Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-02-13
! PkAcE CONVENTION.
Tho executive copperhcads of Dubu,

g - PEAcE CONVENTION.
Tho executive copperhcads of Dubuqu
have given notice to their satellites through
aut the State that they viii desecratc the an
nivcrsary eve Of the birthday Of the Fathc
Of his Country, with what they are plc.se'
to call, a" Grand Peace Convention Tn
principal speaker Of the occasion is to be I'll,
Great Uawashed, alias Henry Clay Dean, I
clustering braggart, an arch traitor, ant
an apcstatc preacher of the gospel Th'
same miserable secession tool who in
speech in Oskaloosa, a few days since, stated
that oil the Democrats of Henry County
were ar,ning, and who, III the course Of his
reasonable laranguc, took particular pains
TO diaplay a huge bowic-knife which he car.
ried spon his person. A happy choice they
made in selecting him for the chief orator oil
their peace convention; man who advo.
Gates armed resistance to the administration
man who openly appeals to the people to
rise up against the government, Gust the
President and his Cabinet, and turn the
country over to JEFF. Davis and his minions.
This gathering, though styled a" Peace
Convention" is in reality a Secession Con.
vention, The sympathies Of the prime
movers in this affair are all with the South,
andagainst the Union. They belong body
and soul to jeff Davis, and what they arc
striving for is the success Of the South
Peace what peace can there be while this
rebellion exists What terms would the
South accept. and what terms do the north
ern minions Of the South prefer as the only
~ucs upon which peace would be accepted!
Nothing more or less than that the NORTH lay
down its arms, and acccdc TO every demand
that the South may exact that We virtually
acknowledge our cause wrong, and that Of
the South just; that we admit our inability
70 preserve the Union that We humble cur,
selves at the feet of the slave oligarchy and
show il to dictate to us the terms of peace in
tbs Capitol Of the nation. In the peace prop
esitions Of these miserable northern traitors
the coucessions arc all to be made by the
North. It is not proposed that the South de-
viate one iota from the course it has marked
out. for itself to pursue. For the North there
i nothing but utilization AMI abuse; for
che South nothing but honey worded phras-
- md IN concealed sympathy and approval.
These anen who go about the country shrek.
ing Peacel Peace! mean nothing but the
overthrow Of the, Federal Government, and
she recognition Of the Southern Confcderacy.
They cry peace. and in the next breath in
form as that the terms must be dictated by
traitors. The secession sympa,hiserr in Iowa
have been organizing and holding convsn
,:nns for the past two OF three months
They are going'to make a desperate effort to
gain the control Of the State Government
he word "peacc" is but cloak for treason,
and We should not lie supinely back and al
NV the masses to be inoculated with the
Samnable hcresy Of these northern traitors,
without making a strong effort to vi.iats the
nsAlig'ant virus with which they seek to
poison the public mind. 1t is as much our
duty to combat treason at home, rs it is the
duty Of our troops to fight traitors in the
Asld. There is but one party in the country
to-day. that is worthy the support ofan hon
est, patriotic man, and that is the War Party.
u. tbs Louisville (ky) Democrat truhtfully
aAys. in, an. article rcbuking the disloyalty Of
its partssans,; a.a 4 -fa4 n. ...s 9s..-,.a...
=. There can he no truc Democracy while
treason Keeps its armies in the field. except
.eor Democracy. .g. r........... -
y Those who at time like this, preach peace,
peace, in the North, may be Democrats in
name, but in reality, they arc tories and trait
ors, who would be in arms against their Gov
eminent were they living in the SO called
Confederacy." rs'a r Ia&-4.