Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-08-18
Rebel Terms of Peace.


II is very easy matter to compromise
with our misguided Southern brethern.' -
To clearly understand the position of the
enemy. read the following conditions OF
peace" on which the official organ Of the
rebel Government. the Richmond Euqui-
rer, Of October Is, proposes to settle and
have peace"
Save on our own terms, we can &C.
cept no peace whatever. and must fight till
doomsday rather than yield one iota OF
them; AMI our terms are:
Recognition by the enemy Of the indie
pendence of the Confederate States.
"Withdrawal of Yankee forces from
every foot OF Confederate ground. includ-
ing Missouri and Kentucky.
"Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers from
Maryland until that State shall decide by
free vote whether she shall remain in the
old Union or ask admission into the Con-
fe1eracy.
Government to give up to the Confedera-
cy its proportion of the Navy. as it stood
at the time Of secession, or to pay for the
same.
yielding up all professions on the part
Of the Federal Government to that portion
of the old Territories which lie west OF the
Confeder ate States.
IAN equitable settlement. on the basis
of our absolute independence and equal
rights, of al accounts of the public debt
and public ianls. ard the advantages &C
cruing from foreign treaties.
These provisions we apprehend. COM
prise the minimum of what we must re-
quire before we lay down our arms. That
is to say. the North must yield all; we
nothing The whole pretension Of that
euuntry to prevent by f.rce the separation
Of the States must lie abandoned. which
will be equivalent to an avowal that our
enemies were wrong FROM the first; and, Of
course, as they waged causeless and wick
ed war upon us. they onght in strict JUS
tice. to be required according to usage in
such cases. to reimburse to us the whole OF
our expenses and losses in the course OF
that war"
These are the terms of peace. and the
Enquirer says further:
cas- surely as we completely ruin their
armies-and without that is no peace nor
trust at also SURELY SHALL WE MAKE
THEM PAY OUR WAR DEBT. THOUGH WE WIRING
1T OUT OF THEIR HEARTS"
Citizens of Iadianal these are the terms
Of peace to which you are invited by the
Copperhead politicians of our State--the
destruction of the Union-the giving mp oil
Maryland, Kentucky. AMI Missouri. which
have all voted by immense majorities for
the Union-the surrender Of large part
Of our Navy-the loss of more than one
half Of our territory. and Tie payment Of
the det Of the accursed rebellion Of traitors.
by having it "wEUNG OUT OF OUR HEARTS
People of Indiana! Will you give your
assent to such q base surrender of our
cause? If not, then repel the peace Or
CARNATIONS" in Indiana. and rally only
with those who keep step to the music OF
he Union" who stand by our brave sol
liers in the field, and are for "Ltelty and
Union, now and forever, one and nsepara-
ble."
The shortest and cheapest road to peace
at this stage Of the game is to continue the
course we have been pursuing. The re-
bellion is slowly, but surely, notwith-
standing the aid and comfur; afforded il by
northern sympathisers. having its life
crushed out 1t cannot cert ainly stand
much more pounding. Any attempt now
to make peace with the rebels, by offering
them terms humiliating to tho North, will
only proleng the strife. The rebels arc
fully aware that they can have peace when
ever they lay down their arms and submit
to the laws, and unless they are forced to
10 this anarchy and revolution will become
the order of the day. The history OF Mex
leo will be repeated in the United States.
The future peace and prosperity of the
country, as we'll as the perpetuation Of lib
erty itself. depends upon the subjngation
of the rebels. and forcing them to submit
to the Constitution anil Laws. II the re-
bellion succeeds the Union will be destroy
ed AMI anarchy. war and devastation will
follow as a natural and inevitable copse.
quence. not between different States only.
but between rival parties and factions in
our own and other States.
This, citizens Of Indiana. is the state OF
things whichthe Copperhea!s of the North
are now striving to inaugnraie, and they
will certainly succeed unless every true
patriot rouses from his lethargy and takes
immediate steps to counteract their hellish
designs.