The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-20

son Of LINCOLN ! would as coon be drafted
"under blm As under a War Democrat"
This Is not very clear, but there Is some
meaning in Il that may be dlscerned. oppo-
sitlon 10 the war Is plainly enough expressed !;
and although Mr.. VAILANDIGHAM does not
state explicitly what kind Of an adjustment of
the difficulty he deslgns or would assent TO-,
he lets us know that the means by which he
expects to reach some species OF pacincation
is "compromsep Now, we would like the
speaker just quoted to say what there is, in
bis judgment, 70 compromise. II surely Is not
the National Constitution. That never was
and Is not now, the cause Of the war. and Is
not an impediment to a peace on the basis Of
return Of the seeded States 10 their ale
glance TO the General Government
But II there were any constitutional ques-
tlons or differences TO be compromised, the
compromise could not regularly be made,
save In the mode and by the authorities desg-
mated by the Constitution ITSELF for It's own
amendment But, then, what Is the use Of
hoping for any conclusion of the war by nego-
tiatioD, except on the condition of a recognl-
tion Of the independence Of the so called Con-
federate Government Did not JEFFERSON
DAVIS very recently say as much to Colonel
JAQUEs at Richmond2 In the recently pub
lished report Of their conversation, the follow
ing emphatic passage occurs:-
Colonel JAoUEs 10 DAVIS :-"Well sir he that
as it may, II / understand you, the dispute
between your Government and ours is mar
rowed down to this-Union or disunion Z"
"hesi or, 70 put in other words-Iudcpendenc
" or suhjugRtion."
t,Tben t6o t,yo Co,-o,,, cy,te -, 81,
apart. They have no alternative but 60 fight Il
" out. Bat IL Is not so with the people. They
are tired Of fighting and want peace and as
they bear all the burden end the suffering Of the
war, Is IL not right they should have peace, aud
have II on such terms as they like p
explicit"
"Well, suppose the two Governments should
agree 70 something like this To 90 70 the
people with two propositions, say, peace with
" disunion and Southern independence-aud
peace, with Union emancipation, no cnndsca-
" ton and universal amnesty, as ours. Let the
citizens of all the United States (as they existed
before the war; vote Yes or mo on these two
" propositions, at suecial election within sixty
days. IL majority vote disunion, our Gov
ernment to be bound by It, and to let you 60 in
"petce lfamsjority vo'e Union, Y yours 20 be bound
" hy IL, and to stay in peace. The two Govern
ments can contrast in this way, and the people,
Though cons itutionaIly unable to decide on
" peace or war, can elect which of the two propo-
GRANT meanwhile agree TO an armistice THIS
would sh' athe the sword; and IL once sheathed
" i would never again be drawn by this genera
" ton"
"Tbe plan Is altogether impracticable. If the
" South were only one State il might work but
as 1t Is, If one Southern State objected 90 eml an
cipation, Il would nullif, the whole thing; for
you arr aware the people OF Virginia cinnOt
o vote slavery out Of South Car Ilina, nor the
" people of South Carolina vote it out of Vir-
giua."
Such avowals as the above OF Southern SEN
timent with regard to the determination of
the Rebels to submit to no peace except on
the basis Of separation, ought, we think, to
silence all those miserable demagogues
who are prating about the possibility of
ending the war short of permanent dis
solution Of the Union. They know and
must feel, even while they advocate an
effort for peace that shall bring the revolted
States back into the Federal fold that the
thing is now absolutely mpracticable; and
therefore they should be ashamed to seek i'm
posing an idea on the people which they
regard as incapable of realization. Mr.. DAVIS,
to be sure, Is not the whole South. But he is
a man Of rare sagacity, fully understands the
sentiment Of a vast majority Of the people
whom he represents as the Chief of the Rebel
Government, and is not likely to assert that
sentiment as positively as he has done without
feeling and knowing himself to be fully war
ranted by the fact. Let, then, the peace men
OF the North be henceforth silent unless they
are willing to accept such peace rs JEFFER-
son DAVIS will grant.