Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04
HOW is PEACE TO BE OBTAINED

We all are ANXIOUS for peace, men Of all parile
want II. An inRlor,ous few arc for pence on an
terme, 40 that they may hage peace,
Let 10 look this question straight In the face
First Wecan have an honorable. LASTING peace
BY nonqueriug tho traitors who originated aui
continued this rebellion tor the purpose OF ealab
fishing m independent Government. Or
Secondly We can have disgraceful peace h,
( submission 20 the Rebel demands, by a confes
sion TINT tho American people ara unable to pre-
serve their nationality, and tho Democratic prn
eiple that the majority shall rule, by the intro
duction OF a principle Of diantcgration iuto on
politios which ahali forever destroy naiiona
unity in the remaining loyal Staier, by the aban
donment OF Maryland Western Virginia, Missouri
! Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, the Valley oil
tue Mississippi. tho blcckaded harbors, the rS-
taken forts, the reconqurrel ierritory--in short
all We have rcgained in the struggle wo can
have peace al ATTY time, tut il will be tempo.
Iary and dieglaceful peace Much as We may
desire II, there Ia no middle read to peac9 The
Rebellion oonqdefs us or We conquer it.
II s the special snl peculiar mission of the
Democratic and DisuniOn lea ers at this crisis Ia
our national ailairs, to deceive tho uniformed.
and pursuadO them that there is same middle
pathway 10 an honorable peace
Notwithstanding the necessity Of war, forced
the assaults OF traitors, aud the many evils and
disoOumgemenis 10 the train OF such a war, The
great masses Ia the loyal Rtates are still devoted
u the preservation OF the Union.
The Democratic Disunion leaders know this.
They cannot Ia my of their calculations ignore
this great truth, Hence, while they cry aloud for
peace, they profess the most DEVOTED Unioaisiq.
Their ability to deceive denenls on their loud
professions Of devotion to the Union. This Ia a
shrewd device Of the Democratic Dl4uniOn Load
0ra 10 regain Office and patronage. The pro-
lOnged civil strife, very naturally, will make
many attentive listeners to these suggestions of
peace, and yet the great facts Of the Rebellion
Its present condition, aud the terrific future loom
ing up before us in case the traitors suoosed ia
destroying our Union, are not 10 the slightest de-
gree altered by our'desres for peace. OBJ that
the mysterious but still melclful God would put
Into he hearts of loyal men the same zeal to pre-.
serve good Government, as tho Devil has in-
fused toto the hearts Of traitors 70 destroy it
The Breekinridge Democracy inaugurated CiSil
var in the South. Their special allies ia the
Loyal States are the peace nPn. A reasonably
decent man Of that persuasion would feel ashsm.
ed to ask for the trust Of negotiating peacs-
But theeo gentlemen arc not troubled with deli
caey OF feeling, and to the ineulte disgust Of all
honest men, after covering themselves with the
infamy Of completely in, aud sympathy With trea-
son, they impuleuily assert that they olODe are
competent 10 settle the terms Of en- 6-1oTa5ls
peace. Our object now, is to uumask deception,
TO show that, wiling the slgve obllgarchy were
before the Rebellion to use tho Democratic or
gan5lton for their own purposes of aggrsndize
inen, nov this same Democratic party has not
the sightest influence in their counsels or plans
for the fdture that the Rebels are now and from
the start have been fighting for PolitioAl, Govern
mental lEdopeHleBcej and that there never has
been an hour when they would have accepted any
thing less than The absolute recognition Of tlut
Independence.
TIC Rehcis mean Independence i'r themselves
aud Dirunion for us. because lhly did not simply
maize war against an cxi1tiug Government, BAT
formally established a N ltional Government ia
oil its branches for themselves
The Rebels did not intend their Government 10
be one Of temporary character, Tor by their
corner ttone Of African slavery. they so shocked
tho sense OF the christian world as to make i'm
possible farther Uniun with the free States Of
Amtiioa, and they 20 hid this stone as intention
ally 10 produce His result
The Rebels intended their Government not
only to bs Independent, hut peculiarly set apart
from, and Distinct from all other Governments,
based on the Democratic rule. that the majority
shall govern. They dedantly proclaimed the
faacy Of The majority rule, and suba,iuied there
dy as the true theory OF Government. This was
to close the dnor against further associations with
"mud sils" who were governed by the majority
rule.
These Rebels always have proclaimed on all
ocuasions, and in esery form Of utteranoe that
they were fighting for their independence, that
In, our Disuuion. No public body, no eminent
public man among them up to this time. after al
the sacrifices and the iesolatiou the South has
4. 4 Z H..
than their Independence, /. c. our Disunon
1t follows, therefore, that IL we are to have
peace We can have it onig in ous Of two woys, We
eau conquer an honorable peace, or we can be
COZ quered and submit to dishonorahle peace
To illustrate this determination of the Rebels TO
accomplish our DisunlOn, we spread before our
readers, extracts from an account Of late inter-
view between Mr.. Gilmore aud Col Jaquess and
JEFF, Davis. the Rebel President