Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-14
From the New York News
The Progress Of Peace Princi.
nIeS

The Peace Party Of the country must ele.
vate their standards everywhere The result
OF the recent elections has clearly manifested
that large andinhuentiai portion of the peo
pie IS IN favor OF an immediate cessation of
hostiities, and the declaration of an armis
tce, that passion may have time to cool and
reason may once more lift up her voice. The
election in the glorious little State of New
Jersey, shows the potentiality of the Peace
principle there The reflections in Bergen
OF the gallant Thomas Dunn English, and
tho unialtering Dater are glorious triumphs
.oi the Peace principle Old Somerset sends
as her Senator Joshua Dougherty-who from
the first has been the stern opponent of the
war and the Administration-and the brave
Cary TO the Assembly who for his bold defense
OF the principles Of constitutional liberty, and
hs manly opposition to an Abolition war, was
sent to the damp case-mates Of Fort Lafayette
Burlington sends Jarratt Stokes to the As.
sembly, an advocate for peace, and the Union
and the Constitution as our fathers made them.
Union sends Jenkins to the Senate, where his
voice aud influence Wilt heard in behalf of
peace, and in opposition TO a continuance of
war, controlled and guided by an insane fauati.
cism. Monmouth sends as her Senator Henry
) Little, who as the representative Of patri-
otto constituency, will urge measures that
look to something beyond continued slauph.
ter and the exhaustive influences of debt, as
a means of restoring The Union, and re- eestab-
fishing the Constitution There is large
and effective majority for the principles of the
Pence party in the Legislature, and we look
forward with interest to the platform of prin.
cipes they will enuncate In PENNSYLVANIA
a large majority Of the quarter of a million
voters who cast their ballots for Woodward
were Peace Democrats, and no man who
mingled among the crowds that gathered Mt
their meetings could mistake the feeling. All
illusions to bringing about Termination of
the war were hailed with most enthusiastic
cheering, and all reference to such War Dem
ocrats as Messrs Butler, Dix, Cochrane,
Brady, et id omae genus of pensioners upon
the patronage of the Administration, was re-
ceived with groans and deuunciations So
was it in Ohio and Indiana. The great West
is tired of war, and can see nothing IN its
continued prosecution, but ruin and desola-
ton. The rapid mpoverishment Of the West
to feed the rapacious cormorRnts of New Eng
land, making the West "hewers of wood and
drawers OF W ter to the East, as the South
were so long before this war commenced, is
fast causing the scales to drop from ewes
hihetto bhnded IL was only by the most
stupendous exertions, and by frauds that
should make their perpetrators hide their
heads in very shame that the Administration
was enabled to prevent the legitimate voice
OF the people from being heard, All the
Peace Democracy want throughout the ooun-
try is neriect organization, and distinct and
uaequivoeal platform Let every township
organize its clubs proclaim its platform and
register its advocates, Let Lecture Associa-
tions be organized everywhere, and the lead.
ing advocates Of pnre Democratic principles
be invited to speak. Remember that iorci
BILE thinker has said A despotie Govern.
ment IS ami inverted cone, resting upon point,
and liable to be toppled down by the smallest
movement The principle of the Abolition
oigarohy is, that the people should be defraud-
ed of the elective franchise, that they may
more easily defraud Them of everything else
Organize, if for nothing else, to defend the
purity of the ballot