Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-17
MORNING LEADER
aORNING. AUGUST IL
me Question Of an ArmisfIee.

me Question Of an ArmistIee.
The sovereign panacea now recommended
by many individuals, but chiefly by the
Democratic party, for the healing of all the
us We suffer- is said to be an Armisticel
cessation of hostilities for six months a. d
convention of the States. It is claimed by
many blatant cOpperheads that the Admin
it-ation and the Union men of the country
ars opposed to any peace, that they desir'
d..-uniOn and are only fighting for bound
airy lines, and that consequently they ar
unwilling to tolerate the idea Of IN Armis-
tics lest Peace and Union should berestored
70 the country. All this is utterly false
We believe those who have supported the
government with men and money, whose
husbands, fathers, brothers and sons are III
the ranks of the Union army, have more
reason to desire Peace aud do desire it fdI
more sincerely, than the men, who rom the
first, have constantly opposed the war 1t
is only necessary to count up the men N
any community ,Oko are most blatant for
Peace, to find those who have made the
least sacrifices in the war. Find Copper
head-not one of whose sons is in the army
and who has been mixing money out O.
the war, and you will find man who is
eternally whining and prating, about this
cruel war snd about Peace
We, therefore say, that the men and
women who most need Peace are in the
Union Party. They know what war costs
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restore Peace, Liberty and Union to the
whole country.
So stern and so general has become the
desire for Peace and Union, it Is our opin-
DIN that the way shonld be left open for
tbesecuring of an honorable Peaoe whenever
the rebels signify their readiness to ceas'
from armed rebellion and consider th'
ouestion of reunion. Reunion is absolute
" essential to any Peace that may b'
adopted. The nation would notfora moment
tolera.e the idea Of a peace secured by
separation. When therefore, the least in
timation comes from the rebel authoritie'
at Richmond that they are desirous o
peace and Union, we regard it not only
the highest wisdom, but the duty of tn
Administration to hold itself in readines
to listen to such propositions Whethel
the srTo whom it may concern" Is an ulti
natum Of conditions or not, 1or it has beer
semi-oficially declared that it Is not,) ;
willingness on the part of the government
to listen to proposals for Peace and Union
and an Armistice, will effectually confut'
the cry of the copperheads, that Peace i
not the object of the Government Ne
gotiation must come at some time
and that too, before every rebel sleeps he
meath the sod.
1t is even rumored already that the Gov
ernment has been thinkin Of sending com
missioners TO Richmond in order to ar
range the terms Of an Armistice. We
know not what truth there may be in the
report, but we do know that the probabili-
ty of being out-maneuvered in thisrespect,
has oocasioned some alarm among teh cop
perhead leaders who calculated on making
their chief capital out of the supposed IN
willingness Of the Government to ents-I
tain the Thought of an AFInistloe.
Already they ara berating the idea that
an armistice on the part Of the Govern
ment can secure any durable results. If
Mr.. Lincoln should consent to an Armis-
tice, say they, it would do no good The
rebels would accept nothing from him, they
affirm, but Peace and DisuniOn: The
Democratic party, however, is an object Of
fender regard OF the part of JEFF. Da' us
and they can secure Peace and UHioa-
Such is the new dodge they clutch for,
90 soon as it looks probable that an armis-
Zee Is possible.
An offer, such as it is raInoTed the gov
ernment may propose, would, if rejected
at Richmond efFectually disarm the peace
eopperheads in the North. If rejected,
there would, in all probability be a reac-
ton of Indignation among the people of
the South. The European powers in that
event, would be likely to withdraw theiL
synoathio nsfre thebels. Possibly an
other effect of an Armistice would be TO
take away the appetite for war from the
rebels and bring the fearfully outraged
people ofthe South to a defiant and bellig-
srent attitude toward the rebel authori-
lies. If the Government shall see fit topro-
pose an armistice of thirty or sixty days. or
longer, we believe it will meet with
the appreciation of the people
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