Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-11

c1H our rights IN TIE L-Hiea are
precisely schat re do not ranf Il Is
time theT understood We have saged
three years Of bitter xarefars, that We
have fought huudred battles, given uD
our sons and our brothers to the slaugh
ter, and submitted to the desolztiou Of
our homes, the devastation of our fields
aud the bombardment Of our cities, not
by any means that TIE end Of all should
Be a nele alliance tcith The Northern
Democracy, a recurrence 10 the fatrigWss
dsd eOrruptions Of The old Union. Il
is time that they saw clearly that We
wish neither repetition Of ths humiIi-
dtiHg partisan alliances Gad conflicts Of
the past, nor participation IN the
Yankee siareTy Of the present We
hare got happily rid Of The one, aud Ue
are determined Hsrer 10 submit 10 fAe
other.
The following from the Montgomery,
Alabama, Daily Mail of March IL, in
reply 20 the Long 5 proposition iE the
House 20 send Commissioners 70 arrange
for the return Of the. rebels TO their for
mer allegiance, is only eon6rmatory Of
the Richmond Wings declaration and
all concurrent testimony, that the only
road 70 peace is over defeated rebel
armies The Mail SAYS.
The Ysnkee Congress need not have
troubled itself 10 vote down the pzaposi-
tion Of Mr.. Long. Of Ohio, for sending
Commissioners 10 Richmond 70 ascer.
tain whether tie Confederate States are
ready 10 return 10 their allegianee 10
the Union aud srazt their rights again
to Yankee faith Ar. Wrigkfs resolu-
tons Of fhts nature treTe not ereH re-
eeiped 5y our Congress, the meabsrs 90
ting almost unanimously 10 deny their
author the courtesy ofa consideration,
Mr. Wright left Riehmond during the
succeeding day and did not return during
the session. There is, therefore, some
satisfaction in the knowledge that the
vote Of - to 90 By which Mr. Long
resolutions we're defeated is not more
decisive than tha, By which our Congress
refused 10 entertain fAe counterpart Of
tie proposition.
The fate Of Mr. Longs resolution
ought to satisfy Southern men that the
Nor,hera mind Is in no mood Tor nego-
} station, but If any are skeptieal on this
point. they may be more fully enlighien-
ed after reading the propositions which
we're subsequently, adopted unanimously
by the Yankee Congress. They deelar-
ed first, that - rebelIioa Is wicked
and unjusti6able, and all engaged ia il
are public enemies %, that s the re.
bellioa shall be put down aud the cause
OF il permanently removed 81, that
there was no middle ground % which n
good citizen could stand when the queA-
ton was between loyalty and treason,
and that It vas the duty Of all to hear,i.
II support the Government
The adoption Of the resolution offered
By Mr Cox, Of Ohio, declaring that the
rebellion i hereby abolished, was a Ct.
ting exordium to this sort Of balderdash.
Ia view Of the late news from Mississip-
pi and Georgia, the laugh With which
this resolution was received may also
have been very appropriate. Perhaps
the subject Of peace may be treated
more seriously after fAis ysar' $ campaign
shall hare brought cur eRsmiss 70 their
senses Ia the meantime, We maintain
that Bob Lee, ice Johnston and Gus
Beauregard aciH pross our best negotia.
tors.