Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-08
Mr.. Boyce's Letter-The Voice OF Georgia.


Judging from the tone of the Georgia press and
the givings out of her public men, there can be no
doubt about the fact that the people of Georgia are
for an immediate effort for peace by negotiation
The leading statesmen all concur that peace cannot
come by fighting, and that sooner or,later We must
end the struggle by negotiation, mutual concession
and compromise; and the press of the State is
largely the side of the principles set forth and
the plan suggested in the admirable letter of Mr..
Boyce
The peace men of Georgia, like the peace men
here, are told that the enemy not ready yet to
negotiate with US that we must Eght on till they
are in better temper, &c /; but men of common
sense will ask themselves if The prospect to nego-
tiate honorable and favorable peace will be bet
ter after six or twelve months more Of fighting and
exhaustion, than now; and if much better terms
could not have been had twelve or eighteen months
ago than now. War, like everything else engaged
i'll by man. is matter of fact business, and frenzi-
ed speculations, ridiculous predictions and pas
sonare threats change results and the sooner
the weaker party to a struggle can bring themselves
to survey the field with calmnesS and practical
reason, the better. The people of Georgia, and
elsewhere, remember the promises that have been
made and broken and they see dty by day usurpa-
tiOns of the authorities consuming them and what
they have, and they want peace. Not only do they
| want peace but they want liberty with it-that
liberty which shall protect person and property and
make none but reasonable and just exactons for
| the support of government
| Congress is to meet next Monday, and many of
| the State Legislatures will soon assemble, and f
these servants of the people will honestly consult
the interests and wishes of those who have clothed
them with power, instead of devising ways by
which the few remaining white men may be put in
| the field, and discussing the propriety of arming
the slaves for the butchery of their owners, they
| will act as men and as statesmen, and demand that
an earnest, determined effort be made for peace
| We must negotiate with the enemy, sometime, and
it is folly to stand upon punctilio; for the sooner
| we commence the sooner shall stop the effusiOn
of blood and the better will be the terms CT settle
ment. The Yankees will never get all they demand
by invasion, nor shall we get all we desire by
resistance and this being every motive Of interest
and sound policy should induce both parties to
| desire that negotiations should commence at once
| The idea that We must wait for them to lay aside
their arms and make oVertureS to US will end in our
ruin and subjugaion, if persisted in; and equally
absurd is the thought that we cannot, consistently
with our sefrespect, approach them, directly, on
the subject Of peace.
Unless the wisdom of Congress and of the State
Legislatures shall devise some plan by Which the
war may be stopped and peace restored, by spring,
it does n-Srequire the spirit OF prophecy to see
that we are ruined peOple.-ProgreSs