Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-02
Shirt of the Morning Press.

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earth gu, he was sny great shakes after all General
Lee and every body else knew that the Yankees we're
mLl,; tu. did rot suppose that tbs was the star ling
perioru auce intended to asOnish ell the world and the
res. OF m nkird. Well, Wll not that surprise But
az to sny lntfCal results to The enemy the aiaEWa
the Dispatch hicks "a miserable fzz e.. For the front
covered by il il wss The blocdies repulse yet ercoun-
teIed by Grant "The Apg6Ier Of Yankees Wes greater
uroportoaat,ly III that SpOisylsanis or Ctld Har-
bor or The prtVous assaults Petersburg" Que con-
temporary also thinks tLat Grant will now reunite his
forces and try grand battle.
The same paper ProPos of N ligahs diary, thinks
tina. the deceased General TOO bard on The jews IN
deferrng their return to Jsusaem, till What time the
Yankees conquer the South.
The Sentinel argues the pesce question; calls on the
Northern people 10 force Lucolo open negotiations;
sys We are ready and Wit to discuss all and every
out sion as issue; and pdsmns the announcement Of
,s,tinata in advance OF argument. 1t cOmOares Lin
coin 10 the Yelled Prophet who by ans fair 10
ok upol and says that his Silver Veil las been rsed
tae raising Of the said Silver Veil being BY an in
gsnious zee of rhetoric 'assmilaLsd With Lircohs
baaging the 6our in faces and Ainging bis ultimate
ont OF the window. Thoughtful people will loOk with
some degree Of surprise the proposals. Of the SsnH
mel as embraced in the following paragraph:
Let reace comnisso. 9 appointed BY either eee-
ton and invested with penRry powers OF negotiation,
meet On ecu raj erIiory and dscuss the terms OF peace
LIST eli sutjecs 0e open ree discussion aud negoa
tiun We Of the Stub consider ind pendence as tne
grS at aud st object OF the wa, and that separation IL
essential to ind pendenc, yet Se ehal re Wlilpg 10
stem to ycu have 10 say and propose On 1ne o'her
6 da You nlay eff % something that viii secure our
equal rig ia within the Ulion You may propose 10
give the laveholdng ard free Safes qlally OF votes
ia ongr 80 and Ia The election OF Presilsnt; and partly
to feet this. you IN throw al Ne" England mo one
state Or If ,gsnd VOL. have her, let Der saeede-
Nov, this Wo1ld bs tempting bait. We don't say II
would satisfy u. bus tn cut CT Is worthy OF cons de-
ration This war was brought about oy New England
and Nv E1glsudeTs, and no krows bus that the pal
nee of the States might live IL peace and harmony,
enc Wersaout o. the way But We 90 not mean 70 an
ioirata or prescribe scIion Of the commissioners
Let chem enter into the negotiations unt,smnsisa oy
tIaaa other than that any terms OF peace Ihey sy
agree or fal be subjso 10 be rejected or rallied by
their respective Governments
The Ezan,iaer sp,culltes - Grants mine aud, like
the rect of US, comes &c the conclusion that it was
to,l failure About the mining system as applied to
mode u operations, tbs Examiner says:
Thus the nine, lisa everything that G'aot has tried
vas total failure. Il not, however, failure be-
cause IN executed II vas perfect mine, and perfectly
tempt was as formidable sch thing could be- But
the day Of the mine has gone U Ider the old system
OF fertilization il was one Of the most CfsG've ana
dangerous of siege, and In spite oil "JOpgaSSs
| aud "ea,aDsglsi" Countormine and gallery, the 90
yan.ag uf Inc system WERE TO tho last, always greatly
on,he side of tie attack Bat that new theory OF &C.
ence which Was frs: brought into common notice at
Comorn and afterwards exhibited on grand scale al
detached and advanced earthWoTks erectsd
with even more case aud rspdity than tie batteries
Il sho 1fh hi
the utii Of mines. They could easily make an ire
irieVabs breach 10 a rampant OF masonry, end town
defended on the old system was turned inside Gus Waen
entered Ut an sRFthwork blown Up AFFORDS ont DOUBT
4 iu advantages l. is quickly o0manded oy another,
aud the new system psrtkes 80 much OF the nature Of
field operaions thai position sORsined may generally
be lnked by the army within the lines, surrounded and
captured.
The next fOrtog5t's operations will, the Examiner
thinks be probably active. The sickly is sbOut
to set in and then Grants army will be done for as an
IF Give force.
On the Peace question, tie Examiner lakes adVSn-
tags of the occasion to expose the insrcery OF Rus
SELL Palmerst Il Co. and the hypocrisy of Lincoln
and his followers. While everybody declares himself
in favor OF peace, ncbldy prepares iUr anything but
war Says the Examiner
Can be that the apparent desire for peace on all
s.dss ia real ?
Nc; IL is pure, unUlxed cant on AL Noes Hlsrh AK
without Es we'll ia Lrcolns inspired organ as IN the
s;ereolyp phrases Of Palmesop For proof Of this,
look to he continuation Of that Washington mluesto
in favor Of peace. Egerybtdy ct the North, says be
Chronicle is in favor Of It mast bs peace
which embraces an uubr0ken U0iOn. Oar roOps, ad Is
tie Chronicle "are the armed police o. the county
enforcing lis laws; when resistance ceases, their dut!
code" Uaii thst time Mr. Lincoln IS Tor war, not Tor
act; until thai time he mus; act in apparent accord
aDce even with those army eOltrao:ors and aordld
army followers" Who disgust him so much. The peace
shat Lincoln means then, is the silence OF Oscillation
after no shall have subtued the Confederate States
When be shall have made solitude, be will Gail II
pace. -, r.
Psasi il quite as conditional and hypothetical As
Lincon wants pssce on his own terms SO We, also,
| Asnt Peace on ours and the terms mutually exclude
and destroy each other II is not therefore the same
Peace We desire; and the word itself bsndied about IN
this way losss al meaning and tignhsa literally moth
ing at all
Il, tuIns out, then that While everybody at home
and abroad is eryng Peace Peace everybody is oniy
;n,snt on prem Ting a gvrous prosecution of the
| War. Tee British Cover ment, which kindled tbl
Quarrel and is nov asaiduously sggravAl It, wooid o.
Rres,iy greved to see peace upon any terms Laooin
beh he makes his organ decl that he is for peace
empty lies and as for the peop, Of these Confederate
sssiea they have no use for the word Peace at all
The Engssrer shoas that Grants last great effort Il
a. great failure as his previous ones and protest.
against making prisoners OF the negroes driven Tor
ward by the Yankees, With cries Of "no quarter Oh
their lips, Are tho negroes half criminal as thei
Yankee ins.rucsossF
The same paper protests against treating as enemie
the people of Western Virginia Apd Maryland.
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