The New York herald., 1864-10-20
THE PEACE QUESTION.
Letter frem tie Hon. lIerschel
v. Johnson.
Vice President Stephens Denounced for Ills
Peace Sentiments.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS RESUMED,
Sc, Sc. &c
The Letter Of Herscbe's W. .Johnsor-gns
Pence Party In the south.


(Fron the Richmond n,apatch Oct. III
the Letter o. the ton Harschel Y. Jehuson the
10 publ sh, but which has been some ys before the
public Ia N striking contrast with the letters Of Mcssa
stephens ana Brown Of Georgia ard Mr. oyce. OF South
CAROLINE. Mr. Johnson Ia as anxious for peace either
Of these gentlemen: but under crcums ances he
can soc % no way TO obtain t. tho party setting
as thcy have been from the beginning, the ag.
grcssors, be does not tbiuk altogether becoming in
us TO make the frst proposal Shnld we. howevsr put
our dignity pocket and go forward as suppant
thero no appearance OF probability thn should be
met In the sDrit OF poaoe the contrary reasoning
from everything that has occurred m this connection
there Ia n much greater probabiynuy, there ab.
sointe cerlanty-that our motives viii be entirely mis-
construed and that approaches will attrbn,ed 10
rear. The rrOposiOr a convention nses NTH Senator
.Yohn1n decided dtsnpnrnp, III cr- a., d, S;es,c.
hcen ~ ana an absolute surrender OF oil have bee
feht,no for.
We cannot too highly applaud tho monty .ono and
strong common sense views of Senator Johnson. and
they presented to the public the precss point OF
time at which they most needed. Recen, d.rsioy-
nsnts an thd quarter haze produced panfh
Vrg'nta The letters Of Aesss Stephens and E,yc. ant
TIE ohos c7ndu OF Governor Bromn MI ts>, eocs
tGfd "a assure Abnu epervhiaq rsc thcTp
err'1a, crncerno stronger ind Thar there
should be of infnc, in the thaf first pea
o3u ot the Union. and Curried fhe thes doo with ~
settle matters i The encn, and Iccre other Satcs ,er
Me Union la'er, the ba0 10 hold for that is the
amount Of i al Certain States arc 10 mako their neace
that is what II means and 70 return
once more. The Yankees. having them OFT the r hands
arc then 70 take their satisfaction ont virgiua
that It will be bitter everybodv welt
derstand. These gentlemen disguise intentions
as they but IL their object be reconstruction
their course leads inevitably TO IT, and JOhnson
letter Is the moro accertable from s proving the
counses of these not ahared by ell in that
GoD OF the country.
II that Mcssrs. Brown Stephens and Royce
propose very clumsy machine for eccting their object
Nothing be easer than 20 return TO the bosom or the
Union Lincoln himself tells us II can be done Iav
down your arms in the first place. Acknowledge TINT
such rights az State RIGHTS and that the
FEDERAL government Is sovereign and supreme
that tho attempt to establish separate independence is
wicked and damnabe rebeiona Acknowledge tbot you
liuhl tn oil tha
fixed to the crime or high Admit President
OF the United States has right to all the
the South free bv his proclamation Although the
sttution OF the United States prohibits Conprcss from
PASSING bills Of atander corruption OF blood admit
nevertheless that all the laws e forfeiture passed the
Yankee Congress, aud which operate quite oeruav
os an attander are constitutional aud that all the
thereby. Applaud tho zeal OF the Yankee SOL
diery In obeying tbeir orders to rob, hnrn and
coin, and let him do with Won What he thinks He
will not. perhaps, use you very badly. He will, of
course insist upon hanglng all The leaders; br as he is
be sat'eAed with couple OF hundred OF
not be allowed TO retain any property. Iha. would
dict with the laws Of Congress- Then the country is
be sod mt and settled IN by Yankees and,recroes
that Of course yon made your mind up to whom YOU
tinn, too doubt. that the uoble patriots
fs'en in this war to be sgnatizei traitors
their and memories dshorored That
small matter You certainly canuot exuect tn stay
here; at least, not al! cf you Enough ay
rnenas to the who occupy your estates. the
rest must of to sberis on direction %
Aormondorn. where hhe hns deserts settle. Acyan.
der has siboria why shord not Abr:l.r, have ones
These are the terms Abe orera Ttey are che .erma
which you will ret by goi'r into convention. why in.
terpose the convention a. all?
Ihe Rebel Cavalry sIaGracc 60 the
N~r-trr.
The Richmond Er1rr~o October II. in oug article
the subject o' ;ne rebel csvpry and its cncy
takes occasion copy the follow ing extracts from
letter Of ficer in Eariy's cors II presents an in
torres ftnU md pmirg mic ~ Grhtv
Decentralization produced nv the repeated decais inflicted
by sheridan. The writer Gays
What cavalry costa is swfGi The vane or the
barns burnt, the destroyed. the cattle killed
carried or the horseg stolen the money (goid and sill
very exac'ed from the poorest formers the
threat burning their houses their haaos tho loss
mero,e such as is inflicted by this noronni-'d
dea aordlt-ed and dr,roroirtn1 laaiccrrlsr currr
would pay for the organization hosos included aud the
support Of six bousan1 cavalry Cor six weeks n won't
do TO look for goas IN the shape Of John barley
corn and ga valley which running With apple brandy"
tell you, dear cir e-e nothing running in tiis valley
fue corcrg the rcy Is rn'ieV of H'Daifn
Tim. There IVES more brandy drinking, and
good living in this valley in the glorious tunes os
Jackson than there Is yet he took, II wei, in
formed hundred md odd pieces Of artillery from The
Yankees In this campaign We have taken bu,
tcr+ fdkss th,rp from which makes
what li..ic we bad Of cavalry was Ashbysn II can SO
speak and the Yankees had not yet turned out against
US their we'll equipped, well Organized well mounted
OF formation Siuce has made it's appearance the
scat OF war we all know what has happened fhg hnu
bccrdcf ne lion in hi, den; IN The subs Of Richmond
two hundred miles from II. towards almost evcry
point Of the compass; they hare fed fot Of e lond
ard ie.t bshMd them, nnaiing uiA the smoke Of nor
cgwp 6res t tohch roord choices, ri,css
p0niTy yard, the arder and tho grazing ground. the
iatse, Vounss " ,n, a'",ms a."tn .uSe n,rs :.
mont property, harrs and bridges. h'uses and dc
pos villages and factories to such amount that the
obtusc Congressman must now see plainly that .
chesp cavalry is ruinrus thing We'll, sir yo, shos,,d
Of ccra',p hieadcs; Il IL perfect 'nocsp
h.y moke the Pdn,ess laugh. .i'pbodcns cdrdrg
las IL is ca led had 6cter BE- presented VNh unlnni-d
f1ious: for. without any trai,oous design on their
mart they give more 'aid and confort' the enemy
thsn traitors and Union viii be able 20 give
wbv the thing must be taken up IN enrneet as hope,
by this tne every body is open TO conviction that
subject As unero thing, hdus not ktp, Ttcs Nth
s lartees IN army orodrisntson dtsc,rne ond drf 10
that way they have been gaining ground. nch by neh.
upon We have opened a military school for tbeir
benefit they have learned from how 10 isb ccud
but icarn from Aen hoW o organise ani kssp sreon
ised, re ner year could ,on.s he end n Ge 'fr Of
.os oa our o,cr, territory two.thrds Of our
absentees, Ia evident that the great question with ne
IT, TO cali the in, but how TO keep them In
Many men have deserted no. because of the hsht0.
the discipline, but in some regiments, TO my certain
knowledge. from the want OF either They h,d that ~
arm, scas hup.bsc Dissnecon and wearinees aye the
fountain head OF dcsertou. not cowardice; your Tue
coward dare no, cesert; hesldcs, coward among
s 10 saysthe truth. rare bird keep the men en'
ployed all tmes, treat them with justice, c. avor
ism nepotem be weedod out Of rcgmcnial organize
tiou let every man belong 10 company which he can
bsproud or IN ~ numbers, ofFcers discipline, dril snd
mauas ement let every regiment bc formed II such com
psnies wherein every individual feels that he Ia unit
and component past q something respectable and
spocted In quantity, not lss sban In quality; lcs
Wholesome, and mot spssmodc discipline bind officers
and men 20 their duty let u be remembered, ~ the
ssme time that discipline flows from above 70 below,
through the regular channel. you please, ana
that discipline will reach the prvates that has NOT
passed through the occrs, by which mean TO say mat
the amount discipline ana orderly spirit found among
the privatss s faithful exponent OF whatever quantity
or discipline may bs found In the officers themselves,
whence follows that tho officers must themselves oe
the fret cmbod'mcns OF discipline All shat not only
easy to do but easy ~ bear; for discipline much more
Ieuient and mild than capsiss, which y tyrant, o.
license, which b . stumbling blcrk How many OF our
poor men shot deeerters Wippsd upoo the stumbling
boex OF license, VINO would have bssn bot so~ shas
temptason spared 10 life and dutyy
Detailed Men 10 the Front
/ rFrom the Richmoud EnQuirsv, Oct. ~
The duty imposed hy the preeenh emergency upea an