The Shasta Courier

A Reasonable Proposition.—The Copperheads are in the habit of falsely stating that Republicans, like Horace Greeley of the Tribune, are opposed to making peace with the rebels until slavery is abolished. In a communication over his own signature, published in the New York Independent, Horace Greeley gave the following as his views of the course which ought to be taken by the Government to bring about peace and the terms upon which it should be accepted. He said "We ought now to be near the end of the great struggle, and our Government may, without compromising its dignity, not merely welcome, but openly invite proposals from North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and other rebelled States, for a peaceful restoration of the Union. Let us all be prepared—nay, we shall, we must already be—to welcome peace whenever it can be achieved without a sacrifice of duty, of principle, of honor, of plighted faith."