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186 THE COUNTRYMAN. TURWVOLD, GL, MARCH 28, 1865. Gov. Brown brought on the Mar. It was the northern- abolitionists who were really chargeable with bringing on this war. But in th6 immediate inaugu- ration of the tight, no inah at the south bore a more prominent part than Gov. Brown. In 1850, he Was an old fire eat er, and, when firsCnominated, was nomi nated because he was an* old fire-eaten and secessionist. All will remember ,tbe memorable con* test, in 1851, between Howell Cobb, a union man, and Charles J. McDonald, a fire-eater, nullifier, and secessionist. Cobb was elected by an overwhelming majority, but was not a candidate for a second term. In 1858, Herschel V. Johnson, because he had favored the project of forming a ■compromise presidential electoral ticket, between the two wings of the democratic party that had put out opposing electoral tickets, became the candidate for govern or, of the re-united democracy, and was elected. In 1855, he was re-elected. In 1857, another governor.-had to be chosen, and the democratic party assembled in convention, to make their nomination. The union, and secession wings of the party still had considerable animosity against each other—the former presenting as their favorite, John H. Lumpkin, and the latter, James Gardner. The two- thirds rule having been; adopted, neither candidate could obtain the required ma jority. Finally, Linton Stephens, who, from some cause, we believe, had aban« doned his old union associates, succeeded in manoeuvring Joe Brown into a nomina tion. Probably the cause of his course, was some rivalry that had gotten up be tween his brother Aleck, and Howell Oobb—John H. Lumpkin being the par tisan of the latter. The way that Linton succeeded in hav ing Joe nominated, was in this wise: Al though Lumpkin was put in nomination, really as a union democrat, in opposition to a secessionist, each wing striving hard to shape the policy of the re-united party, his friends did not ostensibly claim his nomination upon this ground, but upon the groundAhat Cherokee Georgia, having been always so thoroughly democratic, that section was entitled to indicate the nominee for governor, and its representa tives went for Lumpkin, of Rome. Linton Stephens, having become a democrat, in 1855, was sent as a dele gate to the democratic gubernatorial con vention. in 1857, Owing, probably, to j the fact which we have already mention- j ed, he opposed Lumpkin, and went for ; Gardner. Finding that Gardner could j not be nominated, he, in order to defeat Lumpkin, proposed the nomination of Joe i Brown, of Cherokee. This satisfied the Cherokees, and thus the influence, and votes of their delegation were secured for Brown, who afterwards rewarded the ser vice rendered him by Stephens, by giving him a place upon the Supreme Court bench. The nomination of Joe Brown was claimed as a great triumph of fire-eating, and secession principles. Brown was elected, and labored faithfully, and zeal ously, for the success of his disunion principles. In fact, as soon as he was nominated, the Federal Union republish ed a fire eating speech made by him in the Georgia senate, in 1849, in order to commend him to secessionists. As we have said, Gov. Brown labored faithfully and long, to disseminate seces. sion principles. After Carolina had se ceded, and before Georgia had done so, as we remember, he seized the U. S. forts at Savannah, and the federal arse nal in Augusta, thus, by his own unad- thorized act, plunging Georgia into war. Having inaugurated this war, on the part of tbc state of which he was governor— having been the immediate cause of the murder of thousands of our bravest young men—he now, by his conduct, says the war must be abandoned, before we have secured the object for which he commenc ed the war, without authority of law, or the constitution. Gov. Brown complains that our laws have been suspended, and of the many evils incident to a state of war. He should have thought of that, when he so reckless ly plunged the country into war. Being a fire-eater, disunionist, nullifier, and se cessionist, of the S. Carolina school, he taught his factious principles to the peo ple, for many years, in theory, and, the first opportunity he had, carried them in to practice. After doing all the harm he Could, he, by his conduct, proposes to stop fighting, before any good has been attain ed. Having been the first one to enter the war, he is the first one, by the course he pursues, to abandon it: or, rather, as he in effect does, in his late correspond ence with the secretary of war, he now proposes to turn the arms of Georgia against the confederate government. Brown is a reckless, ambitious, danger ous leader—one whom the people should not trust. He has wantonly plunged them into one war : and if they continue power in his hand«, he will certainly in- I volve them in another, and that, too, with each other. As Gov. Brown has seized upon all the unpopular phases, and misfortunes of this ■war, to damage the cause of the confede racy, we think it nothing but justice, that the people should be reminded that he in augurated the war in Georgia. The Peace Mission.—“The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald furnishes that paper with some additional particulars of the recent conference at Fortress Monroe, from which we copy the following: There is no truth whatever, in the statement, extensively circulated, that the rebel commissioners demanded recogni tion, find refused to enter into negotiation, except on that basis. The whole question of peace, and the views of the two sec tions, were talked over, in a general way. Stephens, and his associates, did not, in all of this general conversation, intimate Whether they would, or would hot accept anything else but recognition, and inde pendence. What they did say wa9, that they did not desire to fix any ultimatum, as a starting point in their negotiations. The ultimatum was a question which, in their opinion, should be arrived at through negotiation, as the terms of settlement, and not fiied as the starting point. They asked that commissioners, vested with full powers to treat on peace, should be ap pointed on both sides, and that there should be an armistice, while negotiations were pending. The president, and Mr. Seward refused to grant an armistice, for a single day. Mr. Lincoln informed them that thero were three points which ho would not yield : .1. That no armistice would be granted for a single day. 2. That a united country was the only basis upon which peace could be obtained. Restoration of the union, and full obedi ence to the laws, by the people of the southern states, were the sine qua non. 8. That the action of congress, in regard to slavery, should be recognized as the law of the land—meaning, in this,- the constitutional amendment. There is one peculiarity ir. regard to all the rumors which have been in circulation since Mr. Lincoln returned, and that is, the perfect accord of all, on the point that neither the president, nor Mr. Seward va ried a hair’s breadth from the position that no settlement can be bad, no peace obtained, except upon the basis of a united country, a union under one flag, from the lakes to the gulf. There were no ifs, nor ands, in regard to the president’s position, on this. If the south were not satisfied before, they must know now, that, under no circumstances, wili the people of the north consent to a division of the coun try.” “ What a world of gossip would be prevented, if it was only remembered that a person who tells you the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults.”