The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-10-13
REBEL TERMS OF PEACE,

The declarations of the rebels upon
tho subject of restoration ofthe I'm
ion should be kept constantly boiore
the people. They rebcllcd to achieve
their independence, and they declare
to this day that they will fight until
their independence is recognized, and
that they will hear to no terms Of
peace except upon the basis of rccoS-
milton. The Richmond Dispatch OF
January 10, 1868, said
"If the whole Yankee race should
fall down in the dust tomorrow, and
ask us to be their masters, WE WOULD
ISPURN THEM AS SLAVES We
arc fighting for SEPARATION, and
we will have it, If 1T COSTS THE
life OF EVERY MAN IN THE
ICONFEDERATE STATES"
The Augusta (Ga.) C0nStitutiOnaliSt
in tho same year said
"The Northern politicians and pco-
pie cannot, or will not, open their eyes
to the great fact that reconstruction
of tho Union is impossible, all their
hopes Of peace, and their peace propo-
sitions are based on rec Instructions.
This singular fallacy or mental de-
lusion, ought to be removed by this
time, We hare determined to gain our
indppendeRce, and we cannot with
honor and profit to ourselves, listen to
ann pr0position other than a complete
and unconditional acknowledgment Of
that independence"
The Richmond Enquirer in January
of the same year, said
"On no terms whatever will the
e South consent to political association
I with the North. There is no conces-
r sion which they can grant, or human
, Imagination frame, which could rem
der the idea aught but intolerabIe to
the Southern mind, When the North
!. wants peace she can obtain it by recog-
J.; ni:ing the independence Of the Southern
4 States. Her proper method to secure
this result, so deSiraLie to her, would be
at once to withdraw her armies from
: Southern soil. and send her commits
Il sioncrs to this capital. NOT EVEN
It TO BRING ABOUT AN HONORA-
!. BILE PEACE CAN THE SOUTH
NJ A X Il THE SLIGHTEST AID,
VANCE TO THE NORTH"
, The same paper, year earlier, in
1862, said
"The only terms which the COnfed
y crate State can accept, rW be the IN
} mcdtote recognition Of the present Con
1t fcdcrate States, and the permission o
.c the other States to elect their owl
n destiny, and to decide whether thci
future shall be with the Conicderat,
States or with the United States"
Alexander II. Stephens, the Vic
u, President of the Rebel Conicderacy
o' in speech delivered at Charlotte
~ North Carolina, July 18th, 1863, said
" /" As for reconstruction, such thing
- mp possiJie; such an idea must not b
III tolerated for an instant. Reconstruc
o. ton would not end tho war, bu
~ would produce moro horrible wa
h. than that in which we are now enga
:. cd. The only terms upon which re ca
u obtain peace is .fnal and complete Sepd
to ration from the North"
But we have later, moro direct, an
moro official onunciations than thos
10 of the rebel terms. IL will bo romem
b, bcrcd that during tho summer, Co
ss, Jaqucs and J. r. Gilmore, Esq, vi,
in tied jefferson Davis, at Richmond
is and convcrsed with him upon the sui
N, jcct Of peace, Davis said to Colont
h Jaques;
o. "The North was mad and blind
it would not let us govern ourselves
=, and so the war came; and now it mus
y go on until the last man Of this gene
,o alton falls in his tracks, and his chi
IN IN drcn scize his muskct and fight h
-, -" battles, unless you acknowledge oWrig,
~ go TO Seit.gOre,nment We are not fgh
-" 80 ing for slavery, We are Fighting il
~ Independence, and that or crtermlndtic
."s m re WW hdrc.'
,.e As they were leaving the room, d.
vi, Wis said:
ei' "SAY TO MIR. LINCOLN, FO
=" ME, THAT | SHALL AT AN
no TIME BE PLEASED TO RECElV
~ PROPOSALS FOR PEACE ON TIL
no BASIS OF OUR INDEPEND DENC'
'II2, IT WILL BIZ USELESS TO Al
o'S PROACI ME WITH ANY OTl
.ta .,1 Err ~
Il Altor the account Of tlis intcrvie
Of was published in the Atlantic Mont
KY y for September, Mr.. Benjamin, Il
Rebel Secretary of State, published ;
account of tho conference with Messl
Jaqucs and Gilmore, In which
NJ does not deny that Jefferson Day
:, declared the terms above stated us {
: only terms Of peace, Mr., Bcnjam
lad says
or "Coloncl Ould stated that hc h
ro, told them (Mcssrs, Jaques and q
net morc) repeatedly that it was usclC
me to come to Richmond to talk of pca
me on any other terms than the recogaj.
49, nIonouJ Jnn,c of mo nonfb1or1ru