The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-10-17
The Peace Party.-An Appeal to Commerce

gestng issues We are told that necessity Is the moher
of invention, and doubtless are indebted to the bar
renness of the wing for that infinite variety OF
original and irrelevant issues which the wing press have
fabricated during the present AT time
told tina, the momentous question of religious liberty
is involved in this election al another that the repua
ton OF the American people, people of gratitude,
will be destroyed by the defeat of Scott, and that the
election OF Pierce will be equally fatal to their character
for intelligence again the country is assured that the
designs OF Providence will be bafed by the OF
the democratic party, they resolved TO suffer the
vast resources OF the Union to lie undeveloped and
lastly, 1t is authortaiyey announced by the wing press
that the question whether the country shall continue TO
bask in the smiles of peace and plenty be desoatel by
the horrors OF war; to be determined on the second day
of November next This is the latesbon offspring OF
wing ingenuity and at the first blush il would seem TO
possess some plausbility " Has not the democracy
originated every in which the country has yet been
involved, and have not the wings uniformly been found
contending for peace' Did not the lneal progenitors
of this presentday temocacy-the patriots of l776-
without provocation excuse, 60 to with the
British lion over some two-penny punctilio and hair
splitting abstraction about taxation and representation
And did not our orelahers-ihe solid and conservative
GUS measure contending valanily for the continu.
ance Of peace Did not the immediate predecessors Of
your Pierce aud your King raise silly camor of sailors
rights. and in 1912 again mady rush into conflict with
the future victors of Waterloo And what did our fathers
Che federasts) in that important crisis Nobly did they
fight the battle of peace They would give counte-
nance 10 nation that could so ooshly encounter the
horrors of war; but they did what they might have ii
chassed into good behavior-he beautifully illus
trating their dsneresled love of peace by siding with
their countrys foe Such their zeal in the OF
peace that they hung out blueght signals 10 the
enemy, and refused to vote FOR iogging him while
he Numbered at the gates OF the Capitol And again,
III 1916 did not the democrats go to war with Mexico
simply because her army slew half dozen American
soldiers on American soil And did no, the wings most
violently oppose this ndiscreet and dangerous meas
ure Did they not, in 1872 pernaciously and fac
lousy refuse to vote supplies to carry The and
even pray that the Mexcans might welcome the Amer.
soldiers with bloody hands, and consgn them 10 hos
pable graves What then, do all these facts OF histo-
ry teach, but that the democracy is the party. and
the wings the party Of peace ,"
II is by such specous reasoning this that the wing
press abors TO convince the country that the election Of
Pierce will be equivalent 10 declaration of against
the universe, while the election Of Scott will guaranty
the continuance OF peace and forever. We need
stop expose the faacy OF this reasoning shall
investigate The validity OF the prelenson put forward
by the wing party OF being the peace party. We will
simply suggest very striking ineongruity between the
professions and the practice OF the wing party in this
spect With all their horror OF and affected devo-
ton TO peace, would suppose that the wings would
never become the blind worshippers OF military glory,
seek to elevate to the presidency whose only
trumphs on the battle field and who is use
less in time OF peace the sword he Consistency
and propriely alike outraged by the nomination OF
Scott Ehu Burriu, the apostle of peace, would have
been proper candidate for the peace party.
The object OF this attempt the part OF the wing press
to represent the democratic party aggressive and bel.
gerent in its tendencies and designs plain and pal.
pabe to be misconceved They do not leave us 10 con-
lecture their design They make themselves applica.
ton OF their dsqustons the blessings OF peace and
the belleose propensites OF the democratic party, by pre-
ssnling the merchant with gloomy picture OF commerce
crippled and credit destroyed For party purposes they
are striving to excite panic among the commercial
classes by raising false camor and fictitious issue
Could the whg press but pesuad. the people that the
democratic party is Hourshing designs hostile 10 the pa
cifc relations Of the country and that the election oil
General Pierce would insugurate policy, the inter-
ess OF General Scott would be greatly promoted by enst
ing in his support the vast power OF the commercial
classes This is the object OF all the solemn warnings
and shrieks Of alarm which issue from the wing press.
They do not themselves entertain the least Apprehension
Of the caamies which they predict in consequence Of
the ascendency OF the democratic pary but 1t is
sary TO raise an alarm OF in order TO promote party
purposes Forthwith the alarm is rased-ihe New York
Express proclaims that "he wolf is on the walk" and
the entire wing press echoes the cry.
Now 10 this same commercial interest which the wings
are so socous to propltiae, beg leave to address
few What has gain from the cleo.
ton OF Scott and the ascendency of the politicians who have
put him forwards Is he not the representative Of ia
naticism and the champion OF the aconsls whose policy
is agitation and whose designs contemplate the dissolu.
ton OF the Union' Would trade profit and flourish by
the supremacy Of Seward Destructive a foreign war
may be to the interests OF commerce, domestic troubles
are incomparaby How long would the merchants
of New York prosper after breach between The North
and the South That this catastrophe would follow the
election Of General Scott, with his cabine, controlled by
the influences which now surround him does not admit
Of rational doubt; and, the other hand, il is equally
evident that the election OF the democratic candidate
would be triumph Of the constitution and the Union.