The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-04-03

acter as patriotic men. There is no man,
will venture to say. do not care what
may be his complexion in politics--he
may be as black as be pleases upon the
extreme radical side, or he may be as
deeply imbued with secession sympathies
as any man you can find upon the Demo-
claic side-There is no man who does
not desire yeace; not peace upon dishon-
orable terms, not peace that would des-
try our great Government, not peace that
would lay us in an humble attitude at
the feet of traitors; but peace that shall
make liberty; peace that shall establish
the eternal principles handed down to US
by our fathers, the peace Of Washington,
the peace of Layfayette, whose images
decorate the walls of this House; peace
upon principles that will not defame the
character Of these men, is that l would
see established in this country; not peace
upon the principles.thst emanats from the
hot-beds Of treason in the South or seces.
sion in the North. Suppressed ap-
plause," tThat is the kind of peace that
| want to see established. Neither do I
want to see any efforts made that shall
attempt to thwsrt or endanger the success
of this principle.
The gentleman from Ohio Mr.. VAL
landigham has alluded to the result Of
the late elections as though that es.
tabIished a peace policy. l assure the
gentleman if he entertains that idea, that
never was mortal man more mistaken
on earth. The great change in public
opinion as evidenced in these elections.
results, in my opinion, from want Of
confidence in the manner in which the
war has been conducted, and, the blum
ders of the Administration. The people
pie of this country have not abandoned
the idea Of saving their country, but they
have adopted the idea of changing their
rulers. There has been no victory, SO
far as / understand it, in the State of
Pennsylvania, that has been achieved
upon principle hostile to the mainte-
nance Of the Government by vigorous
prosecution Of the war. learn by all
the speeches made by Mr.. Seymour, Of
New York, both before and since his el-ss
ection, that he speaks qualifedly ina'
favor of vigorous prosecution of tha
war. ! do not believe that any man
could maintain political position in
Pennsylvania for day who would de-
clare himself in favor of peace on any
terms; whether with the Government
broken, or with the Government supreme.
No, sir; the change Of principles AS
evinced by the late elections has been
caused by the unfortunate failure in the
conduct Of the war; because never was
| war 80 bungllngly managed, from the.
lime Of Alexander the Great down to the
lime of tbs great Napoleon.
As to who is to blame, it is no part Of
he purpose of my resolutions to decla,e.
do. mot stand here for elimination or res
Perhaps the evil was in
he removal Of Nc Clellan-perhaps the
Administration may have been wrong in
thousand other things. But because
here have been blunders committed in
he management of the war, are we to
tand up and pablicly abandon our coun-
7! anu iipei'J "iea' "o''i 10 - W 10
imposed that because campaign mas
OF come up 10 lhe PoDllc expectation
5e ara therefore to lay down our arms,
nd sue for peace at the foot of treason
hd TRAITORS! Nol az aii' mr. opeaker'-
'oeS l. ioi,o", e'eh' tha' because AorS,
am Alhcoin' me lresiueh' oi 'he oni'ea
tates' mas 'Ssueo Proclaniatlon emahci.
atng saves 'here'oie we as Ihe Demo'
Fa1lc party are 10 aoanoon our country
re to go IN Tor peace ana ailow the Ne
ublic to be rent assunder! NOT at all,
IT. we must nave , time 70 change all
nese matters. The TACT that certain
len nave trlumphed al the recent elec-
ons, from their silence and a. refusal to
'ake their views public, furnishes no
round for believing that the people favor
le abandonment OF the war and OF lte