The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-31

n. Hruco1sos1 Esesee - Gsvenss vsaes.
TAe rsadeso & ne D;pssca casaot fall 10
bsstsaek y ~ tacts. atgunents, srd grave
saA wel9Aty sleQasacs oe THE Re ArkAbls
doeunsat II = tina iAr unanswered. sad
=. 10 verify hestsvs, altogether uuanswers-
bic. How caa fseeident Davis make say O.
fort 70 bring about restoration o. rcace
How CO lsopea negotiations Tor that desl-
rable rurposey Every attempt 70 coA1u-
nicate, even upon sahjects invoiv'n sshc
conmonest lnterests Of humanity. with the
desposism q Washipgtou, he's been rejected
With acorn. The tyrs1t has already proclaim
adtAe only terms upon which he win allow -
20 breathe the cir, which u the common in-
hssitaace or al mankind; Of the slave - well
q Il the ftes; Of tho captivcin bis dungeon.
. wsIl . OF the Klag upon his throne
He has not exhibited the slightsst symptons
oe disposition to relax the rigor Of these
lorna ladeed, his Interpreters say, that
even they were not meant for such - are
utin rebslllous, but Tor those abjcct wretch
q, who haYe already thrown away their arms,
and embraced the knees and kissed the
fset Of the tyraat.
But suppose The chanuel of communica.
ton were open. sappose we could have
ftss access 70 tho royal person, and no Oh.
stacle were opposed to our opening nego-
tiation. Does It become US to be the 6rst to
sus tor reaces We are the injured party.
4 most wicked, most wsnton, most un-
justi6abie war has been made npon us, the
only pretext Tor 1t being that we claimed
certain rights which We maintain to be In.
dubitable and inalicnable. In the prosecution
Of this war series OF atrocities has been
psrpetrated without any parallel in the his.
tory Of modern civilization. We have acted
during the whole time entirely on the de-
fenslve. We have been willing. always, and
90 No have long since proclaimed, to be at
psace. - coon - our enemy would consent
70 let us alone. Has no shown any DISPOSE.
tion to let ~ alones On the contrary, is he
not ct this very moment waging the war
upon scale moro gigantic, and system
more atr0cious, than ever before? And
should We crawl upon our knees to his foot
stool, with our petition In our hand, and
say, upon such time you wantonly burned
such yillage-upon such another, You muir.
dered 30 many Of cur helpless cItlxens-on
such another, again, you laid waste whole
district without provocation, driving thou
sands into exile, reducing thoueands to pau
psrism, and causing, probably, the death Of
Thousands BY staryation-and for all these
kindly avos shown to ~ and ours, We beg
you to mako peaces"
In all cases Of quarrel between individuals
It Il the man who does the wrong that onght
TO 6ut propose reconciliation. The man
who suffers II cannot take such q step with
out humiliation. By parity Of reasoning,
In sll wArs, the aggressor ought to make the
inst sdvances to peace. The injured nation
or people cannot do it without sslf-abase--
ment. In our case It Ia certain that nothipp
but absolute sub mission would do, and Lin
coin has already proclaimed the terms on
which he will condeecend to receive oar
submission. These proposals to initiate
peace propositions On our eide are 10 the
last degree pernieious. They generate q
treas enable spirit where 1t did not exist be-
fore. and keep 1t alive where it cM-ana
that, too, whatever msy be the intentions Of
those with whom they originate. We re-
greet to ses the authority OF such q name as
Gov vAuce's given to proceedings so ofjes-
tionshle.
We ere for peace, too. Bat the neg0tia.
tors whom we would employ are Lee,
Johnston, Bsauregard, Kirby Smith, Dick
Taylor, and their companions in arms.