Daily national Republican., 1863-08-03
THE PEACE PARTY IN MISSISSIPPI
IFS HEPOR1ED pEMANDs.

Thstelsgrspbie agent Of the Associated Press
furnishes us with the following piece Of infor-
nation, which Is 'highly important, II true:''
abandoned BY the rebels. TAsrs Is a strona
Psses Party IN that State, IN favor Of returning
TO The Cmton, upon a guarantee being gipsn hat
TIE rights Of th< people under he Conaif,aioa-of
p.r:o., q pyoprrfv s"d Of eo"'esenes-'haa b
This dispatch, through the agency named
above, has been tslegrsphed to, and published
in, nearly every newspsper In this country.
Tho statement 1t contains 10 either true or false.
II It 10 true, It 10 important that the country
should know how long this "strong Peace
party" has existed In that State, and when and
under what circumstances u declared itself to
b Gin favor Of returning to the Union upon
9 guarantee being given that the rights of
the people under the Constitution-of per-
son, properly. and conscience,-shall be main
tained." The style 10 conventional. The tele-
graphic reporter at Memphis will please
inform rs when this "strong Peace party' as
ssembled in convention in Mississippi, who
presided, and exactly the language of the reso.
lutions passed by the body. We desire this in
formation in order that we may understand
for ourselves precisely what Is meant by the
"guarantse." We don't quite understand
what the words rights Of the people" mean.
Nowadays 1t means one thing to q loyalist
and smother to disloyalist. Perhaps the
"Peace party" may interpret "rights of the
people" to mean the right to secede from the
Union whenever the candidates Of party are
constitutlonally elected TO which 1t is opposed.
Perhaps, when we come TO see the resolutions,
II may appear that this party desires the Fed
ersl authority TO eat its own words, back dow wn
from the great contamination Of all that has
contributed to change this war from one of
devllish oppression towards an unfortunate
race to the God-ordsined purpose Of abolshing
American slavery on this continent.
Ifsuch Is the purpose Of this peace party, If
that 10 what Is meant by ma'ntainiag the rights
c|"psrsons aud property" Under dss Constitn-
ton, the "strong peace party" Of Mississippi
had better continue to enjoy those blessings
while longer as administered by JEFF. Davis in
the application Of his conscript law.
But VIC confess that 1t is our private opinion
that there Is no such party In Mississippi, as
reported; that " there Is any considerable num-
ber Of people In that State desirous Of return.
ing to the Union, they are scattered, unorgan-
izsd, and have had no chance yet, as Indicated
by Gen. Logan, to express their honest sentl-
ments; that when they do they will dcnounce
slavery aud be willing TO live In the Union,
as the close Of the rebellion will hnd II, free
from ~ po'stiag cur. Of master and sare.
The dispatch looks to rs very much like the
production Of "Copperhead." II the tele.
graphic reporter at Memphis invented 1t him.
self, he Is not ht to occupy any longer tho re.
sponsible position he now holds. lift Is the
production Of a genuine party In Mississippi,
1t Is easy for him to show II. We simpi. wish
to know all the facts about this reported
"strong Peace party" In Mississippi, because
its demands are extraordinary. VIII the Mem.
phis Associated Press reporter enllghten US on
the subject