Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-04-03

I
Who have hurt Us. They were right all
along: there uas an irrepressble conflict,
between two different civilizations, two
opposite social organizations; they were
no more able to live pexceably together in
one government than two hands can wear
on glove. Ii ve did not discover SO
soon As the Abolitionists this great truth,
/, was because the Democratic party.
neutral as il was in principle, false to
both siles, and wholly indifferent TO the
morale OF either of the opposing com
munitirs, placed itself between, raised the
h,nner of "spoils," ana--we all know the
rest. The idea of that Odious party com.
ing 10 life again, and hiding out it,
arms 10 us, m ,kes US shiver. Its foul
bre,th is malaria its touch is death.
Gi,e US the open Ioeman; let him be a.
f,rocious and greedy as you will. Let
our enemy appear as an extermlnatlng
Yanke. hust, we pray, and hot a.
Democratic Convention. Let him take
any shape but that Already We have
vision. of the men of feeble knees, tender
feet aud undulating spines, losing their
sense and manhood by the contact. as
they did, alas. so often before. We
scent from afar off the old dead eomPr0-
-.,..- I.., o.,.. .ud ce.na fo feel IN
Oil our throAts the strangulation OF un-
clean fingers. But it is n dream; nobody
lives in ths Conlederacy who will dare TO
propose. or to hint even at distance
that We should sacrifice at that abOminable
shrine all the gallant blood freely poured
out ~ sanctiiy our nationhood. For II
comes to this we can have no peace Row.
save by submission no peace now by
making once more an affiliation with a
Northern party, and making the De.
m0cracy a present of all that inestimab'e
treasure oil the dearest blood that flowed
in Southern veins.
Peace. Does the monstrous host be-
fore Vicksburg bring US peac,1 Is il
peace that Rosccrans IS making in Ten
nessse7 Does the military dispersion of
p lblic meetings in Kentucky bode peace7
Tie new Northern conscr ption, enrolling
hree millions, aud making provisions tor
instantly commanding their service, or
ex yeti & heavy exemption t'x-doss
This look like peacef The deliberate
vesting ia AbrahAm Liacoln OF all the
power of dictator, With the
rrsn ure OF the whole nation opened To
him without stint-is it to enable him to
make p, ace or war-wh CHI
Where. then, are those indications oil
peace, which We are said to br reckles>ly
resisting and disdaining7 Oh the great
sp, ech Of Vallandigham; the touching IL
vittIiln OF tunriul Cox W. greatly fear
that those two woo,rs of the South. so
lond and lain, will very sOun be found,
like John Van Buren, shrieking out tor
war to the knifr; and if they delay or de.
cline 70 rrrant their great and NOBLE peace
speeches, they will see the il side of LIN
coh'> iails We wish f.om our hearts
they were both already safely chained up
1t the present writing; they have done us
m IRE harm. they and their like, than ten
thousand Stewards AMI Sumn.rs. We
trrmble 10 see their INV clcome advances;
still more To see n sort of morbid craving
here to respond to them. under thu de-
lus We idea of promising intestine division
at the North,
Oh, Dictator Lincoln. lock We up these
two peace Democrats-togethrr with
Rich trdson-in some Of your military
prisons!