Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-26

should certainly say our position was
better than yours
As to money, we are richer than you
are. You smile But admit that our
paper Is worth nothing. It answers as
circulating medium, and We hold il all
ourselves If every dollar Of il we're
lost We should, as We have no foreign
debt, be nOne the poorer But i, is worth
something; it has solid basis Of
large cotton crop, while vnGrs rests on
= thing, and you o~e all th wrd As
10 resources, We do not lack for arms or
ammunition, and we have still wide
territory from which TO gather supplies
So you see we are not in extremities
Bat If We vere-if We were without
money, without food, without wespons-
If our whole country we're devastated
and our armies crushed asd disbanded
could We, without giving up our man
hood, give up our right 10 govern our.
seivesg Would you not rather die aAd
feel yourself man, than live and be
.ubject to foreign power2"
From your standpoint there is ferce
in What you ssy," replied the Colsael-
= Bat We did not come here to argue
wita you, Mr.. Davis We came hoping
10 fad some honorable way TO peace,
and am gFieved to hear you say whAl
you do. When hAw. seen your young
msa dying on the battlefield, and roar
old men, women. and children starving
in their homes, have felt | eould risk
my lie to save them. For that reason
am here, and am grieved, grisved that
there is no hope.
81 know your motives, Col. Jaquesa,
and honor you for them; bat what can
do more than | am doing2 / would
give my poor life gladly, II il would
countries; but il would not IL is they
who desolate our homes, burn our wheat
6elds, break the wheels of wagons carry
ing away our women and children. aud
destroy supplies meant for oar sick and
wounded At your door lies all the mis-
cry and crime Of this war, aud it is q
fearful, fearful account"
Not all Of it, Mr. Davis | admit q
fearful account, but it is not all at our
door The passion Of both sides was
aroused. Unarmed men are hanged and
prisoners sho. down IN cold blood by
yoarselves Elements Of barbarian are
entering into the war oa both sides that
should make ns--you and me, IS Christ
ian men-shadder to think Of In Gods
Hams, then, let rs stop il Let US do
aomethiaE, eoneede something, TO bring
about peace. You cannot expect. With
ealy four and half millions, as Mr.
Benjamin says yoG have, to bold out for
ever against twenty millions
Again hr. Davis smiled.
Do you suppose there are twenty
millions 81 the North determined 70
crush us
II do--to crush your Government. A
small number of oas people. very small
number are your friends-Sseessioni
The rest differ about measures aud can
didstss, bat are united in the detsrmina-
ton 10 susraia the onion. Whoever is
elected "a November, be most be con-
niisei 20 vigorous prosecution Of the
Esr
Mr. Davis ssill looked ineredalous
rsnarksd.
sitis 90. sir. wLosvsr tells yoa o'h-r.
wise deeeisss you. tbiuk ktoS
Northern ssa,imeoi, aud assure you !,
e 80 Yea know we have system Of
iYeeam lsetasing ia our large towns Al
the close Of these leetares u is the Gus
tom Of the people 10 come upon the plA'-
terus snd talk with the lecturer Ihi.
gives ham an excellent oppoTtuEity Of
learning pabllc sentiment Bsst winter
lsctared before nearly hundred Cf
sach associations all over the North
from Dubuque 10 Bangor--and / took
pains to ascertain the feeliags Of the
people. / iOa3d a unanimous ds,erm
nation to crush the rebellion and save
the Union at every sacrifice The ma
jority are in favor Of Mr.. Lincoln, and
nearly alI those opposed 20 him are op-
posed 10 him because they think he does
not 6ght with enough Tigor. The rsdi
cal Republicans. who go for slave suf-
rage and thorough conhseatioa, are those
who will defeat him, il be has to be de-
feAled. Bat Il he is defeated before the
people, the House Will elect worse man;
mean worse for you. Ii is more radl-
cal than he is--you can see that from
Mr.. Ashley's reeonstruetioa bill--and the
people are more radical than the House
Mr.. Lincoln, | know, is about to eaIl out
Eve hundred thousand more men, and j
cant see how you can resist much long
er, bat If you de you will only deepen
the radical feeling Of the Northern peo-
/ pie They will now give you fair, hon
/ orable, generous terms; but let them SUI
fer much more, let there be dead man
I in each house, as there is now in every
village, and they will give you no terms
they will insist On hanging every rebel
south Of. Pardon my terms mean
no ofense
/ You give no oaenss,' be replied
smiling very pleasantly wouldn'
have you pick your words. This is a
frank, free talk, and like you the bet
ter for saying What you think Go oa''
II vas merely going to say that, Jet
the Northern people once really feel the
wa1-they do not feel IL yet---and they
will insist on hanging every one Of your
leaders"
"Well, admitting all you say, can'i
see how IL Affects our position. There
are some things worse than hanging ol
determination. We reckon giving or
the right Of self government one Of thess
; things
'By self-government ron mean dis
union--Southern independence
Yea"
- "And slavery, you say, is no longer 81
element IN the eontest7
No, it is not; it never was an essen
tiAl element Il was onlya means Q
, bringing conflicting elements TO an ear
. lsr elimination. Ii 6red the muske
which was already capped and loaded
There are essential differences betweei
the Norsh and the South that will, boa
ever this war may end, make them tw
nstions"
. You ask me 70 cav what think Wi
p you allow me 70 say that | know ID
E South pretty well, aRd never observe
those diEfereuces7
: Then you have not used your eye
: Ny sight is poorer than yours, aad hav
: seen them for ysarz'
t The laugh was upon ns, and Mr. Ber