The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-03-24
rauRsDAY, March "a, 1854.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY PEACE DEMO-
II, la- CRATIC PLATFORM.

assembled IN thlS city on the I'm
inst, the proceedings (which are pub
{ lished in the Ohio Eagle of the 18th,
has PIT forth its platform. 1t is in
tended to be regarded as the authori-
zed utteranco of the said democracy"
Although the string of resolutions
which had been gotten up by Olds and
Co, previous to the meeting, and with
/. which. Prosecuting Attorney Slough
d had his pockets crammed when hc Ell
tered the same, consisted of abstract
iohs Tor the most part ncomprchcnsi-
bic to three -fourts of the faithful there
convened, yet the batch was adopted
without dissenting voice. The first
resolution having declared that "the
dangers which now threatens the
Constitution, tho rights of the States
and tic liberties of the people, require
aud demand Of the Democracy firm
and uncquivocal re-avowal and re
Affirmation Of tho time -honorcd prin-
ciples of the party"-it was taken for
granted that whatever followed must
ofeourse be all right, as being moth
ing more or less than the " time hon
ored principles of the party" So the
whole indigostl6ie @aas was unhcsi-
tatingly Swallowed al a gnlph, and il
is TO bo presumed Ghele ave but few OF
the sound Democracy Of old Fair
fold who are not ready to swearby
every part and parcel OF the crocd
thus promulgated in their namc.
We are not going to enter into II
critical analysis Of these resolutions.
lAll intelligent persons who read them
will readily perceive their animating
spirit to be that Of intense hostility
not only to the measures and policy
20 of the present Administration which
are aimed at the forcible suppression
Of tho rebellion, but TO any means
wbatcvcr for that purpose. If the
resolutions have any meaning, it is
rr that the rebellion ought not to be sup
pressed at all Suppression implies
tho employment of force, and to that
tho resolutions unoquivocally declare
tho Democracy" to be opposed.
ID The cream, tho essence, the "nub u
ofthis "long-drawn out platform, il
contained in. the two following rcso.
lutions: ...
ResolrGd, That tho General Govern
hiont has no power under the Consti
trtion 10 make war upon or to cocrcc
sovereign States, and that we bolievc
thRt tho Constitution points ont and
provides the only just, constitutional
and practical course for the djust
mo,stand settlement Of all grievances
not nen1edable by Legislation, through
tho medium of National Convention
ul ReSoIrcd, That tho Delegates from
this county to tho State Convention
he, and they arc hereby instructed tC
votedsr no delegate to tho Nationa
Democratic Convention who is in favor
Of prosecuting the present war.
The frst Of these resolutions mus
be intcrrreted to mean that the Geno
raj Government has no power under
tho Constitution to carry on the preSen
pdr for moment longer; and that III
only Constitutional course is forthwith
to lay down its arms and fall to coax
ingiand bcsceching tho bloody traitors
in arms against the life of the Rcpub
lie, TO drop them and return pcacca
bly, TO the allegiance they have cast OIL
%, forgiven aud unpunist.sd for theil
"a murderous treason. The second reso
iution Is but tho logical sequence o
The iirst-mcrcly announcing the in
toption OF its authors, as far as in thci
6power, 10 practically cniorco the doc
ia trine Of tho first in the selection of thu
Democratic " candidate for the mex
Presidency,
, 1t would DO Of no avail with thes
infatuated partisans for us TO deny tha
the General Government is engage,
in making war upon or attempting t
B., coerco sovereign States, or to as
scrt that she is only cndeavoring b
put down vile instruction, and l.
sablugatc or cxtcrminatc an armo'
association of fcrocious traitors, VIII
= made in the outset an assassin lik
attack on the life of the Nation, an,
~i.0se continued existence will bo
standing menace against II as long a
ii shalt be permitted. The theory {
lo these resolutioniSts and Of The Who'll
ID body Of the "Peacc Democracy" i
~ that the Rebels OF the South arc III
States OF the South and being 81
must be allowed to cut and slash
% they please, lmrcsisted by the Go'
'+I crhment against which they are d
recting their mnrdorous blows, ~ itS
io ing to hcw their way 10 ipdepepdes