The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-07-01
The Contempt In which the Rebels Hold
Peace SneGks.

the whole tribe of Peace Sneaks. who are en-
deavoring TO embsrrass the Government. and
tta- give Al and comfort 90 iae Rebels, sre
brought under ,ae oil time sl4ve-driver's lash
TWO YEARS HENCE.
Ia two wears a. many persons hope We nav
poss hiy have peAce-thst is. ALWAYS provided .
We continue 20 repl.se and defeat the 'avacits .
enemy The Yankes Democra, IS certainly T
rousns itself and preparing .nr re~ signss.e f
lat the ba.lo--5oxl IN The crsa. -r.,c e- Pie
''sns rs. OF. a. they call it. tae cause oi Con (
st.tuuon.l Liberty. Those Dem Gratis are eyi- /
IDENTIFY beginning 10 RAISE q F-a-s PLATFORM for
fts-~ uert PTt,ii-arfri c'er.lon tla Do iacf /
hav. che good uck 70 be helped on AMI sustain
ID bv more and mere serious disasters %. The
YanSec army in thc feli. there - uo So-bt taat
the present Gevoufers az the said -poi.s a' Wa-a
layton mav soon be 50 i'sc-eitci and decr-d
that our enemies country Would Poe ripe ior slca
peaceful ballot box revolution
It j. sincerely 70 be hoeed thAt those earnest
Champions Of constitutional eiom wl be
helpei on and sustained in tire manner they rec
quire-nauelt. bv continued 4.l severe fegrrse-
+ Ia the field. All &c Is ihe frs, AT a.o-r urgent
/ iury ( eur coGnirymru - 90 help and sustain
that Democratic plrty--lt is nothing % rs which
ot their factions NAV divide their "spoi,. just
/ a. litte does Dc signify 20 u whether they re-
cover or DO NOT recover that constitutional lib
ertv which they 80 wantoniy threw aWay in the
! mad pursuit OF Southern conquest AID plumber
Baf % IS of ttc utmost importance 10 Us f0 ed
.u stimulating dislTsctioa among YANKEES
agaiur their owH Government. and iH a-uiofal
i-iug and disinffgratiug sociefg "a nat God
abandoned country We can 90 this only iu
one way-nameiy by thrtshing their armies aud
carving the war 20 their own hresides Then.
fnr
all hold swav; peace platforms viii look at
tractye: arbitrary arrests will b. come odiou.
and habeas corpus be quoted az premium
This is the only way We can help them. lR tbs
sense. and 70 tbis srtslit those Democrats are
tr4iv our allies. and is~ shall enasaror 70 H.
our duty 3. than.
Bat they eviieutly look foe other aud further
help az our hands, and OF quite different sort
No doubt they are pleased TOR the present, with
the efficient aid which the Confederate army is
afordng them Charlottesville vas 4 God
send TO them, aud the tremendous repuse al
Port Hudson is quite plank in their platform
Yet they understand very wei that no matter
, how soundiy their armies NAV be happily
beaten. 10 matter how completely Lincons
. present war policy may bee condemned bg IFS rc
suits. vet al thi- viii not bee enough 10 enable
the unterritei Democracy % clutch the spoils
or, as they phrase 10. to restore the Consttu
ton OF their fathers This, of itself wouii never
give them A Peace Democrat President and Cab
met il would only result in another Abotionist
administration. with new Secretary of Wa.
aud new Commander in-Caet aud slight v
different programme for " crushing the rebel
r lion Those Slack Republicans are in power
after long waiting, pining, intriguing ia the
cOd shade OF the opposition; and they have
now the numerical prepOnderencc 30 decidedly
e that they both and viii hold 10 the office
with a clutch like death The Democrats cai
do absolutely nothing without the South as
they persist in teImag these Confederate States
and they cannot bring themselves 10 admit the
thought that We would refuse TO ante Wit them
: ias alas, We used 20 dol in grand Universal
Presidential campaign, for a Democratic Pre-i-
dent, with q Peace platform aud the " Coustitu-
ton a. it Isl In tact this whole tao years war,
and the TWO years more war which has vet 70 be
gone through, Is itself, in their eyes osly Pres
T. ideutial CA. 5n, only somewhat vivaci0u,
p than ordinary.
This explains the Valandigham Pece Meet
ings IN New York and New jersey; aud the
A. manly declarations" of Mr.. Horatio Seymour
aud other patriots q" Do not let usforget. saws
n Fernando Wood, writing 10 rae Philadelphia
2 meeting, that those who perpetrate such out
RACES as the arrest and punishment OF Mr. Val
andisham, do 20 As necessary war measures
tor peace and againsf the lrar"
e Thi- would sound very well il the said de.
ciaring for peace, could have any effect What
ever IN bringing about peace. Il man falling
from tower could arrest his fall by declaring
against IL, then the declarations of Democrats
b against the war might be OF some avail. As IL
is. they resemble that emphatic pronOuncemen
Of Mr. Washington Hunt: " Let il be proclaim
Cd upon the h9iSoops, that no citizen Of New
V York -haiI De- arrested Without process OF law.
= There is nO use 10 ba~iug from the hoasetops
what everybody ksows 20 be nonsense. Or
, this resolution % the New Jersey meeting.
Hcsoi.e9, That 10 the illegal seizure aud i,.n-
, ishment Of the Hon C. l.. Valaudgham, the
avs Of our connTy have been outraged, the
b name Of tue United States di-grsce5 and the
p rights Of every citizen mcnaced, aud that b. il
, now the duty Of a aw respecting people TO de-
Inand OF the Administration that j. once and
forever desists from such deeds OF despot-m aud
= crime Eathusiasm
Demand, quothas Tire starting ttat a..
>ternc saw 30 the CAGE, said only " can't get
OUT IL wonld have been faole "mlny" 20
scream " / demand 20 get out proclaim on
the house tops that | ,ciN get ont"
Another Of the New Jer-ev resolutions throws
an instructive light upon This whole movement,
aud IL objects
Resoitsd. That We renew our declaration o.
attachment 20 rhe Union. D'edging 90 rs friends.
'rhereeer foaed. our uuwavefing support. and 10
ifs enemies, iH whatever gui-e. our uudyiag hoe
uitg, and that God willing. Ne Will stand by lhe
Constitution and laws Of our country and under
their sacred shield will maintain and defend our
liberty aud fight-, peceaoly il We can forci5ly
81 ~ must l6re4t cheering
TINS phrase, wherever iouni implies tia
there are friends Of the Union in TINS C0nfeder
acy, and the resolution obIiengy pledges 20
them the support OF the New Jersey Democracy
net surely without an equivalent return.
To rho -aale meeting. Gen Fz0hn Porter
wiife- letter, decisrii < of course iof tLc Con-
situation and resistaHcs 10 despotisn, aud end
ing thus:
The contest Of arms. however, will not be-
| required the certain and peaceful remedy will
be found in the bah box Let Us posses our
souls IN patience. The remedy il ours"
Gen. Fitz John kuoss sell that The remedy j.
nat theirs. unless 90 the south consent TO throw
l-s votes into that same ballot box. and it Il for
this, and this only, that the Democratic hook f.
baited with " Peace" But IN a speech Of Sen
ator Wall, OF New jersey, before p. mocratic
Club Of Philadelphia (which We ind print.d IN
Tie Hentinek is a passage more fully eKpoand-
I iag the Democratic plan Than arv other Nc have
seen. b. saws:
Sutjeciio0 or snnih'iafion being alike inpos-
-ible, an 10 favor Of A. immediate cessation Of
N.r. TOO ID