Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-07-27
Peace with the Rebels.

Few persons probably spend a
thought upon the manner in which
peace can be made with the rebels. for
if they did no man, or woman either,
having the least regard for honor, for
patriotism, or for self-respect, would
be so utterly lost to all sense Of shame.
so abject and degraded, as to say they
are in favor Of Peoce on any terms! We
have met with few who gave utter
ance to the infamous sentiment, but
satisfied that they are either rebels at
heart or ignorant as selfish, we leave
the future to deal with them and their
/ posterity, for they will as surely be
marked as ever was Hessian or Tory
in the Revolution. When therefore y
foolish man talks of 'peace on any
terms" we hope some one will ask him
what he means? For instance. Jef
| Davis claims Maryland--is he in favor
OF giving it to him, and thus making
Pennsylvania a border State and the
! future scene of all wars that would
take place? Washington City is op-
posite Arlington Heights in Virginia
is he in favor Of having a foreign
/ government occupying them, so as to
shell that city and destroy all it con-
tains? Washington City is in Mary
land proper-is he in favor of giving
him that. Virginia and Kentucky
border the Ohio river-will he weld
them! Mississippi and Louisiana oc-
cupy both banks Of the Mississippi riv-
er, that great outlet Of the west-will
he consent that foreign power shall
command its banks and mouth? Del
aware, and that copperhead sand bank
New Jersey, might take notion un
der the patent democratic doctrine Of
! State Rights, to secede and Jef claim
| them-will he consent? In fact there
Is no end to the ignominy which a
peace on any terms" man must sub
NIT to, and We know ofno country in the
world where such a man ought to re-
side unless it be the Kingdom of Da.
homy, in Africa, where its ruler some
times Stays a thousand men, women
and children in day to crafty his
appetite for dinner. There the peace
on any terms man would have a fit
master.
Peace can be made, and we believe
ooW, and that too before long in two
ways, First, the rebels can lay down
their arms, and submit to the clemencv
OF government which never did them
any wrong; and strange as it may
sound to copperhead croakers in the
nOrth-aye, even in our midst-there
are abundant reasons for believing that
settled gloom and dependency have
come over the deluded people of the
South, and that that dependency is
fast gaining ground in the rebel army,
sure prelude TO submission or de-
struction. Grant undoubtedly has the
hydra headed monster by the throat,
while Sherman is dealing dcath-blows
on its body. Let then the northern
copperheads advise their southern
brethren" to lay down their arms. and
the war ceases. ID The 100000 men
called for by the President will make
a speedy peace, for from the day that
an army of 100000 men will march
Jet,ceen Richmond and Georgia, and
$4,000 or 100000 be added to each
Of our great armies, there is an end to
rebeldom, as one mighty blow would
crush it forever. The way then to
peace is to encourage volunteering, to
cheer our noble soldiers in the field, to
aid the government, and if draft
comes to abide by it without grum
bling; for as we remarked last week,
the man who is not willing to serve
his country and government for one
year of his life in an hour of need, is
unworthy of either. On the other
hand the way to prolongation of the
war is to decry the government, its
bonds, and its notes; to yelp about alb
clifton, taxes, poor man, rich man,
constitution, and hundred other terms /
to be heard from the mouths Of brawl- /
ing politicians and demagogues whose
Gods are office and contracts.
BGy Godey'S Lody's Book, for August,
is on hand. as usual. brim full of fash I