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


am grieved to hear you say what you do,
When have seen your young men dying
on the battle field, and your old men, wo,
men and children starving in their homes,
l have felt that could risk my life to
save them. For that reason l am here,
and | am grieved, grieved that there is
no hope
II know your motives, Col Jaques.
and l honor you for them; but what can
| do mere than | am doing? l would
give my poor llfe, gladly, if it would
bring peace and goodwill to the two
countries; but it would not, 1t is with
your own peoph. you should labor. 1t is
they who desoIste our homes, burn our
wheat fields, break the wheels of wagons
carr Ing away our womeu nod children,
aud destroy suppN~s meant ,,i for ,,e our IT. Sick
misery aud crime OF this war-aud it is
a fearful account"
"Not all of it. Mr. Davis. admit a
fearful account, but it is not all at our
door The passions of both sides are
aroused Uuarmed men are hanged and
u al Z SNot utWu III CbIu ny
yourselves Elements Of barbarlsm are
entering the war on both sides that sho d
IN Ike us-you aud me, as Christian men
-shudder to think Of In Gods name,
then, let us stop it. Let US do something,
concede something, to bring about peace.
You cannot expect, with only four and
halt millions, as Mr. Benjamic says you
have, to hold out forever against twenty
millions"
Again Mr.. Davis smiled.
ado you suppose there are twenty
millions at the North determined to crush
us?"
II do-to crush your Government. A
small number of our people, very small
number, are your Observation-Disclosures
The rest differ about measures aud candi
dates, but are united in the determine
tion to sustain the Union. Whoever is
elected in November, he must be com
mittcd to vigorous prosecution Of the
war;"
Mr. Davis still looked credu,ous.
JEFF REPupIATEs AN ARMlsrICE.
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should agree to something like this: To
60 to the people with two propositions; to
say, peace, with disuniou and Southern
independence, as your proposition land
peace, with union, emancipation, no con.
tiscation, and universal amnesty, as ours.
Let the citizens of all the United States
Gas they existed before the war vote Y es,
or No. on these two propositions, at a
special election within sixty days- If q
ajority votes dlsunlon, our Govcrnmcn,
to be bound by it, and to let you 90 in
peace. If a majority votes MON, yours
to be bounl by it, and to stay in peace.
The two Governments cat contract in
this way, aud the people, though consti-
tutionally unable 10 decide on peace or
war, can elect which of the two PROPOSE
tions shall govern their rulers. Let Lee
and Grant meanwhile agree to an armis-
tice This would sheathe the sword, and
if sheathed once it would never again be
drawn by this generation
"The plan is altogether impracticable
If the South were only one State, it
might work; but, as it is, if our South.
ern States objected to emancipation, it
wsuld nulify the whole thing; for you
are aware the people Of Virginia cannot
vote slavery out Of South Carolina, nor
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 be
done by the people | am not a states
man or politician, and | do not know
just how such plan could be carried out;
but you get the ideas-that the people
shall decide the qucs' ion"
"But the majority must rule finally,
either with bullets or tallots.'
IL am not so sure Of that. Neither
current events nor history show that til e
majority rules, or ever did rule. The
contrary, thipk, is tue. Why the man
| who should 90 before the Southern peo-
| pie with any proposition which implied
! that the North was to have voice In dc.
termiuiug the domestic relations Of the
South, could not live here day. lie
would be haugrd to the first tree without
judge or jury
"Allow ne to doubt that. I think il
more likely he would be hanged il he lie,
Southern people know the majority
couldn't rule" | replied, smiling
II ave no fear Of that" replied Mr.
Davis, also smiling most good humoredly
Il give you leave to proclaim it from ev
cry house top in the south .
JEFF KEruDlATEs MAJoaITIEs.
"But, seriously, sill" said the c, lionel
"you let the majority rule in a single
State; why not rule in the whole coun
uy?"
Because the States are independen'
and sovereign. The country is not. II
is only,a confederation of States; or ra
ther it was; it is now two coufederations. .
Then We are not people--we are
only . political partnership"
That is all"
Your very name. sir, United States,
implies that said Mr.. Benjamin "Bu
tell me, are the terms you have named
Emancipation, no confscation, and uni
versal amnesty-the terms which Mr.
Lincoln authorized YOU to offer u.s."