The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-24

sition 10 call a State Convention 4
afford the people an opportunity 4
decide for themselves the question 0
peace and reunion. The two newspaper
in the interest Of jeff Davis and Gov
Vance, take the opposite side Of th'
question. They are endeavoring t.
impress the "chivalry Of other State
with the belief that there is no desir'
on the part of the people Of Eortt
Carolina fora convention But, replies
the Progress, If you so think, aid Us e
settle the question by inducing th'
Legislature to submit the matter to I
vote Of the people It adds: :" w
think We know something Of the sent
ment Of the people Of North Csrolina
and We insist that they do want con
geniion, and If the legislature viii ont.
submit the question, and remove 81
the instruments Of terror which wer'
used in the last August election, TIT
State will 60 for convention by az
immense majority. Stack arms, sheath'
the sword, use no threats toward de
tailed men, keep the military from in
terlering with the voting, and, above
all, use honest white tickets, and tbs
result win be at least three to one
Furthermore, says the Progress
whether this be done or not, those
who are urging an indefinite protrac
ton Of this destructive war, will fnc
before July whether the people o
North Carolina are in favor of q con
yention or not" The Progress alleges
also. that the soldiers are in favor o.
peace. A soldier, it says, writes urging
continued pIeadings for peace until
it comes, for that Is the only balm thsl
can cure our wounded country, and
satisfy the great mass of the people" -
especially the soldiers in the field
Another writes from near Wilmington,
and says
Your sentiments are exactly mine in
regard to peace. l can truthfully say
that quite majority of the command
TO which l belong have been greatly
revived by the tone of your paper.
Peace is all that we desire. OF course
ne would be glad to have it on the
best terms possible; but if we cannot
have all that we wish, we are willing
20 and had much rather have half, than
To struggle on till we are completely
exhausted, and lose everything Why
continue the war under such circum-
ssapces2 We do earnestly hope that
YOU may continue to plead for the ear
nest desire Of not only the soldiers,
but the wives, mothers and sisters at
home. We hope that the authorities
VIII soon see that your noble appeals
are exactly in accordance with those
who have been incessantly engaged In
al the priyations and hardships con-
nected with a soldiers life Why is il
shat our authorities do not take some
s.eps before it is too later Why will
they suffer the country to be brought
TO destruction when they could SO east
ly avoid it2 Surely they cannot BE-
Guided by the dictates of reason, or
they would come on some conditions
to alleviate the unpleasant sensations
OF many a poor, distressed soldier
When all are in favor Of peace, why
not have it, Why not let the ma
iority rule2 IF there are not some
suggestions in regard 10 peace made
by those in authority, there viii, in
my opinion. be something done by the
soldiers.
The Wing utters notes of admonition
and warning as follows:
A national enterprise partakeso Of the
same disposition that private or indi-
yidual enterprise does. No man with
sound common sense risks or ieOpards
ICES his property or his life his liberty
or his reputation, when he knows that
nothing but failure and perhaps ire
trievable ruin lies before him. For
four long years the Confederacy has
been in the condition of a merchant
who has risked everything and gained
nothing who has witnessed the found
ering of the bark containing all his pre-
eious venture in distant sea- How
long can We stand tbis2 How long
are we to suffer and endure, without
the faintest hope of lettering our con-
dition? IL we were unable to maintain
inviolate our territory from invasion
when our whole arms bearing popula-
ton brlstled with bayonets; when our
ranks were overcrowded with eager and
willing volunteers, what are we to do
now when those armies, with but one
single illustrious exception, have been
defeated, 'deoimated, or annihilated,
and We cannot recruit their ranks esc.
cept through the unpopular conscrip-
ton In view of these momentous
questions; in view OF the threatening
aspect of the future, IL becomes Us
as men 20 consider how best to ward
of the impending calamities And
IA the purest spirit of patriotism,
ia the highest love for the South
and ali her cherished institutions--her
brave, courageous, self sacrificing peo-
ple--ise e1iTs aiat 4 IS toorss than madness
~ IS 70 continue ihe presided coaHict The
spirit Of our people IS broken under e
succession Of disastrous defeats; the
Yankees are flushed with brilliant and
dashing victories We have lost the sea-
coast sherman and Thomas menace
the interior, and Grant bolds Ia his
vioe,like grasp the only effective army
ia the Confectionery. Anything
honorable OF dishonorable, with or
without slsvery-the old Union-any
thing under Heaven is preferable tothe
utter irretrieyable ruin now awaiting
Us
The foregoing are very strong symp-
toms Of returning reason on the partof
the people Of North Carolina. They
are strengthened by the reports Of es-
capped federal prisoners, who found
Union men everywhere, by whom they
we're assisted, sometimes at great risk
Of their lives in getting 10 places of
safety. Weshsll not, therefore, be sur.
orised a. after the evacuation Of VIII
and the occupation by Saer-
nan Of Raleigh, the old North State
ioes wheel into line and resume
Ter allegiance She was forced into re.
presence Of our armies
vii enable her 70 right herself
The Richmond Sentinel, the organ Of
eff Davis, wishes restrictions put upon |
UGH papers as the Raleigh Standard |