American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-02-13
The Prospect-PcaeeTor Var.


from R.clinOtd and point as 10 the bow in
The breaking clouds Of The West. The Pres
iIcnt, "a ms recent speech ia Richmond also
haIe ~ turn to the giImmering lights in the
Northwest, which announced the approach
ing close Of the war. ! fear me that Won will
ina tue song OF peace but the song Of the
-,ren. and the Presidents gliinmcrin.s lights
.ciu=iYe and deceitful.
Let US dismiss from consideration all
schemes Of re-COustructiou, reunion and re-
organization, and ddrcss ourselves to facts.
Peace, when it comes, must rest upon
something What is there at this time for II
tu rest upon? What common ground is
,uere now upon which the North and South
can meet for the settlement of the pending
li-uute2 Is il the uti p0sgedetisP Can we
WELD up TO Northern dominion MARYLAND
kentucky, Tennessee, " issouri also For
tre~s Monroe, Tortugas, Key West and PEN
eac1lu Suppose that Fort Pulaski and
Forts ST Philip and Jackson were returned
20 u. their geographical position relieving
them from the fair application Of the III
ta..1dsfis, in the settlement; vet, under it,
th- other places would be retained. and can
.y. give them up? The North has her hold
ualu ihe mighty fOrtreSscs which control our
r.,msere~ along the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
a5r E.I she willingly withdraw her grasp
groom them. Ia the settlement ~ this lime
sra.r have we 90 give r r. them
Il .I4v DC asked hat will we ever have TO
y..-E / answer guupoEder and Saxon steel
uui IRON. Your road To these forts aud to
priee lies through victorious battles on land
aud water Stuguiue crcIuiity and worn
oIt routine may hug decisions for a little
while longer, bat the fires Of this revolution
wall YrL meet official sealing wax and burn
red tape. Victories on land aud victories on
water will give Won peace, and these alone
Tine second hope of IA speedy Ueace rests on
'.. collapse and exhaustion Of the finances
Stopped from such cause. The track Of
-.tuIutjOu is ever numbered with the wrecks
a. pablic and private credit, but it Is none
'.- less continuous and broad because of
..m The people of the North animated
sd instirttrd this war. And as long as
tpry support il, they will furnish copious re-
-.urres 20 carry ii ON. The people Of the
south with inferior available resources. can
rIeiutHiu the war for century. II am end
ever comes 70 this war from exhaustion. it
t,lI bc FROM the exhaustion Of men, aud not
uI,ury- Etch party ru the cOuhict .s id ma
.rrftI. almost self sustaining
T3.- 5Iird aud chief prop t. the edficc of a
specify settlement is the recent changer IN the
opinions 81 large portions Of the people of
tine Northwest aud Middle States. In other
words il Is the prHdiug usceudeucy Of the
Democratic party. They wish peace but
Upon what term, Reconstruction. VIII
they gree To it on any other terms Point
~ Won cstu To the resolution or the uIteFoHCG
of {, meeting man offering settlement
on any other basis. They an tell YOU that
God himself has married the Northern aud
Southern extrcmities OF the great Valley Of
the Vest aud that neither revolution nor
peace shall melt or dissolve the bands. Nor
Is n the Northwest move an inch without the
Middle States. For veal or woe, they are
united together. New England they will
consent to drop, but nothing else And even
this YOU cannot accomplish now.
The Democratic party took issue with the
Republicans, not upon The war, or their con-
duct Of the war. but upon their want of sue
cess. Since their triumph, feeling that the
responsibilities of the would soon de-
volye upon them, they have been shaping
their policy for reunion. Hence their
suathemas against Butler their denuncia-
tiOns against emancipation, etc. They wish
to say TO us - We have been against war
with You: we have wished peace and re-
union. GUARANTEES you shall have" Refuse
reunion, aud they become your deadliest
enemies. They viii then make open war for
empire aud dominion, and the pencil of
Thucidides has already sketehed its progress
for us. | fear the working of the Democratic
party fear thai II win demoralize many of
our friends in the border States.
No, let not the people of the South hug the
delusion of dawning peace to their bosoms.
Fire and blood are yet TO be their sacrament
of admission into the family of nations They
must accept these, too, under anticipated
Disadvantages. The captured dispatches
from the Secretary of State, the other day,
will take from US the vessels building
for US in England. They will clog the nego-
tIation of the cotton bonds. and will make
Louis Napoleon wary, if not irritable.
Larger armies than have vet been in the
field viii have to be summoned there before
We ge1 peace. They must also be fed. The
song Of peace may yet lead our armies TO
starvation. Let this be avoided.
Peace can be got now only hrough re-
union with the free States. | have dreamed
of ovr Confederaey mighty slaveholding
republic, sublime in its simplicity, great in
its proportions, grand in its unity and out
line; stretching its fame and heneticence
from sea to sea- and continent to continent,
while with equal zeal il threw its loving arms
around its humblest and its proudest citizen,
aud saved him from foreign aggression, or
a avenged foreign wrong. But II we are to
have a composite government, chequered and
u heterogeneous, then peace to the soldier
dead whose graves mark every furlong OF
q the road between the Rio Grande and the
n Potomac-honor to the noble women and
clergy. who breathed life into our holy strug-
gle, and, to the future-dust and ashes
i CAROLINA.
ii E1~ We have the most distressing ac-
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