Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

ton OF hosthtes and negotiations. If
they could reach that point they would
feel that the conflict of arms would not be
renewed, and that some settlement could
! be effected which would leave them in the
future in the enjoyment of life, liberty and
happiness. One side or the other must
conquer. Will five millions Of whites con-
quer twenty millions of the same race2
Wlll they conquer peace on the very
soil OF these twenty millions Moth any
event, if these twenty millions possess or.
binary manhood and will fight. They
fought at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg,
and they worsted US at the latter place.
Northern troops are not cowards-they
| fight nearly as well as Southern troops
We cannot achieve signal victories over
them on their own soil. What then? If
the worst is destined to overtake us, would
it not be wise and prudent to take less
than the worst, provided we could do so
compatibly with honor ?
" 1t is the TO consult reason and com
mon sense, and to discard passion. That
peace cannot be attained by fighting
merely, is now apparent TO all. In the
language of highly intelligent friend,
who writes us from county bordering
on the South Carolina line, the people are
tired of this awful war, 1t must end at
some time, and there must be starting
point to an end. Let our next congress
slonal elections turn on the propositions,
that congress shall appoint commissioners
to meet others on the part of Lincoln, to
make an honest effort to stay the effusion
of blood, by an honorable adjustment
We spoke just now of the worst Detailing
our people as the result of this war. What
is the worst ? Itwould be the condition
of provincial dependence on the federal
government, each state being ruled by a
military governor, as Tennessee is, and
the emancipation Of our slaves in our
midst That would be the worst. If the
war continues is it not likely that this will
happen? Judging the future by the past,
(and we have no other means Of Judging
we fear it will"
The editor of the Memphis Bulletin has
conversed with many men of Judgment
and influence recently from the South, and
gives the following as the substance of his
conversation:
st is useless to disguise the fact that
the people of the South are earnestly anx-
ious that the United States should make
some proposals of peace, on the basis of a
restoration of the Union. Nor will they
be guided by the opinions, views or feel
ings Of those who have led them astray.
The newspapers do not represent the SEN
timents of the masses of the South. On
the contrary, they (the newspapers) are
ignored and their sentiments cursed by
large proportion of the people. Our in
formant has travelled through Alabama,
Georgia and Western North Carolina, and
has come to the deliberate conclusion that
the people are ripe for the restoration of
the Union on anything like an honorable
basis.
The army is wearied and worn. The
men are disheartened and deserving by
scores. The conscription laws are ineffec-
tive where there is not force to enforce
their provisions. The people are tired out
with the contest They feel that they
have been mistaken in their views, and
the best thing they can make of bad un.
dertak;ng is toreturn to their allegiance and
duty, and thus relieve their country as far
as possible from the terrible calamitles I'M
der which she is at present suffering.
A special dispatch from Vicksburg to
the St. Louis Democrat says,
GA very important movement is on
foot in Mississippi, looking to the bring
ing of that State back into the Union.-
Some of the best, wealthiest and most infu-
entail citizens are in the movement Mr..
Montague of Lake Providence. native of
Louisiana and Union man of the strong
est kind, but who enjoys the confidence of
many of the planters who are on
the fence, asserts that the Union feeling is
growing wonderfully in the State and
this is but one of dozen different sources
from which comes intelligence of the exis-
tence of this feeling. 1t has its origin in
the general impression is obtaining
ground that the Confederacy is played out
Gen. Grant himself believes that this re-
vulsion of feeling in favor of the Union to
be very extensive"