, 1864-11-21
Uhifaoo Gribnne.
MONDAY NOVEMBER q, 1864.
pE1ACN GOSSIP

pEACE GOSSIP.
The public Will do well 70 put LILLE ia.1n III u
the peace runoss 80 indusfrousiS circulated
nov.a.aays. True, the President is in posi-
finn In make ovcrturcs 10 Tue rebels "1thout
1o., Of dignity. &c has been sustained by
magnificent majority In the loyal States. He
;s securc of the hearty confidence Of the conn
~ md of an almost unanimous support In
Conprcss. Our armies are deeper In the bow
cls Of the rebellion than they have ever been
before. The election las given promise
Of whatever means may be found necessary
for carrying on the war. The rertn mas ever
hcen disposcd to be mnggnanimoas, and would
TO-DAY annlaud any effective measures for the
..,.os.,tnr of m honorable and enduring
peace. sao,.o
tbat tic rebel government or any portion OF
t,,c south sufficiently strong to make ttselfre-
spcctsd by the government, betray any nspo-
s;tIon for peace on the basis OF the Union Mr.;
Davis. In bis recent message, claims that this
has lecn their most successful campaign
TINT their prospects Of ultimate triumph have
never been brighter-that their Independence
is already achieved and thatany terms ofpeaee
must BEGIN with an acknowledged Of that
fact: Hero is gulf Is bread as that
which divided us after the first bat
tic Of Bull Eun. Whatever of Union
sentiment may be claimed for any portion Of
the Southern people, it is obvious that Jetier-
son Davis controls their armies, and that they
constitute now, rs heretofore, the chlct OBJ"
stacle 10 restoration Of the Union. So long
as their bayoncts are pointed at .us, the pre-
sumption is that powder and ball are the only
ovcrturcs they care to receive. especially II
their captain tells us that such ia the fact. In
the absence Of proof to the contrary, We must
assume tllat the rebel Congress Is lair expo
nept Of The sentiment Of the seeding States,
end We find In that body no indications OF
hopeful nature. On the contrary, MI the tones
That have come to us are the familiar ones Of
hate and dcdancc.
II is not merely necessary that Mr.. Lincoln
should he In position to make orcrtures Of
peace without loss ot dignity to himself or to
the nation, but 1t Is necessary that he should
have some satisfactory assurance that those
oycrtuycs would not be rndely repulsed. A
fr,litless arnisticc would have strong de-
moralizing tendency. It would tend to cs-
tablish other idcas for those upon which the
war has been prosecuted. It would strengthen
the rebellion By conveying to its devotees the
impression that We are tired Of fighting. 1t
would introduce confusion, If ifnothfng worse,
In cur own ranks, where almost absolute har-
mony has been established by the election. It
would be interpreted as concession to Cop
pcrhcad ideas which the people never au-
thorized, and which the supporters Of
General Mcclellan neither expect nor
ask at our hands. We have no right
to assume TINT Jefferson Davis
means peace and Union when he says
war and dis11nion. We have no right
to assume TINT he docs not represent the
views Of The majority in his domlnions when
VIC find that majority expressing the same
views as himself.
Gen. Sherman has set forth on the most I'M
portaut campaign that his genius and courage
have yet inaugurated. Before any tidings Of
peace can come To his ears he will probably
have swept through the heart Of Georgia and
divided the Contederacy in twain. Whether
he shall do SO with little resistance or wheth-
CT he shall meet some unforeseen disaster, it
Is almost certain that the aspect of affairs
will. be materially altered by his movement.
he cannot be recalled even though We were
SO lost to tho sense Of our oEn interests as to
wish him back Meanwhile We haye nothing
to do but to execute the decree Of the people,
which is that the war shall continue I'LL the
Onion is restored. The rebel Government
will let us know when they gre ready for
peace upon the basis laid down in our nation
g. ~ II