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The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1864., [Electronic resource], A Northern View of an armistice. (search)
A Northern View of an armistice. At Indianapolis, on the 29th ultimo, there was a grand reception of several returning regiments.--Governor Morton made an address to the soldiers, in the course of which he discussed the question of an armistice as follows: "It requires two parties to make an armistice; and Jeff. Davis has already declared that he demands the withdrawal of our armies from the South as a necessary preliminary to any negotiation. Who shall ask for an armistice. Shall our Government sue for terms at the feet of the South? Will this audience of soldiers agree to that? [Cries of "No! No!"] But what does an armistice mean? It means to cease operations in front of Atlanta; it means to loose the hold on Richmond; it means to stop Farragut at Mobile. "As every one knows, diplomacy takes a great deal of time, and probably, at last, would fail. Can we spare enough of the weather now left us for military operations to be frittered away in armistice, and the