Nebraska advertiser., 1864-12-01
The Peace Question Again.

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For sometime past the country has
beed 6lled with rumors of peace prOPO-
sitions having been sent to The Confed-
crate AUTHORITIES al Richmond, by Pres
lden, Lincoln, and if the rOnors have
really any foundation in fact aud the plan
proposed is such as they report it. i'sis
needless to hope that any good results
will be attained.
+. As early as the lsi OF Nov, Hon Ed
ward Plerpont, in a speech %gaveexPres-
sion to the following. which at the time
was taken as a foreshadOwing of Mr..
Lincoln's policy.
have reason to believe that soon
after the election propositions will De
made to the southern states TO lay down
their arms and return to the Union, with
assurances that they sahll have every
right which the CONSTITUTION and the
laws can give them. But as l read their
destiny they will not return. They will
spurn the offer, they will arm the slaves
and fight on, dragging tier slow
length along"
The following extract from the New
York Tribune of the 10Th shows what
kind of a peace Mr.. Greedy, and the
party of which he is a fair representa-
tive, is willing to make.
: Give US but the Union with universal
! freedom. and we will DO whatever we
can 10 secure the most liberal may. even
/ generous-terms to the insurgents on ev-
cry other point. And if the Democrat
ic party of the free states will but do
their. utmost to secure an early peace on
| these terms (and we are sure they
NAV, If they viii, not only male further
blocdshed on the part Of the confederales
madness, but 10 convince them that 1t IS
sol, we are prepared to givs them a
quilclaim to the possession Of the gov
ernment for the twenty years following
the close of Mr.. Lincoln's second term.
The myst substantial foundation to
which the rumors can be traced, is a
speech delivered by General Butler in
New York on the 18th inst, and the
leading article in the Washington ChrOn-
icls of the 10Th. General Butler was in
consultation with the President the day
before, and it is asserted hat he "spoke
by the card" in New York, with a view
Of sending th6jpublic mind and the ques-
ton, assurances are given out that his
speech fo~reshadows the policy of the ad-
ministration. The following is what he
sad
Now, then, what is the duty of the
government in the present future? Wa
cannot always last. The history of ma
tions, the experience Of the world has
shown this. War, therefore, must come
10 an end, but how In what way? A
var of this kind Is 10 be prosecuted for
t the purpose of breaking down the power
of those opposed to the government, and
bringing them into the fold of the gov
eminent, under the supremacy of the
/ laws. In view, therefore of the nanIm
: Ity of the American people, in view OF
the strength and majlsty of the law, N
view Of the might of the nation, might
it not be suggested that now is a good
time for US once again 10 hold out to the
deluded men of the South, the olive
2 branch eff peace, and say TO them
'sCUme back. come back now. This j;
the last time OF asking. Come back and
leave the feeding upon the husks, and
cume with us to the fat of the land, and
d let by;gOnes be by.gones, if by-gones
are by-gones, and our country will live
in peace hereafter" Loud applause. }
Are we not able to afford it now? D,
we not stand with Union enough to be
II able TO affsrd that to the leaders and II
all? There might have been reason
| think, among a proud and chivalTou:
q people that they would not desert lheil
: leaders in answer to the amnesty of Pres
ident Lincoln; but now has come an houl
when we can say. Come back, come
back, and submit 10 the laws, and you
shall find exactly such laws as before
except so far as they are altered by the
good judgment of the legislatures of The
land. (Applanse) We are in a condi
I tionss nov, not taking counsel from GU
D, fears, nor taking counsel from our weak
!, mes, but taking counsel from our magma
nimity and our strength, again to make
: an offer FOR the last time, to call upol
them and then shall we not 10 the eyes Of
the country, Lave exhausted all the res
orces of craftsmanship in the effort to re.
store peace to the country. daughter,
Who shall hinderl Not for the rebel,
to come back after he has fought as Ions
i as he can, and be chooses to come; but
to set sons time, perhaps the 9Th of Jan
e for the ASSOCIATION will be as good as any
= for all to come back. And when tina
time has come to every man, who shall
scout The proferd amnesty of a grea
and powerful nation! Speaking in love
= in charity, in kindness, in hope of peace
s and quiet forever, we say to them, to hin
who scouts that profered love and kind
ness, let US greet him with sharp, quick,
decisive war, that shall bring the war to
an end, 10 the extinguishment of such
= men who ever they may be.
The following is the article in the
Chronicle referred to above:
By common consent it snow admitted