Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-10-01
AMOS KENDALL ON 1'nE PEACE
nIONEM ENT
From the Bridgeport, Conn, standard-l
The Union Meeting.

To me EditOr OF me StdndIrd.-l regret my |
inability TO respond to the call made upon me for
a speech at the meeting on Monday evening; Tor
desired to address few words TO my old poll
tical associates the Democrats of Connecticut
With your permission l now present through
your columns the substance Of what desire tc
suy.
You will agree with me that our country is at
war. Whether we consider the Southern States
foreign power or their people our own fellow
citizens in state of rebe lion, still our country
is at war with them. How is this war to be
brought to close By one of two modes, either
by suppression OF the rebellion or by treaty
acknowledging the independence Of the Coned-
crate States. Is there any Democrat who would
nut rejoice to STE tho armed resistance TO the
Government suppressed, peace restored, amt bust
ness resuminG its wonted channels Or. il
there be any Democrat who thinks it impossible
to suppress the rebellion, still will he not stand
by his own section and enable ii to obtain the
best terms il can on the fnal separation! lu
whatever aspect the Democrats of the North may
look ut this subject, their duty and interest alike
require then to support their Government in an
energetic prosecution Of the war. How else can
the rebellion he suppressed? Or, if that be i'm.
practicable, how else can an honorable and ad.
yautageoui treaty of peace be obtained?
But attempts are made to paralyze the Govern
ment by the cry of pcn,e, nnl to get up a peace
Peace ON what terms Are the Leaders Of this
movement in favor OF peace on whatever terms
our rebel enemies may prescribe? Are they
prepared to let the white slaves of "liing Cotton"
tread upon their necks, and he content to live
dish1norabe lives in the homes of their brave
ancestors? Why do not these men, while cast
ing their flags to the breeze, announce the terms
ON which they propose to make peice2 Why do
they not tell us what reason they have to believe
TINT ueapp can bp m adp On auV tpfmq otlpr Than
by cOwardly submission to rampant rebellion
This peace flag, if not the traitors, is the
towards flag. Whatever designs it is traitorous
in effect. IL gives ''aid aud comfort to the
enemy.
Those who are attempting to aid the enemy by
this and other devices, call themselves Demo
Gratis. deny their right to the name | have
witnessed the mutations of parties and been Il
Democrat myself for more than fifty years
There was no such Democrats in Jeffersun's
day There were none such during the war with
Great Britain in 1872 to 1914 The pence party
then was the Federal Party, which was SO cilec
tually disgraced by the peaca policy of its lead
ers that its members ever after found it ncccs-
/ sary to rally under other names. There was no
such Democrats in Jackson's day. "The Federal
Union must be preserved" was then the Demo
cratic motto, and "down with nuliGcation and
secession was the Jackson battle cry. There
was no such Democracy during the Mexican war.
| There is done such now in the heads or the
hearts OF true Democrats in my own heart,
there is none and never was il there were, |
would tear ii out.
The Democratic party has, for half century,
Witnessed the rise and fall ofmany other parties,
always maintaining the honor of its name. Its
vital principle has been devotion to the Const-
tuition and the Union. But for the wanton re
bellion Of the Cotton Staies it would now be the
ruling pnrty in Congress md the country. You
call the Southern couspirators our brothers So
was Cnin Abe's brother. shall we stop and cry
pence while the cub Of the fratrcide is aimed
al your heads, aud his bowie knifi at your
thrUts: Shall our uniesistiHg blood cry from
the ground Tor vengeance saiust murdeisrswnrsc
than Cain-mutderers who would kill u naiion in
the persons of their hrothcrs-traitors not only
to their country hut to the cause of liberty in nil
time AMI throue ehout the world?
Democrats No, they are not Democrats. The
shndes Of Jefferson and Jackson disuwn them
They mistake their proper name, and their true
homes. They are the white slaves of King
Cotton. and their true homes are in his presence
Let them go to the Cotton States aul Il iuut their
peace flags in the presence Of their Kile. Ll
them get up peace party there, whoale willing
to 1--we in peace under our benign Constitution,
aud they then will be responded to by all true
| Democrats OF the North.
some men in their zeal for party, seem 10 far
get That thoy have country and that the Pre-
sdent, TO whatever party he may belong, il the
representative VI that country. What il you or
! do not Ike some of the principles of Mr. Lin
con OF approve of the means by which he was
elected still, he is our c0untry's President,
and 10 sustain our country in its present conflict
! We must sustain him What, if in DISCHARGE of
the tremendous responsibilities which depep,ls
upon h.m, he sometimes exercises doubtful
powers or violates the letter oi the law shall we
tle efore abandon the cause Of cur country bv
Withdrawing from him the men and money m. oes
sary for its defence Shall we go further
espouse the cause of the enemy and throw every
possible obstruction in the way of our owl,
Government? II so, the traitors doom and the
hAnemans halter would be our Just reward Let
US save our country first, and then call its rulers
to account for any unnecessary usurpation of
power 1t were madness in the crew Of sink
lug ship to deprive their commander of the power
to save IT. II is madness to quarrel about the
Administration of our Government until we make
sure that we shall have II Government to aI-
minister,
Does interest influence any man to "cry peace,
peace, when there is no peace? ?" If that in
teresi be one of trade, il can only be prompted
by suppression Of the rebellion. II the armed
resistance were put down in the South, trade
would at once resume its former channels and
the North would continue to profit by selling it's
hA"utnStuiNa " AHt peuplt OF tue south. But
should the rebellion succeed Northern men may
bid farewell forever to all profitable trade with
the South. IL is one Of the av0wci objects of
the rebe leaders to relieve themselves from nil
commercial depci dence On the North, aud to that
end they have already commenced to lay henyy
duties on Northern products and manufactures
To the end of reconcng their people TO giying
a preference to Great Britain and France, or
any other foreign power they inculcate rnnn
n - lnf oil Of a
thing Northern Is it not passing strange that
men of Northern blood are found to sympathige
with those who have thus not only struck blow
ut their business, but are daily heaping contume
ly and insult upon them and the land which gave
them birth SHANE !-SnAmnl
The subject expands beneath my pen. but
have already said more than intended.
Amos KESDALL.
p. S.-Siuce the above was written, | have
met with an extract from a leading rebel paperiu
Georgia, which commences as follows, viz:
eve claim to be the superiors of the Northern
men III every respect, and we are; but we have
got TO prove IL to their satisfaction before we
can expect peace"
1es' Northern men, you have got to be whip-
peu INTO 'ne ahmission that the Southerners ale
your sape"ors IN every respect" 1t is only
Wheh you make this admission that YOU can have
terms Nho so craven as to raise the white ilnp
OF r'ase in response TO prcteutions SO insulting
Notrne Jacksouian Democrat, am sure
WoNngRruL FoBTlrloATIoN. There are
many wonderful natural curosities and antquat
cd relies to he found in Kentucky and one Of
the most remarkable Of them TO be found in Allen
county, on the Tennessee border, and II miles
from Browling Green, where n wall of solid lime
stone, 200 yards in length, 40 feet high, so feet
at the base and six feet wide ut the mp, crosses
a neck formed by bend in brakes creek, and
enclosed by IA wall and ditch, forming one of
the strongest fortresses in the world 1t is not
at all improbable that the fortunes Of war may
cause this Old iortiiicaou-built il is supposed,