The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-16

The Reooo Denoerat.
Al defined By their organs, the true De-
mocracy In the North are tor peace, be-
cause the Government has no constitution.
al power - put down the rebellion or pre-
vent secession and because an attempt "a
do this BY force. being Unconstitutional.
cannot b constitutionally conducted
Therefore, they say War Democrat il "a
much q contradiction - white blackbird.
and that he II an apostate from the Demo.
cratic party. The true Democracy arc for
peace and the dissolution Of the Union on
terms dictated BY the rebels, because they
believe the rebels have bsen In the right
from the hrst; that they had . ri9ht to se-
code and to seize whatever was Necessary
to provide and arm them to carry out that
purpose therefore, the Governmen iu try
Ing % prevent secession and maintain the
national authority, incurred all the guilt Of
Z We need not stop to examine this Demo.
cratic moral code, which makes the officers
Of the law the offenders against the crimi-
nal, and guilty Of his crime; We propose
simply to advert 10 the policy Of this Peace
party In poetponing the Chicago Conven.
ton, as an illustration Of its peace princi-
ciples. Why should peace be postponed :
If war TO maintain national existence il q
crime; II peace il to be sought only through
national dissolution and dishonor; II all
the heroic sacrifices our soldiers are MAX
ing is nothing but murder In . criminal
cause If by victory we only recover terri.
tory and Jurisdiction which Constitution
and right will compel as to give mp again.
Why should the organization of this Con.
federate Peace party be postponed? Why
should the Democratic trumpet which
called the Convention. give forth reac-
tionary blast, like the bugle Of the knight
Democracy fear to meet 20 peaceful m H.
sue a. peace 2 nits motto IL "blessed are
the pesoe-makers In the North, and the
war.makers in the South" Why should it
seek delay, and hesitate to put out its ban
ner? II peace principles arc to await the
trial Of arms, wherein do they differ from
war principles. except In the side they takef
racy who procured the postponement Of the
Chicago Convention, in order to await the
issue Of the campaign. Ills not that they
are not for peace and dissolution in any
event Of the war, for that their organs have
declared. Therefore the only alternative
is that they look to the defeat of our armies
as necessary 70 give the Peace Democracy
the control Of the Convention. It is not me-
cessary to argue that party which locks
to disasters to our armies as its only hope
for party success, desires them. That is q
conclusion 20 unavoidable that we doubt If
the organs Of the Peace Democracy will af-
feet to deny It. They pursue party success
through every means that secret conspira-
cy and public labor to excite disaffection
can furnish, and their principles and policy
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ter Of our soldiers, and the destruction of
the National resources.
This general confession Of the faith Of the
Confederate Democracy il sustained by the
works Of every individual Of them. Where
ever We lind ono who CALI himself Peace
Democrat, We ind one who il doing all he
can to break down the resources Of the
Government, to destroy its credit and de-
prociate its currency. We find him preach
ing and predicting reputation to destroy
confidence in the Government bonds. We
ind him incredulous and sad ut the sue
ceoses Of our armies, and exultant over
every rumor Of disaster. We find him In
Congress voting against every measure to
sustain the public finances and faith, and
against every appropriation for the nation
al defense; or else still more treacherously
voting for war appropriations, and against
every means to provide revenue to pay
We find him hopeful at every sign Of
foreign interference; entirely destitute Of
pride Of national independence, and anx-
ious that European parties shall administer
upon the partition Of this - . conquered
country. We lind this Peace Democrat,
regard to his own country, clamorous for
war with France to rescue another
American Republic from the very foreign
intervention he IL invoking here. We find
him q foul mouthed SCOOTER at all patriot
ism and all heroism in the service Of the
country; the preacher of cowardice and
british suhjugation on our side, and the
servile penegyrist of the valor and patri-
otism Of the country's foes; the reviler and
libeller Of every earnest or successful Gen.
eral Of the national cause, and the eulogist
of every rebel commander. We find him
whining over the cruelty Of a war to put
down rebellion, and the swift defender OF
rebel barbarities upon defenseless prisoners
which have exceeded all the historical
SMILES Of inhumanity.
We lind In his actions the consciousness
of criminal purpose, and the conspirtng
Of criminal means to carry 1t out. He
hopes TOR q time of disaster and Of rebel
cooperation which will enable him to pre-
cipifate the North into anarchy by the aid
Of his secret armed organizations. This is
the nature Of the animal who calls himself
xe6c0 O0mOCIat-o PcaCo WnACu AAAC~AAs
atrocities that would appa an untutored
savage. He is q man who has made our
traditional traitor, Benedict Arnold, re-
spectacle in American history. As has
been remarked Of secessionists in the
South, that from the moment they become
tainted with this purpose they lose al NOR
al sentiments and all the qualities Of hu-
manity, and resort, to the worst crimes
and cfuelties a. if they had never known
aught else. SO the Peace Democrats loses
all the nobility Of manhood, and becomes
at once his country's parricide. More
monstrous than the ghoul who feeds on
dead bodies, his party waits and longs to
rise on the country's ruin; and It postponea
its Convention In the hope that in the vi
cissitudes Of war disaster to our armies
NAV give the Convention courage to de-
clare for the enemy, meanwhile urging on
its secret armed organization in the desire
that something may turn up which VIII en-
able IL to strike blow that shall dispense
with all conventions and elections.-Cn,
Gazette.
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