The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-04-05

PeaCe Oyerturas.

The Herald, critieisiBg our recent arti-
cles iayOriug a Presidential reclamation in
the iItelesEof Peace, says
AS We understand Iss lNtEac, it wants
) proclamation in behalf Of these leaders of
ihe rebellion, giving them s,me greater in
dueements for submission
The HTUld will please understand us
better. We have not suggested any specific
proposition to DO made to rebels OF any
grade or position. If We had any such sug-
gestion to make, we should, for obvious rea-
sons address it privately to the President
, But, while We would have specific over;ureS
made from tho highest quarter, our concern
is more with their spirit than with their
letter. We greatly desire that the South
em people should realize that the loyal mil
lions do not hate them, TO not seek their
extcrunnatlon, but are most anxious that
they Should turn from their erring ways and
live Such We know 10 be the feeling of the
great body OF our friends aud neighbors;
such, We are confident, are the feelings of a
| large majority of the people Of the loyal
States. We do not believe that the torture
| unto death by exposure to incleniency and
Starvation of so many thousands of our
captured brethren was authorized or desired
! by the great body OF the Southern whites,
We do not believe that n majority OF those
whites ever gave an 'uncOnstrainei assent to
| the mad scheme of disunlon. We do not
/ behive they have ever preferred TO yassalS
| and -teulatories of some European mon
| archy rather than the citizens Of this FREQ
| republic, yet We are well assured that their
/ chiefs have attempted to hargAiHthcm away
to whomsocver would aid IN oonsumnatug
| disunion. We have ever regarded with
good will, but without Sanguine faith, the
various efforts to open negotiations with
those chiefs; for we could not but feel that
they must necessarily be the very last men
| in the CUnfederacy to consent to 4 rest0ra-
1 ton of the Union; but that great and
steadily increasing majority Of the South
ern people would gladly aeceptsuch pacit.
icatIQn as our Government could hUnoIably
! accord We have long and unwayelineN tyUs-
ted, ...-.,,.'.... -'....'it ~ ~
Now then, We ard1nty desire that the
! President should make, direct, specific ap-
peal and overture to the Sout bern people,
urging them to return to Loyalty and peace,
and giyfng!bnem substantial reasons for 81
| doing Those people aft now Kept in tho
tolls Of treasnn5 mainly hyspositive and con,
stantly reiterated aSsertims that thtg have
nothing to gain By Submission, nothing tc
lose By persistence IN rebellion, ana may a,
wen fight to the last as give up aud be ex
| terminated as well as stripped naked alte,
their surrender. tSee JEFF. lAlvis' hate man
itesto, the address Of the rebel Congress
Howell Cobb S speech, &C.. &c) Now lc
the President countcract these damaging
misrepresentation bya simple, clear, straigh
forward overture setting forth precisely
who are to gain anlwhat is to be gained ol
saved by pacitication, and we are c0nGlen
that large portl0nof thosewho have hith
crto aided, or seemed to countenancc, the
rebellion, will insist that this overture b.
accepted and the tide of Wholesale car
mage and devastation be thus arrested. -
\ And when those who thus feel and ac
!. shall have declared for peace, there viii no
be enough left in rebellion to keep cac!
other in countepance IT even one.eightI
Of the insurgents We're now to throw dow!
their weapons, the rebellion must co.Iaps
forthwith. sa@..
The issue OF the contest is no long,
, doubtful We must have this day at lcu.
$50, coo combatants between the Susquehan
J na and the pcdcc while all the rebel force
within those limits cannot number 10000
Our men are we'll fed, well provided an
splcndidiy armed; the rebels are in want 1
, everything, hope Included. 10 .fqht Lcpg
t @ Is to $Qna}Nicr by60d and t,edNre; Heg
shouid be speedy price, and oar GoccEnmei
shoMd 1m0tj$tatuby ereacNe aHriey dInl
c for IN eariy aud &aal paci6cation. Th
: discounted rebel leaders may hold thei
lives very cheap; but we, who are the viz
E tors should reaiize that all the lives an
u property sacrificed hereafter arc just s
! much loss to our country. We have save
the Republic; now let us try to save as hi
ny Of its people, as much of its property, {
we possibly can 81 %..sss ,