The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

Cney eau W eAIenu lIS CuCulaUiou' Aot
the soldiers ponder over this, before they
demolish any more printing offices.
Gen. Steedman's Idea of Peace.
JAMES B. STEEDMAN, of Toledo, has
been honored by the Democracy of Ohio,
and he is now a Brigadier. General in
the army in Tennessee. The republican
papers are publishing letter from him
to a Union meeting in Toledo, and gloat-
ing over it, but there is nothing in it for
them to crow over, as will be seen by
reading it:
Your army is in favor Of peace
peace conquered by the arms of the Fed,
eral Government, and if your meeting
declares in favor of peace secured by
the success Of our arms, it will receive
the hearty approval of every faithful SOL
dier in the Union Army. "There must
be no compromise, except at the can.
mons mouth" is the sentiment of the
army. The Government entire-perfect
in all its parts-as it was when assailed
by treason, is all we ask, and we will
take nothing less, is what the soldiers
say. Are the people at home willing to
put up with less God forbid There
is no middle ground on this question:
The Government must be maintained oI
the rebellion must succeed. Reunion
by peaeeable means is impossible. The
Government must put down the rebel
lion by force of arms or the recognition
of the Southern Confederacy is newt
able. Shall we with that patriotic en-
durance which prompted our revolution
ary ancestors to struggle for seven year
to establish the Government. adhere tt
it in this struggle until we secure it from
the unnatural and wicked combination
laboring to destroy it? Or shall W
tamely submit to its destruction, ant
the establishment of a miserable slaV
aristocracy upon its ruins? Shall p;
endure the tolls and dangers, the So ,.r
fees of the struggle, until We secul
peace and perpetuitJ for our Cover
ment, or shall we vi.;elid to the dismeu
5 bernent Of tke Union, and inaugura
{ blood.Ssaned for acentury to come?
Do your duty at home, and fear NJ
' for your troops in the field. The arm
: is loyal unit-opposed to compromi
d opposed to an armiStice-opposed
If propositions for peace from either sid
!. until the traitors lay down their arn
:, and ask for mercy. This is the tr'
10 sentiment Of the army, and If sustain'
l. by the people at home, il will accor
!. plish the great work for which it W
y organized.
a The Democratic party started out
in this war as a unit to put down the
20 bellion and restore the Union. As so
~ as the soldiers were in the field the A
an olitionists brought the niger into
Av arena, and from that time have done
an they could to pervert the war into
ce abolition crusade. This the Democ
IS. cy have opposed and ever will Oppt
OF for it can only end in disaster and
ol' solution Of the Union. All the talk
NV compromise and an armistice, has b
ut. on the basis that the rebels would
be. down their arms and return into the [
'IS, on. The Democracy have no other |
-" .~ positions Of peace than submission
bio the part Of the rebels to the Const
Q tion and the Laws. And while we 8
es- fight them until they do lay down t
hat arms, we will also fight the Abolit
~ lists until they abandon their insane
oD forts to dsmember the Union by fire.,
We 4,OOO,O0O negroes and turning t
eat loose upon the Northern States.
ant This is the position Of the Democ
CUT, everywhere, and there is nothing in
heU o. Steedmah's letter in conflict with the
sition of the Democratic party.