The New York herald., 1865-02-04

ss,e favor ss<msssurd and degrading fer - 70 b
saing cur willingness % anything that is honors
IL, he win hear no proposition except Surrender
ncvisdgs hs Eonin5oa snA ascsps hs terms Of unioa
assniss With shs kosasrn ssaaes % any terms pss
eptsd un Southern born men and women are prepared
es slsvNy.
geisker Peace Nsr Rsco9Aition ~ Hand.
rHs lVeUnssrruB SOR SIILiso UP rns ARMIES
oKlArER THAN EVER.
IFroD the n hmond Examiner, Jan u
II there were any truth-sohtca thss - ~ot-in ne
rumors al approaching negotiation fer peace THAT
Would BE- an ADDITIONAL and moro imperative reason WY
var II esrts,n ,sima aaS conditions TO be .sstsd
upon by nsgdsiators on side, sucn e. would sssy
exactly n proportion 70 our avstiabls military power
would we be enshed 70 extort those conditioeA Or II
.nsfs wss sny a ~ SssS s or Gs m Hsss
ct les0h made s his mtnd b tredk Win me uneee
States, that ESQ would .. Ds ssro.g % sa@s'Gss 9s.
now, up - their hghes. point Of sseisnsyi d.s.yi
because no war between France ana the unisoa
could fe0slys sn our independence, unless we were IN
cont on 10 have potential voice in she new
which place By a
fering the Confederate army 20 dwndle, then ener We
nor our rights NOR our wongS woI,s oxs
The Emreror good value for substantial -servce, nor
hisasri from paying himself by insisting on heavy
COmMl6rCldl
indeps ndcnco and prosperity Whether there 70 %
wsrcr peace Il isrsn that we not only cannot spare
man from the army now bnt that i " some
infnsc fresh vigeyinto tho military administration
This reqnisite s now happily IN the way o. beng
n ppled Ono great soldier Is 70 govern and WELD the
mes anosher energetic and successful ofcer is to pre-
side in the Department Of War What remains s TO MI
up the ranks. How desertion and struggling may be
eectuay stopped for the future Is evident 70 all military
men; and there hope at last that the thing will be
done Bu, then comes the consideration Of the very
loryo NJ mrs pyhO
leave Not all legislation of Congress- and not all the
cxertonsof conscript guards and enrolling officers can
keep the Confederate armies together In suc force
II the psope throughout thec0unry continue TO harbor
deserters Public otnio~ = not sufficiently amake to ttts
70 hold the absentees the women would drive them OUT
the nethpQrs would arrest them and bring them TO the
nearest post 70 be sent 70 their commands Now espe
ciay the mmensity of the stake at issue has be-
come than eyer manifest, when II Is known, be-
yond Ill possibility Of mistake, that the whole nation Of
the North has set ts heart upon full possession OF every
house and every Of land in the South and will listen
70 Of peace which do not assure them Of
peace, as the Yankee nation understands H. means the
entire destruction Of government securities and ot alb
the values which depend upon thcm; the sale Of all our
lands create fund for payment Of interest on that
Yankee debt incurred TO destroy our country,
and the burthsnins Of such industry as We should
b. Ssay plain .s. in such
obscurest u.s. who has house over his head and
potato patoh would lose that house and potato pach
and he attempted 70 live by his labor would find that
dusy three days out Of six would TO his enemies for
taking the trouble Of governing and paging thecountry
overwhelming all citizens hgh and low, our only securs
y is TIE corJsd,rate army Why then should ahssntees
without leave from that noble army DO sheltered ana
that they, and their friends and families hope all will
60 wen without them-for what is one man out Of
Lees army9 And that they are content to owe their
independence and property and citizenship 70 the
tions Of otsrs Is that they have at into their
their while 70 subject themselves now to hardship and
prvations Is II that they are told the Emperor Of the
u 90
even II the encmy do gain possession Of the country II
would never Be- worth wa,s 70 disturb s5s nor % take
dred acres with house and garden, barn and smoke
house beneath the acceptance Of Yankee Duchman or
Irshman, who has coune frsn his own country upon
promise to provide him settlement IN the South, and
who has the "connscatien act'' In his psckcti
In short every of these pleas for absence good
reason presence In the front beyond all other
times. Indeed, It is hard 70 understand how men Of
tSa. by Their absence from di.y they expose Tie faithful
soldiers who the post to moro dangers and harder
service and that they also mper the common cause Of
all The time has como 10 be intoleSant with skuk
era To search thcu out and give them up 70 their
o0cers every old man and every woman ought 70 be .
home until they should b ashamed 70 Look their own
opinion once aroused On this subject would very soon
bring tho war 70 cscse without tho aid Of 'commis
sionsrs and no thanks 20 the Emperor Of the French
ohorman's FOAcy OEeana3An8 0rcet
Neoe1 Army.
CHARLESTON TO BE ABANDONED As no LONGER ES-
snNrIAL 10 THE DEFEHCE or TIE REBEL STATES.
From Tho Mobile Register, Jan. ls]
Tho Yankee clap Delivered ct Fort Fisher was rather
more sudden and unexpected than agreeable We had
not even an intmaton OF arenswed attack on IT, or that
the strongest eaIthwork " the world was In any i'm
mediate danger But startling ana unlocked Tor as the
certainly does not knock ths breath ont of the body Of
the Confederate cause
We are not sunciehtiy well informed ofdne military
defences TO say whether se loss OF TINS Tort the
evacuation OF wilmington ~ ascs three thinks foi.
rms poekade usae . sssoppsa, some lew snousand
xanks VIII De required 70 garrison tae place. ana several
thousand Confederate troops WIN be relieved OF post
DUTY 70 JOIN the army snas iate opposed ad
vance. savannah arosoy LOST VIII require aahkee
crate soldiers