The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-08-24

There Is a great deal Of talk IN the pa
pers about Peace; but we do not find that .
anything practicable has been proposed /
from any anarter. The Richmond papers 4
are watching with interest the discussions 7
on the subject 10 see if the action OF the .
Chicago Convention may not be made 10 /
favor the interests of the Rebellion.
On the proposition for calling a National 4
Convention. the Richmond E.rommer, Of
the 18th, says:
LET there be not only on q arInistice,
but a formal remuneration Of al right and
Orefence 10 cOerce those StateS-and OF
course. an entire withdrawal OF all land and
sea forces which occupy any portion OF our
soil, or blockade any oil our ports; and I
then the Northern States will, for the first
time. be in a condition 10 propose 10 Us re-
construction Of the Union, or q contention
/ Of states for the purpose OF negotiating
/ thoL 1t may slaely be promised that such
( proposals would then be at least consider
ed; at present, one cannot say what would
I be the result of that consideration; but, IN
short. lei our Northern brethren try uS.
| With such a change in the existing re-
/ latiODs. no doubt there may come also
great change over mems minds The hi
deOus apparitiOn Ofthe blood bOlstered Lin
coin will be laid; the bayOnet will no long
or be pointed al our thrOats our dead viii
have been buried out Of our sight, and II i
vain. as the humorous Abraham says 10
/ erumbe over split naiik-fOT 50 the iaceti-
Gus man calls blood We do not answer
for a favorable result Of this policy but the
Chicago Democrats will find it worth while
10 try il. Seeiag that II IS NE only chance
they hare"
Undoubtedly formal remuneration OF
all right and pretence to cOerce " the rebel
states. and IAN entire withdrawal of all
land and sea forces which occupy any por-
ton Of those States would be an excel
lent arrangement for peace on their part.
From New Orleans and Vicksburgh, from
the whole Of the Mississippi riyer-from Ar
kansas, Missouri and Tennessee-from At
lanta and Richmond-all our troops are TO
take mp their line Of march for the loyal
states. while the blockade Is 10 be removed
from every port, and the produce Of all ma
lions is allowed to pour in to the rebel
states in profusion; and then what is to
result from all this2 Why, if We will do
this the rebels will CONSIDER whether
they will treat with u or not Then, after
lallying along for several months with
their armies recruited and supplied with
, arms, and all th9ir cotton marketed abroad
they would rccOmmence the war at the out
side borders of rebeldOm, we being obliged
TO conquer over again al the territory We
had abandoned in obedience to their de-
mand for considering propositions on
peace, Would not this be a splendid
scheme on Their part TO make fools OF u
! Yet they have the impudeEce to invite the
Chicago Convention To 90 in for it as " the
Only chance Hey hare ?" The COnven-
ton will probably obey the orders Of the
Southern masters, as the Democrats have
always done heretofore.
The Examiner also says:
1T is for those who have unjustly and
e wantonly invaded our country to after rs
c 0eacc; and when they do Meg lcW still Of
t Ter IL a., rain until their armed men arr
Withdrawn from the soil Of these COnfede-
rate States. sand the felOn flag of stripes l.
hauled down from every fort within oul
g borders. After that, il will be time enough
. to pirate about Peace. Now the very WORD
a is nonsense
When Mr.. Gilmore talked with Davis, il
n Richmond, about peace, all the terms the
Il arch-rebel proposed were - Withdraw YOU
a armies from our Territories "-'' Independ
ence or determination And, as Jaque;
i and Gilmore left the room where they haC
IT been conversing Davis said;
5 say to Mr.. Lincoln from me, that / shall
e. AT any time be pleased 10 receive proposals
IS OF peace on the basis of our Independence
= II lrW be useless 10 opProach me on a.3
oNer."
Mr.. Gilmore says he gave to Davis thu
views Of our Government, as follows:
Entire abolition, u general amnesty. nC
il cOnfscation, the debts of the South 10 b,
5 ignored the debts Of the General Govern
" ment to be borne 10y all the states"
Il The Eramiae. further says:
n As Lincoln wants peace on his owl
Y terms, so do we also want a peace on ours
. and the terms mutually exclude and DESTROY
each other. Ii il not. therefore. the same
# peace we desire; and the word itself, ban
q died about in this way loses all meaning
and signifies nothing at all. Ii has becOm,
n a hateful word, and should be left exclus
" lively 10 the use of Buffalo orators in
'e neighbOring State, if any of that sort still
: driyel and SWIVEL. Let Us get rid of The
is whole vile cant, and say at once We are fo
i war, and nothing but war. until, as Davis
is said 10 have said, 1.-THE last OF this gen
st ration falls i'm his tracks, and then that W.
u mean to pass il to the next as an inheri
L lance.
1 such propositions on the part Of the reb
l. els as We have quoted above, however the,
h may vary in form, all look TO the realization
q Of one idea, and that is the independence 0
the COnfederacy; and until we can bring
our minds to willingness to divide thi
great empire into two nations. it will b,
idle to talk about peace rs a practicable
ie thing. Peace now means only Division an,