Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-01

ing to me was naturally that Of foreign medi-
alton between the north and the south. Many
of them seemed to think that this mediation
must come at last, but they appeared to be
very much afraid of its coming too soon. 1t
was evident that they apprehended that pre-
mature proposal of foreign intervention would
afford the radical party a means of reviving
the violent war spirit, and of thus defeating
the peaceful plans of the conservatives. They
appeared to regard the present moment as
peculiarly unfavorabe for such an offer, and,
indeed, to hold that it would be essential to
the success of any proposal from abroad that
it should be deferred until the control of the
executive government should be in the hands
of the conservative party.
81 gave no opinion on the subject. | did
not say whetheror no | myself thought foreign
Intervention probable or advisable but lis
tened with attention to the accounts given me
of the plans and hopes of the conservative
party. AT the. bottom, thought aerreiged
a desire to put an end to the par, ecen at the
risk Of losing the southern states altogsther !;
but 1t lcaS PLAIN that 1t lcaS not thought pyu-
dent to arow THIS desire. Indeed, some hints
Of 1t dropped before the elections acere so ILL
Tcceioetl Hata strong declaration IN the con-
t''ary sense waS deemed necessary by the demo-
cratic leaders.
sat the present momenl, therefore, the
chiefs OF the conservative party call loudly for
more vigorous prosecution of the war, and
reproach the government with slackness as
well as with want of success in its military
measures. But they repudiate all idea of in
tertering with the institutions of the southern
people, or of waging war of subugation or
determination. They maintain that the OBJ
Ject of the military operations should be to
place the north in a position to demand an
armistice with honor and with effect. The
armistice should (they hold) be followed by
convention, in which such changes ofthe con-
Stltution should be proposed as ieould gice the
south ample security on the subject of lis stare
property, and would enable the lrth and the
south to reunite and to live together in peace
and harmony. The conservatives profess to
think that the south might be induced to take
part in such convention, and that restOra-
ton of the Union would be the result The
more sagacious members of the party must
however, look upon the proposed convention
merely as a last experiment to test the posi-
bility of reunion. They are no doubt, well
aware that the more probable consequence of
an armiStice a0ould be the establishment of
southern independence, but they perceive that
if the south is so utterly alienated that no
possible concessions will induce it to return
voluntarily to the Union, it is wiser to agree
to separation than to prosecute cruel and
hopeless war.
at is with reference to such an armstice as
| they desire to attain that the leaders of the
conservative party regard the question OF for
eign mediation. They think that the offer OF
mediation, if made to a radical administration,
would he rejected; that if made at an unpro
pitious moment it might increase the viru-
lence with which the war is prosecuted. If
their own party were in power, or virtually
controlled the administration, they would
rather, if possible, obtain an armiStice without
the aid of foreign governments but they
would be disposed to accept an offer of medi-
alton if it appeared to be the only means of
putting a stop to hostilities. They would de-
sire that the offer should come from the great
powers of Europe conformity, and in particu-
lar that as little prominence possible should
be given to Great Britain.
There can be no doubt that this is a fail
summary of what the democratic chiefs here
convened to exult over their victory said tt
Lord Lyons certainly, of what he under
stood them to say and to what purpose. And
in the light of this revelation, we ask the iudg-
ment OF every candid mind on the pretence
that they favor ''a vigorous prosecution of the
war; or desire the sub jugatOn of the rebels in
arms. They manifesty cherish no such inn
pulse, no such desire; and all their profess
sions of devotion to the national cause are the
sheerest hypocrisy. That their sympathies
are wholly with the rebels, not at all with the
upholders of the national authority, has been
often evnced, but seldom more clearly than in
this bulletin from one who being a represen-
tative of British aristocracy, was naturally ad-
mitted to their Utmost councils.
The People of Iceland and their Homes.