Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-29

vesrs varf.re from the lips Of devoed lover Of the
Unior els fol Of meaning. Il marks per cd OF trans-
toa-vz the paFage OF Northern sentiment fron the
dream o. Pence 81 Union TO the wide awake reality Of
Peace and DisiniOa The Slu.h has had.many friends
q. the North who desired TO arresthe shedding ofbood
Aad to restore the blessings Of peace. Bot that peace
vas based upoa reunion aud ths cessation Of hostlies
aas advocated moi oa account of sympathy for our suf
erhg or in acknowledgment Of the justice of our GAUGE
but as the only means Of restoring the UGon. Mr. Val
Andgham was an advocate Of this stamp so was Fer
nando WOad and many others. We regrei to believe
that these gentlemen cared more for the Union than
for the Ounages inf cted on the South. To them, tie
Union was really al idol; they loved sincerely, and
clAnorei or it, not slogan and means of inaa-
encpg the pasSOus Of tia nab, bu: as for pearl Of
great price, Whch VAS ia dmger Of bsirg lost
Mr.. Long dis misses all hope of seeing the Ulion re-.
stored He ia not alone ia liz conclusions as We infer
from the prompt publication of his speech in the N Y.
DAILY Nsvs and from tie manner in which he was sns-
timed By Harris, Wood and others, when the RepO6li
cans were pressing the Vots of censure. Inasmuoh
the manuscript was In New York On the very dag
the spe.cA was delivered in Washington, we may be
very sure that il was submitted to a caucus Of the
Peace Parry adopted by them, and uttered and printed
as the deliberate expression OF their opinions. The dis
solution of the Union, therefore, is fact TCcognz ID
By tie ablsst thinkers Of the North and by them
nounced formally to the people o; the United SAFES
and the European world Here them is the long sought
"rscognition without foreign Intervention"
Perhaps there il an aIter-thought in the minds Of
tn, leaders Of the Peace party. For polite reasons
they do not say So but in their hearts they believe that
peace wi eventually restore the Uliol in FORM
Mr.. Lorg silent this p1nt. Ii, adTerts to the
lrng error tia. to part with the Jurisdiction over
eleven States involves tbs destruction OF the United
States government" aud tolls the truth boldly in the
following sentence
"There has always been large party in this country
favorable 70 a strong monArcnical government and
they have now all the elements upon which to Ss:ab-
ish one"
He returns to the susso: at tho close of his speech
and says:
"For my owl part, as l have already indicated,
fear that our old government cannot be preserved
under the best auspices aud undef any policy that may
nov be adopted yet desire 20 see tue Democratic
party with whoa have always been cOlnec.ed pre-
serve ia consistency and republican cla,acasr un-
shaken"
If have corr ,olured, this speech is the expo
nsns of the views OF the Psa,e party, the sentences
which No have quoted are full Of sign 6cance. Tie
important question for Us a. the South is, Will the
Peace party Acqlesce in the new order of things aud
il order to avert anArehy to the establishment
of taas "strOng moaArchlo goVsrnu mt" "4ll the
elements" of which the Republicans have been indus
trio ly accommodating during the past three years Be-
fore the Peace party consent complete surrender
to their enemies who will b. ths lees but all the
more fAnatcal under monarch than they havo been
under Lincoln would no, bs well Tor them to discover
if they possibly cal, SONS ,Gns By which they may
oVershrOW the mOaachiss aad preserve thsir Liberties
from madmen become deepO:sY