The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-17

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|gotiation. The Confederate government
has no right 70 make any peacs in which
one inch 81 land belonging to any one Of
the States shall be given up. Or one iota Of
its privileges as sovereign be surren-
dered. This, 80 far from being the subject
Of negotiation, must be the starting point
from which all negotiation must proceed,
If the enemy refuse to concede il then ~
cannot negotiate with him. Il follow
that there can be no such thing az treating
for peace In earnest until evcTy hostile SOL
der shnH haze been scltAdrdi0n from our
soil and every hostile SKIP from orr
eaters. Then we can talk OF peace, and
all those matters Of secondary importance
which ii may be necessary to dispose Of,
and which, involving no principle and At
~ within the sphere Of the treaty making
power. We have reason to believe that
President Davis does not stand upon this
ground, although We Judge Of his opinions
only from his acts and his public declara-
tons. k& BIZ
"1ne Yankee President has no more pocer
to put the Yankee States into conver.tio,s
tcith ours than President Davis has t0put rs
IN conueation with them. The treaty-mak-
ing power is the same in both Govern
ments. But the Yankees have long accus-
toned themselves to consider theirs q con-
solidated Government, possessing all
power for all purposes. The States they
regard as possessing no moro sovereignty
than the counties. Indeed, in one Of his
they had no more power than this. Should
we agree, therefore, the convention would
certainly take place. It is wonderful, in
the meantime, that intelligent men like
Vallandigham and Fernando Wood-sUhO
mast De fu!ly acquainted with the Southern
doctrine Of State rights, and must know
that all this blood has been shed in their
defense think It possible to get US into
such q convention, or to restore the Un.on
by means Of It. WHAT NE WHIT,
FIRST OF all. rs ENTIRE AND
SEPARATE INDEPENDENCE
gs-The Copperheads say that if thewar
goes on it will cost great deal more mon
ey, that taxes will be higher, and our sac
ridces increased. They tell as, too, that
they are in favor of Cessation Of hostil-
ities.'
Now, q cessation Of hostilities" means
one of three things, either that the rebels
mi. to it, or that they are to be permitted to
have their own way, their sovereignty and
Independence is to be at ence acknowl-
edged, or else, on their refusal to come into
the Union, the war is again to be waged
against them until they do submit.
The Copperheads do not offer, anddo not
pretend to offer, any evidence that any por-
ton Of the rebels propose to return TO the
Union upon mere cessation Of hostilities.
They have none to give rs. On the other
hand the rebels themselves, through JED.
Davis their leader, through their papers,
and In al official and unonicial modes,
plainly and positively assert that they viii
not return to the Union, that they will have
no "peace" except upon the basis Of '4sepa-
ration and independence" A W.
It is plain, therefore, that Cessation Of
hostilities'.win not bring the rebels int
the Union. The Copperheads must mean,
then, either to confess the separation and
acknowledge the Independence Of the Con-
federation" OK to prosecute the war; If
they mean 70 acknowledge PTS 'infspei-
They UnN Il MN l]ectyp; bdl they tell
us that It is costly to prosecute the war
that It win increase the taxee, aud add 70
the burthens which the people are stagger-
ing under. They say that it is demonstra-
ted that we cannot coerce the rebels into
submission, and therefore it is time to
cease the war and to have ''peace"-peace
on "dny terms" The rebels say they wont
have "peace' unless upon the basis 81
Independence" The Copperheads declare'
the war mast stop, and peace be had on any
terms. They magnify the costs and trials
and sacrifices Of the war, demand
speace," and nowhere intimate that,
under any possible contingency wo1d'
they renew the war after their pty1
posed cessation Of hostilities T. If theyl
did propose 70 do that in any event, they
place themselves il the position Of advoca-
ting an addition to the cost Of the war Of all
it would require to do the work We have.
already done over again. sast.s ~.
Talking against tho cost Of thsswar is'
merely talk in favor Of Confederate IN
dependence" or else it Is intended to dot
BILE the coat. The rebels insist npon s4ih-
dependence" II We cease " hostilities''
We give them independence, and lose all
We have acquired-rob ourselves ard the
Union Of the enormous advantages.we have
gained. And copperheads either intend 10
confess the rebellion . success or they FRO
pose by their prating about the cost of<he
war to double its cost
That 10 the reasonable Or the insane po1
sition they put themselves in. Can any
ono doubt their real purpose? Do they
not all know ~ well as we do what the
rebels insist upon? Can they not see q
well rs We, that cessation Of hostiiiti<e
grants just what the rebels demand. "Rp4
aration and independence" When they
propose to stop the war, talk about the cost
of the war, attribute that cost, not 70 those
Who began it and wage il against the I'm
ion, the Constitytionfpd Pc Layssrpt %
those who seek 70 npsa1s t0es1, can
any one doubt kh6t theaf sole aim is 70 en-
sure the " separation and independence"
of the "ConfedeFacy" as much az it is that of
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