Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-06

We think he would be able to show his fore
in the capacity here indicated, and we have
absut lost all hope of his ever being able to
show it in any other way. Trot out your
niggers, therefore, your mules, and your
commanders of mules. Rome was once saved
by flock of geese. Mi desperandum.
Loyalty i'm the Democratic Party.
There is yet some loyalty in the Democrat
ic party. The Muscatine Courier, with its
outspoken sympathy for treason and is ma
lignant opposi ion to he war measures Of the
Administration, has few equals among the
raitorous sheets of the Norh. Many of the
oldest and ablest Democratic papers take the
proper view of the duty Of the people to the
government in this trying crisis. The New
York Herald is utterly opposed to all the late
peace propositions, and declares loudly for
war, war, war. The Cooperstown On. w.
Preeman's J"urnal-which supported Sey-
mour and still clings to separa'e democrat
ic" organization--says plainly and frankly, in
words hich every loyal man Will be glad to
hear:
"Ihe government must BE- sustained, and
| all rs constitu ionat demands met. The
eh nee is bet,oeen that and rtrolution and
a.archy Should the general government ef.
feet peace, W thin the provisions # the con-
stitution, no State, however dissatisfied with
the terms and conditions. could for a day con.
tinue the war. We must uphold legitimate
authority, or we are los. as nation. That is
what We are figh ing for-nothing more.
peace is OF all things most desirable. The
loyal heart Of the nation yearns for peace. 1t
Can only be had in one or two ways either
thu demands of the rebel leader must be con.
ceded-we must acknowledge their in lep nd
ence; give up Kentucky, Tennessee, Western
Virginia and Mary nd +; yield the possession
of Fortress Monroe, the forts on the Gu of
Mexico, Nv N the posses ion Of our troops !;
and then witness the withdrawal of the W t..
ern States, the erection OF new repu lie on
the Pacific slope. the etfectual ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of what would remain of our once glor Gus
Union or we must conquer a peace. There
is no other way of arriving at settlement.
The leaders in this rebellion have promls
their follow rs success-and they must either
achieve it or be driven from the country, if
not hanged in it Hence they tell the North
in every message, speech, resolution and news
paper article which they put forth, that they
will tolerate no reunion on any terms no
peace which does not recognize their indie
pendence as nation, embracing every slave
State. They hnre sr"ck far empire, and
they riN accept Of nothing short OF ttnt
They mem vh't they soy, "nd all thev say.
While they remain in power at the South
there can be no peace negotiations which do
not recognize the dissolution of the Union as
an accomplish d fact.
"With the Union, it is now truly Victory
or Death 7 Let the Administration, by wise
acts, encourage the people; let the people
stand by the government and their brethren
in arms. To abandon either, is to seal the
death warrant of the Republic"
The Desmoines Times-the central Demo-
cratic organ of Iowa-has in its last issue, a
sensible article on "Peace" The following
extracts will show its tenor:
The North has advanced as far toward
peace as she can with safety do - further
clamor for peace must have demorallzing
effect upon our armies, and upon the friends
Of the Union. Let The southern people come
to the position occupied by us, and there will
soon be peace. To Withdraw or render use
less our armies, is to allow secession to have
its way, and we have yet to see that man in
the democratic parry who will willingly &C.
cede to the demands of the secessionists.
Is it not then manifestly the duty of every
man while he may differ from the views and
doctrines of the administration, to bear true
all glance to his government to the constitu
ton and laws passed in accordance Herewith.
to Obey every legal requir ment Is it not
manlfestly just and proper that the people
should be unit.d in common brotherhood
upon the platform, ALLOW NO STATE TO sEcEDE,
letting all other questions which are but tenn
porary in their nature, to b. corrected at the
ballot box, which is the true source of power
Thus, all the true hearts among the Demo
Gratis still throb in unison with the loyal efforts
of the government, and they will yet frus-
trate the designs of wicked reactionists to
destroy our glorious nationality in order to
build o sl4veholders' despotism upon the
ruins.