, 1864-08-21

fn1 acccnnt, but 1t ls not all at cur door, |
The passions Of both sides nrc aroused. Uu-
armed men arc hanged, and prisoners are |
9aeo Eements a1 Of bar5srism are en;erlns Tic war
On both sides that should lnake us-7ou and |
me, a. Christian mcu--shudder to think Of |
In God name, tLen, let us stop It. Let Us |
10 something, concede something, to bring !
atout peace; fou Gannot expect, With only
So, you hare, to hold out forever against
twenty Millions
again MI. Davis smiled.
"Do on suppose there arc twenty m}liions |
ut tho North determined to crush US s"
"1do-to crush your government Asna1l
number Of our people, very small nunbsr,
differ atont measures and candidates, but are
united in the determination to Sue ta!n the
Unlon. Whoever Is elected In November, he
must be Committed to vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war;"
Mr. Davis still looked incrcdulous. i re-
marked--
ait is SO, sir Whosver tells You other
%ise deceivcs you. think know northern
sentiment, ana assure 5ou 1t is So You know
We baye system Of lYceum-1ecturiug In our
large towns: At the close OF these lectures
the platform and talk with the lecturer.
This gives hum an excellent opportunity Of
learning public sentiment. Last winter
1ectured before nearly q hundred such asso-
clstions all over the korth-trom Dubuque
feeling OF the people. I found q unanimous
determination to crush the rebellion and
save. the Union at every sacrifice. The
majority are In favor of Mr. Lincoln, aud
nearly al Of those opposed to him are op-
posed to him because they think he does
radical. Republicans, who 60 for slave
suffrage md thorough contiscatlon are those
who will defeat him If he Ia to be defeated.
hut II be Is defeated before the people the
House will elect Worse mau-1 mean Woraa
can SEQ that from Mr. Ashley'a reeonstfnc-
ton bn1-and the people are mora radical
about to call ont FIVE hundred thousand
moro men, and can't see how you can re-
ov est deeaen f6pgs5 es 81 ss NoF @
ern people. They will now give yon fair,
honorable, generous terms; but let them
sufIer much more, let there be dead uan 1n
every house, as there 10 now In every village,
they Will give you no terms-the3 will Insist
don NJ terms I mean no offense-"
Yuu give no oftense," he replied, Smiling
very pleasantly. wouldn't have Yon pick
your words This is frank, free talk, and
llke ye9 the better for saying what rou
think. Go on.n
II was merely going to say that, let the
Northern people once really feel the war
they do not feel It yet-and they Will insist
on hasgtog every one Of your leaaeEs-''
"Well. admitting al you say, can't see
how 1t affects our positlon. There are some
things worse than hanging or exteIminstion.
esnmcnt one Of those things"
"BJ selgovernmcnt you mean dis1nion
-senthern Independence"
"a "And I'd slavery. yo9 say, Is no longer m ele-
"No, 1t is not; it never was an esssnsias
element 1t was only a means OF bringing
other conflicting elements To an earlier cu}-
mination- It fred the musket which was a.
ready capped and Iosded. There arc essen
tial differences between tbs North and the
| South that Will, ho@eyer this WAT may end,
make them two nations."
"Tou ask me to say what think. Will
you Bllow ne to say that know the South
cnces."
"Then you have not used your eyes. NY
lii m for years."
The. laugh was upon me, and Mr. Benjamin
aWell cir, be that as 1t may, If l UNDER
stand you, The dispute bstween your gov
eminent and ours Ia narrowed down to this:
Yes; or to pnt 1t in other words: Inde-
pen1tncc or 6nbjngation,"
Then the two governments are frrecoa.
| cilablv part They have no alternative bnt
| to fight 1t out. But It Is not 50 with the peo-
| peace; and as they hcar all the burden and
suffering of the war, Is It not right they
MS they likc9
II don't understand your, Be q little more
expliclt-''
! MR.. DAVIS RErUaEs AN ARM1ST1CE-
swell, suppose the two governments
| should agree to something like this: To 20
to the people with two propositions; sly
peace, with dlsunion and southern independ-
ence, as your proposition-and peace, With
uuiop, emancipation. no conflscAtton, aud
universal amnesty, as oura Let the citizens
g, al The United M STATES ss they existed b.
two propositions, at special election within
sixty days 1t majority votes dlsnnion,
cur governmEnt to be bound By It, and 10 lei
you 70 In peace. If u majority yoacs union
yours TO Bio bound BY 1t, and to stay In peace
The two governments caa contract In this
Way, and the people, though constttustonaity
unable to decide on peace or Wat, can elect
which Of the two proportions shall govorr
their rulers. Let Lee and Graut, meanwhile
agree to an armiatice. This would sheatl
never aenu be drawn by this generation"
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