Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-02
The Democratic Editor. or NeyE York.


We had notice soue days since Of proposed meeting
of the Democratic editors Of the SlAte Of New York to
adopt some coumoa ground We give below the resa..
Of that meeting The opinions ayo~ed do honor to their
intelligence and patriotism. Ii they upon them and
succeed Ia carryog with them the majority Of their Pso
MA they viii RAIDER incalcuabls service to their section
|. Is said that sevsaty per cent Of Lueolns army from
me North from New YofE particular is composed Of
Democrats. If the views Of these editors reach
them, the backbone Of LincOpism Is broken.
Bat there is Que hiag that should never for moment
be .bsen, fou ibs mod Of Southern man, and that L.
that We should rely nothing upon any portion OF the
North They may and very probably will quarrel among
themselves and in the end have civil But that is
nothing to Us. We must rely upon ourselves We must
carry lbs war with the Utmost possible quieknsss into
che .usuys country We must rous the hordes who
iaTadag our land and carry FIRE and sword 70 the bone
Of the Yankses Pennsylvania, With her magnificent
metropolis lies igh. a. doors. The world has no re-
zon that could suppy in greater abundance everything
seded BY an invading army, and her great city is nsd
,tA ranks and ewelry stores which would yield con-
,but;vO 70 delray the expenses Of three eampsigns
And thsrs TOO are the 0hioans, living upon rich
land. for whlSh they never pld cent, and We viii
s.ks them aud eOnSscale the pundes that has been
snpulatsd upon them. They have invaded our soil,
robbed add murdered eidzsns the ordinance Of 81
4, a, an end The grea. Northwest reyers to its Ors
nal owner. We Conquered it once, do it again
Sut though We rely in degree upon it, we aregad
40 "a the demonstration Of the New York editors. 1t
Indicate. ta the force Of the military tyranny is to be
tested among the Yankees themselves. Lincoln 4 %.
ma, sud themselves fully occupied home. II we eaa
ouly put the invaders the rOus there vii be an in
slant and universal uprising from the Potomac to the
ArOOstOOk.
Gen. yoGasson IS no. oVsr thousand miles from Phil
adslpAia
CONVENTION OF THE DxN0CRrriC EDiroRs OF INV YORK
THY DECLARK FOR PEACk.
Pursuant TO an Informal call number OF Democratic
editors Of the State Of New YORK ret at the Astor
House In New York city, Thursday, 70 consult in
gard 20 the present condition Of public Snirs The Goa
vention IL y STAYED vas spontaneous galheri1g pro
ducsd by the extraordinary condition Of public az
fairs than by any attempt desre any organ
irstion The uaAniray Of feeling exhibited the due ap
probation Of the importance of public action and good
otzsns irrespective Of party, invited 70 co-opsraIe
for the reestablshment Of peace. Aiter an organzG
ton and some preliminary business, committee on NJ
solutions reported the following, which were unanimous
ly adopted with single eGesPton-the editor OF the
Hudson Gazette voting 80"
Rssolvsd That earnestly desire the psrpetua,ion OF
the Unsn OF these States tut IN the OF Tue u
mea,ed Stephen A Douglas believe thai war IS dis-
unon and that if the Union be continued It must BE-
upon the principle on which sas formed, VIZ The vol
unAry Of lis members thai any other mode
ssbVersiVe Of the principles OF elEgOvenmeuf; and
hence in order TO restore this Union the first requisite
Is peace-to the end that all question: may be settled
not desposcay BY the sword. but voluntarily, BY free
consent Of the American people.
R,s0ipsd That the present alarming and deplorAble
ooodioa Of our country has Arssn nAiny from the
ercis Of unconstitutional powers by the present Chief
hagsate who has not hesased to nsugurate war, TO
enlist large standing army, 10 increase the navy, to
seizs private papers to deny citizens the right to bear
arms and 70 suspend tAe wris Of haoeas corpus all of
which acts are in direct violation Of article l. sections
aud O. Of the Constitution Of the United States and Of
the amendments thereto, art. aud art. l.
Rssolssd T1at the expenses Of the present
viii seriously burden people, that Standing army
dangerous the safety Of the citizen; that is expense
n drawn from the toll Of the agricultural aud working
elsssos; that tie Morrill, drif Is simply part Of the
ehnscy Of moaasshy enrich the feE a. the expense Of
the many and that enter arm aud protest
Against ali Of aess Measures oppossi the principles
OF true dnocraey Aad destructive TO the liberties and
material lassseaa Of he people Of The Northern States.