The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-07-24

we take tnc lOil0wlnS rcInarkupio urticio
from the Richmond Enquirer Of June IL, in
which the whole tribe Of Peace Sneaks, who
arc endcayoring to embarrass the Govern
nent, and thus give aid and comfort to the
icbels. arc brought under the old.timc slave
drivers lash:
TWO YEARS HENCE
= In two years, as many persons hope, wo
may possibly have pcacc-that is, always
provided wc continue to repulse and defeat
the invading enemy. The Yankee "Demo-
cracy" is certainly rousing itself, and pre-
pairing for new struggle (at tho ballot-box)
in the great cause of The "spoiis," or, as they
call it, the cause OF Constitutional Liberty
Those Democrats are evidently beginning to
raise Peace platform for their merit Presiden-
tiai election and if they have the good luck
to be helped on and sustained by more and
moro serious disasters of the Yankee army in
the field, there Is no doubt that the present
devourers Of the said spoils at Washington
may soon be 30 discredtcd and dccried
that our enemys country would DO ripo for
such peaceful ballot.box revolution.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that those earn
est champions of constitutional freedom will
be helped on and sustained in the manner
they require-namely, by continued and so.
we're reyerses in the field and il is the first
and most urgent duty OF our countrymen 80
to help and sustain that Democratic party
1t is nothing to us which Of their factions
may dcvour their "spoils :" just as little
does it signify to us whether they recover or
do not recover that constitutional liberty
which they SO wantonly threw away in the
mad pursuit of Southern conquest and plum
der. But IL is of the utmost Importance 10 US
TO aid in stimulating disqfection among Yam.
keeJ against their o,cn Government, and in
demorali:ing and dismtregating society in
that God.aJdndoned country. We can do
this only in ono way namely, by thrashing
their armies and carrying the war to their
own iresides. Then, indeed, conscientious
constitutional principles will hold sway ;
peace platforms will look attractive arbitra.
ry arrests will become odous, and habeas cor.
pus be quoted ut q premium. This is the
only way we can help them. In this sense,
and 10 this ertent, those Democrats are truly
our allies. aud zoe shall endeapor TO do our
duty by them.
But they evidently look for other and fur
ther help at our hands, and of quite differ
ent sort. No doubt they are pleased for the
present, with the efficient aid which the Con.
iedcrate army is aaording them. Chancell.
orsvills was God.send to them, and the trcm.
endous rcpulsc ut Port Hudson is quite plank
in their platform. Yet they understand very
well that no matter how soundly their armies
may bc happily beaten no matter how CON-
pletely Lincoln's present war policy may be
condemned by its results, yet oil this will no,
DO enough to enable the unferrifed Democ.
raey 10 clutch the "spoiis"-or as they phrase
il, to restore the Constitution Of their faith.
crs. This, of itself would never give them a
Peace Democrat President and Cabinet; II
would only result in another abolition ad.
ministration, with new Secretary Of War,
and now Commander-in.C Chief, and slight
ly different programme for "for crushing the
rebellion" Those Black Republicans are in
power alter long waiting, pining intriguing
in the cold shade of the opposition and they
have now the numerical preponderance 80 do.
cidcdly that thcy both can and will hold on
to the Office with clutch like death. The
Democrats can do absolutely nothing with.
out "thc SOUTH" as thcy persist in tcrming
these Confederate States; and they cannot
bring themselves to adplt the thought that pt
uould refuse 10 unite ivith them as alas! wt
used 10 do) IN a grand universal presidential
campaign, for Democratic President, piih a
Peace platform, and the "Constitution as Il
is." In fact, this whole two years' war. and
the two years moro war which has yet to be
gone through, is itself, in their eyes, only q
Presidential campaign. only somewhat more
yivacious than ordinary.
This explains tho Vallandingham Peace
Meetings in New York and Now Jersey and
the "nanly declarations" Of Mr.. Horatic
Seymour and other patriots. "Do not let u,
forget" says Fernando Wood writing to the
Philadelphia meeting, "that those who per-
potrate such outruges ss tho arrest and ban