2565

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 February 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2565 - L. Feb. 11; ed: 2/1, 2 - Sumner's resolutions demand the restoration
of the Union on the broad and righteous basis of universal freedom.
"Such a praliation (sic) will be placing Universal Emancipation under
the sanction of the constitution, so that freedom shall be engraved on
every foot of the soil." (6)

Index terms:

"Peace (Civil War); Sumner, Charles; Union

2566

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 February 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

2566 - L. Feb. 11; ed: 2/3 - Cox of Ohio begged federal General Davis to
suspend hostilities for just a moment, and then he entered Davis' camp
and pleaded for peace. Davis ordered Cox put under guard.
"We have reason to believe that Cox would be speedily and intensely
disgusted, and would return to his hearth and home a different, wiser
and perhaps even an honest man." (5)

Index terms:

Cox, Saul; Davis, General; Ohio

2567

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 April 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2567 - L Apr. 13; ed:2/1 - Long of Cincinnati in a speech which "made
Congress boil" said in part: "I believe that there are but two alterna-
tives and these are, either the acknowledgment of the independence of
the South or their complete extermination as a people, and of these
alternatives I prefer the former."
LEADER:
"We do not regard it worthwhile to show how utterly illogical and
treasonable the speech of Long's is. It will sting itself to death, and
the nation will only be strengthened when once all northern rebels
unite with their brethren of the South in favor of recognizing Southern
Independence." (12)

Index terms:

Cleveland LEADER; Confederacy; Long; South; U. S. Congress

2568

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 June 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2568 - L June 1; ed: 2/1 - On May 23, Leach of the Rebel house of repre-
sentatives introduced a series of resolutions on the subject of peace.
The plan provides that the states propose an armistice of 90 days, dur-
ing which time they would consult with peace making powers of the North.
"Evidently General Grant's strategy is calculated to produce a peace
party in Richmond." (4)

Index terms:

Confederacy; Grant, Gen. U. S.; Leach; North; Richmond Va.

2569

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 June 1864 (ed; 9 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2569 - L June 25; ed: 2/1 - However much we may disagree with the purposes
of the peace men, however untenable in practice their positions may be,
there is something in their efforts that presents a tangible point of
opposition. The issue is "Shall the war be stopped, the Union be di-
vided, our armies withdrawn, the Confederacy recognized, and slavery re-
established, or shall it be prosecuted with the power and might of a
great nation until our nationality is vindicated, and the flag is float-
ing over every foot of the republic."
LEADER:
"The people who are making all the sacrifices are not content to ac-
cept such a peace as the sniveling, cowardly, pro-slavery Copperhead of
the North would like to have. Away with such peace." (9)

Index terms:

Cleveland LEADER; Confederacy; North; Union

2570

Cleveland Morning Leader, 23 July 1864 (ed; 13 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2570 - L July 23; ed:2/2 - Every reflecting man, be he loyal or dis-
loyal, will grow more thoughtful when he reals that two distinguished
citizens, one an officer in the Union army, have had free access to the
Rebel capital, have been kindly received by the Rebel chief, have freely: ...
conversed with him on the prospect of peace, and have returned to com-
municate to the President the results of the interview. -
Men of high standing in the Confederacy have asked for an inter-
view with our government looking forward to negotiating for peace. The
object of the negotiations may have been to influence the Chicago con-
vention, or may have been the desire of the Rebels to abandon their use-
less struggle. If Rebels will plant themselves on a Democratic plat-
form of "Free Speech, Free Labor, Free Men," the North will sustain
them. The Democratic party wants peace at any cost. -
"The 'Union and Liberty' are not to stand in the way of this achieve-
ment." (13)

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Confederacy; Copperheads; Davis, Jeff; Lincoln, Abraham; North; Union; Union army

2571

Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 July 1864 (ed; 20 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2571 - L. July 26; ed: 2/1 - The conditions upon which it is possible to .
establish peace between the North and South are forming the subject of
discussion throughout the North, and we are not alarmed that the sub-
ject of peace is to be agitated. - - - - . .
Democrats seem to be willing to take issue with Lincoln and the Union
on the subject of the conditions of peace. Lincoln demands that the
Rebels shall concede the territorial irtegrity of the Union and the
abandonment of slavery which is not indispensable, but is a hot bed for . . .
future Rebellions and revolutions. People of the North realize that if
slavery is not destroyed, it will endanger the future.
"Let the people therefore be on their guard, against rebellion,
treason, and terrible wars again. There is no security except in a
Peace whose conditions are the territorial integrity of the whole Union
and the abandonment of slavery." (20)

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; North; South; Union

2572

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 July 1864 (ed; 10 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2572 - L. July 27; ed:2/1 - The South in proposing new peace plans wants
to keep slavery, and be allowed to add Mexico to the present bounds of
slavery. Northerners will not consent to such terms, their desire being
to do away with slavery. - -
"To ask the people of the north to consent to geographical boundary . . .
lines which shall surrender one foot of territory now in the possession
of our armies is to insult the dignity and power of this Free Republic
of the North. No political party, once in power, would concede such
demands. On the other hand re-union with slavery is quite intolerable."
- - (10)

Index terms:

Mexico; North; South

2573

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 July 1864 (ed; 9 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2573 - L. July 6; ed:2/2 - "We believe that the Union party of the North
is ready to restore peace to the country whenever the rebels admit they
are ready to accept two essential conditions, which are, the integrity
of the Union, and the abandonment of slavery as a security against future.
rebellion." - : - - …
Peace on such terms can be gained aſter each party has learned to re-
spect the other. The South would enter upon a new career of prosperity
such as it never cunceived.
"With Peace and Union will come many blessings, and we are for such
peace as this, but believe it only attainable through the unconditional
submission of the rebels to the two conditions named." (9)

Index terms:

North; South; Union; Union party

2574

Cleveland Morning Leader, 10 August 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2574 - L Aug. 10; ed: 2/1 - Political parties of the North think that
peace will be declared within the year. Now the question arises, "Shall
there be Peace as the North wants or Peace as the South wants?"
"If Lincoln is re-elected, a Peace worthy of the sacrifices of our
soldiers and of the people, will be consummated." (4)

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; North

2575

Cleveland Morning Leader, 16 August 1864 (ed; 16 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2575 - L. Aug. 16; ed: 2/1 - The Democratic party recommends an armis-
tice for at least six months. "Copperheads" claim that the Union inen
and the administration do not want peace, but desire disunion, and are
only fighting for boundary lines. This is utterly false. Those who have
supported the government with men and money, and who have fathers, sons,
and brothers in the ranks of the Union army really desire peace. Those
who have opposed the war from the first, and have stayed at home and
made money naturally oppose an armistice, though they are always whin-
ing and complaining about the cruel war and about peace.
"We therefore say, that the men and women who most need Peace are in
the Union Party. They know what war costs, and stand ready at the
earliest moment, to restore Peace, Liberty and Union to the whole -
country." (16)

Index terms:

Copperheads; Union; Union party

2576

Cleveland Morning Leader, 18 August 1864 (15 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

2576 - L. Aug. 18:2/3, 4 - In a letter to the editor, "Celon" expresses
very accurately the feeling our army has toward peace grumblers. He
says: "Our blood has often boiled with indignation at the actions of
these would-be men but of late our anger has turned to pity, and our
sympathies for them prompt us to give them some advice: As you have
not the heart to fight, do not talk so much. The continual spouting
about constitutional rights, personal safety, etc., prove that you only
have a place for brains."
The soldier dies in hope of victory, and the bliss of such dying
compensates for a life of suffering. Not so with you who only think of
peace at any price. (15)

Index terms:

U. S. army

2577

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 August 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2577 - I, Aug. 20; ed:2/1 - Peace is discussed on every hand, but it has
been said that the government has put obstacles in the way of restoring
peace, which will prevent the reconstruction of the Union as long as the
present administration is in power. The abandonment of slavery as
advocated by Lincoln will, it has been said, delay peace because the
Rebels do not agree that slavery should be abolished.
"It would certainly be great misfortune if the vital power of
slavery is not extinguished by the war. We have always thought that its
extinction is necessary to our future peace, and when peace comes, we
greatly prefer that peace and Union which comes from Lincoln to that -
which might come from some other source." (12)

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; Union

2578

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 August 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2578 - L Aug. 20; ed: 2/2 - Jeff Davis, thinks that the South is an in-
dependent power, ard that peace can come only by separation. Ile says º
the South is fighting solely for independence, and attaches no special . . . .
interest to slavery, which is evidence that Rebel leaders are not ". . .
ready to surrender in favor of peace. - - - - - - -
The revelations made by this interview must effectually stop the
mouths of the brawling peace men who insist that the only obstacle in
the way of peace is the Government at Washington. - (6)

Index terms:

Davis, Jeff; South; Washington, D. C.

2579

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 August 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2579 - L. Aug. 22; ed: 2/1 - The American people are so tired of war
that they are liable to accept terms of peace which will shift burdens
and desolations to their children. No one denies that slavery is the
source of all war woes and is prolo.jging the war. -
"With slavery in a restored Union there could be no permanent peace
with jealousies of North and South there would be constant danger of
other ruptures and finally, of war again. The only condition of a -
permanent future is the destruction of slavery." (11)

Index terms:

North; South; Union

2580

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 August 1864 (ed; 8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2580 - L. Aug. 22; ed: 2/2 - The Democratic party wants peace to come
by an armistice and convention of the states, which means the restor-
ation of the government on Rebel terms. - - --
If "peace-at-any-price men" obtain mastery at the Chicago convention,
there will be the issue of peace or war. If peace is preferred to .
restoration of the Union, there would be no doubt that peace would come
under Democratic rule. Democrats, however, cannot expect success by
juggling and deceit, and must explain what is meant by "armistice" and
"convention." - - (8)

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Union; Union convention (Baltimore, Md.)

2581

Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 August 1864 (ed; 7 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2581 - L. Aug. 29; ed: 2/2 - We are not in favor of the government pro-
posing an armistice, but favor "continuation of the war till the slave-
holders are subdued and compelled to submit to the laws of the country."
- (7)

No index terms.

2582

Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 September 1864 (ed; 18 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2582 - L. Sept. 3; ed:2/1 - "The proposition made at Chicago, to have a
convention of all the states, is surrounded by so many difficulties so
long as the organized power of the rebellion continues to exist that
the Democratic press has almost failed to discuss its feasibility."
The Rebels give no indication that they are ready to accept peace
at the sacrifice of their independence. There can be no such thing as
treating for peace in earnest "until every hostile soldier shall have
been withdrawn from our soil, and every hostile ship from our waters."
"One chance remains, and this is to fight through. We have gone
beyond the midnight of these crucial times, and the shortest road to
light is forward, through whatever light remains. To go forward is
pºssible and ends in light. To go backward ends in darkness impenetra-
ble." (18)

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.

2583

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 September 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2583 - L. Sept. 8; ed: 2/2 - Granting of an armistice by the government
would only result in strengthening the Rebels for renewal of war.
Nothing but the most degrading self-abasement of the North will avail
to make an armistice result in peace.
"Let everyone remember that so long as there is no official declara-
tion from the rebels that they are ready to consent to the restoration
of the Union, an armistice would simply result in their independence." ---
- - (4)

Index terms:

North; Union

2584

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 October 1864 (ed; 17 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2584 - L. Oct. 13; ed:2/1 - Some people of the North are taught to think
that the only obstacle in the way of a speedy peace is the unwilling-
ness of Lincoln to compromise in such a way that the Rebels will be
induced to return.
"Possibly Jeff Davis, after being driven to the extremity of despair,
and seeing his power about to pass away, woull agree to be conciliated
and live with his friends; but in the name of our Republic, in the
name of our murdered countrymen whose bones lie bleaching in every -
Southern State, in the name of the poor white men of the South and the
cruelly wronged black race, by all that is dear and noble and sacred
in a great people, we protest against compromise and conciliation, and
demand that the traitors, and murderers, shall be drawn and quartered,
hung and shot, and the integrity of the Republic restored." (17)

Index terms:

Davis, Jeff; Lincoln, Abraham; North; South

2585

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 October 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2585 - L Oct. 17; ed: 2/2 - Alexander Stephens of Georgia is said to
favor a peace which will recognize the "Sovereignty of the States,"
also to be in favor of a convention of states.
"This is very ingenious. Stephens favors having the North admit the
very principle against which we have contended, the 'sovereign right'
of a state to secede whenever she sees fit. This doctrine has been the
cause of all our woes. The hel lish work of leaders in the South was
done under the guise of State Sovereignty, the right of which Stephens
wishes to see granted by a convention of States." - (4)

Index terms:

Georgia; North; South; Stephens, Alexander

2586

Cleveland Morning Leader, 19 October 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2586 - L. Oct. 19, ed:2/1 - Alexander H. Stephens thinks a convention
of states would be a gocq thing, provided the Confederacy is first
recognized as an independent power. Nor would he be willing to leave
the questions in dispute to the absolute decision of such a body.
This is a political trick. Stephens regards the peace movement in
the North as "part of the fruits" of the resolutions passed by the
Georgia legislature that states are sovereign powers and have the right
to secede when they see fit.
"Mr. Stephens might as well give up his ideas of new Confederacies
that shall embrace the north-west. The north-west-stands by the whole
Union in all its integrity and will fight to the bitter end to main-
tain it." - (11)

Index terms:

Confederacy; Georgia; North; Stephens, Alexander

2587

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 October 1864 (ed; 13 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2587 - L. Oct. 20; ed: 2/2 - Certain parties interested in the success of
the Rebellion have sent petitions from England asking the United States
government to make peace with the South. Over 300,000 names are
attached to it, covering over 700 yards of canvas.
"The tons and language of the petitions are familiar to the WORLD,
the NEWS, the Chicago TIMES, the Cincinnati ENQUIRER, and the PLAIN
DEALER. . . . . . . -- " " . . . .” -
"It was entirely unnecessary for 300,000 Englishmen and Irishmen, , , --
women and children, to send this petition to Governor Seymour. We have
plenty of such talk at home." - - - - . . . . . (13)

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; England; New York NEWS, The; Seymour, Governor; South; WORLD (newspaper)

2588

Cleveland Morning Leader, 18 November 1864 (ed; 15 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2588 - L Nov. 18; ed: 2/1 - General Butler thinks "the olive branch
of peace" should be extended to the Rebels, so that they may choose be- -
tween submission to the constitution and years of unrelenting war,
only to end finally in their utter ruin and annihilation.
"If the Rebels again refuse to accept the proffered terms of peace,
they must take the terrible consequences of unpitying war." (15)

Index terms:

Butler, General; Confederacy

2589

Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 December 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2589 - L Dec. 2; ed: 2/1 - In the discussion of peace found in the
Rebel press, both North and South, much is said about "the cruelty of . ,
proposing terms of peace to the Rebels which may 'wound their pride' . . ."
or bring 'disgrace upon their escutcheons.'"
"The absurdity of such talk must be evident to everybody. After
drenching the land in blood and slaughtering immense numbers of our
people, they ask that they shall not be treated as the criminals and ... ."
traitors they are, but so as not to wound their tender susceptibilities." - .
- - - - - (6)

Index terms:

Confederacy; North; South

2590

Cleveland Morning Leader, 23 December 1864 (ed; 7 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2590 - L. Dec. 23; ed: 2/1 - The results of the Union successes are being . .
felt in the Rebel capital. One result is the resolution offered by McCullen
of Virginia for the appointment of commissioners to treat for peace. . . . . .
"The very fact of its resolution, by a member who has never before been … .
allied with the reconstructionists of the South, is a significant in-
dication of the increasing distrust felt by the rebel leaders in the --
success of the Rebellion." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (7)

Index terms:

McCullen, (Va.); South; Union; Virginia

2591

Cleveland Morning Leader, 24 December 1864 (ed; 52 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2591 - L. Dec. 24; ed:2/2, 3, 4, - The Hon. R. P. Spaulding, in his speech
Dec. 19 in the House of Representatives, discussed in detail President
Lincoln's address to Congress. He agreed with the views of Lincoln . . .
regarding the termination of the war, criticized the sentiment of some … .
members of Congress who wish to "subjugate" the South, and concluded
his remarks with this significant statement:
"In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say, that
the war will cease on the part of the Government, whenever it shall have
ceased on the part of those who began it." (52)

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; South; Spalding, Judge R. P.; U. S. Congress; U. S. House of Representatives