Year: 1864

w Then tIdinrs came of the ATTEMPT to
bring about an Interview between Presi-
dent Lincoln and certain persons renre-
sented rs being ambassadors from inc
rebel states, the great heart of the nation
felt throh Of hope; hope, not that any
pence MIGHT he effected hut of the possj-
5ility of srch an adjustment of our ma
tional difficulties as should not compro-
mise orr honor or dignity before the
world such n peace as should leave far
out Of sight the possibility Of our ever
again becoming in oIycd IN another fra
tricidal war and a peace Of which we
ourselv G. would not be ashamed But
when we learned that these pseudo COM
mssionprs came vested 10y their govern
ment with no authority 10 negotiate with
our own, that Horace GreelY was only a
volunteer delegate to bring about an au-
dience with the President, that these men
CLAY, Holcomb &c. contamntuouslv re-
fused to entertain the conditions upon
which he President would receive duly
accredited commissioners from the rebel
states, and that too, without discussion.
nope died within US. and We foresaw lust
what mas transpirel, that the enemies Of
the administration would seize upon that
opportunity for making political capital,
md Of cmbittering the minds Of the lova3
men of the country against the President
The result has been precisely what we
anticipated Copperheads hare sciz Il
upon it. and they now declare that the
President and the Republican party do
not want peace, that they are pantiEg for
blood and conquest that a golden oppor
tunitv has been lost, that We desire to
accumulate debt and sorrsw and suffer
ing and bloodshed and misery and death,
and all the long catalogue Of evils that
hang upon the heels Of war. They wish
us to sUhmit to he again bound by those
chains which have SO long been riveted
sIpon rs they would caBteriae the sore
but leave the poison to rankie in the
flesh, TO spread md break out anew. No,
would to God we miyhghave peace, would
20 God the efTusion of blood might be





% an end but when peace docs come,
let II be peace that shat bring with it
the promise Of pcrpetuity Let it come
elpor = nation Of FREE people Let it
be founded upon principles of truth and
justice. humanity and christianity


Suppose that II the next presidential
campaign Mr. Lincoln is defeated and a
Pence Democrat elected in bis place te
the chief magistracy of the nation; sup
pose q general amnesty to be declared,
and oyertures orpeace to be made. Jeff
Davis and the southern press say they
sant no peace, lriU hare no peace, except
upe2 the terms ef aa immediate aud un-
conditional recognition of the SeGthern
Confederacy, the abandonment of all gov
ernment property within the iimits Of the
confederacy the rendition of every slave
already made free by the operation of
war, together with other concessions and
immunities too i-nominious u be men
toned What them VIII the copper
head peace men accede to these terms
Will the South retrao2 viii they accept
less than they have persistendy demand
ed? Shall we recognize the right of Sc
cession. and destroy AZ single blow al
most the only tlc that binds US together
after sacrificing hunlreds of thousands
OF nv ani hundreds 81 millions Of dol
Jars g Prc>err intact the rluriols Union
of States that has l.cea tie prlie of cur
country and the admiration % The world ,
Shall we be satisfied with a peace that
will be a disgrace TO ourselves aud a re
proach to the world Shall we have a
free government that gives the lie to
1tseif2 VIII God lend his favor to a
Union that ignores his authority? We
deplore the war We yield to none in
our devotion u the Government we have
indeed suffered enough. we suffer equally
with those Who clamor for peace on any
terms But there i = quit that Is net
peace Il nav i,e a hash in the fold with
the faithful! Gsardians silent in death, and
the wolves az the thyoat Of the docks or
sstillness under the cover Of night when.
unmolcsted by noisy agents of the law.
the marauder and the assassin ply their
stea!thy crafts; or the Omnaus brooding
pause in q land where Liberty, gagged


and bound, turns up mute eyes at the
leet Of triumphant Wrong The loval


states sigh for no such peace, To avoid
mat peace to win n better repose under
Ine triumph over the armed enemies of