New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-26
THE WHITE FLAG MOVEMENT.

IYOr1l
We suppose thst no intelligent in the city need
to be told that the project for peace meeting in thi
city, last Saturday night, was Secession proiecS.
originated with Seceesi0nists and wss, 30 far as exc
euted at ALL executed by SecessiopEts. IL Seoes
sionism with its face under white flag. Mr. Trabus
when he found the Union men % constitute seven
eighths Of the Court house meeting called upon the
"SecessIonists" to go 10 Concert Hail. and the Scces
sionists. and only they went 10 Concert Hail. where
their meeting was differed and addressed by Seces-
sioniss, and only BY Seesssionists. They chose to
make uoe Of soDe Union names, but 1t was trick,
fraud, sn imposition.
We have ali been for some time expecting that the
Secessicnists would get up dodge, but noas
OF us could gness what IT woud be- Nobody, we are
sure dreamed that il would be peace aud white flags
II any rad made such suggestion, be would have
been laughed at. The idea that herce Secession
ists our raging DIsnnionsts, terrible fire eaters,
our dreadful rsEirts, who, from the first, have
been endeavoring TO shame Kentucky from her neu-
trty and to induce her TO make cause with
the South IN this horrible war, would ia the moment
Of their utmost desperation their mouths rOthing and
thsir eyes bIoOdshot with fury 10 20 work in peacs
mOpeaeat and cover themselves ell over with white
haesthe idea that these tigers, wolves, catamounts,
would take the visaCe of lambs, and insist upon fol-
lowing shepherds with white han0kerebiefs mounted
upon the ends Of their crooks and hying their
sfeepcols would have been too absurd and iudorous
no. TO be laughed at by every ors to whom it might
have beeu suggested.
These bogus advocates Of peace passed series Of
resolutions. Look at the resolutions. They a
siosity. They say nothing about tho conditions Of
pesee-they simply cry for peece. For aaght that ap
Isars from them, the authors would just have
peace Oh one condition on another. They don't
10 whether peace is made by the division Of
TIE Union into two CoDfederacies, by ts separation
into half dozen Confederaces, By the stipulation of
the payment of tribute by the North to the South or
BY The South 70 the North, by any other sort Of
treaty Whatever. Their country's honor il nothing
her prosperity noting-peace, peace, at all hazards
peace upon any terms, is everything. And these
peace-peoyle call upon their accompioes and dupes to
have q white fag-IaisiDg next Saturday, each ono
wearing white rOsette ribbon and invoke them TO
deck houses STEAMBOATS, ears, carriages hacks, bug
gies wagons dTays and wheeibsrrOws with white
Bags Fellows stuck ali with reyolyers, bowies,
oiTks, &e, are to wave white hags in their hands
they walk the streets or step up 10 the bars OF coffee
houses IL one Of them caut conveniently get white
Asg be must throw of his coat and display his shirt
uuiess like little Dicky Douts it happens 20 display
itseE. BY the way, they would make very interest
Ing procession, each with biz "slirttail out--the
emblem Of peace.
Oar readers may remember that the adoption, or
rather che pretended adoption, Of armed neutrality by
the Kentucky Secessi0nsts, was sudden, an nttan-
taneope thing. 1t was sadden az j. was universal.
One day all Of the Secession organs and leaders in
Kentucky were denouncipg neutrality as the sbsurdest
and vilest and most inianous thing cOncocted,
and two or three days afrsrgard the whole Of them
adopted it as their policy, End pledged ihemseves TO
its scrupuiOus Observance The entire movement
Originated In q center OF control and through
odt Kentucky il was universal. Evidently this white
nag movement has originated Ia the same center of
control and no doubt II Is intended to be In like man.
ner universal simultaneously with the manise,tson
in Louisville manifestations Of the saros soIt seem Ia
have been made In numerous other counties All oyer
the State the consumption Of white drycoods "a lit.lv
% be tremendous.
II Is impossible 10 treat this movemept Lnou;nc =.
we co who originated IL and why they oririnated II
with sny sort Of respect, The friends of the Ijnio
viii not, can not, look upon il with rsspect Theg
have 10 more regard for Secession under white ar
than under the biackest hsg that ever foaied 81 p
rates masthead. They recognize but Gag the Old
starSpangled Banner which they hope TO live under
and die under. Iwas the streaming meteor Of freedom
to their fathers they resolved that II Shs be ths
ssne 10 their children. The white upon lie folds Is an
emblem Of pesosi the red procms to the nations that
we shrink nos from and The blue The color Of The
tfy tells ihai, wtsber In peace OF ID war, cur appeal