The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-30
From tn PHILADELPHIA Mercury, Neutral.
A WAR OF DIFFERENTIATION.

There are some indications that the parti-
sans Of iir. Lincoln begin to find out that
tho have had lottery and drawn the eie-
pnen. Just before the late Presidential
election, It was regarded by the supporters
Of the ADMINISTRATION as quite dIsloyal to
even III ggest the idea of making peace with
the e'febe,tioa except BY force of arms. But
NOW that thu election is over and the Abo-
litiors party has carried the day against those
who were willing to end the war; it possible,
b. a,nica1le negotiation, we find the leaders
of The unconditional war party crying out
for a reace conference and declaring their
diapositiou to offer very liberal terms to the
Conta lerates if they will cease fighting and
come back into'the Unien. General Benja-
min T. Butler, in recent speech in New
York boldly recommended the policy of pro-
posing peace to the Confcderates on the con
ditior Il their returnining to their allegiance
to the National Government, with the guar
'sntee 10 them Of full amnesty and a res
toyation O! all their rights as equals under
the Constitution. Well, that is just what
,4he Democrats in convention at Chicago pro-
nose4, and no more nor less But General
Butler went or to say that if the terms to
be offered are not accepted, then the war
,hai be prosecuted as war Of e1termina-
t.on, ard that the lands Of the Southern
Contet!erates shall he seized as prize OF war,
and Dartioned out among the soldiers and
the Garp followers: This is very character
isrc Of Butler, and is also great deal be-
vonl anything that the Democrats cortem
plated in the event Of failure of their et-
forlS to make peace by negotiation
.S'3nt General Butler and his party may
find that a war of determination viii ncces-
ssl1iy end long before it can be prosecuted
totha accomplishment Of its atrocious pur-
pose. The war, as thus far waged, has not
been a success on the side Of the Govern
nnent and if we may credit some OF the
organs of the Administration, it is not likely
to prosper much more in the future, unless
its OBJECTS and mode OF prosecution are rad
ically changed The New York Daily Times,
Mr.. Raymond paper, says
Il try it every way and cannot cypher out
pace so lang as the North INSISTS upon
Su15usattag the Sout,-governing 1t By bul-
lets and bdUotS-and so Tong as the South
rcsists this sutJugGtion, the acar must go on,
The Russian war in Circassia lasted twenty
wears. The Spaniards and Moors aoere at
tsar eiqht hundred gears The Moors have
been driven out or Spain, and Circassia has
been conquered the remnant Of the people
who refused to submlt to h'lssla taking re-
fuge with the Turks. In ten, Or t,oenty, or
tdirlv years. the Southerners who have not
escaped to Canada or Europe may take re-
fuge in Mexico. ".
Just SO, But will the people stand war of
thirty years for subjugating the South, at
the rate of three millions of dollars day,
ana the slaughter Of one hundred thousand
men per year2 Whether they would or not,
il is pretty certain that they could not
Moreover, what would conquest of the
Southern territory involve as a necessary
condition Of holding it? Here is rough
calculation: There are one thousand coun-
ties in actual or covert rebellion, containing
over seven millions Of white and four mil
lions of black population. To keep the
reople of these counties in suhiection, will
require thousand men in every county, or
IA million of men in one Thousand countiesto
garrison them and to aid in collecting taxes,
suppressing guerillas, and enforcing the
law. From this estimate, men may readily
calculate the certainty or uncertainty OF coh'
auering the rebels on General Buffers plan,
aud the value of such a conquest could ii
be accomplished How long shall We be
befooled with such absurdities? ..