Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-30
OUR PEACE PARTY,

over lin is Love. Those Democrats" who
lately would not touch Peace without recon-
struction. will now be willing TO take it
straight" As the flying farmers and their
families - trooping across the Susquehanna,
these noble constitutional objections to Lin
coins dcspaiSm gain force and volume. West
ern Peace-pemocratS hold up again their heads
Of copper; and Illinois thundcrs back to lndi
ana-shalow calling unto shalow-to demand
back Yallandigham and Peace, and the Con-
stitution of their fathers: document which
they were very near forgetting, and which
would probably have become utterly obsolete
but for General Lee.
We cali this a peace movement; and OF the
most balmy kind. Tue thing that has pcrpct-
uated and eSaspcratcd this war has been the
helpless doting about an honorable peace
here at the South. The more we talked Of
peace the more they assailed us with war !:
now that We arc likely to give them their fill
of war, YOU will see them thirsting and hun
reri.g for peace. The Confederate press now
sees this policy in its true light; and is ac-
cording!y making for the things which belong
unto peace, i'll the only way that blessing is
ever to be obtained. From many eloquent ar
ticles which come to us this morning We So
lect two samples which so right to the point,
The Richmond Dispatch" wishes to seek peace
aud ensue it, On the following system:
Were our troops to burn harrisburg. the
loss to the enemy WOULD not counterbalance the
loss we have sustained in the article of ne
groes alone. We say, then. make the whole
Pennsylvania Valley an astonishlncnt to future
generations. Let the traveller, in times to
come, lift up his hands with amazement. us be
does in those countries denounced in the Old
Testamsnt-once tlourShing communities. now
how,iug wildernes>cs. 1t was said that no
blade of grass ever grew where the horse Of
Attila had once set his foot" Let the Com
te.!cra,e army initiate the leader Of the Hans
in dis particular. The Valley Of Pcnn<ylva-
MIA onieGt to become u sea of fame, like the
prairie, of the Western world. Nothing should
he left that man could eat, or sleep upon.
or shelter himself. or procure food with.
All this might be donc--;hc land might be
turned into desert, and vet the balance Of
destruction would be against us. Tho whole
city OF Philadelphia, if burnt to the ground.
would not pay for the negroes they have ear
r;cd off. Weare opposed to plundcring-.t
ruins the discipline OF an army, and turns it
over an easy prey 10 the enemy. But we
would have every house Quilted and the con-
tents set on fire. Thus only can we get even
with ;his yillainous foe, who has no compunc-
tions Of conscience, no regard for the laws OF
war. no respect for the uSages of civilized so
cetv Fl" belief in the truths OF Revelation, no
fears o.! punishment i'll another wcr!d, no re-
vercncc for God and no mercy for his fellow
ma,l> lie should receive the measure that he
has nre;ci uu; ;vu>-siIould receive 1t III full.
and if lie gets :; little more than his due there
is no great harm douc.
They wage this kind of war because
they hate us, individually and collectively
hate every man, woman and child in the
Southern Cunfedcracy. Tie only ray 10 step
II is TO rctaiiate.
The Savannah "News" is more biblical,
AMI not less to the point. Says the = News"
And the prophet Samuel hewcd Agag in
pieces, for the neglect Of which Saullost his
Kingdom Aud when manned in both hands
and feet, Adonizebek acknowledged that God
hal Justly requiteI him for having caused
three score and ten kings to gather their meat
under his table MANNED in like manner in
both hands and feet. Retribution, at times,
becomes as positive duty as feeding the hun
CRY and clothing the naked. Men Ike Ahab,
sold to work wickedness, cannot appreciate
forbearance or Kindness. To turn such men
loose when taken in war is only to renew and
help forward the dire causes that bring on
the war 1t is, in fact, turning our hand
against our own flcsh-sacrifcing our homes,
our families. and. perhaps, our whole nation
a.. lao, 1a1, tbnrn no npr
destruction Our enemies have wantonly de-
stroved private property beyond all compu-
tation-they have stolen and robbed by mil |
lons-thcy have murdered without cause
great numbers of quiet, unofendpg, unarmcd |
cit;zens-and these deeds have been sanction |
cd and applauded at the North by wives. motif |
crs. daughters ministers Of the gospel. and
almost the entire communicated. these arc |
the very ones that have urged on the conflict |
and eagerly received the spoils of robbery and |
pllase.
Surely. if ever rctribution
and retaliation were Just, now is the time |
the time TO carry the war into their own ter |
ritory-plundcr their harvests and the folds |
till our own SO often plundercd citizens be re-
paid from the stores of wealth drawn from the |
encmy-iay waste their country, burn their |
villages aud towns. and make our foes drain |
to the dregs the bitter cup they have So UNI
fcclingly pressed to our lips. Let their plum |
dering lordcs rot under the soil they have so |
long coveted, and their own land become |
as dcsolatc as they have sought to make |
ours.
* = When they fly in constcrna-
ton from their burning homcs--see their own |
fields laid waSte--thcir impoverished fum- |
lies seeking bread among strangers. then.
,f t1n,r
granting Us an honorable and equitable
peace.
Precisely 50. While we regret tho violence
of expression to which these writer's give way
(ior we arc ever moderate and tcmpcratcl, yet
they have both evidently got hold Of Peace by
the right end and STA has General Lee. Lin
coin is very much in the way Of the peace
movement amongst Northern Democrats. We
think there'is considerable danger that they
may lynch the worthy man. Evidently the
New York Herald" which has fast been
makinsitsc the organ of the Peace Democrats
is seeking to brighten him, and to induce him
10 abscond from Washington, and leave the
whole Internal business to take care of itself.
That treachcrous paper and its correspondents,
are painting in the most alarming coors the
danger of Washington: insisting that Wash
ington is the sole prize now aimed ut by the
Confederate army. If they succeed in running
him off, with his whole cabinet, the stage would
be clear for truly efficient Peace Party.
Yet, still, we place no confdcnce in their best
efforts, unless they are aided by the continued
exertions of our own Peace party, which we call
the Army of Northern Virginia.
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