The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-08-16
Peace Meeting at COrnwaII Briara fan
neCticUt.
CORNWALL BRIDGE, Aug r.

necticut.
Cornwall BRIDGE, Aug r. 1851
MEssRs. EDITORS AT an adJurrs5 meet
ing Of the Democratic friends OF peace. and
speedy settlement OF our national ,r'.alea
by CONCESSION and compromise-coar5.a Of
portion of the Democracy of the towns Of
Sharon and CornWall-held at Cornwall
Bridge, on Wednesday evening, july 81 he
following resolutions, prepared by con~laza
appointed at previous meeting, We're real AID
adopted. They express the sentiments ofta7ss
present upon the great crisis through which
the country is now passing.
ResotUed, That IN the opinion Of this meet
ing, the unnatural, costly and shocking civil
war which the nation IS now spending il.
blood and treasure, was brought about BY the
present Black Republican Administration:
whose adherents, from the start, opposed every
patriotic effort 10 compromise our difficulties.
and evinced particular hostility TO the Critten-
den plan of peaceful arrangement; evidently
striving to lnaugurate the exact crisis that is
now crushing out the life Of the country; ex~
pectlng by rs influence 10 perpetuate their
own political power, and to abolitionize the
South in the su5jugation of its people by the
force OF Northern numbers and the strength of
Northern bayonets.
ResolUed, That Notwithstanding the howl
ing OF the Black Republican war party, that
the South must humbly submit and bow TO the
supremacy OF the Government at Washington
yet 10 any man of common sense, not blindedN
by prejudice or fanailcIsm, 1t is easv 10 see,
however much he may regret it, that the old
American Union is forever destroyed; and
event If were possible TO snbdue the South, they
wo uld never again exist in harmony with the
North for show can reconcilement 90 on where
wounds of dead hate have cut SO deepl"
Resotped, That if the doctrine Of Lincoln,
Seward, and their associates be true-and
majority OF Northern vot ters endorsed it at the
elect ion-that there is an sfirrepressIbls con-
hc:" between slave labor and hired labor, so
that the corn6elds of New England must be
titled by the former, or the cotton crop Of the
South cultivated by the latter-then surely the
part of wisdom was, and is, peaceabs and
friendly separation of these different and dis
cordant interests; and not the insane anG
wicked effort 10 cement them together by
brothers blood shed by brothers. arms.
ResolUed, That we denouce the CT Gators Of
State war debt OF two millions ot dollars-a
tax OF more .han iour dollars upon every man,
woman and child in the State-as unnecessary
and uncalled for, and as the lnhiction of a curse
upon the farming interests of Conuectic ut that
this generation will never see removed.
ResoiUed, That this meeting tender its most
cordial sentiments of respect to the Hon. Thos.
Fl. Seymour, Of Hartford, for his excellent res
olutions presented TO the Legislature in relation
to the disastrous troubles of the county
aud surely no Democrat need be ashamed TO
proclaim himselfa friend Of peace, when such
noble and peaceful opinions are expressed by
the best and most experienced soldiers IN New
Eng ngland-who has often "shown Gpo the
field of battle that he dared TO lead where any
dared 10 follow"
RESOLVED, That our thanks are hereby ex-
pressed to the Hon. c. L. Vallandigham, Of
Ohio, and to the four other Representatives -
Congress who voted against the Ave hundrs-
million war loan; and we wish that all the
Democratic members had presented an undv-
ded front against this horrible imposition upon
the industry and the posPerlty OF our nnfortu-
nate country.
ReSolUed, That we view with anxiety and
alarm the prospect OF large standing army as
Inconsistent with Republican institutions and
dangerous 10 their existence Nat the enormous
expense of the present war will seriously bur-
den our people, check the growth Of our nation,
and wiring their hard earnings from the hands
of the toiling millions, while the prospective
increase ofthe military power OF the Admins
tration should admonish every Democratic
citizen that military despotism is death TO
American liberty.
ReSolUed, That so far as our observation
extends, those in this vicinity who talk the
Ioudest about ''spiIing the last drop OF their
Blood" are, as Major Downing said 10 General
Jackson, "amazing particular about the deple-
ton OF the frst drop;" and while we commend
the prudence of their conduct, they must en-
cuse us for laughing at the empty pomposity Of
their words.
ResotUed, That we respectfully recommend
10 our brother Democratic farmers OF the State
to hold meetings in their various localities; and
and to bring the power of an enlightend public
opinion to bear against the further continuance
OF this bloody spectacle scene at which the
civilized world stands aghast and stricken with
unutterable horror; and to the cry of ''tratoFa,"
"secessionists," and threats of mobs and terror
ism, raised by the Black Republicans, who
have destroyed our noble Union, let us responc
with the shout of ssPeace" 'Peace! "l
this De treason, make the rRst OF it."
ReSolUed, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be plblIshed IN the Bridgeport Farmer,
Hartford Times, New Havsh Register, the
Journal of Commerce, New York Daily News
and Day Book; and that all other papers friendly
to peace be respectfully REQUESTED to insert
them in their columns.
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