Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-11-30
BUTLER ON PEACE.
The following is from speech delivered by Gen.
Butler in New York, few DAYS since:

The following is from speech delivered by Gen.
Butler in New York, few days since:
In view, therefore, Of the unanimity of the Ameri
people, view of the strength and majesty of the
law in view Of the might of the nation might it not
be suggested that now is good time for once
again to hold out to the deluded men OF the South
the olive branch of peace, and say to them, 'Come
back, come back now. This is the last time of ask
ing Come back and leave the feeding upon the
husks and come with US to the fat Of the land, and
let bygones be bygones ifbygones are 5ygones, and
our country will live in peace hereafter? 7" Loud
app!ause] Are We not able to afford that now p
Do we not stand strong enough? Do We not stand
with Union enough to be able to afford that to the
leaders and all =? There mig have been reason, l
think, among proud and chivalrous people that
they would not desert their leaders in 10 the
amnesty of President Lincoln, but now has come
honr when we can say, leone back" come back
and submit to the laws, and you shall find exactly
such laws as BEFORE except far as they alter
ed ~ the good judgment Of the Legislatures Of the
land Applause.l
We are in condition now, not taking counsel
from our fears, not taking counsel from our weak
ness, but taking counsel from our magnanimty and
our strength, again to make an offer for the last
time; to call upon them-and then shall we not, in
the eyes of the country, have exhausted all the
sources of craftsmanship in the effort to restore
pS"SS
hinder? Not for the Rebel to come back after he
has fought as long as he can, and then chooses to
come but to get some time, perhaps the Sth of
January for the association will be as good as any,
for all to come back"
The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, IN his letter of the 18th inst says:
The topic of the day is the remarkable speech of
General Butler, at the reception given him last even
ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
| sneak On1v of he pffacf nr1h1ic mind of
that portion of it which fayors, seems to favor
some formal tender, on the part Of our government
Ofsuch terms of reconciliation as the Rebels can
honorably accept-that is, submission to the laws
giving them till the Sth of January next to think of
it, and if by that time the olive branch is rejected
then that the war should go on with renewed ener-
gy until every Rebel is extermnated and his lands
tenements and Entertainments given to our North
ern soldiers
These ideas appear to take we'll with the people
Democrats even are inclined to saw amen. If the
question is put fair and square to Jeff Davis or Gen.
Lee, and if the answeris it probably will be, in
the negative then the belief seems to be there would
be need of any further ccnscrptionS here in the
North Our young men would flock in our armies
voluntarily, in irresistible numbers, and the great
Rebellion, in the ordinary course of events, would
soon be exnguished in 5lood, while the soil, which
it once called its own would pass into other hands,
and become the fair heritage of freedom and free
men forever
The great question now is does General Butler
speak the sentiments of the government 1t is be-
leved that he does but there is an anxious expec-
tation of some early confirmatory demonstration Of
the fact.