Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-24
PEACE ON SOME TERMS

! tlon tor peace upon any other basis, but
avowlng the unanimous purpose to deprive us
OF all right, Of all law, and Of all property;
| and while our devoted armies are in the Geld
with their arms in the:: hands and their ban
ners flying, to defy and resist and beat back
that foul invasion, we do not com mprchend how
any man in the Confederaey can-we do not
say get honorable peace"-but even talk Of
honorable peace, save by vanquishing those
, invading enemies. II the political system; Of
F: those invading enemies breaks up, by reason
CT rcverses in war, or financial troubles:Ssit
Certain States of their "Union" remember
that they have Stale Rights, and act upon
them by seeding from that Union, and oBer-
ing us peace so far as they are concerned, it
vii! he well; that will aid us materially in tho
one single task we have to achievc-the task
of defeating and destroying the military
power of our enemies. But reasonable Con-
fcderatcs would be at loss to know how ace
can contribute to that happy state Of things,
except by continued and successful resistance
IN arms. Our sole policy and cunninsest di>
! plomaey is fshing, our most tinsinuating neso.
tiator is the Confederate army in line of battle.
Now We perceive thut, just as Congress is
, about to meet, certain newspapers of the Con>
federacy are preparing the way for discussions
: In that body about some other method of obtain.
ing peace. The other method suggested, insofar
as we can comprehcndit, consists in the several
, States Of the Confederacy taking the matter
ont Of the hands Of the Confederate Govern.
! mcnt, ignoring the government and the army,
AMI all that army has done and suffered for
the independence Of the ConfcGnracy; and
then making peace, each State for itself, as
best il can. There would be an honorable
peace.
We are sorry to hare 20 mention that srch
an idea has shown itself; it was believed that
il was confined to about two newspapers, both
OF Raleigh, North Carolina. But something
very similar is to be found in two other news
papers, of Atlanta. As it is extremely essen
t;al that the time of this Congress should not
be diverted for one instant from the business
Of carrying on the war, by any vain palaver
about Peace, Peace, when there is no peace,
we reluctantly advert to the disagreeablc cir
cumstancc, in order thatt small distracting
element may be disposed of and made innocu.
Gus the more speedily.
That we may do no injustice, we re-
nrint 4 passage from the Knoxville "Reeis-
ter
"The Richmond Enquirer discussing
the terms on which alone peace can be re-
stored, lays dcwn its proposition in the follow
ing ienguase: ls ...., .. ,... 49,, .,...
peacc whatever, and must fight till doomsday,
rather than yield IN iota Of them; and our
terms are:
"Recognition, by The enemy, of the indie
pendenco Of the Confederate Stntes.
"tWithdrewal of the Yankee forces from
every foot of Confederate ground, including
Kentucky and Missouri.
"'Withdrawal Of the Yankee forces from
MARYLAND, until that State shall decide by
y free vote whether she shall remain in the
old Union Or. ask admission into the Con-
tederacy.
"'Consent on tic part Of the Federal Gov,
ornment to give up TO the Confederacy its
proportion of tic navy as It stood at the time
Of secession, or to pay Tor the same.
"'Yicldng up all pretensi"ns on tho part Of
.he Federal Government to that portion Of the
old territories which lies West Of the Confede-
rate States.
"'in equitable settlement, on the basis Of
cur absolute independence and equal rights, oI
nll accounts Of the public debt and public
lands, ard the advantages accruing from for.
eign treaties
"It will lie seen that there is no uncertain
or cuuiv0cal demand here-no clause CAPABLE
Of double constructiOn-no room Tor the
entrance O the least little bit of q doubt
Submit to all we ask or have ever asked, OF
else wo will fight you till doomsday.' That's
the formula, as enunciated through the En-
1Iircr' We like the terms exceedingly
Nothing would please us more than to have
them conceded; but since there arc t%o par
ties TO this war, and both hare rights resulting !
from the 'rar, we would ask whether the Con
federate States mean to make all these de-
1nnnds, or prosecute hostilities forever. If the
Enquirer be presumed TO represent the Rich
mond authorities, We lave onlY7,to state the
Northern terms of peace, to show how utterly
impossible is its restoration through the
agency of the Federal and Confederate gov
ernments.
"Lincoln demands the sure ndcr Of all the
forts and ar3enals seized in tie lightning OF
the war.
"ue requires the disruption Of our armies.
the admission Of tax>gatherers into oil our
cities, towns and villages, and the subjectlon
of our ports and harbors to his revenue laws.
.sHc demands the liberation Of our slaves, the
forfeiture of all our property, public md pri'
vate, and the reduction Of sovereign States to
the condition sf territories, to be ruled by his
satraps.
"The.e and other uRinsata have been
repeatedly announced by the Federal govern
ment, ali utterly irreconcilable with the pro-
posed protocol Of the Richmond newspaper.
The fact is here broadly presented, that the
restoration of pca2e is more remote now than
ever before. The war has progressed thus far
to TO purpose. The North demands more
than it did originally, and the South moro than
when the Confederate Congress first sat at
Montgomery. So far the war has defeated its
own purposes. and maio honorable peace be-
tween th. contestants as represented at Rich.
mOnl and Washington, simply impossible"
To the enquiry how, then, is the war ever to
be ended? the "Rcgistcr" says:
"But one answer can be given to the lnqul-
~: this war can only end through the inter.
vention Of the Independent sovereign States of
the North and South"
The appeal has observations of almost
the same tenor.
We are pleased t., find that q spirited Vir-
ginia journal, tho Lynchburg Republican"
is beforehand with us in meeting this strange
hercsy. Replying to the "Resister," under
the heading, ga Dangerous Doctrine" the
"Republican" says:
"Such IS the doctrine of the Register and
we respectfully submit if it is not dishonora-
BILE to our government and reflection upon