, 1863-06-09

right to say that one particular species OF
their property may be Wrested from them By
any means not inconsistent with civilized war.
That the Democratic party should declare for
peace. is the palpable common sense aud
hard headed jaes 1het the .car cannot succeed.
TIE hare bsen beaten. TTe cannot conquer The
South. A glance ut all history would-haye
told this before it was undertaken had weread
it Alright. No purely agricultural people in q
state Of revolt contending for their domestic
rights have ever yet been sub;;4g::reu: and no
reyolted people WHO inage been able to main
tain IN Independent Government for twelve.
! month bare been conquered or put down.
The last twelye.month has united the South.
aud though We had twice our power they could
successfully resist us. As invaders VIC are I'M
potent To equa]ize the chances Of war, the
1n!adeas should possess tsn times the power
this case. Besides all this, God did not in-
tcnd that We should succeed in this war.
L the men nowin power cid NOS understand
this, others would be put In power WIN did.
III this war success was impossible. [Great
succeed In this war. Had He intended it.
he would not hare placed in command
Lincoln, (great groans-"say that again ~
continued groanB,] with such coadIltors as
Burnside and Butler. [Cheers for Vuliandig.
ham, We will not compare these men with
1AtA63 VI AEEs VI k9LUAEHAu JuEh6Qus IGFEak
app1atlse.] The hand Of God is against us.
His unlimited power overturns all our designs.
He lisa God Of peace,''] He shapes our
destinies, rough hcw them as We may
[Laughter.1 He then declared against the
Constitution in case 1t should be sustained
only By the blood Of the American people,
thai the General Government could NOT coerce
States by military force CHEERS The war
was illegal-n violation Of the great American
Magma Charta, which secured the sovereignty
of the States. Successful coercion was rs
much revolution as successful rebellion.
could the Democratic party sustain it! The
war was to subycrt The form and theory Of the
Federal Government. To support the war
was to support confiscatfon and emancipation
By the ulonstrous and ff1ghtful usurpations Of
the President. [Groans,, The Democrat who
was for the war was not Democrat but IN
Abolitionist Of the most radical kind.
This war was the curse Of the age in which
We lived. Without it, We would have retained
gil the liberty which, with it, We had lost.
and waving Of hnts.] This was the only road
to Democratic victories. II the war had
damned the Republican party, should the
Democratic party embrace It? The greatbody
of the public we've tired Of the war. Let this
war 60 on and we have lost peace, liberty, and
Democrats and War Republicans. The reso-
lutions declared that the power Of coercion
was legal, If 1t existed at all, and not military,
denounced the war through the length and
breadth Of the dictionary. The nane of Val.
landiyham called the whole hoase to its feet,
aud he was proposed by an enthusiastic audi
tor for the Presidency.
This night at this moment the city Of Chi
cago may be in flames. There has beed assem-
b1ed this hight one Of the largest meetings
ever held in Chicago IN front If the office IF
that noble Democratic paper, tho Chicago
Times, protesting with stenorfan poweragafnst
this military Interference Of the righta Of Il
free press. lCheers.l And If I know the char
actcr If the Western peoplp-if understand
the character efthc mon Of Chicago, they pos
{chcers], and dare and defy the Admtulstr1-
tion TO send to the city Of New York. their
Gen. Burnside. [Groans. "Hang lim!''l I,
here in the name Ut assembled thousands and
tens Of Thousands request the Administration
to give Gen. Burnside this department: [Gre.t
fict must come, If the revolution must COM
mcuce, want tho powers that be to try their
hands upon us. IContinued cheering and wa-
yirg of hats. Fellow-eitIzens, I may hare
uttered the language Of treason l"No, no.'l
hare Gel tainly said more than the language
uttered by our lamcnted friend Vallandighum,
who was struck down b. the Administration,
and may be the next glorious martyr upon
the altar ofmy country's liberty. '.No; you'll
be tue next Prcs!dcnt."l
4AE Wal lQuel CtuSE 6UUuEF laLtf. lQl6
is IN IN accepted feet, and why continue the
conflict in the face of this overwhelming array
Of reason for It's Immediate discontinuance.
It is madness because to do SO is suicidal aud
criminal. AL who are parties to its contin-
t'ance participate in its responsibilities. They
arc pdrsie1s crimtuisr and before the expira.
tion Of another Presidential term, will hide
their heads in shame. penitcnce aud contri
tion. May the Almighty change their hearts
and their morals, and return their reason.
1fay He deem the sacrifice Of human life, the
fell destruction ot property, and the general
portion Of our national inheritance, Il suf11-
cicht atonement for the national sins We have
committed, and may peace, unity, prosperity
and fraternity be once more restored 10 us,
that we may transmit the institutions Of our
fathers, unilnpared to onr poste5lty; Fellow
and power is dalI5ing with her there. Preju-
dice is detlroning reason and raising an oracu-
lar temple upon her ruihs. Stupidity Knocks ut
calamity and reproaches patriotism. Pan
dora's Box is opened. Men Of New York, ba
firm Define four position, and maiutaln 1t.
4 drowned man may be resuscitated; his
friends will a! ply restorativcs, and they will
do It promptly, calmly, earnestly, and they
will do 1t so long rs there shall be the least
Indications Of existing vitality, however
teeble and doubtful. So with our country.
# # j. worth anything, i is worthy every
which must come speedy, or lie is extinct.
Let us hear no more about War Democrats.
If this war is to 60 on, I want the Republican
party to have ,he power and the RESPONSIBLE
Its. I tell you here, speak to you adyiscdly,
the thing that the South Aolds In utmost con.
tempt, even greater than an Abolitionist, is l.
hyIWcritical, canting, lying War Democrat.
tChccrs, And If it be said that the South
won't make peace With Lincoln's Administra-
tion Jet me tell you they will never make peace
with War Democratic Administration, and
if this war continues two years more the only
apprehension I have is, that instead of our
being in doubt about recognizing their inde-
pcnuence, they will not recognize our inde-
pcndence. Loud applause.] T" Three cheers
for Fernando Wood, and the next President Of
the State Of New York.'fI
There, reader, Is the platform and argu-
mcnts Of the Disunion Pence Democrats, as
laid down and described by their leader
Loyal men will know what issue they hare to
meet. Before three months the Democratic
organization, throwing of tho mask, will
stand upon the Wooden platform, and rot
ten one it is. But there they will be. The
leaders arc Oh it now. How many Of the
rank and file will follow them?