Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-22
A DenSeratsc View Of Peace.

1t is net often that we find anything
in the Des aIoines Statesman worthy of
special commentator, but we cannot
refrain from making an extract from an
editorial, Of the 18th inst, in which one
Byington is shown up. To those who
talk and write SO hippantly about Peace
on any terms, we commend the States
mans language:
What kind OF a peace does Mr.. Byington want,
and what is it expected to accomplish by this
peace? Dos his am ition cOvet peace which
ack nowledges the independence of the South !;
shuts Off the West from an outlet to the CUT,
and compels its people to declare for separate
independence? Does it covet q peace which
snal destroy the indepen ience of the States,
impair our prosperity and credit as n nation,
and reduce us to the condition Of pickering,
warning States, like Mexico and South America,
torn by faction and subject to the dictatorship
of every ambitious military autOcrat, who can,
from motives OF political ambition or plunder,
attach to his interests a party? Does 1t covet a
peace which shall reduce US to Il fOurth-rate
bower subject US to insult from foreign poten-
tateS. i'm DCVerish and demOraliZe Us as Il people,
and induce emigration from The country, rather
than immigration Does it coVet peace
which shall sink the Republic trLo an Empire?
70 submit to such an ignob,e end. % so tritie
with the legacy bequeathed to us by an honored
and gallant ancestry, To ignore all responsible
ty to posterity, " ,ufd entitle us to posthumous
fame more lasting and degrading than that
clothes in infamy the bloody deeds the treach-
erou. and nhunan sacrifices of Robespierre
Peace now is to recognize the indepen-
dence of those who have committed the
overt act of treason. 1t is to cut off the
West from the Gulf and the Atlantic; to
divide the American Republic into
fragments. Peace now will bankrupt
our people and place US at the mercy OF
the grasping monarchs and crowned
heads of Europe. Peace, sued for by the
American government, is cowardice,
devoutly prayed for by rebels. He who
advocates peace upon any other terms
than an unconditional surrender those
in rebellion, is q coward, or rebel. There
are but the two classes who desire peace
until the National authority is re-estab-
lished over all our soil and people.
The Statesman takes correct view OF
the consequences of g peace such as the
Byingtons and Thayers advocate.
English Technicaiity.
The special pleading of John Bull
Lancaster, in defending his act ofsmug-
Cling off the pirate Semmes, is not very
remarkable, so consistent is it with the.
character of English sympathizers with
our rebellion. Semmes had despatched
a boat to the Kearsarge, surrendering
his vessel and her contents to the Uni
ted States Government. In the mean
time the piratical craft is found to be in
a sinking condition. Her, officers and
crew were prisoners of war. Mr.. Ian.
caster, the owner of an English yacht
was near at hand, and was requested by
Capt. Winslow to rescue the drowning
men. The yacht having saved Semmes
and others, crowded all sail, not for
Cherbourg, distant only nine miles, but
for the English coast, and now seeks to
justify his smuggling conduct by alleg-
ing that Capt. Winslow did'ntrequest
him to rescue the drowning men as pris
oners of war" That's what we cal
ment will look at this act of Lancaster
in its true light. A government vessei
attacks an ocean pirate. An English
vessel, protesting neutrality, steps il
and wrests from the victorious Winslow
and his brave men the fruits of that
victory. Is such an act of the British
flag indicative of neutral spirit? We
hope reparation will be demanded.
eG- 1t is stated that Governor Morton
has Acknowledgements into the rebellious
States to secure recruits toward the quo
ia of Indiana. The Eastern States have
been cleaning with more or less success
in this field, and are preparing to renew
their efforts under the authority of the
government, which they lacked before.
General Sherman, however, as we learn.
has forbidden the entrance of any OF
these agents within his lines.