The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-09-01

finish the sentence. The Colonel re-
piled:
."Yes, sir We have asked this inter.
view in the hope that you may sugges.
some way by which this war can be stopp
ed. Our p oplc want peace; your people
do, and your Congress has recently said
that you do We have come to ask how
il can be brought about"
I'm a very simple way. Withdraw
your army from our territory. and peace
viii come of itself We do not seek to
suhjusate you We are not wsgipg an
offensive war, except so far as tits often
sive detensive-that Is, So far as We are
force d to invade you to prevent your in
vadios US lie, us alone aud peace will
0', ''pu,we cannot let you =. H..
as yon repniiate the Union. IN I ,hs
one thing the Northern people will not
surrender"
IL know You would deny to US what
yon exact for yourscIyes-the right Of
self government
No, sir" | remarked "We would
dcry you no natural right. But we think
. Union sscntial to peace; aud Mr. Da-
Wis, couid two people, with the same lsn-
cuage, separated by only au imaginary
line, live at peace with each other?-
Would not disputes constantly arise, and
cause almost constant war between them?"
"UnioubtedIy-with this generation
You have sown such bitterness at the
South, you have put such an ocean Of
blood between the two sections, that
despair of seeing any harmony in nay
time Our children may forget this war,
but ne cannot
II thiuk the bitterness you speak Of,
SIR" said the Colonel, "does not really
exist We must talk here as friends; our
soldiers meet and fraternize with each
other; and | feel sure that if the Union
were restored, more friendly feeling wo'd d
arise between us than has ever existed
The war has made us know and respect
each other better than before. This is
the view of very many Southern men; l
have had it from many of them-your
leading citizens"
"They are mistaken" replied Mr. Da
Wis "They do not understand Southern
sentiment How can we feel anything
but bitterness towards men who deny us
our rights! If you enter my house and
drive me out of it, am | not your natur
al enemyy'
"You put the case too strongly But
we cannot fight for, yer; the war must
end at some time; we must finally agree
upon something; can we not agree now
and stop this frishtful carnage? We are
both Christian men, Mr. Davis. Car
you as Christian man, leave untriec
any means that may lead to peace?"
INDEPENDENCE OR KxrERMIsArlcN.
"No, cannot. desire peace as much
as you do, dspore bloodshed as much
as you do; but | feel that no one drop Of
blood shed in this war is on my hands |
can look up to my God and say this. |
tried all in my power to avert this war.
saw it coming, and for twelve years
worked night and day to prevent it, but
/ | could not. The North was mad and
blind; it would not let us govern our
selves; and so the war came, and now i,
must 90 on till the last man of this gen
Grafton falls in his tracks, and his chill
dren seiz" his muskct and fight his bat
ties, unless you acknowledge our right to
self government We are not fighting
for slavery. We are fighting for inde-
pendcnce-and that or cxtermination We
/ will have"
"And there are at least four and hall
millions of US left; oyou see you have q
work before YOU" said Mr.. Benjamin
with decided snecr
1--WE have 10 wish to extermnate
you,' answered the Colonel, II believe
what | lave said-that there is no bitter
mes, hstween the Northern and Southern
people The North, | know, loves the
/ S"uoh When peace comes it will pou,
money and means into your hands to re
pair the waste caused by the war; and it
would now welcome you back and forgive
you all the loss and bloodshed you have
caused But we must crush your armies
and "xterminate your Government Ane
is pot that already nearly done? Yor art
wholly without money and at the end o
your resources. Grant has shut you u,
in Rjchmoud Sherman is before Allan
ia. Had you not then better accept hon
orahle terms while you can retain you
prestige and save the pride of the South
ern people
THE PROSPECTS, OF THE CoSFEDERAcY
. JEFF. Davis concludes review of th
military situation by saying: $50, i,
military view, | should certainly say ou
position was better than yours"
THE FINANCES VIEWED BY JEFF.
"As to money; w are richer than 20,
are You smile; but admit that our pa
per is worth nothing it answers as cir
cu'ating medium; and We hold it our
selves If every dollar of it were lost
we should, as we have no f reign debt
be none the poorer But it is wortl
something; it has the solid basis of larg
cotton crop, while yours rests on nothing
and you owe all the world As to re-
sources, we do not ack the arms or am
munltion, and we have still vide terri
tory from which to gather supplies So
you see, We are not in extremities Blu
If we were-if we were without money