Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-23

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,>ioa-~hiuh~>wfrtn iue0ou0ed Int ~
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mediate and insvi1s ~ efecs 0fSo0 esottdct
action Of each State, Il to create discord,
and. insttai Of united coansels, TO suggest
70 our .eneuies u poasibitity off dissolus
ton ef&ha DaAd6Ad6 - >oehcouragS
thsk = ubso dS(prGlno1 aGli66 a6ninst -,
Ny opinion =, that the proposal 81 separets
State action 10 uuwioo and impencticable.
and offers no prospect Of good 70 counter
balance it, manifold injusjeus conssqusaeos
70 the causs u our ccuntry." Mr.. Davis,
sitter thus disposing Of the direct inquiry
propounded - him, procssde = discuss the
general subject Of methods Of arriving at
peace through State action, and SAYS: III
IN TIE 6tat8 Of the Two hostile federationa
are to meet IN convention, il 10 plain that
s@ce meeting ca only TIE plan0 allef On
agreement - to the time and place and
terms on which they ars n meet. The pro.
posed convention must meet on the basis
that no State shall, agaiast its own win, b
bound BY the decision Of the convention, Of
that It shall be 70 bsdnl. New, it b plair
that an Agreement on the basis that no STATE
ahall Be % bound would be an abandon
lncnt on the part Of the north, Of IL pre-
tended right Of coercion, and m absolute
recognition ~ tho independents Of the sew
efD1.6tsA0 u the Conlederaey. The only
Or posCthle basis Of meeting ofsuch con.
y6ntiin y, that soch State Ohall aree be-
fore hand 10 be 20 bound by its decision
and such agreement is but another form Of
submission to Northern dominion, as, in
such ceavention, ~ sa,easd - uulnumber.
ed two b on. o. tie voty thfoshoId,
theyeoUse, Of tho scheme pfuoosed, - sfe
met by obstaelo which AnnoS be removed. u
Referring to tho prevalent notion that such
convention can be held by common consent
without any previous vndsnnudiug % e
the effect Of it, decision, he remarks -
''Such consent cannot be obtained without
negotiations, and the plan would then re-.
solve itself simply into scheme that the
two governments should negotiate an
agreement for IN. appointment Of negotia-
tors to make proposals for peace" He ar
CUES 1t length to show how cumbersome
and ridiculous this would be; also, TO show
the difficulty about delegations from Louis
lana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri,
which both governments claim, also to
prove the insurmountablc difficulties which
would attend delegates or parties to nsgo-
tiate on such great and conflicting interests,
and concludes as follows: II have not
contemplated the use Of any other agency
in treating for peace than that establish.
ed by The constitution Of the Confederate
States. If the government of tae United
States is willing to make peace, it will treat
treat for peace directly. 1funwilling, it will
refuse to consent TO your proposed convcn
ton Of States. The whole scope Of your
resolutions ends in nothing but suggestions
that, il the enemy will treat, the best agen
eies would be State delegates to conven
ton; whereas the whole and only obstacle,
is, that the enemy win not treat at oil, O
entertain any other proposition than tina
We should submit TO their yoke, and &C
knowledge that we are criminals, and ap-
peal TO their merciful pardon"