The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-29

mitted, yet regarded as only admitting
Of lower grade of piety than the con-
ventiOnal cowl; when the cloister and
the rope were the sufficient type Of the
worlds piety.
Exciting Scene In the Rebel Congress.
North Carolina Members. Views OF
Peace.
In the rebel House of Representa-
tives on the fth inst, Mr.. James 81
Leach asked leave to make a personal
( explanation lie noticed in the FIX
aminer, an article making an attack
upon the people Of North Carolina in
| general, and those of his district and
himself in particular After reading
\ the articles, he entered into a lengthy
/ criticism upon it. lie said the rumOrs
and charges against his people origin
ated in the State; that they came
1 from clamor gotten up By certain
I disappointed parties who had vented
! their spleen by grossly misrepresenting
! those who had received the support
and counten n e Of the people. lt Olig
/ mated with men VINO denounced tine
! present Governor as a peace man and
traitor. Mr.. J. said he was q peace
mana peace man upon the principle
/ of recognizing the independence Of the
/ Southern Confederacy. Said he was in
favor OF the appointment of Commis-
| siOners to be ready to treat with the
I United States whenever they were viii
l ing 20 treat with us as had been done
/ in the Revolutionary war, in the war of
/ 1872, and during the Mexican war He
I said the people Of his district were as
loyal and devoted to the Southern
cause as those of any other in the Con.
federacy. lie said they had sent to us
the army more men in proportion to
their population than any district in the
South. They had proved their devo-
ton to the cause upon almost every
battlefeld-had molly fallen with
"their feet to the enemy and their face
to the sky. lie said he was prepared
to prove that there had been fewer de
Z sertiOns from the troops of North Caro-
Ia than from those of any other State
in the South
lie said the views he entertained urOn
peace were the same that had been ex-
pressed by the Nice-Presideut of the
COnfederacy and many other distin-
guished men in the South lie said
that il was true that there was much
opposition to the late act passed for the
suspension to the writ Of habeas corpus
and since the publication of Mr. Steph-
ems speech it had much increased. lIe
/ had intended himself 10 Introduce
/ bill to repeal the late ACT
lie had heard that the act had
/ been passed for the purpose Of suppres-
/ sing public sentiment in North Carroll
ma. If so, its object had been and
would be defeated While the people
Of North Carolina were willing to make
any and every sacrifice for the honor
I able prosecution Of the war, they would
not quietly submit to the destruction OF
their rights and liberties
Mr. j. T. Leach also rose to O person
al explanation The article i'm the Ex-
aminer, he had no doubt, alluded 10
him. He said he Endorsed every word
that had been said by his colleague
He said he was a peace man-iOr an
honorable peace-peace that viii do
justice 10 those that commenced the
war, and those who have sacrificed their
all upon the altar OF their country tie
otAAA tAt WttA q lAAttAAr anu MnAa4f
stand by the cause Of the sunny South,
and was willing 70 make any proper
sacrifice for its success. But lie said
is it any discredit 10 man 10 be in
favor OF peace 2 How are you to put
~ end to the war without negotiation,
and how were you to negotiate without
being in favor of peace2 Commissions
ers had been appointed in all wars we
ever had to bring about the cessation
Of hostilities and puta stop 10 the shed
ding Of blood lie said we must las
aside all this spirit Of vilifcation and
prejudice which seemed 70 tll the
minds of 30 many persons upon this
subject The people Of North Carolina
had been abused and yilliiied more
than those Of al States Of the South,
and why was it Was it because she
had furnished so many thousand noble
and true men, who had sacrificed their
all for the cause
lie said that il was true there was
disloyGlty there-a dislOyalty that be
was proud ola 'disloyalty that is op-
posed to bad laws and worse admins
tration lie said that the recent act
suspending the writ Of habeag corpus
had created disl0yalty there.
Mr.. Staples desired % ask the gen
tleman a question. Are you for peace
or any other terms than that OF the
South
Mr. Leach am for peace on the
basis Of the independence Of the South
if it can be obtained but IL not, then
am for peace on the best terms We can
get, short Of subiugation. is the gen
tleman satisfied
Mr. Staples--'l am not" And was
about 10 proceed 10 address the House,
when Mr Atkins, Of Tennessee, object
ed, a unanimous consent being neces-
sary, and further debate prevented
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