Delaware gazette. (Wilmington, Del.) 1837-1883, 1864-09-02
Tho Peace Rumors



| The public mind is restless uadsr va4u. ana
Indefinite rumon Of peace propositions. W.
think all reports Of the appointment Of commit.
Aionsrs are PREMATURE as 1t Ia hardly probabls that
Mr.. Lincoln will make any demonstration mill ar
tor the Chicago conYenton has pat forth Ia Mai.
form. 20
We 10 not believe any successful negotiations
can be contaminated before the Prudential a.
.ion mas passed, although 1t will be necessary for
oO'n the Administration aud the anti-AdmInistra-
uon parties TO established their lines Of policy
during the canvass, and have some commupica-
ton with, the Rebel Government In order Thai
the people may vote uudsrstandineiy.
Only small portion Of the people undsrstood
the effects Of baOtipg for President In 1860. TIM
great body Of the Southern people did not bolisy.
the North was In earnest, and the great BODY I.
the North were entirely incredulous Of the detsy.
imitation In The South In regard to the secession
and Independence. So in the Congressional else.
tions Of 1852, the Northern Democrats wsrs sur.
priced at the repulss which their Efforts to adjust
the quarrel met with at the South. This time bo,h
the people and the leaders will Inquire 10 know
how the matter stands before they vote
The interview between Governors Seymour ana
Andrew may be In regard to naval exemptions ana
other matterSin the enrollmsht, 10 which New
York aud Massachusetts, have a common interest.
so far as regardh their maritime and rommorclal
distficlsi built has undoubtedly given riss to
many of the peace rumors, aud particulsrly 10
that concerning the appointment Of three Republi-
can and twV Democrat commissioners. We have
heard whisper that the President may name
Governors Seymour, of New York; Parker. Of
| Nav JaraeV. Apdratg NJ Mass.ah...s...
Of ohioi and Yates, OF Illinois, to proceed to Mag
ara Falls, and meet the Governors of as many Of
the Confederate States, to oohfer On propositions
for ending the war.
This may be done without any resort to an arm !.
istiee, which is many accounts Objectionable at
the present time. It would doubtless bring about
bettor undsrstandngsln regard to the possibili
ty of terminating the war than We now have, and
some conference of the kind Is Absolutely nsoesss
~ before the people of the United States can
vote uuderstandngly in November.
Of one thing the Confederate Government mar
rest assured-they car never accomplish separa-
ton and Independence by war and force OF arms
and they should have known this at the outsct.-
If they really determined on this, the only way
| In which they osn effect It will BE- to lay down
their arms, come together in the Federal Con-
gress or iu convention, and make peaceful sep
afation, after proper and preliminary negotiations
In our view, separation, though greatly to DO
deprecated as injurious to the prosperity and
happiness Of the people of the whole country
would be better than incessAnt quarrsllinR war
and bloodshed The idea that We cannot live to-
gethsr az we'll as the italian and German States,
under separate aOvsrnmsnts, is absurd.
IT, after giving up all attempts at forebs sspara
tion. the South manifests to the people Of ths
North united and unslterable determination, we
have no idea that an thing like a majority Of the
Northern people will ever be found DESTROYS Of
ruling over thsm as subject SistsI OF Of warrIne
for the determination of the whites and the sGtab-
lishmsnt Of the black population IN those 5tatss.
su,h party in the North would bs as small and
Insignificant as all parties Of mononaniAcs ever
srslamong al inisllige<mRsopls.
We should probably - see the folly Of
separation and sigh again fsz pity; but with A .
free navigation Of the Mississippi, q proper ad
justment Of the boundary line aud the Joint oc
cupaiion OF New Orleans, We could get along YER,
tolsrably until We should grow WHsr In The school
Of experience, and perhaps of adversely. Ths
evil would be ssrions, but Il would bs no greater
than individuals, nations and races are often
called upon to endure Ia the mysterious dealings
OF the Almighty with mankind, and TO which
those who have faith In the ultimate triumph Of
Christianity in tho world, can submit rsysfsnt,y
and aasOmplsluinsly, Il net With Ohssriulusss.