, 1864-09-24
Els Views on the Compromise and
Pence Question.

Pence oueat1en.
EFfom The Philadelphia Inquirer, sept. 21.l
Concert Hall was crowded to oyertloring
last evening to hear an address by General
Carl schurz on the popular topics Of The
day. The audience was very enthusiastic,
and applauded the well. timed remarks If the
eloquent orator, in very energetic man
General schurz spoke IS follows:
FELLOW CIT1zEN6: In tfu4ts like these,
When the passing esenta Of our time cast all
sorts Of shadows and ehzdea, It is well that
We should occasionally ax our eyes firmly
upon those thip9s and ideas which shall
serve as permanent points Of actiol. We
are engaged in var for the restoration Of
the Union; the Union is not yet restored,
and yet We hear of peace We all cher
tsh peace. But what Is peace, and how
is 1t 10 be>Teetored? These arc questIons{
which the people wiu have to decide IN No.
yeniber. On the answer to these questions
dcpends everything else; on these the mind
OF every citizen ought to be made up. va
may divide the advocates of peace into four
parties or claeses. First The rebels them
selves; those who W1nt peace on the baelB
Of disunion. Second 4 large number Of
influential citizens In foreign countries, who
be1leTe the w1r to DO hopeless. Third. The
party in the United States themselves, who
-ndvo vocate party peace at any price, or the Of
rebellion. And finally, the great Union par
II, who want peace upon the buais. OF. the re-
etofation, OF the Union,' md the: tu1l and
complete yindicatton OF the lawful authority
There could be many persons brnught who
really believe in the possibility Of peacs on
the ground: OF disunion. In England, for
instance. There are two questions, which
arise here in considering the opinions Of
these people First, can The settlement be
maHh nrnn that haR1e ~ nd nrn3ze Eh ~
tnat basis lead to psacee. To begin with.
where Would the boundary line runY II ron
would take the Rocky Nouatains or Lake
Superior they would not be too high or too
broad. One boundary ls given as The Pots.
Mae mac ana a m; NJ unao. Bnt south Of the Poto-
G1nla. Ii III possible for uA to desert our
fricnds Z The rebels, even if they are ALLOW
ed to sarIy withNheIn all the rest, may con
Inue the War for Kentucky aud Virgins,
Suppose, however, the rebels agree to ter
r1torial line. Just as in the former case, we
States, 60 would the rebels be bound to
strong minority IN this case, Who hated ns
and would enter into all manner of plans /
for their getting again under the wing Of the
Southern CoufrdeTacy.
= Would thls settlement be even endurable
70 "a The lower half Of the -AG2sissippi
will be in The hands Of the Confederacy;
but the freedom ofeommerce may be sscuted
by treaties. Suppose -it may. Yet canpot
the ssuth be able to force us, at any time
#hen dispute arises, either to concession
OF 70 var, merely By Tightening. their grip
o1 the United States have bought the mouth
OF Tue mississippi, once with their money
anc twice with their blood. 70 give 1t up
WILL be nothing less than to obligate them
selves 10 procure it fourth time. The set
Mment upon the basis Of disuniou will be
notmrg ont = mere temporary arutsttce,
conviction in their minds, that, for the lib
erty. proc perity and peace of the Narth
American continent, the restoration OF he
Union is of downright necesslty, and that
conviction once epgendered the war viii be
renewed. And nnder what cit tcu,ns1aaces?
Now ne nre fighting the ContedcracY alone;
then We sbafl tight q strong ,Cuatedgrac5
with I'll her allies At her heels, Now We
bare the 1,1iuc}pal positions in the Southern
States. We ehal give up all that for the
privilege Of gaining netbfpgg- The: Union
can ba restored in tTo wa5s, either by the
voluntary or tho forced eubnission Of the
rebels to the lawful authority Of the goyera-
ment~ There Ia one party Which believes the |
first OF thtse alternatives will be successful. !
This is the Pence party. pas' erte!!9aee. Its |
policyis embodied in the Chicago platform,
one If the resolutions Of which contains
three propositions, two Of them definite hut
very indefinite, pamely, that the wna must be
stopped 9. With view to" possible cunvea- |
ton Of a1l the States. It ls only looking into |
an Indefinite future. Their fitst propositions |
about the failure Of the war, etc, may be
carried into effect II they are Successful, for
they will certainly make It 50 by etopplrg |
The war at once; but their third propos,ti n
requirts tho corporation Of Jefferson DaRis- +
The peace party may call convcntion OF
The loyal States, but not Of all the States
until it p]eatea the fancy Of the rebel CON-
lederacy, which will DO never. What shall |
he dnnH uHdeY Rnch cIrf.u II hfanraap Tint