consent VI President Lincoln, We seriously be
peace. on liberal amnesty and on the bisis ol
the old Union, aud lou the fusion OF the Nlrth
.ern aud southern armies ior the enforcement OF
the Monroe doctrine on this continent, but that
he suon expects favorable opening Tor peace
movement We are we'll assured How lar the
splendid programme oi The patriotic corn doctor,
Kschare will figure In this movement time will
ieli. Ii II, as matters now stand, most signii-
smnt fact In favor of peace, that, while the radl
.,als are revolving AZ tinst the administration, and
hhe members of the Cabinet, excepting, perhaps,
Montgomery Blair. are all In the dark upon the
.Pre-ideuts peace policy, We are promised that
this shall be the gayest winter IN Washington
since the glorious days'of john Tyler N. Y.
Herald.