, 1864-07-25
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THE NlAGARArA FALLS pE.Cp

AnA NIAGARA FALLS PEACE.
Inc buzztng about Of those Southern peace
cmisss1ies need not mielcad any Que as to
thcar true aim and object. They probably
hao no tn -ught or expectation Of anything IN
regard to peace itself; though they put on a
very patriotic and even p,ous tone. They
Inow very well what our terms of peace arr.
:snd have no reason to suppose then to nave
been Changed Of late. But the whole thing
means just this: Our Presidential electi.n
Is near; md no men or people on the face Of
1he earth are 60 much concerned about 1t al
are the aohah}tants Of Dixie. To overthrow
this administration is, in their minds, to
gain their independence. Hence while they
keep one eye on Lees army, they keep the
other on our election. This endeavor is an
effort to assist their democratic coppcrhead
friends. And go we have c C. Clay, G. N.
Sanders, and the oIher man, buzzing about
Niagara Falls, busy as flies In su gar DO vi,
and coqucting with Horace Greeley,-know-
lug we'll Ills honesty and his readiness for
crotchcts,-and seeking to make case for
the copperheads, to be used in their conven-
tion and the canTass.. Their Wish IL to carry
thc.tmpression thai ths5r is great readiness,
and even anxiety. In Dixie, for peace ); bnt
that the bloody minded L1ncolnItcs will
have nothing but wAr.
President Lincoln evidently understood the
m-tter Ut a glance; and in llis accustomed
manner Of 4cw words, compacuy put to-
sethcr, informs them, and all the universe
besides, that If peace is wanted it can be had
on the original and only terms ever yet pro.
posed b, the great majority of the nation -
tho submission Of the rebellion, and the re-
1nova1 Of its cause; SO that there shall be no
further temptation or provocatiou for an
other. And one thing is obvious, that what
ever be the mind of tho nation, this is the
only ground which the present Admlnistra-
ton can occupy. If the people are tired OF
the war, and wish to Yield the Independence
OF the Confederscy. and the division OF the
nation, it is for them to turu out the pres snt
rulers, snd put In others who will carry ont
their wishes. This will be, in fact, the real
issue of the coming election. The defeat Of
Lincoln is defeat Of the war policy, aud a
resort to compromises and patching, accord
ing to the policy Of former years. THIS is
what the Copperheads OF all stripes feel;
coming platform, according to their amount
Of courage to do it
The Southern politicians know very well
that this is the case, and that the Northern
Democracy can do nothing without them, to
tell them what to do. And seeing the blind
ness and lc1plessness OF the Copperheads,
Clay and Holcomb arc sent up. to confer with
them, and put them on the right track. We
call attention therefore to the fact which we
have SO often asserted, that the rebels South,
and their allies North, are really but one par
~, and arc acting in perfect concert as Of
old.
But why do they call upon Horace, II such
be the fact, and make him their conddapt,
instead Of putting themselves in contact with
come Of their own political brethrene Soft.
": They have been conterrirg with their
associates all the while; but they do not Wa II
To make that public. They wish to get at
President Lincoln, and to this end must use
some Of his political friends; and who Of all
men could they hope to find to their haud
if not the philosopher whose ambiguous
uttcrances in the beginning Of the war led
them to hope that be might now represent q
party which wonld be In favor Of letting the
South go. The aim is, Of course, to detach
from the war some Of Its supporters. And
they are not very particular from which side
of the Union party they get them.
II is little amusing to hear the fellows
preach, after getting President Linco1n's
manifesto. They affect a great astonisA.
ment, aud swell out with big words, az Of
old, as to the imposslbility of the South being
overcome As We Lave heard so many things
asserted to be impossible from that quarter
such as the taking OF New Orleans, Of Vfcks-