Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-08-24
Peace. Patent Democracy and Patriot
ism.


,ba;r conrarsst;o, ,r;.h Ir
- -" 'eI DaEis'
Il o'i "i''H We Li'"e the following
extract;
/ Col. Ja1ues. 'If understand vou the
. dispute between your Government ard oprs
is narrowed to this-Union or Disupiop /"
/ Davis. Yes; or to put it 10 other words
/ undergraduates or Subiugation."
/ Then the two Govelnpents are irrecon.
citably apart They have M alternative
but to fight it out. But it IS not 50 with
the people. They are tired Of fgbtino
aud want peace; and, as they bear all the
burden tand suffering OF the war, is it not
. right they should have peace. and have il
on such terms as they likeE'
[ Il don't understand you; be little more
/ explicit"
/ Nv ell Suppose the two governments
should agree to somethins like this: To
90 to the people with two propositions ::
say Peace, with Disunion and Southern
Independence, IS your plopo>iti and
/ Peace, with Union, Emancipation. No
Confscatiou, and Universal Amnesty as
ours. Let the citizens CT all the United
States Gas they existed before the war;
vote \ es, or No, on these two prop
osItlons, at special election within sixty
days. Ii a majority vote Disunion, our
Government TO be bound by it, and to let
you 90 IN peace, The two Governments
can contract in this way, and the people.
though constltutlonaliy unable to decide
on peace or war can elect which of anr
two propositions shall govern their rulers.
Let Lee and Grant, meanwhile, agree to an
armlstce This would sheathe the sword
aLd, If once sbeathed, it would never
again be drawn by this generation"
The plan is altogether impracticable
Ii the South were ouIy one State, it might
work; but, as 1t is, If one Southern State
objected to emancipation, it would nuiliiy
the whole thing, for you are aware the peo
Of Virginia cannot vote slavery out of
South Carolina, or the people of South
Carolina vote it out of Virginia
But three fourths Of the States can
amend the Constitution. Let it be done in
that way-in any way, so that it can be
done by the people. | am not Statesman
or politician, aud | do not Just know how
such a plan could be carried out; but ,ou
get the idea-that lhe people shall decide
the question"
That the majority shall decide il Won
mean. We seeded to rid ourselves of the
rule of the majority, and this would sub.
ject Us to it again"
But the majority must rule finally.
either with bullets or ballots"
Il am not SO sure of that. Neither cur
rent events nor history shows that the ma.
jorIty rules, or ever did rule. The contrary,
l think' Is true, Why, sir, the man who
sah net' - :,: OeioFe tle 'oouIhern people %lth
mL;oh ;,rI;'1 J',i'o4 any proposition
~. ~ ia. tuas INC u, was u nave
'; ~ =. a. - Li'"'I Il7 "onieS'lc fela'
dar' II. ruil 1u 1l'd no' ii'G mere
tree, without iudge or inry"
ALLOW me to doubt that. [ think it
more likely he would be hanged if he let
Tue ,oou:hern people Eno" the majority
81 Lora ~ t1.- r. ~ ,-.l'? N
Davis. also smilipo most GOOD 6nmoredlv
Il give you leave to proclaim it from every
house-top III the South"
nu' seriously sir you let the majority
tho ,rboIo cn7,o.r,,1,, 'O' -'' - '1'' !"
Because the States are independent and
sovereign. The country Is not 1t is only
confederation OF States, or rather 1t was;
u - .,Tb'. ~" @ .No conIeierallon'. .'I
II > noIi,icsI nsrfnersb;6S,' pT0P'' " O
That is all"
Again at the conclusion of the con-
versation, JEFF Davis said:
"Say to Mr.. Lincoln from me that shall
"a my, +;,,o bo r,ln,.oJ - ~o.o;,-o 1900 l.