Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-25
ESTABLISHED, 1881


b. our IA oesHf S0ufhera 6rsfArsa. and
printed IN the report Of The committee.
portion of these are here presented.
koek a. ihsm sn--ihs -laSl page, and re-
member thas the perpetrators Of these
dannaele ernelties are the Peace Dem
ocrais Of the Souih, whom 10. Melon.
aidr pAn voorhees, and Vallandigham
are 50 anxious to hug 10 their afFsetion-
ate oosoms, and the fathers and brothers
OF those who have suffered hy starvation
and death are called upon 10 elee, sveh
men 70 Office
These men say tbey want peace and
70 accomplish il, thev are wiling 10 le'
their eo~eonspirstors prescribe he terms
The onIy conditions ye; offered them
are the following, published Ia the R;cb-
mond Ex4B'iser Of the 18th Of las,
October Read them:
Save on our own terms, We can ac-
cept no p~aee whatover, and must 6ght
till doomsd4y rather than weld one iota
Of them; and oGr terms are.
'Reehgpitiou BY the enemy Of the
Confederate States
Withdrawal Of Yankee forces from
Msryland eunl that State shall decide.
By a free vote, whether she shall remain
In the old Union or ask admission into
the Confederacy.
Consent on the part Of the Federal
| Goyernment 10 give aP 20 the Confede-
racy is proportion 0f the Navy as il
stood at the time OF the secession, or
pay for the same.
yielding up all pretensions on the
part Of The Federal Government to that
portion OF the old Territories which lies
vest of the Confederate States.
An equitable settlement, on The basis
OF our absolute independence and equal
rights, Of al accounts Of the Public
Debt and Public Lauds, aud the advan-
tages aceruing from foreign treaties
These provisions, We appreheld, COM
prise the minimum OF what We must re-
qaire before We lay down our arms.
That is 10 say, fhe North must yield al
'ee, nolliag The whole pretension OF
that eountry to prevent by force the sep
Fration Of the States mnst be abandoned,
which viii be Ap equivalent TO an avowal
that our enemies were wrong from the
first; aud, OF course, as they waged a
causeless and wicked war upon US, they
ought, 10 strict justice, TO Sc required,
according 10 usage in such cases, TO re-
/ imbnrss TO Us the whole Of our expenses
and losses in the course OF that war.
These are the terms Of peace; and
] the Enquirer says further
AS surely as We completely ruin
7 their armies-and without that there is
40 peace nor truce 81 also surely shail
ICE make fAeR pay our tear debi, though
lre lgriag Il 0ut of fheir hearts
I Are the people Of Indiana willing to
get down into The dirt and accept sueh
terms ~
/ These men cry peace, peace" L
ihey want peace Why not say 10 their co
conspiraiors. you made the var Anc
you can make peace. Disband you
armies-go 10 your homes--obey IA,
lass-mainiain the Union of all th'
S,aies-snti their anlhori,y. and you Get
have peace Why do they not do SO
No man more earnestly desires peace
than be whose sworn dntY it Is 70 maxi
every possible effort 20 mAinian th,
Uaiop but he wants that peace whirt
]
I the overshros Of the rebellion and re
tarn Of the people 20 their asieFianee q
4 the 0oveFnmenl This, under God, am
by the assistance OF the loyal portion Q
the people. be will accomplish
In the last speech made by Judg
Douglas on the rebellion, he said.
The conspiracy IS known Armie
have been raised, war is levied 70 accom-
plish H. There are only two sides 10 IN
question. Every man must be for tn
United States or against il There CA
be no nsu'rals in this war, only pafrioi
and traitors
! Douglas was right That's the only !,
sue; all others are raised to deceive lb
psople. Let no man, By bis act, suh
iscl himself 70 be pointed at in afte
, ames gs . traitor 70 his country: no
let him do anything. in this dread hour
which shall cause bic children to blus
, for shame when be shall have left tb
iane Of the irving.
: The rebellion, in favor Of extendin
aud petps.nating slavery, brought th
! continuauce Of that institution directl
, to issue To aid IN putting the rebe
i lion down, il was determined to liberal
: the slaves, as far ss possible, aud 10 Us
| them in our armies Awaiting then
! selves OF the existing prejudice agsiLi
: the negro, the Northern aiders and abe
: tors of the rebellion have proclaime
that the onlg-Object Of the war is |
= place the negro upon social equali
: with the whitesi
The only answer 10 which such tras
is entitled is, 70 give the leaders Of fh
: " Peace Democracy assurances ths
! 90 law shall be enacted 70 prevent thei
! associating with negroes on as perfr'
|, an equality as they may desire, proride
the c.,nsent OF the negroes thsmsslvs
4 be first obtained
!, Il. may be that Providence has permi
, ted The rebellion FOR the purpose of Il
!. ever settling the slavery question.
!. NAV be that the prayers Of the slavl
for deliverauee, which have assembled
!. God for two hundred years, have bee
I. heard at last; and It may Be, that,
!. His divine wisdom, the present is Il
time selected for the last shsckie 70 1
=. wrested from the lacerated limbs
~ humanity; and if so. who will not 10
- fully exclaim, " Let Gods will be done
: Ia ifs eoBsammation behold the graz
and glorions speetaclel Instead Of
government founded on the sighs al
groans Of men and women, as contef
plated 10 the establishment Of the soul
D. ern eonfe8e, acy, We sball have fr
z and united Republic, whose happine
- and prosperity, and all the elements
se greatness shall be far greater than eE
u before known in history.
G No o'her man than be who now b
ir the Executive Char Of the nation es
ie had 80 great q responsibility resting up
20 him. Called TO bis position b. ihs -
g frages Of the people, be dare not shrlf ,r
x from the performance of he defy. 10
" amid all fbe c1res and terrible saxieti
be Of his position, he has honesiiy ~
ed faithfully endeavored 70 perform n
autv none can reasonably doubt To
r. he bas always done what subsegaf
- evaots ks4e sbo~n 10 be the 1isest Ihii
"a "a b. doae, 10 one pretends Il IS n
ar g.ysn 10 man 70 zee into fufurity, nor
= suy one an infAlibie Judgement; and :,