Smyrna times., 1862-09-11
The Peace Party Candidates.

The breckenridge Peace party" men of
this State held convention ut Dover on
Thursday last, and us will be seen by pro-
ceedings on our first page, nominated San'l
Jefferson of st. Georges Hundred, for Gov
ernor, and VIM. Temple, of this town. for
Congress. The meeting, we learn, was
SHINY attcnded-but few hundred being
preSent-and unaccompanied by any of
those enthusiastic demonstrations charac-
teristic Of persons actuated by enobling
principles and promised success.
OF the candidate for Governor we know
nothing, but the RcpuJhotn, in speaking of
him, says:
" MIR. Jefferson is a very clever. worthy
farmer, and few years ago was a member
OF the Legislature. lie is possessed of very
moderate abilities, and consequently would
be controlled by the same unprincipled trick
sters who have surrounded Gov. Burton. if
he should be placed in the position. for
which he is put forward"
Mr.. Temple, the candidate for CONGRESS
IS resident of our town, and, of course
we know good deal of him-much in our
hearts that we wish we did not know. Mr.
Temple is clever, aff;lble man, and person.
| ally man that we have liked but he has
permitted his name to come before tho MOO
pie as their representative in Congress
ne can get votes enough-and believing he
has been acting with, and been nominated
Tor that position by set of men opposed
to the Government and opposed to per-
petuatiOn of our Union, unless it can be
governed by the Southern olgarchv, we
shall oppose him sincerely and strenuouslv.
as man who, if elected, would, by his pol
! icy, aid the interest of the Southern Con-
tederacy more than the Federal Union.
lie was an old Wing, and while in COM
munion with that good old party was ele-
waited to every position in the gift of the
people of the State but the one for which
ne IS now candidate, and was as loudly
abused by the party he is now affiliated
with as an "AbOlitionist," &c, as he now
doeSthOse that then shielded and honored him.
Mr.. Temple was very DESTROYS of the nomi-
nation of the " Pcoples' party" for Gov
ernor, but Mr.. Buckmaster, coming in
few votes ahead of him, he became soured.
and from that day his pretensions of oppo-
sitiOn to the Democrats was ONLY hollow
one-to Keep up appearmces-while he was
known to be in secret cOnclave with them
Ills lust OF office is no doubt the main-sprinp
that inspires his devotions in the Democra-
tic church. Personally, such had long been
our political admiration of the man. we
could not believe such a transmigration was
taking place in him, and it was long after
our friends had pointed out the moral and
political change, that we could believe and ac-
cept 1t. We found, at last, that the boast
ed " conservatism" was only a sugar-coat-
ing for sympathy with secession, that only
needed the opportunity to have full force
and effect.
Mr. Temple, since the first outbreak of
the rebellion, has been one of the most bit
, ter opponents Of the Government has tried
IN every way to poison the minds of all
! that came within his influence AGAINST If
has persistOntly misrepresented the aims
and objects Of the Union men has stirred
up and appealed to the most ignorant pre-
JUDGES of men who have gone to him for
information has pretended to be Union
man, when all his sympathy and CONVERSE
ton has been for the rebels, and, if elected
better represent our State in the Southern
Confederacy where he has argued that her
true interests, in the event of dissolution.
belongs, than at Washington.
We have reasons for speaking as above,
which we shall not hesitate to give in future
issues of the Times, so that the position OF
our candidates may be set fairly and square
ly before the people. But in SO doing we
shall "nOthing extenuate, nor aught set down
: in malice
SECESSION SYMPArHY.-The country every