New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-11-14
CRYING PEACE.

One would think. To read thu diainhcs OF The
Coppcrhcad newspaper, which are couehed 10
the most ferociou. term. OF non-rc-istancc, that
the Government was carrying on the present
war. for the malignant qualification Of IL blood
thirsty propcH,itcs, and merc5 i"F the puf'
pose Of killing men and creating debt. These
pastoral writer, call quite angrily for peace and
make war upon nll who DO nol join ia their np-
petite for oliye.branchc.. Why vii not these
paciGcators be- a little more dchniie' Why do
they give us nothing bnt grncr"u. gcn"rnliues
II il said that there D. q rcaDe party; and II
this be- .o. why doe. 10 NOT pat oui . manifesto
Of H. principle. 81 principle il la, and OF IT.
intended action. If 1t intends o." do any thnf
Ta!knc r. easy. Writing b. not difficult. Many
men naturally erumblc with great slll FAINT
finding b. the cheap re.our,c oi the factions.
What We want TO know i. loN ihcr lm.ablc
gentlemen. d.. tomorrow. Goo whole power
might and authority of tlo Government were
,onGdrd 70 them. would go Co.. orh tocauy ou'
their lovely scheme OF paciclHon. They mat
place great dependence upon th' power
of soi, speeches Co turu away wrath; yet
long ago. as c,cp bods Auone, before aC-
mal ho.iilt.cs. vs. certainly did all that could
be done. hy dulc.l tab. 10 a.rd them oil; yet,
humble and concilla'ory 81 wc Mere, CIR GEM.
fc1ions were simply tnccIrd at and nll our rc-
monIuncc, received with Idiouir. We held
Conference Conventions; hu, nothing came al
them aye sp,crho. without purpose and rc.oln-
tions without point. Wcha'r since I'll covered,
what then wc did not know 30 well, that the
conspiracy against the Constitution IN oi ancient
dafc--that Southern traitor. Lad long been
watching ior their opporiuIi'y THAT Southern
ohicc-holdcrs. tumblng With rapture into the
slough OF perjury, had been using The power al
the Union Ia mhycrt the Union, aud carrying
on with each other a secret correspondence for
the promotion, by my means however unscru-
pulous. Of their secret and infamous purposes.
We have the very letters IN print. We have
proof positive thatthe Rebellion was determined
upon long before Mr.. Lincoln's election. The
men who long ploddcd and borrowed in these
crooked and devious ways, are the men you
have 10 deal with now. lou may conquer, but
Won cannot coax them. Their purposes are
fxcd-,hcir intentions are dcfnite-thcir pas
sions are fully arouscd-tlcr ambition is fear
fully timulatcd-thcy have set their lives upon
the east, and they viii stand the hazard of the
die. Those who please may bow down before
them, but il will be loves labor lost indeed.
What we want from the Opposition il definite
and ineligible statement Of the policy which
they mean to pursue. 1t need not be elongated
or elaborated but, before the people of the
United States commit themselves to "pcacc,"
they should be sure that peace does not mean
poltrooncry, or the violation Of the National
faith. II will not do TO rely upon the gencrali-
ties of politicians. In a matter of life and death
TO the nation, We have right to know what the
Copperheads want. And this is just what wo
cannot get. Perhaps, however, we are not
always to be kept upon these tcntcr-hooks Of
suspense. For behold. we find tho following