The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-23
TIRE PEACE MOVEMENT AND
WHAT - To com II OF 1T.

The Fernando Wood wing Of the De-
mocracy Of New York held great meet
ing the other day and adopted peace
platform. One Of the resolutions no. on
ly declare for peace and compromise. but
denouncc al who are 10 favor of war, as
trnitors to the country.
Resolved. That the war, as conducted
by this administration. has been failure.
Whether designed or not, the immense re-.
sources OF men and money freely given
by the people have been dissipa ted and
destroyed without accomplishing any Ia
vorsbc results.
Resolved, That under these circum-
stances We declare for Peace. The ad.
ministration cnnnot conquer the South if
they would, and would not if they could
Thus, war proving unsuccessful, we favor
peace and conciiiation ss the only r.o7ie
left TO us to restore the Union fgrev ia
the hsnds OF our rulers having accop..
piished nothing, We demand change o.
neasnrcs--not Cor separation, but for
restoration--snd those who oppose are
either mistaken xealots or traitors with
out patriotism.
The Quincy Herald endorses this move
mcni and dcnouuces War Democrats in
set terms. 1t says:
The meeting is conceded to have besn
the largest and most enthusiastic ever be ID
in the city Of New York. The speech
ofthe Hon. Fernando Wood. in support
OF the resolutions, Is worthy Of that out
spoken and intrepid leader, and will meet
with hearty response and fervcnt amen
from the Democracy of Illinois.
II our country is to be enslaved by war
its fair fields and its happy homes are
to be made tie prey Of wild fanaticism,
and the hie.Llood OF freedom is 10 mai
the road Of victorious army.-then lei
the task be finished by those who nov
wisid the scepter Of our nationsl pow
er, for such is no; the mission of Den,oc
racy.
| The oopsfry has nothing 70 gain by put
ung War democrats" (as they insidi
ousiy call themselves into power Tier.
is no difference between seWar Demo
Gratis" and "War Republicans. The,
Craze on the same pasture md drink n
the same fountain, aud if the war mus
be continued with all it, portents of evil
and the Constitution and ibe Union be
come the irretrievabie sacrifice, il is bet
ter that Democracy should wear the chain,
oi despotisln To the grave of liberty, thar
become the exeeutioner of their coun.ry's
freedom.
How can honest men, calling them
selves patriots ard War Den ocrats an,
longer act with party leader. who thu
stigmatize them and their motives.
The utter folly Of those who suppos,
that peace movement cau be made eth
er popular or polite, is amazing to ev
cry reader Of history. Never in all GU
reading of the history Of the An .Saxoi
race do we remember one inst toe ofti,
Isucce IS and triumph of Peace rstyy u
the midst Of fragrant war And in th,
present case the thin ], utterly imprac
ticable, the idea signaliy preposterous.-
We are floating on the tide of war, which
is stronger than the Democratic platform
or the Dsnocratic party, stronger thar
any party or all parties. The war is tn
great event as well as the great power o
the age, 1t sweeps along bearing som
men aloft on its topmost wave, buryinI
Others in its mighty depths. moulding an
fashioning the sentiments and the spirit c
the nation, making in own laws, strikin,
out its own policies and bearing on i
spite Of Generals. Secretaries, Congress
President or the people to the final en-
sppoiutsd Of God.
| They who seek to stay it by platform
or resolutions are hardly worthy of 'bein,
compared 70 the Danish King Csnut,
who ~ By the sea side and ordered tn
tide Of the great ocean to stay its proud
waves. Mrs. Partington mopping up tn,
Atlantic ocean with scrub broom fur
nishes us better illusts1son of their Ia
borious folly.
We shall only attain peace through
Vigorous and exhAusting war, and peac
men OF the North are more likely to extent
the area of the bloody horrors of the bat
6slds, and transfer the seat Of war from
the rioe 6eldsand cotton plantations OF tn
South TO the corn fields and prairies Of tn,
North, than to bring about peace, b.
their opposition TO the war.
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