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r. Brooks replied that he never would acknowledge the independence of the South. God has made us one people. Mr. Wilson repeated; If all means should fail would the gentleman wage war for the suppression of the rebellion. Mr. Brooks replied; "God made this country for one people; but war was not the civilized remedy for the disease. Our first duty is to try conciliation." He then cited six length the resolutions moved in the British Parliament from 1774 to 1787, by Chatham, Burke, Fox and others, to show that these great men were for compromise and honorable concessions, and that what they begged to be given at the start. Lord North had to otler in the middle; while in the end independence had to be given. The lesson was one for us now. History was but repealing itself. If we attempt negotiation, and the South refuse to hear, the South will be divided and the North united. The war will be by the ballot-box in the Southern country. Our remedy is not the sword and the c