, 1863-01-03
PEACE E7R0P0S7T1oNS.

PEACE
James Brooks-better known US sssecash
Brooks" editor Of the New York Express
tory organ-made disloyai speech be-
fore the "New York Young Mems
Democratic Union Association" on Tues.
day, and there introduced the following
''Peace Propositions: - .
Rtsaleed. That the State Of Now Jcrsey. tbroush
t nei state government, be respectfully requested
antefpose In order to arrest tho existing cirij
u p Pr inviting TIE aseholding States and
land Kentqcl and Ilssourf@to facet III con1sg ma
taon in Louisville Ky., on the = day Of February
sass to S the
elnia, North and South Carolina, Georcia.s Ala.
Mnn, 1Msn'a, Flof6a Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
III nke national convention. And ; @~~.
70 q ynS*her Reso1oed, That the President h.
to geesrc % the state Of Jersey
a.fa satfe as may accept this gu for National Cor
~ Mk,sd :; ,s3: That Committee be created on the
ions to the Governor andLeeislatnre Of New c1.
sey a1d to urge upon that 6tate that in consdcra-
enc.3nns 1 Inc e. history and patriotic
Convention for the restoration Of Union Of hese
Tory Brooks selects New Jersey to inau-
surate the movement, because the tories.
he thinks, have control of her State
government, and are willing to p1ay
into the hands Of the rebels. The
trst step is to "declare an armis
tlce," and withdraw our. armies and our
blockading fleets. But suppose the rebel
States should reject the terms of future
union proposed by the loyal States, what
thens Suppose the rebel States should
offer propositions that the loyal States
could not accept without dishonor
and degradation, what then? Inthe mean
time, the Confederates would dispose Of
two or three millions Of bales Of cotton to
Europeans, for four or five hundred mil
lions Of dollars, and with the proceeds pur-
chase military stores, arms, artillery, cloth
ing and iron-clad gunboats in abundance;
and when they had we'll rested and rccupe-
rated from the fatigues and losses Of the
war, they would turn round and demand
terms impossible to concede, snap their fin
gers at us, and tell the Government to do its
worst. When the war would be renewed,
our people would be hopelessly divided
into hostile factions, one faction resisting
my further prolongation Of the war. The
army by that time would be scattered and
utterly demoralized, and the Treasury De-
partment tumbling into bankruptcy. The
triumph Of the rebels would be sure. No.
there must be no armistice until the Gov
ernment signifies its inability to put down
the rebellion. Asking for one is palpable
confession Of defeat, and the whole
world would SO construe it. Whenever
IN arnistice is declared the Union is
lost and the North is whipped. If the
broken Union should even afterwards be
Reconstructed" it would be on terms of
submission to the imperious rule of the
oigarchy, and By the adoption Of the
Southern slave code Us the fundamental
law Of the country.
All this the tory Brooks well under
stands and desires to bring about. During
the last political canvass the burden Of his
cry was 1.-THE Constitution as it is, and the
Union as it was" But as soon as the elec-
ton is over he throws off the mask and
drops his catchwords and boldly adyo-
Gates throwing away "the Constitution as
it is' and the adoption Of new one such
as traitors in arms would dictate or &C.
cept The proper course to pursue towards
such reasonable villains as Brooks, would
be, to send them under flag Of truce to
their secesh affinities. They have no right
Or business on this side Of the line while
the war lasts