The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-09-02

no hope
/ know your motives. Colonel Jaec2e>
and honor YOU for them; 5ut what can
DO more than | am doing? would give IA,
poor life, gladly il il would bring peace an
good will 10 the two countries but i wop-.
not. Ii Is with Your own people you shou.,
labor Il IS they who desolate our homes
burn our wheat fields. break he wheels %
wagons. carving away cur women and chll
dren. and destroy supplies meant Tor Qua
sick and wounded. Al Your door lies al III
misery and the crime Of this w4r. an! :; Is d
fear:ul,-ieartGl account.
Not al Of 1t. Mr.. Davis. ! admit a ieaT-
frl account. but il is no; OH at our door
the passions of both sides are aroused. In
armed men a.e hanged, prisoners are shot
duGl in cold blood. By yourselves Element,
of barbarism are entering the war from ho'i,
sides. ,hat should make us--you a'd me, a.
Christian meE-shudder 10 think OF. L.
Gods name. rh-n, lei Us stop 1t. Let Us Gu
somelh'n-. cs'c-ie something, TO bring abou,
peace. You cannot expect with .nlv fonr
and a hal! millions, as Mr.. Benjamin says
Won have. TO hold out forever against tsentj
Millions
Again Mr. Davis smiled.
10 YOU suppose there are twenty millions
a, the North determined TO crush Us ,
Il dr.-,0 crush your G0rsrRmsnt. 4
small numhsr OF our people, very sma!.
number. are your iriPnds,- SeeessioniS'-.
The rest differ about measures and candid
steS. bIi are united in the determination ic
suStain TIE linen. Whoever i elec.ei II
Noverter. he must be committed to 4 Iisor-
Gus prosecution Ct the war
Nj Davis still locking increlalols, r.
mar.-l--
1t Is 81. Sir. Whoever tells YOU other
wise. d-reiyes you. think l know North
ern sentiment, aat assure yon il j SO. You
know We have system Of lyceum-lectCring
in our large towns. At the close Of these
lectures, Il is the custom Of tn people L
,ssnc upon The platform and talk with thr
lecturer, THIS gives him an eZcellen. oppoT-
tunitv II learning public sentimen. Last
" nl,r | leciured before nearly hundred o;
s,.rh associations. ali ever ihe Norih.-!rom
Dubuque T. Bangor,-aGd | toak pains 10
>.rT Z The feeling 0, lie prop.e. | ioant
= Unanimous deierm.HaJi Il y crus.. N. -tbe.-
lon aid ssve t!ie CaiOa a. eyeIE sacrifice
IL E.ai 5ri,y are Ill tsv-C OF Nj i-ineoa,
All nrA..y al @. those opposed IA him ~.r
op posed To him hecau,y lasy tA.Eh ice dos
an- H. i va VIII eno2gi viso-.
The radical Ernna ic.l-. 40 . .ur >,1Fe-
-u.lra-r a:.l lo.su.h soafsca,ion. ar tnos-
$40 wiil q. l,,a: him # he Is defeated. But
4 ar : l-t.s'r,! before the people. The House
a. e.-,. . y,urs1 raan-wUr>e | mean Tor
Sen. Il ! rla.r radical Than he is.-yol
c5a So TIA, from Mr.. Ashiey's recouS'r'ic-
tian hi.l.-auL the people ere more r--:.-.
l.aa ,a- House. Mr.. Lincoln. X, oa. :
.be2t - call out FIVE hundred thou> mi nlor-
nea. and dom, see how You oa4 re>.> :,
ma.h longer: blt if YOU 10, YOU w'l onl!
deepen the ra1ica! feeling o. The Ncr,h-rn
o-orl.. In, wound nOw -.ye You TAR, nor
ara 49,. .,-..-.",.S Terms. Lut let Them suffer
:!-su r * let there be dead man n every
house - 'ne-- : now II every village. AMI
,hev W. give You no terms.-they VII iasist
on hang, every rebel south ot-Pardon
M Tern. | mean no offence.
You giye no offence he replied, sailing
v-rt PIE sanity. | wouldn't have W pick
YOU words. This is p frank. free talk. aaa
Ike you tae better for SAYING shat Won
lhi :. G0 on
! vl> merely gong to adj. that r; Tie
Ne~.h IN people once really feei the wa>-
the. 30 not tr..l il yet-and they vi. insist
OF ha-siu. every one % yoGr Leaders.
WI. admitting all yen sax. | can't see
as. it a.i-c,s ong position. There are >oue
I!i.-s worse fhan hanging OF rxttrn,' all -
~ r,.Nr~ giving up tie right IF ..:-soy-
.rnsl.ut one OF tho~- ,hin-s.'
3y >e.i government You mean d.>Q, .ori
5 'L'heru independence
It.'
And slavery. yo1 say. Is TO longer Al e.
emen' in the contest
y. i : Lot. Il never was IN essential
,.r:ne-, l. waS ONLY means IF bringing
o'H-v aauti.c;ing dement's to an earlier c2l
niLitian II tired the musket which al
real, .pped a..i loaded. ih.rt are essen
ti4l dill renrrS between me North an! South.
that VI however this war NAV end, max.
them Two nations.
.Iau ask me II slv wha, | thiok. NJ.
you allos me 70 say that know tie South
pretty Wi, AID never observed thoSa differ
-acc>
Then Yen have not used Your eye>. Ny
sight : poorer than yours, but | have seen
lnym tor wears
T laugh was upon me, and Nr. benja-
min e ioyed i.
Wei, Sir, be that As it may. If | under
ST ini you, the dispute between Your govern
menl and ours Is narrowed doan u this ;
Union OF DiSunion-'
'Y.,; or. TO pa; Ii L. other words, I4ie-
Itndeace or Suhjusaiiau.
Ihe4 She tgo governments are irr-con-
cilahv apart. They have no alternative b9,
10 + :4t J. out. Bat, 1t Is no; so Win the
people Tnav are tired of fighting ani wait
aaa.e: and, aS they bear al the burden al {.
>al..r.ns of th- war, : i NJ. right they
suou.G lave peace. and have Il on such terms
as thy ike
i don't understand you be li,,l. more
explicit.
VEL. Suppose the two governments
should as-re to sometime Ike this: T.
to t.e paop.e with two propositions sax
Peace, with D:sgnion and Soutiera iGieptn
lenca. as yaur proposition: and Peace
. s.sA [ aioH, EmGnclpai.sn, NJ ConiiSc2';o2
and Uaiyersal Amnesty as ours. Let Ink
c:,.z.n~ Of ali tue United States as .hry TX.
isteG before tie wa-) vote Yes or No. o..
these Two propositions, at a special elact.or
within Sky dl1s. Ii majority yo.- DIS
uaiol. our government - be bound By ;i
and 1T you &C III peace. If majority vi,
Union, yours 10 be bonnd by it, aad TO s.a,
Ia p-scs. Ine two governments can con
lrac. in ,a:, way, and the people. thoa..
cons,itattonal.y unable to decide On peace o
var, cil eiec- Which c: any lwo proposi
tious sha,. govern their rul-l.. 1t lie an,
Grant, taeanwh;,s, agree - aa armisiice
lnis ~o9ll sheaihe The sword: alI, # onc
saea'hed, It would never again be drawn b
this generation.
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