The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15
Seward to Minister Adams.

Ihe Secretary OF State furnishes the
Senate the instructions to Hon. C. Francis
Adams, our minister at London. We have
not space for all Of the dispatch The FIRST
paragraph is made up Of words which may
be found in Livy or Paley's Moral Pholo.
sophy about the excellence of peace, the
possibility Of attaining it through informal
iniatiatory negotiations, &C., &c. The
next paragraph details the way in which
the high contracting parties reached For
trcss Monroe. The third paragraph is i'm
portant and We give It IN fufl. It will be
seen that the President would listen to
peace only on condition that the insurgents
vouId dtsoand the national authority ad-
mitted every where, his anti.slavery pulley
submitted to and then he proposed to be
liberal! No such proposition was ever
made to an "insurgent" 1--WE use Mr.. Sew.
ards word) before. 'Send al your troops
home; disband; leave me master of the
saeld; consent to my policy and I'll see
whether we can do anything for you. Free
oil your negroes and become obedient to
what we may dictate and the Executive
will be liberal I" What is this but sim.
pie re-iteration Of the radicalsm of the
hour and which if adhered to will keep
these states in war till the year 1901 A
conference to settle difficulties implies con-
eession. Where is the concession here?
The well informed" reliable" N. Y.
Times Washington correspondent told US
I've published it last week and hoped it
Was genuine) that:
The President presented the subject to
them in every conceivable form, and sug.
gested the most liberal and considerate
notifications of whatever in the existing
legislation and action of the Emitted States
Government might be regarded as specially
hostile to the rights and interests, or
wounding to the pride of the Southern
people, in no single particular could be
induce them to swerve for moment from
their demand for recognition.
The "every conceivable form" was dis.
bandment, submission, adherence to my
policy" on the vital question, .oith them and
then sou must take your chances as to
who Of you may hereafter be admitted to
rights By the action Of Congress not re-.
presenting yoal This is the body and
soul Of his liberal notifications" of law
or action of the U. 8. regarded as "speci.
ally hostile 10 the rights and interests, or
wounding to the pride Of Southern people,"
Mr.. Seward says that they did not demand
recognition as zine qua non. Here
again the TIxEs correspondent mis.states
in order to deceive the country into be.
lief that no peace short of dissolution was
practicable.
On the contrary, the insurgents asked
that the separation question be postponed,
90 armistice declared and in the mean time
passion would subside and the people Of
both sections would be better prepared to
reason. ut was suggested by them that,
through such postponnsent (of the separa.
ton question: We might now hare ipme
diats peace With some not very certain
prospect Of an ultimate sati.factorv ad.
justment Of political relations between
the government and the states, section or
people now engaged in conflict with it,"
II this proposal wsuld not bring peace
pray what viii! Did party ever settle
: law suit BY sending all his witnesses
home, discharging his lawyers, paying up
his costs, Withdrawing the suit and then
asking bis opponent to use 'liberality" to-
ward him :
We think now that the party ia power
did not want peace on any terms. Radi.
:alism Is fstting on the blood Of our coun.
.rymen and horse. lsech.like It cries "Give
3ivel' The effort was . feint, intended
Q allaY the rsstiveness Of England and
france, but unless we are blind, this dis.
'ateh Of Stewards will do more to engage
hs active interference Of those powers
ban anything that has yet occurred. The
Insurgents proposed an armisticc, with .
III Dronial NJ least. that vhen nassion