Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-06-26
TN Rfun OPINION OF rps Ps,or Duo-

Tn Ruu OrINIoN or THE PE,E plvo-
cR,U.-Thc Richmond Enquirer ofthc 10Th
speaks a. follows of the Peace democrats
In two year. as many persons hope, wc may
possibly have peacc-that Is, always provided
we continue To repulse and defeat the invading
enemy The Yankee democracy is certainly
rousing itself, and preparing for a new struggle
Gin the ballot-boxl in the great cause oi the
''spoils'' or as they call IL, the cause 90 Com
stitutional Liberty Those Democrats are c'i-
IDENTIFY beginning To- raise peace plrtgrm i1I
their next Presidential election. aud 1t they have
the good luck 10 he helped on and sustained hy
more and more serious dis1stcr- ot th" 1ukee
army IN the field. there is uo doubt that the
present devourers of the SAID spoil- at Washing
ton may soon be so discrelitei and decrici that
our enemy's country would lee ripe i0r such
peaceful hallot-boX revolution.
Il is sincerely to be hoped that those earnest
champions Of constitutional freedom viii be
helped on and sustained in the manner they re-
quire-namely, by continued and severe reverses
in the field: aud it Is the first and most urgent
duty Of our ccuntrymen so 70 help and sustain
that Democratic party,-it Is nothing 10 u
which Of their factions may devour their
''spoils.'' lust as little does u signify to MS
whether they recover or do not recover that con-
stitutional liberty which they 81 Wsntouly threw
away in the mad pursuit Of Southern conquest
and plumber But It IS Of the utm ST import
ance to US to aid in stimulating disatiectlon
among Yankees against their own Government,
and IN demoralizing and ds.ntegratng society
IN that God abandoned country. We can do
this only in one way-namely, by thrashins
their armies and carrying the war to their own
fires.des. Then. indie, d. conscientious constitu-
tional principles VIII hold sway, peace platforms
will look attractive arbitrary arrests Will be
come odiou., and habeas corpus be quoted at a
premium-This is the only way We can help
them. In this sense, and TO this extent, those
Democrats are truly our allies, and We shall en-
deavor TO do our duty by them.
But they evidently ask for other and further
help at our hands, and Of quito Inherent sort.
No doubt chat tney are pleased for the present,
with the efficient aid which the Confederate army
is affording them. Charlottesville was God
send to them, and the tremendous repul-e Mt
Port Hudson is quite plank in their platform.
Yet they understand very well that no matter
how soundly their armies may be happily beat
en-. no matter how completely Lincoln's present
war policy may be cn lemned y its results, yet
all this viii not be enough 10 enable the unterr-
fed Democracy 10 clutch the ''spoils or, as
they phrase It, TO restore the Constitution other
fathers. This, of itself. would never give them
a Peace-DemOcrat President and Cabinet 1t
would only result in another Aholitionist admin
istration, with a new Secretary Of War, and a
new Commander-in-Chiefa and a slightly different
programme for crushing the rebellion.
Those Black Republicans are in power after
long waiting ,pining, intriguing in the cold shade
Of the opposition and they have now the nu-
merical preponderance so decidedly that they both
can and will bold on to the Office with a clutch
like death. The Democrats can do absolutely
nothing without 1.-THE SOUTH a they cannot
bring themselves to admit the thought that we
would refuse to unite with them las alas we
used tor in a grand Universal Presidential cam
palgn, for a Democratic President, with a Peace
platform, and the Constitution It IS In
fact, this whole two years war, and the two
years more war which has yet TO be- gone
through, Is itself in their eyes. only President
ial campaign, only somewhat more vvaciou-
than ordinary.
This explains the Nallandieham peace meet
ing in New York and New Jersey and the
''manly declarations" Of Mr.. Horatio Seymour
and other patriots.
After quoting sundry resolution, and speak
ing Of the Peace Democrats, with infinite
disdain, tie Enquirer makes an extract from
a speech of Senator Wall of New jersey, and
says
Here Is the whole plan an armi-tice, and
then, Inviting our cooperation During that
armistice they hope that the ''calm, majestic
voice of reason and common Christianity
might do something considerable-The game,
as they calculate, would then be on the board,
with stakes so tempting Mr.. Wall would en-
deavor ''to learn from US what our demands
are.
ANYTHING in reason he would prepared to grant
us but if we replied, cur demands are, that
you bring away your troops from every Inch Of
our soil, and that YOU leave the border States
free TO decide on their own destiny, that YOU
evacuate all our forts and towns that you now
lold, and make US rid of you and the whole
breed of you forever, then Mr.. Wall would ex.
claim, What do you call that the calm, majes-
tic voice of reason He would say, when spoke
of the calm, majestic, &c, meant the spoils
when said common Christianity, l meant
money. Let US talk rationaly-how much con-
mon Christianity will you take
In vain is a net spread in the sight Of any
bird. We are ware of them and we will watch
them, and the friends Of the Union. "Whereso-
ever found" Our views 20 a little further than
theirs We hope to so disorganize and disnte-
crate society in their country that IT will rush
to armed revolution and anarchy. We spit upon
their ballot-box. We care not what they 'de-
mand' in resolutions, nor what helpless trash
they proclaim on the house-tops. We do not he
lieve in their power to attain 50 much an ar
mistce for two years to come. If an armistce
indeed were offered, and the invading troops
were withdrawn, of course we should not object
to it, and good use could be made of it.
But, mark well, ye armistice mongers Dur
ing that suspension of hostlities all negotiations
must be between government and government
Our lines should be more strictly guarded than
ever. No negotiations or determination of parties
by public meetings or private conferences no
bargaining with the calm voice Of reason; no
secret pocketing Of Wallis '.Common Christiani-
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