Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-03
Hon. Oreseteb A. BroSvnson ON Peace
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Hon. Oreseteb A. BrONVnsOn on Peace
Democrats.
From some remarks Of the Hon. Orestes
A. Brownson, addressed to the Union
League of Philadelphia, on Monday even
ing, we make the following extracts. Dr..
BrOwnson seems to speak with all the
vigor and effectiveness which characterize
him as writer. On being introduced to
the meeting, he said: .bs
/ am not here as party man. only
know my country and her enemies. ItWas
one of SOlon's laws that every citizen who
did not defend his country in time of war
was to be treated as traitor. look on
every man who talks of peace or cOmpro.
mise now as a traitor. Ola peace party in
time of war l have heard in my youth
Patriots condemned them, and they have
gonewhere nobody can fnd them. The
peace party of to- day will fare worse than
the peace party of 1912. This is the only
question: Is the Government to stand or
fall, to live or die2 We ara, not fighting
with men with whom we can compromise.
There is no medium Either the Govern
ment must crush the rebellion or the rebel.
lion crush the Government, Flunkeyism
is of no avail. We must either put down
or be put down.
regard as rebels and traitors all who
sympathize with the rebels. The Demo-
cratic party, as, a party, is certainly disloy,
al. Every COpperhead is a Democrat,
though every Democrat may not be a Cop
perhead. The man who supports a party
that is hostile TO the Government, though
Individually we'll disposed, is but aiding
and assisting traitors. ptt-
The rebellion was of Democratic pater
nifty and fostering, aud concerted with the
governments of France and England, and
in expectation of aid from the North. The
alliance of England aud France was made
tolcontrol the globe, and Lord PalmerstOn
said some time ago that, having settled the
eastern hemisphere to suit themselves, they
would attend to the western. Those gov
erRments desire to divide us. The people
of France and England are opposed to
slavery, but the governments are not. For
were it removed we should be united, and
the most powerful nation of modern times.
They are now waiting to see the two Sec
tions, like the Kilkenny cats, deVour each
other. si E
t : The war is not a calamity. Nations have
gone out and expired IN absolute hunkey.
ism. l hope the war will not cease till 1t
has made all the North men. It has been
our supineness that has allowed the South
for thirty years to gamble on our love of
the Union. For thirty years have voted
under. threats. Int1860, l voted to ple6se
myself, and voted for Abraham Lincoln.
i have not agreed with him in everything,
wish he had been more energetic. In!
stead of arresting few, wish he bad ar
rested more. Aud instead of arresting
them, l wish he had hung them. Then
there wouldn't be a~cOpperhead to show
N T a- : .
t, Men can't be neutral in these times
how can good son be neutral when he
sees a man with a dagger at his mothers
heart. Country is more than mother. If
this is preserved, other generations may
grow and expand in glory. The ledtral is
not only traitor, he is q cOWards have
no sympathy, with q party that seeks TO
come into power through peace. Give the
rebels peace and you give them independ-
ence. The coppeFheads are deceiVed.-
Some OF their leaders expect but a tempo.
rary. secession. The South has no such an
idea. They have used the Northern DEM
ocrats; how they intendin future to treat
them, can he seen by. the Richmond papers.
They will keep betWeea them and the wind
-and then hold their noses. This URion
once dissolved can never be restored. We
must elect such men to Office as will push
the war, and maintain the Government
II We. could raise three hundred Thousand
men between now and December, We
shouldn't have another battle. When we'll
aogged, they will love MS better than they
did before. Let, us show ourselves their
military sunertors, and they will no longer
trouble US. 300 81. ..asa rof s.zetf.di,a
Effeet OF the EmahclpatIOn Pr0cIa-
'Lnhttons
Gr,1H ths Yondo1 Star
AS to the proclamation of freedom, the
President reatifms that it Is constitutional,
aud, whether valid or invalid, needs no re-
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