, 1864-08-22


burn our wheat fields, break The wheels Of
wagons carrying away our women an cnil-
dren, and destroy supplies meant for Sick
ind woun5.d. At your door lies al. the mig
try yni ed .ian The crime Of tbls war-and Ills
mot all Of 1t, Mr.. Davis. admit fear
ful account, bnt it is not NIL at cur door.
The passions of both sides are rearoused. .IJn-
armed men are hanged, and prisoners arc
Ehct down in cold blood, By yourselves.
Elements Of barbarian are entering the TAr
on both SIDES tb:t should make us-7ou erd
nc, ns Christian men-hhudee1 to think OF,
In Gods uamc, ten, let Ms stop it, Lei us
DO stmethleg, corcede something. to bF1ns
ABOUT pecce. lou cannot ezpest, With only
fur md Il half m.llions. as 'Hr. Be9jam;n
Es.s .ou hsve, - told ont forever .egaiast
twenty mil!lcns"
again Mr Davis tmiled-
"Doyoa suppose there are twenty million
ct the North determined to crush u?
II do-to crush your EoVernme1t. Aems1i
number of our people, fery anal! nnmosr,
are your fritnds-seces5i0atsts The rest
differ about mlasuree and canoia1tes, tntase
! united In the dissemination to. knztaio ih5
/! Union. Whce7er is elected in November, ne
| must be Committed to vigorous prose:n~
! ton Of the var."
! ut is "a, fir. Nhos-er tall: you other.
y fse dtcctyn5 y2u. think knoW hofsaeFn
! etntime.:t, enc sssurc ou It Is 20. Loo knoH
| We LaSc q e}steli Of l}ceum.lec!urtns ~ our
| largo towIs, ct the close q Ihess lectures
| the platform aua talk with the lecturer.
| Tile elves h,m 80 excellent opportunity cl
learning public sentiment. Last wiater I
| lectu.ed Geforc rearly hundred slch asso.
ctstiuns ell over tie Sorih-:sem Dubuque
feeling Of the raosle. / found 8 unanimous
! determination to crush the rebellion and
| save line Union at every sxcrltice. The
! msioritr arr in farer Ct Mr.. Lincoln, aud
nearly all Of those opposed TO him ara OPP
not fight yon with enough yisor- Tie
radical Republicans, who go for slave
suffrage and tloraugh con11scasiou are those
| who will defeat him II he is to be defeated.
But ii he l. defeated before the people the
| House will elect worse mall mean worse
for you. It is more, radical than he is-yon
| can see that from Mr. Ashlcy's recoostrnc-
t ton bil-.nd tire people arc more radical
than the Houee- Mr.. Lincoln. l know, is
about to call cut five hundred thouRand
eist much longer; bnt If ron DO, you will
only deepen the radical feeling Of the North
e1n people, They will now give you fir,
l1onurable, generous tcra,s; Int let them
suffer much more, let there be O dead man in
every house, as there is now in every village,
| kH0A WILL EAFE 3OA LIZ ANA d40"tASt VIA Al4'So
On hanging every rebel eouth of -. Par
| don ny 1erus l mean no of1tnse-'
| "YGu give no offense," he replied, smiling
very pleasantly. l wouldn't have Yon pick
your words. This is frank, free talk, and
! like ron the better for saying what You
think, Go on
81 w6s merely going to Say that, let the
Northern people once really feel the var
| they do not feel 1t Yet-and they Will fa5izt
on hargtng every one Of your lenders"
"Well. aduittieg nn sou say, emit see
how It affects our position. There are s?me
thirgs eorse than hanging or determination.
Wc reckon giving up The right Of seltgoy-
crnment one Of shose things"
"Bj eelEgoyernnent son mem disun1on
}-sonthern iadtpendenc=.''
"Yes."
| "And slavery, yop say, is go longer an c1e-
HNo. it is not; it never Was au esseatia!
| clement It ssas only means OF bringing
other conflicting clements - al etrlttr cnl-
nIina.ion- It fred the musket which Was IL
reaGy capped snd loaded. T.ere nre essen
ts=l differences bctr7een III: NortA ana the
South that Wall, horeyer this war may end,
| make them two nat'ops."
"Yoa ask me to sly whst think. Will
yon s]toW fre tn say that know the e1uth
pretty, ;scl', end never obsersed those dil1eF-
"Tbep YIN have not used .our eyes, My
sight is poorer tim yours, but have seen
III. N TOR yc41s."
The laugh Was upon me, and Ar. Beojsu
c1;jo, ed It.
HNcll sir, bs that SIS 1t may, If l undsE-
ktsnd ytn, the Dispute b'twc-n youc gov
e,pu,e:,t and orrsi Is na:r,wed down to this
u1faH or dtEunioD.'
s.Tts; or to put it in other words: 1nde-
; pcrdehce or subjugaioa."
J "TIcu thttwo governments arc irrccon
; cllabls psrt- They hEyo 70 alternative bu'
. to fight it ant But it is not SO with tho peo-
pie. They are tirsd OF fighting and waut
peace and es they brae Ill the burden ant
suffering Of the war, is IL not right tae1
should htre rcacc, nnd hive 1t On such term
, !! as they Ike!
Il don't understand xour. Be little NOR
, ! explicit"
aR. DAVIS REFUSES AN ARM1sT1CE.
Swell, suppose the two government
: fbould agtee to something like this: To r
to the people with two propositions; 81,
pesc &C, with 6ikunipn and southern indGpeua
, | ence, ts your proposition-and peace, Wit
. uIion, emancipation, no coo1scatton, ant
universal amnesty. US ours. Let the citizen
, OF all the United States {ss tuey existed BE-
fore the war) vote sYes' or NO on thss
, two propositions, ut - special election .rithf'
! sixty days. II q minority votes disuniou
!, our goyernm eut to be bound By it. and to le
! yours 10 be hound by It, aud tu stay in peace
The two EoyGrnments ca1 contract in thi
way, and the people, though hconstit1tioaal;,,
: uDntlc to decide on pefce or var, ca1 clcc
E Thich Of the two propositions slsii goven
= their rultrs. Let Lee and GrAnt, mean while
the ewcrd; aud, II once shsathad, it srou:
:. never a.aiu be dra~n By this generation"
= "The plan Is altorether fUpsact(ceole.
+ the South WCrc only oEe State. It Nigh
y y jcctct to cl pciration, it would nulliiy Il.
n whole thing; for you hre aware the -peap!
r of Virginia cannot vote elayerr ont of 6ont
!. Caroliho, nor the people Of South Carolia
!. vote it unt Of Virginia."
j. "But ttree-quarters Of the Stiles CT
= amend !ns Ccnst,tuss sso1-1e! it he done
:. tpat way-}n eny Fay, so thst It he dono
= the people, / an not statesman or polit
:. cian, and fdo not know jnst how such
. plan could be carried out; but you get tt
4 ides--tsat the people shall decide tho que
rion.H .
- "That The majority shall decide 1t. 70
It nean. We seeded to rid ourselves Of Il
n rule Of the .1'alority, and this would sub}s
70 us to It BgAin:"
>. With bullets or ballots"
- III Bu not 90 sure of that Neither CO
y rent events nor history, showa that the n
No iorit7 rules, or ever did rule The conttal
~ I tbink, Is true. Why, sir, the man vi
ne should 20 before the southern people ri
N such . propositions. with any proposlti
|
T. voice in determining the domestic relntio
~ OF the South, could rot live here day.
be would be hatEed to the first tree, witho
ri ludgt or jury"
'e' 'e ssAllow me to doubt that. think
81 more likely he would be hapgtd: il he let
,is Southern people know the majority could
i, It. 'i II bave % no issr Of Tint" rejofned ,
Fnr Davis, also smiling moet coed humored
~ ~ give 5ou leave 10 rroclaim it firm ev
house top in the south h."
a,f s'But, seriously. 6ir you lit the major
; 4 .ule in 4 single stats why not LET it rale
Ia the whole country:'
"Becsuse the states are independent .
- sovereign The country Is not It Is onl
: ctntcdt ration OF states; OF ra.her it was
he- is now TWO co1feteratlons.
1e. .sTheu we are not ,people-,we are onl
,sn political TnrtEarstip:"
,ns .t1nat is all +"
sns aed "Tour very name, cit, United State
I'M I'm plies thlt," Eatd Mr. Benz j4mlu. 'Bu&
~. 1ue, sre the terI7s you mare named-.ema,
1ah ! patlop. 10 condEcntion, and universal |
~ ~. nesty-the terms Which Mr.. Lincoln autl
,ee lied you to offer u.s."
thc stE., sir; Mr. Lincoln did no. antho1
on ne to offer you ary terms. But think b
va ,n. be and thu Northern people, for the sake
NJ pcsce, would sssent to such conditions -
"a. "They arc very generous" replied :
~. Davis, for the FIRST time during the inserVl
sho wing some aDgry feeling, - But alanes
-. sir. applies 10 criminals We haye conn
unless you can enforceit. And emancl
nut ton. Tou have already emaucipated nes
On. | two millions Of our slaves, and If .you !
If take care of them Yon may c1naactpate
tal rest. had few Then the war began.
aco was Of BONG use to them;, they never "
md Of any to me. Against their VIII you en-
nnr eTery negro In the Confede1ncy, but ne