Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
T,unrors or E'ence.

distinguished Democrat and peace man, Of
Illinois, has gone to Charleston on peace
mission; and FDANcIs 2. BLAIR has gone
to Richmond to lay the foundation for set
ting our national difficulties by statesman
ship,
Anxious as We are for almost anything
that will bring thi, unhappy and destructive
war to an early termination, we are, never
theless, compelled to say that we have little
hope of anything being accomplished at
present
Mr.. LINCOLN persists in making the abo
lition Of slavery n condition precedent to
negotiation. He proposes liberal terms on
other matters. Terms which the Coniedcr
ates might be willing to accept but his nc
gro theory is held paramount to all other
considerations, and Is a stumbling block in
the way of ameablc adjustment,
Slavery being strictly local, or State in
stitution, the Confederate Government has
no power to destroy it. 1t is claimed, and
generally conceded, that its establishment or
abolition can only be accomplished BY State
enactments and that the Government of
lItG llllth t'tti-N. tA'l L'ltN va bIiG NbllNN'l
nte States has no power to interfere wthit.
This has always been the position Of the
Democratic party, and twas the doctrine Of
the Wing party. The Republican party as
serted the same up till very recently The
intelligent members of that party do not
now claim that Congress or the President
has any power to interfere with slavery
where it has been established by State laws.
They have only claimed to interfere with it
by virtue Of the unwamantabe assumptions
Of military necessity"
Then, how can We expect peace when Mr..
LINCOLN, AZ the representative Of the Fed
cral government asks such terms Us ho ha,
no right to accept, and such as DAVIS, a
the representative of the Confederate gov
ernncnt, has no power to give?
The abollionists tell u that there can b.
no peace until slavery is cxtcrminatcd am
that the South should now be satisfied tha
it must ultimately be extinguishcd; bu
supposing that slavery must fall, the Soutl
have no more to gain by submission no,
than by submission one, two, three, or fiy
years hence. Meanwhile, they have the ad
vantage of the chapter Of accidents. Eve
as regards their future tranquility in tn
Union, if they arc ultimately forced back
would be their policy to protract the wa
until they have tricd the abolition expert
inent and cmanripatcl their own slaves. |
is far more consistent with their future peac
and security that the black population ohoulC
be bound to them by ties Of gratitude, thar
be indebted for its freedom TO theircncmics
II emancipation were followed by erpaif0
ton, it would be matter Of Indifference
but as this vast multitude Of black, will re
muin in the South, intcrminclcl with thci
present owners, it is Of vital concern to thcr
that the black race shall not occupy pos
ton oftriumph over their beaten and huml
lated masters. There would probably !
no bounds 70 the insolence Of the negroes
they felt that liberty had been given thc
in defiance of tho southern whites, by stra,
gers who would back them in tho asscrtic
of their full equality, IT, therefore, Il
South arc not permitted to come back vii
slavery, they will feel it necessary to the
future quiet and security to protract the W
and abolish slavery themselves; and
avoid wearing badge Of perpetual humili
ton in the presence of race which th,
despise.
This solid and cogcnt consideration
powerfully supported by the possible resul
of emancipation as means Of indcpon
cnce The South know that while the go
ernments of England and France look wit
favor on their cause, the rcpugnance Of Il
English and French people to slavery is q
insurmountablc obstacle to recognition.
the South abolish slavery themselves the
remove this obstacle replcni5h their armic
and, at the very least, they may protra,
the war until the negro question is obsolete
when they will be able to secure more sati,
factory terms of peace than they can 60
from this administration at present. lfth
South are compelled to come back into tn
Union, they do not wish the negro race t
hold Its liberty by a federal guarantee in OF
position 10 the will of the states. We II,
cordnsy do not expect peace until Il
emancipation experiment has run its cour,
in the South, Had General McClEIIA
been elected, we would have had peace so,
after the ith of March but rs it is, '
must "giyc HOSTAGES to fortune and tai
the chances Of foreign intervention, VIII
the South have freed and armed their slay,
Emancipation conducted under the at
pices Of the federal government would be
the South a source Of greater danger a
dread than the continuance ofthewar. O
Of the most Indispensable conditions
peace i, that the South shall disarm Il
emancipation cannot safely go on exec
under military supcrintendonce to suppr,
the disorders that might attend the sudd
bestowal Of liberty on so vast populati
Of slaves. If emancipation is inevitable,
makes all the difference in the world to {
South whether this ,uperntondcnce is c
ercised By northern soldiery in sympatl
with the blacks, or by their own ami
which would have n paramount regard I
the security Of tho white race But d
slaves can DO liberated under southern m
itary supcrniendenec only during the ne
dency OF the war so that ifthe South we
convinced today that they must eventua
give IN, they have. nevertheless, poweri
ana controlling motives to protract the 60
teS: until tnl relations OF the two race, n
settled ON the new basis The horrors