The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-05
.Peaeeg DemOeracr.


The "Peace" State Central Committee, or
ganigcd by Fernando Woods Co. through
the iustrumentality ofa Mass Meeting in
ourcity last Summer, has been gaIYaniaed
atresh into semblapce Of life, ostecsibly to
operate on the Chicago Convention. Res
Olives to support ne candidates not openly,
uneempromisingIy hostile to The War for Tie
Unlenl we're easily and unanimously passed,
with great shoW Of pluck and energy, aud
with the hearty assent Of sUndry eminent
GoPperIeads present by. invitation from
PennEyl ylvania, New-Jersey, and CORBectieut,
There can be no doubt thHt this faction CT
the democracy are really in favor Of what
they term Peace, just as they would be in
faTer Gf eternal War if they thought the
interest Of Slavery and Treason would b
benefited thereby. As q bodY,- they are
ieges of JEFF. Davis, and will do anything,
uphold anything, calculated to insure the
success ofthe Rebellion. zg-
But there are wheels within wheels: and
this Peace mOvement-which is 10 culmiuate
in another Mass Convention in odr City
next week.-Mrs. other and narrower ends,
While designed to paralyze the arm Of the
Nation, it is intended also to advance the
personal fortunes Of its master-spirits.
And we tell the party mapRgersAWhat they
doubtless know already-that while these
ultra Copperheads are unquestionably at
heart with the Rebels and in favor Of their
sort of Peace, theyaro still more earnestly
intent on theirowH elevation anaaaggrandig
ement If Dean Richmond, Better Cagger &
Co. will consent to make. Fernando Wood the
Democratic candidate for next Governor,
and to make q few other private arrange
meHts like those which sent Fernando and
brother Ben. to the present Congress, they
mayat Chicago cast the votes Of New Eork
solid for such candidates and for such a
platform as they shall see fit, and may even
formally sccuse the RepublieansAas they
did in their Legislatiye Address Of 1865
of secret inclinatioa to give up the War and
let the Rebels have their way-a 3 .a 1.5E =-
And 1t may be their 1gisest course to make
the dicker. True, Fernando would be badly
beaten; but SO, probably, would be any one
else they could nominate; while q crushing
defeat may settle KIN for time, OF deprive
him of all power for mischief And, if the
party can be put on a loyal and pstriotic
tack By giving him whatevsr nomina tion he
wants, we think the cost would not be too
great
I'VE like the franEness Of the ''Peaas De-
moeracJ,n SO far as It goes we condemn it
in that it stops half way aud refuses to get
for Peace so profoundly as we do, or would
make such sacrifices 10 secure it-~only they
would gladly give up what they do not de-
sire 70 retain in order to secure that which
they have set their hearts on. They do not
desire Disunion PESe; they would gladly
consent to It as a means Of securing the
Psrpetuatisn and predomiRaRce Of Slavery.
LET us have Disunion Peace: that would
PROSTATE our political adversaries and bring
US into power; then we can crawl in at the
back door of the Confederacy, and restsra
the Union uRder substantially the Montl
gomery Constitution, with JEFF. Davis or
some kindred spirit as Presideatof our re-
constructed country '--such is ssseRtially
their calculation. "A Union which shall
subject every Abolitionist TO mob lTibleaCs
and butehery and rema nd into Ela5ery-erery
free negra, especially those Rlh6 haYc fought
against the Rebels-snch is the paradise
they aspire to and work for And, in SO far
as they say what they mean jfthey command
our respectful confederation. f' Ho u
But when We say to them, 9Gentlemsn, be
explicitlLIet US know whether you would,
for Peaees sake, surrender East Tennessee
and West Virginia, New-0rleans and the
lower Mississippi, to the uncontrolled domin-
ion Of the SlaveEolding Rebels, they stand
ohstinately mute Their coward tongues
refuse to say what their traitor hearts are
ready and eager to do. Fhoy persist in
their parfot-cry of 'Peaeet PeaeePT without
daring 10 say whit they would do with the
immediete eslaeles which stretch directly
and formidabl yFsaeross. the path whereoR
they are urging the Nation to proceed to its
own rum ~Andrhence we hold.them dissemb-
Iersan1 tFicksters who wo qld faiu mask
#tth flowers the abyss whereints they are
seeking to precipitate their country.
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