Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04

a"N sh"u'e G" starving III theif MONIES, nave lei
could risk my life TO save them. For that res
son am here; aud am grieved, grieVsd, tha
there is no hope.
% know your motives, Colonel Jaquess, ant
honor you for them but what can do NOR,
than am doing! would give my poor life.-
gladly, II it would bring peace and goodwill Il
the two countries, but il would not 1t is will
your own people you should labor. II is theJ
who desoiate our hsmes. burn our wheat fields
break the wheels Of wagons carrying away out
/ women and children, and destroy supplies meRa
for our sick aud wounded. At your door lies 81
the misery and the crime OF this war, and it is :
fearful, fearful account
'' Not sli Of il, blr. Davis admit fearful
account. but it is not all at our door. The pas
sons Of both sides are aroused. Unarmed
men are hanged, prisoner are shot down in cold
blood, hy yourselves Elements Of barbarism
are eutsrinE tho war on both sides, that should
make us--you and me, as ChtistiaH men-shud-
der to think Of In Gods name. then, let Us
stop il. Let US do something, cOneede some
thing, to bring about peace. You cannot expect,
with vsly four and half millions, as Mr. Benia-
min says you have, to hold out forever against
twenty millions
Again air. Davis Sailed.
g D, you suppose there are twenty millions at
the North determined TO crush us ?"
do, to crush your gopsrnmsnt A small
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your friends. Secsssonisis. The rest differ
about measures and candidates, but aFe united
in the determination to sustain the Union. Who
ever 10 elected 10 November, he must BE- commit.
ted TO vigorous prosecution Of the war"
AIR. Davis still looking inerelulous, remark
cd
" Il is 80, rir. Whoever tails you otherwise
dsceiVcs you. think kuog Northern ssnt-
ment, and I assure you II ia 80. gu know we
hawa a ne In L.
towns. At the close Of these lectures, il is the
custom Of the people 10 come upon the platform
and islR with the lecturer. This gives him 40
excellent opportunity Of learning public ssBtl-
meut. Last winter leotuFsd before nearly q
hundred OF such associations, all over the North,
from Dubuque TO Bangor, aud took pains TO
ASCERTAIN tins feeling Of the people. fund a
unanimous determination to eFusb tbs nebellIon
and save the Unioh at every sacrifice The ma.
jOfiiy are ia favor Of Me. Lincoln. and nearly all
Of those opposed to hun are opposed TO hlm bs-
cause they think he does nol hght you with
enough Vlgor. The radical Republicshs, who go
for slave suffrage and thorough e0nfseaiisn. are
those who will dSfeat him. Is he IN defeated -
But il be Is defeated before the people, the House
will elect worse fnau, mean. worse for you
II Is more radical than he is. you eau see th4t
from Mr.. Ashley's Reconstruction Blll, and tue
people are moro radical than tbs House. Ar.
"
thousand more men, and can't see how you e-.s
resist much Logger; but il Jon do, you will orly
deepea ths radical feeling OF tbs Northern pe1-
Pile. They will now give you fair,-bonorablo,
generous teIms bur let them suffer much more,
lot there be dead man iu every huuse, Rs there
Is now 10 every village, and they will give you
no terms, they will insist on banging every Rebel
south Of Pardon my ,eTms mean no
offence"
"You give ue cGtnce," hs replied, smiling
very PLEASANTLY. 1 would nj have yon pick your
words. This Is a frank, free talk, ard l like you
the better for sayiug What you think. Go on"
:" was merely going TO say, that, let the
Northern people once really feel the War they
do not feel il yet and they will insist on hang.
ing every one Of your leaders"
"well, admitting all you say. can't wee how
it affects our position There are soms things
worse than hanging or determination. We
reckon giving up the right of self government
one OF those things"
:" BY self-goVernment You mean disunion,-
Southern Independence Z"
" Yes"
"And slavery you say is no longer "A slemeut
in the contest"
No. it is not, it never vas ah essential ele-
ment. It WAS only means Of bringing other
conflicting elements TO an earlier eulmination.-
1t fired the uusket which WAS already capped /
and loaded. There are essential diferaSees be- |
tween the North and the Souh that whiehon-
ever this war may end, make them two nations"
You ask me TO say what think. viii you |
elbow me 10 say that know the South pretty
well, and never observed those diffefenees?'
"Then you have not used your eyes. Ny I
sight is poorer than yours, but have seen them |
for years"
The laugh was upon me, and Mr.. Benjamin
enjoyed 1t.
Z" "we, siF. be that as il may, il | understand
you, the dispute between your government and
ours Ia narrowed down TO this Union or Dis.
union"
Yes or to putt in other words Iudepen-
denee or subjugation."
= Then the two governments are irreeonola-
bly, apart. They have no alternative but to fight
il out. Bat il ia Rot SO with the people. They
are tired Of fighting, and want peace. and as
they bear all the harden and suffering Of the
war, is il not right they should have peace, aud
have II on such terms as they like?"
:" don't understand you. Be a little more
explicit"
a Well, suppose the two governments should
agree 10 something like this; To go to the peO
pie with two propositions say Peace, with Dis
union ald Southern Independence IS your pro-
position, aud Peace, with Union, Emancipation,
No ConasosiioR, and Universal Amnesty, as ouFs.
Let the citizens OF all the United States las they
existed before the wRr) vote Yes or No. IN
these two propositions at special election with
In sixty dsyH. Its msj 1Fily votes Disunion, oar
government 10 be hound by it. and 10 let you 60
in peace. II n nsjoriiy ystts Union, yours 70
be bound by il, and 10 stay ia peace. The two
governments eau oOnirart in this say, and the
people, though cOnsllIutionaly unable to decide
on peace or War. eau elect which of the two pro.
positions shall govern their rulers. Let Lee and |
Grant, meanwhile, agrel 10 An armistiee. This
would sheathe the sword aud II once sheathei,
il would never again bs drawn BY this genera
uon."
'The pan ia Alt gelher impraetsable lflhe
South were only one State, lt might WORK but
as /. is, il one Bouthern State obiected 10 tuan-
elpation, Il would uuliify the ShOe thing for
you are aware the people OF Virginia esnaoi vote
slavery cut Of South cArOllhs. nor the people Of
South Carolina vote ii Oui Of Virginia"
.tDut three .fnutihs OF lbs 5tsies eaa amend (
the Constitution Let IL bs done in that way /
in Auy ssy. 50 hist il be dous by the people. (
an not slatesm.u or politician, Aal do ROt |
know just how such a plan conld be carried Ont
hui y0u got the idea that tue rnortr mall decide
the question,
" That tie majuftY shall decide il, yoa mean
We seeeiei 10 rid ourselves Of the rule Of the
nsjnfity, anil this would subject us to il again.
" But the msjority must rule fnally, either
with bullets or ballots"
:" am not 20 sure OF that Meth er eurreut
pvents nor history show that the majority rules,
lr ever did rule The contrary, think is true.
Why, Sir,-the mar who should 60 before The
S soul h st1ss ,aple Fth sush.A4propOsitiOn, with
aag lsvssSSf35H 1hieh laffHeaS Shat the North
Wasahp have voice iu determining the domestic
rs4a (ious Of the South, could nN live here da y
il would he hsngrd Ia the fist tee, without
Gdge or jury
"Allow me to doubt that I think il more
likely he would lie hanged il he let the Southern