The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-11-16

Into Tennessee to strike the blow OF q
drunken man, and Leo crouches exhausted
behind tho Richmond defences. II more
men can be found-white men or black
men-to light, what are they to fight
for! Simply, say certain of the Rich
mond papers, TO make Mr.. Davis dictator. Mr..
Davis urges the rebel Congress to suspend the
rebel pross, to let his heads Of department 20
into the rebel Congress-, aud to give him su-
preme and desPotic power over the persons of
the Southern men, that he may send every one
whom be dislikcs into the rebel army, just as
the Gar sends men who dsplease him to
| Siberia. Such is the last phase OF the great
rebellion, aud such IL tie condition for which
whole people have endeayored to destroy
what one OF their leaders calls "the best
government in the world"
| Genera, Butier's Peace Proposition-The
Dove with tho OIive Branch.
The hatterlng public reception given to
| General Butler ct the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on
Monday evening last was. in many respects,
remarkable event It was remarkable in view
Of the object OF his visit to this metropolis and
in view of the object Of the meeting; it was
remarkable from the numbers Of distinguished,
besutful and interesting ladies who graced the
festival with their presence; but it was most
remarkable In this-that General Butler, dis
gu sed in the pumage Of war, appeared on this
| occasion as the dove, returning from the sub
siding waters Of tho deluge, and bearing in his
! mouth the olive branch of peace.
What an agreeable surprise will this be for
Ac,so as,tl aI = D.
garded by them as the embodiment of ell the
vices, all the crueltes and all the crimes Incl
dent to human deprsvity, they have learned to
designate Gen. Butler as Butler, the tyrant;"
Butler, the robber;" Butler, tho Infamous"
aud Butler, the Beast" This last choice dis
tinction, ss expressing ell that is vile and
abominsble, has become as common among the
subjects OF JEFF. Davis as that other favoritc
epithet of "Lincoln, the Ape" What will
these people Of the South think Of this much
abused man Butler. whom they have declared
an outlaw, beyond the pale Of ransom
or pardon, and for whose head they have
offered the value Of . hundred negroes-what
will they say Of him when, sezing the over
whelming verdict Of the country for the war.
he gracefully and gracously comes forward
with the olive branch Of peaces Ii there be
anything Of Southern chivalry remaining be-
tween Richmond and Mobile, surely this vOlun-
tary Offering from General Butler Of kindness
for hatred and charity for abuse, viii disarm
even the most ferociOus ire-eater Of his resou-
tions Of vengeance. General Butler thinks
thst the late election has 80 far sustained the
administration, and has so completely strength
ened its hands for decisive war, that It is now
In the best possible position to try again
liberal offer of peace This is what be proposes
to our rebellious Southern brethren sHe would
say to them:-"Come back, come back and
leave off feeding on husks, and share with US
the fat OF the land, and bygoues shall be by
cones, and in one country, and with one law,
we shall live in peace hereafter" And 1t is no
stinted or hallway forgiveness that he offers.
He proposes it "to all, If all will submit to the
laws;" and he very convincingly asls:-"By SO
doing shall we not, In the eyes Of the world,
have exhausted all the resources of statesman
ship in our effort to restore peace to the
country"
Such is the amnesty suggested by General
Butler ia behalf of peace. II contemptuously
rejected by the rebel leaders, however. he pro-
poses the fearful alternative OF war on the
plan Of civilian the Conqueror"-war to
subjug alton, con6scation and the coioni
cation Of the enemys lands by our own
soldiers. This terrible alternative, we do
not think, from the present military stua-
ton, will be necessary in any event; but
We do most cbeeriully concur in the pro-
position for the experiment of another invita-
ton to peace to the rebellous States on the
basis Of liberal amnesty. In trying it,
whether accepted or rejected, the administra-
ton will be indicated before the world, and
the people Of the loyal States will become
unit in its support
From the interesting fact that, upon the heels
Of this peace speech OF General Butler, the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher nominated him for
the next Presidency, we infer that the Generals
peace programme will be satisfactory to the
abolition war radicals, while, on the other hand,
the universal amnesty proposed is all that
could be reasonably asked by Vallandigham
and the peace cOpperheads. Therefore, when
the Secretary Of War shall have heard officially
from General Sherman, and that the military
game Of chess now being played in Georgia
is completely under his control, We W. uld
respectfully recommend to President Lincoln
the adoption of General Buffers peace propo-
sitions, and the allowance Of the interval Of
grace suggested to the anniversary OF General
Jackson's victory OF New Orleans. In the
meantime it will be . feather in the cap OF
General Butler that he stands the FIRST public
man in the country to propose . generous
amnesty in behalf Of peace after national
election which has fully justified and strength
cred the administration for the subjugaton Of
the rebellion by force Of arms.
The SCHLEswIG-HoLsTEIN QUEsrroN.-The
treaty Of peace by which Denmark has formally