Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rl9S TS.
RICHMOND WHIG.
FRIDAY MORNING, JENE 3, Ise4'
Peace.

Peace.
President Davis well-Uri,.en letter 70 G0V' anee
contains arguments which must have occurred 10 every
20 ,e,,..,,,,5ipr. who has permitted himsef TO
a., ,0e ,bs subject Of pesee These arguments are
,, ,ogstbsr BY he President in style clear and
iorebls that We night indulge the hope that no effort
would be made TO answer them, did We lot knOE the
temper Of the leaders Of the party to whom they are
Addressed They are deaf 10 al argument and unfoI-
taoael7 their victims are ereduous enough to be mis-
led BY them. But the State which has sent nearly
100000 brave peu to the 6eld, and which claimed halt
ofths mea composing Lees army when the las: battle
Of the Wilderness vas fought, nay safely be trusted
There are, or rather were however, tBO soealled
Pace Parties in the sOUto; Oae in Georgia the other
IN North Carolina. The later embJaesd men, Who con
fessed themselves xug 20 aeeep. peace TEL s short
Of Independence and tome Of them PROFESSIONALLY
tainted with tn asOn Their organs sought to array the
rich aga nss the poor and in 50 d9cg failed not 10 IN
came lhs popular misd with spihe,s and el'eh-woId'
borrowed from she Abolition prints Of The Nolta This
party, or he nau portion Of IT, a least changed lis
tune and sluuk cut Of ssh at the dFs. inuna:on ct
tie Inhibition Of pOser proof as Oaee o! their weak
usss and their conscious treason.
The pa y in Georgia occupied higher ground, sno
were composed OF dihesea, class Of men B2sing
thsis aeOa upon Slate Sovereignty they declared esr
nAl var against Lincoln sd would listen 10 10 terms
short Of absolute and e>mPiele Independence. Their
hobby was "Peses thICuya the Intervention OF the
S a.es" They held tha: the CoHieleEsie,GovegnTenl
WAS the hst barrier erected against the enemy when
hss was overthroHu" they feared it might be, "the
States would reml0 and they could Iet be ovef;hro"a
They seemed to think tha. the goyeiI msns at Washing
Ton and Richmond, made up they were party pch
tcians imbued with deadly hatred 10 each other, e'ud
never make terms and, this being the case, 10 re
ccuse was left bus 10 fail back upon The Sovereign
Safes North and South (Ehoss Agents had failed and
would forever fall to negotiate peaee) and thus 90 re
Ter the question 10 the masters instead CT tue men
Hopeless OF foreign ilteryen,i3n, they looked, in tee
last extremity, TO intervention through the iasrlmen
tAlty of the Northern Peace Party acting upon the
SsA,es whose sovereignty had bsen merged into the
consolidated despOtsm Of Lincoln, and WaO would ra-
tarAly be tnxess TO recover their right from re
usurPer.
The Georgian idea was not WhOu. pausibilily, espe-
sially At the lame it was preached, Cor hen it SEEM
I'd really ths. the Confederate Government was
about to initiate the usGrpatiOns Of L'recln, and,
Waile IN the very act Of Esgng war n
deie-oa Of the great principle OF State Rights,
10 overthrow them, on tie rPeciors pTe.e1. OF
military necessity The policy Of "S.ate IaIeIventoH'
YES possible only in the event Of the overthrow Of tie
tso governments; nor did th0eOrgans propose to as
30 long as the Confederate Government was sustained
~ the people, any more than they proposed to treat
With Line II a. any time or any terms. Iadeed i,
was dstrety declared tea. the very feet step toward
even an attempt "SAte Intervention the defeat
# Linoon's armies in The field; and to this end tie
Georgans invoked for the ConfedeEe Government and
armies ID hearty unanimous support OF the Safes aad
the people.
Such Is the kS:ory Of the two Peace Parties =. he
South, and such their .noiples Our enemies vel
me 70 the Information Ons eoai listed Of duPes, le
o. By traitors; The other Of OF and so 81
position, who sought TO bring saiesmanshp to tie
slstAnes Of the sword, and who, looking bsySLd the
sliugSlc, endsavoFsd 70 iOresee end shape eVents,
whether success or temporary failure st.ended cur
asms In the midst OF tae tunultuous waves Of war,
they Fixed their sheetanchor firmly in tae rock Of State
Sovereignty. Those W5o we're sincere il their eOnviC
tOas A.e entitled 10 Eespee those who we're sotuaSd
hy she bitterness OF party recsectOns deserve COM
mseraOn for they have discovered that they are tpe
dupss Of shsr own glOoay antioipatOus The CO0fsd-
crate GoYernmen. has obtained the despOac powers for
which it elGmoIed perhaps without cause; but to ia
sr.di. be szd h has no. abused Ihose powers to ste
dstrinen Of lhe fTeedoR Of opinion Or the injury Of
private rights II il cried ike child for its rattle
has nos made half the noise tina: vas expected.
Of these two parties, one is dead, aud the cher
urorbund Holden Is busy Bith bis m1ehlnato.s 10
secure the ssa. OF Governor, bus bis elscton would
make Aim . new sni more respectable man, and h'S
dsleAs viii reduce him to his old l-vvl Of common
sold and an idle grumbler The Georgia party ceased
% exist from the momsn, i became apparent that tue
policy OF SsSe Intervention was olt Of the question
lie people being wiling the question OF peace
TO the same agency to which tbey hsd entrusted lie
conduct of the war. der The Constitution and while
that agency cOatnus co: 70 abuse ts ample poEer',
no Intervention ia admissible and none contemplated.
Toe power to care war ard to mlks peace with
the Agent; ID there the people willing for 20
rest
AZ fos peace IL elf, the Ope understand the quss-
sion % well as Pres dent DAVIS o. Governor Vance.
Or terms are 'iDtepsndene.i' 'Lireo.Ls terms &c
"slbiuRato1" between these there Is no middle terms.
While the Abol ton armies are on our soil propositions
for peace are ridiculous When these ARMIES de-
feated and driven Of may expsct to asar Of terms
from the enemy, no. before. UaEhing to become the
saves Of 4 race infinitely worse than slaves,
must have Independents, an5, by Coos grace, will
have It. That is PeaeS3 a7ytaing else i5 eternal
Nos Law AT TIE WEsr-We learn from the Colum