Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-04-16
Northern .N'escs.
The Peace Party of the North.

The Peace Party of the North.
/ We have already given some ez
, tracts from the New York Times
Ishowing the fears entertained that tn
! peace Democrats will carry Connect
icut, and depl6riug the effect of sue
a result on the public opinion of tn
United States. Below We give som
extracts from a speech Of SOM
length, and Of no ordinary power ant
boldness, by Hon. Ben. WooD, ard BY
consent published in the Congress
ional Globe. The fact that such {
speech can be circulated in the Uni.
ted States, and such editorials be
published, as those from which We
have published extracts, can now be
spoken and written with impunity,
and their authors 60 unpunished, ev-
licences a marked and important
change, favorable to US, in public
opinion, and in the policy Of The Gov.
eminent. Among other things MIR.
Wood said:
1t is habitual to throw the weight
Of responsibility lor our impotence
upon the Administration and its Gen
erals. Imbecility and incompetence
have, indeed, been sufficient and con-
spicuous, bu; not to these do ! at.
tribute the failure, the utter, unequiv.
ocal, and irredeemable failure of our
enterprise of eoDquering back the
Union. The tnilure of the scheme
is simply due to the impossibility of
its accomplishment. We can never,
by force Of arms, control the will of
a people our equals in the attributes
Of enlightened manhood and while
the will of that people remains ad-
verse 20 political companionship with
US, politictl eompauionship is impos-
siblr. Bioodshed, destruction of
and occupation of lands are
possible; much suif ring, grisf, and
folly are possible--we have too sadly
proved it; but a constrained union
of sovereign States is an impossible !
ity, which if omnipotence could ac.
omniscienoe would net at
tempt. Six millions of Americans,
they occupy the North, the
South, the East, or the West, cannot
be governed, except in accordance
With their sovereign will.
But granting it possible, the ques-
ion arises of equal moment: is it
desirable? Has not The struggle al
ready been too fierce to admit of uni.
y and cordial feeling between con-
IneriDg and a conquered section =
Sir, | fear it has. | believe that
While the memory of this war exists,
he people of the North and South,
lnited by constraint, would never
sufficiently forgive the past year S re.
,ord to admit of friendly relationship
n the same political household.
Right or wrong, men will cling TO
heir own Impressions Of a great and
struggle, in which they
n their si:es have been participants
As the living fathers OF future gene
aiions his day feel, so will they be-
Iueath 10 their children, and In natu-
al course. the North and South will
Nurse their own and separate views
If this unparalleled epoch Of carnage
md contention.
/ confess, sir, apprehend no diff J
iculties or mistor.unes, in the event
# separation, al all commensurate
With those that must inevitably prove
he sequences Of reunion by mere
orce of arms. -
can conceive two great repub-
les, expanding in grandeur, moving
iIe by si6e upon principles almost
IDENTICAL, extending the era of self
government. the one northward and
Testward, and the other southwark
nd westward, united for mutual de-
ence, and protected by wise and gen.
rous alliance from the jar OF con- {
letting intirest. | can conceive them I
rayitating toward each other, draw I
ng nearer and nearer as asperilies ,
nd unpleasant memories soften with.
q the lapse of time, until, when the