, 1863-06-09
PEACE C0pPERhEADS.
The New Democratic Platform,
Treason Shrie ekersin Coun-
Gil.

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cprrcu mn r"n1.1r1,or roon
o4AlVA Ul lIslN AN0U WOUU,
Int "Wednesday 4he n,srnfon Peare Demo,
Gratis of New York civ met Mt the coonpr In;
stitnte and 1nadc demonstration The crowd
numbered from IS 900 to 10000 men. ;ns,ac
and outside of the hal1. There was sneakinp
from four stands. The figure head Of the ner.
formanccs was the irtepressIble Fernando
wood.
;AlonE Auofess IVES auopteu, WHICH assumes
as its basis the Modification doctrines of IA,
boun ,nd u,vna 80 thor,,r1,,,, o1~s,'.. ~.
By Webster in the debate on Foot's Resolu-
t;ors ona Nv EaE,-d ~ 1;r,r1atoa w ~ ~ r.. o 7ss,l
uone '1nu ~ Ia"a1u livingston IN zen. 1ack-
ssv,, ,,,,,+ coo,oo es..o >, :. 49,. ss~s"s'
1ou can coe1ec otale' ID luelr ouraen
which, Il true, involves the monstrous conclu-
sion that any one q onr N1rfy.17se States al.
'oayshod and dfuays 1o'1 haze TIE right TO Teal
the eoa's1ry into fragments at its mere good pleas
.tre, eritho4tf e1ea struggle. Hthis be the true
theory Of our political system, then we hare
/ beeo falsely Uretend'nr to In n natioo and
,s.,.,a~ +-a,t,as ho-.;aa;a.x ,,s..- ' ,1s4s
,,to al 1-inds NJ eo,nr,, n.,r,rar,a,+e ~, +h.4
nv o.. ,,.. .A4uoo ~ 7o~". y" snA'
sW1ndling assumption, in utter defiance Of the
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been cheating ourselves BY buying and annex
Ine. vast territories ut great cost. which Ind n
neffect right to seccde from rs the n,nmcnt
7xc had formed them into st,trs,
Tin rcso1vea of tbo f.onvon+;o, ho7a1,, ~
49,. ~, T-,,sa':.:" l' 90
sane lnal calhoun Nul1ncauoh Is and always
Here Is one that covers the whole ground
E..1r<d THAT nri,,- n. rors,,,,.;o, >,
~ nn.sr. - r.1r nn'i. se H In1Aa IS
corrcE Tnp SrxTrs or nnV nrmber ~ Ham ~. ~
M111rA1sr ToncE. II the power Of cocrcion exista
At al, it ie legal power, and not military Thst
oIed principles, cannot snStatn . war against
sorercisn states that We blieTe It to be the daty
t.4 ~ * pasly ~ te taese ooaiy
nn11irai ich asIi teai Haocet1S VIZ
With them. ''~@'~S'''
Fernando voo1 rbo w,s fin mos+or sr,r;t
Of inc OCCASION anu uelTered three or 1our
speeches from the different stands during the
evening, laid down two fundamental prouosi-
films.
l'en1
hc ~ er rs
1nei,t as againFt tlc States which arc sovereign,
and in possession of all power not delegated. II
power Of coercion exists at ALL 1t is Legal and not
malttnry.
aH;cab1c a;ns,ncnt " tIe G,',.s,s9,s T.; ii ;annt
Could @ have been. and can IN b. l still. procuIcd on
'es na,nmant;nn aa aro Wv tEsan nro,os,t;on. 4,o
eons."5 W F'"post.4'"'' -A'
New 1ofk 177oaae remarks:
We really can't see how the absence Of
"coerclye military power ip the Federal Coy
crnmtnt Us against the States'' was to have
The main Union army in Texas before, OF tho
bombardulynt Of Fort Sumter five weeks
aftcr. Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration. And If \
hostile po"eI-no matter Wha.-scts to fight
ing this republic, what can the republic do
but fight back agaln? Who can tell.
sheriff, the policeman, is entirely to blame
when hls authority Is defied and his process
resisted. "Peace! Peace!" he cries, but
never once hints that tue rebels ought to stop
fighting the unionists, la5ing on the latter
the Whole blame Of the continuance Of the
OF Of our city, Ind happened in at Mnlbnry
street while the Police and the dead R.b-
bits" were having free fight, and had
Jumped into tue middle Of 1t, crying: Hold,
Policemen! amt you ashamed Of yourselves
fighting and maiu,ing people In this brutal
fashion: Sneak out Of this forthwith, or III
expose you to the indignation Of mankind
What can you mean by breaking the peace
and kicking up row in this Christian city,
within plain sight of hundred steeplcs !?
What are the clergy about that they don't
teach you the first rudiment Of our holy reli-
gion :" Sc, Dc: Tue Police, probably,
wouldn't sec 1t; but that would be exactly
such harrangue as he made three or four
times over Inst night at his " Peace Conyen-
tion.h
II it be true that "the Federal Government
las no power to cocrce the States or any Of
lie merits, Tie JUSTICES, Of the War for the
Union. is sheer irrcieyancy and surnInsayc
But these 4sPeace'' men do not belieye one
word of This. as wo viii proye.
The sscoercion'' Of South Carolina in 1888
Is . comparatively recent event. She Ind. In
thc most imposing manner. through tha &C. &c.
fion Of Convention of her neonIs nn1J;ticd
an nct of Compress declarinr II r,o ionper m,
! crafiye wffh;n her limit Zen JacSs6n mi
lied fto Nuiif1icat;on. and foiii her si,e ,nnst
| ohey The law until it Was duly modiled or re-
| ncaied br act Of Conrress-and she aid. The
master spirits Of our "Peace Democracy
were lhen neas'g nj IN actse polltlcat liie,
oId @ HiciorS. This Is % is an uGdeaiaSie e % tf,,t5
| and every Intelligent citizen oyer forty years
Of age can attest It from his personal reco1-
lection Yet sonth Carolina then professed
TO be acting under the Federal Constitution,
ana n tne exercise OF rights reserved to her
cdly transcendlng, defying, destroying the
Constitution, Gan It be that che was subject
to 'coefclon' IN that case, jet 1s not IN this
nut the power OF Federal coercion Is tfgat,
NOT m1aasy;" lhat depends entirely on the
measure aH1 W means a, o. te,snee a9 To- ne oveF