The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-09-16
THE JEFFERsONtAN DEMOCRAT.
The Rebels on Reconstruction Choice
Reading for Copperheads.

ne6ulnS toE OOpPoiuOuuss
1t is repeatedly asserted, BY the rebel
press North, that, had it no, been for the
Emancipation Proclamation, peace would
have been restored before this time. Now
let us see what the rebels said before this
proc
JEFF. Davis, ir bis Message 10 Congress,
in April, 1861, says:
"Our cause is just and holy. We ask no
conquest, no aggrandizemen,, no conces.
sion from The Free States; all we ask is to
be let alone"
The Richmond Dispatch. Of January
lO;b. 1868, says:
III the whole Yankee race should fall
down IN the dus, tomorrow, and ask US 10
be their masters, WE WOULD SPURN
THEM EVEN AS SLAVESl We are
fighting for SEP PARATlOE, and we will
have it, IF 1T COSTS THE LIFE OF
EVERY MAN IN THE CONFEDER-
ATE STATES"
The Augusta Constitutionalist, OF l863.
saws:
1.-The Northern politicians and people
cannot. or will not, open their eyes to the
great fact that a reconstruction OF the
Union is impossible; oil their hopes OF
feace, and their peace propositions, are
based on reconstruction. EF This singu.
lar lallacy or mental deluson ought to be
removed by this time. We have deter.
mined to gain our independence, and we
cannot with honor and profit to ourselves
listen to any proposition other than a com.
plete and unconditional acknowledgment.
Of tha. independence"
The following is from The Richmond
Enquirer before the Anti-slavery policy
was adopted:
The Richmond Enquirer, Of 1862. says:
"The only terms which the Confederate
States can accept, will be the immediate
recognition OF the present Confederate
States, and The permission to the other
States 10 elect their own destiny, and 10
decide whether .heir future shall be with
the Confederate States or with the United
States"
The Richmond Enquirer. Of January,
1868. says: "On no terms whatever will
the South consent 10 political association
with the North. There is no concession
which they can grant. or human imagina-
lion frame, which could render the idea
aught but in,oierable 10 the Southern
mind. EEWhen the North wants peace.
she can obtain it by recognizing the indt.
pendencs of the Southern States. Her
proper method to secure this result, so de.
siraJle to her, would be at once to with
draw her armies from Southern soil, and
send her commissioners 20 this capital
NOT EVEN TO BRING ABOUT AN
HONORABLE PEACE. CAN THE
SOUTH MAKE THE SLIGHTEST AID.
VANCE TO THE NORTH" ....
Vice President Stephens. Of the Con.
federste Government. stopped at Char,
lolte, North Carolina. July 18th. 1868,
and was serenaded by the citizens. In a
speech to them, he said: "As for recon.
struetion, such thing was impossible ,
such an idea must not be tolerated for an
instant. Reconstruction would not end
the war, but would produce more hor-
rible war than that in which We are now
engaged. The only terms upon which
we can obtain permanent peace is 6nal
and complete separation from the North"
The Examiner. in speaking OF Gov
Seymour's opening speech at the Chicago
Convention, says: "The tenor Of his re.
marks was conciliatory, but his whole
speech Was based upon the contingency
Of the restoration OF the Union--a thinl
the South can Rever consent TO-