Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-06
The Peace Party PIutform---Thc Govern
ment Defed.


The Peace Party PIntform---The Cover n
ment Defed.
The peace meeting held at New York on
Wednesday last, was important and infa-
nous. The " Peace" leaders were gather
ed in council and celebrated the occasion
hshbhse nttfEsnSs Of. nest t..s stEoeiOgs senti-
denounced, but de6ed, and its officials as
sailed with the most bitter hostility. The
platform Of the peace party was declared
to be that Of instant cessation of the war
with what was termed the " uncOnquera-
BE South"
The doctrine of State Sovereignty was
announced as fat-fOOtedas South
ern Convention could have done it. It
was declared that war sgainst any State
is unconstitutional; thst every State has
3 perfect right to do what seems to itgOOd,
and the General Government cannot pre-
vent it. In other words, that there is no
General Government, and the Union is
myth.
Fernando Wood was the leading spirit
Of the meeting, and one Of its principal
speakers. He was full Of deadly hostility
to the Government. Hee1pressed surprise
(which he never would have felt had he
been even ssmi-lOyal, that in all the mil
hons which inhabited the North and South,
none are found to raise the banner of
peace. He referred 70 that noble tribune
Of the people, Mr.. Vallsndigham, and
falsely said that throughout the West the
people stand trembling upon preoipice
heBitating whether to rise en- masse and
exterminate these satraps, or quietly to
submit at the grave of liberty which is be-
inc dug for them" he then said " dare
and dsty the GO0ernmeHt to send to the City
Of Nsv York their General Burnside" This
means, if it means anything, that
Woods unscrupulous tools would
assassinats him. In the next SEN
tence Wood pretty plainly indicated-un-
willingly, no doubt-that he. had had con-
sultation with the Coppsrheads of Chicago,
and instigated or encouraged them to deeds
Of violence over the suppression of the
Chicago Times. He said This night the
City Of Chicago may be in flames In
Chicago, on Wednesday, there were open
threats made by those whouphold the Times,
that FIRE and blood should come before the
next mornings sun. Whence this coin
cidenos Ofthreats, if not by mutual under
stsnding2 Wood continued in strain of
wild abuse and defiance of the Government,
saying that he might have uttered treason,
and certainly had said more than did VAL
landigham before he was arrested. He
might be arrested, but if he was, he wanted
every man before him to be ready "to
strike down the tyrsnt who does it"
An immensely long Address Of the
Convention" was read, which is in the
same general strain. It says that the war
cannot prevail-tbst we have been beaten
and cannot conquer the South-and much
more Of the same sort assigning as
powerful touehstone to those who we're dull
and lukewarm in thepeace movement, that
the only road to Democratic victory is
through peace"
Such is the character Of the Peace Party
as here formally announced. To show its
evil and reasonable tendency would be to
amplify upon the immortality of prOstitu-
ton, the sin Of stealing and the crime Of
murder. No truly loyal citizen viii be de-
seived with the false hopes held out under
the sPecious promise Of the blessings of
peace. OPermanent peace can be achiev-
ed except by the swords and muskets in
The hands Of eur brave soldiers.