New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-22

susyohv That zoe JasoY Of upon the odn lei
ves.oration Of me Unon aud for the accom- Of
peace which In visw the restoration oil the Ono
A. n was and tho securing by constitutional amendments,
such rights 10 tho several states ana 'hs ps'P'e
honor and Justice demand"
These gentlemen ",oould hail with JOY the
manifestation of disposition on the part OF
the seeded States TO return to their nile
piance," and would alter the Federal Consti'
tuition in tho interest of Slavery to that
end. We have not q doubt Of it. But what
sense, what truth, can there DO in the state
ment that the prosecution of the struggle 70
maintain the Constitution and Government
tends TO subyert and destroy them' If the
struggle is given up on our part, the Union Is
of course at an end, and the Constitution-so
far. at least, as tho seceeded States are con.
cerned-is oyerthrown. There is no posi-.
bty of mistake on this point The Rebel
Chiefs the Rebel journals, the Rebel clergy,
every Rebel oracle and utterance, combine to
assure us that the Union is no more unless
the Rebellion shall be subdued. In all Amer
lea, in all Europe, there IL not an avowed
partisan of the Rebel cause who does not as
sumo US a basis the probi.y of Secession.
With what honesty, then, with what truth,
do the Illinois Democrats gravey resolve that
they are for the Union and Constitution but
against the War for their maintenance-for
National Convention and "peaee upon the basis
Of a re,toration Of the Union ?" They know
perfectly well that no such peace is offered by
the Rebels or allowable by us-that they might
just as candidly resolve that they are for the
Christian Religion with the Koran for Its
b bio and Brigham Young for It's Archbishop,
Patriarch or Pope.
These men deceive the ignorant, and mean
TO deceive them, into a belief that UnoD
peace awaits our acceptance, bat is prevented
by the Abolitionists, who control the Admins
traton and dictate o refusal of all Rebel over
lures not based on universal Abolition. They
know well that the facts are otherwise But
they hope to win votes BY deception and
fraud. They know that we Republl-
cans. with our President. at our head were
ready TO lutte in calling Constitutional Con-
yention before hostilitles were commenced by
the Rebels; but the 'Con,eryatives and Bor-
der.Sta,es men all united 10 vote US down 10
the Peace Congress Of their own calling.
Kentucky Lad formally proposed such Con-
ventioa TO avert the threatened Civil War:
every Republican Delegation sustained II IN
the Peace Congress-" but srery Cosserrs-
tire Delegation Ha,tea IN r0iiHg At dorm, Ken
inckys among them. Then followed the bonn
bardment of Fort Sumter and the horrible
clangor Of Civil War. Taen the Democracy OF
Illinois raised no finger for Constitutional
Convention; nop that is said Democracys
panacea for our crying National lis. Does not
this fact Justify our course aud condemn that OF
our antagonists
Democratic reader when you note one
single authorized overture from the South for
" Peace on the basis OF n restoration OF the
Un,on." be- good enough to let US know 1t !
And. uHtl you do. We ask you to brand rs
wnlfal dscei,ers and nbcttors Of treason those
who proclaim on our side for peace on the
basis of reunion knowing well that no such
peace Ia aitanable, and that none ever would
be II We we're uow 10 abandon the War.