New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

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wreathed smiles, with all the etiquette Of courts
aud all the formalities of diplomacy. mon who
come to him as the accredited agents of al mag
mary government, not yet recognized by any
power upon earth Wood knows very well that
the Confederate Government has never seriously
entertained any idea of coming voluntarily back
to the Union. He knows very well that.
as matters now stand, peace means con-
frmed and permanent disunion. Yet he
goes about talking peace, and dcnouncing all
who arc for vigorous understanding that
the Rebels cannot be conquered-that the South
will never come back, unless she pleases, and
generally insulting the mOmory OF every brave
man who has died for the country, and oil every
living one who Is fighting for her, This Is q
sweet foretaste, indeed, Of what We ara TO fx-
poct in this canvass from the Opposition. There
will be Joy in Richmond when this speech
reaches that hunger.bitten metropolis Have
not the Confederate newspapers already dc
tsted the policy at Chicago' And how admir-
ably has Mr.. Fernando Wood learned his les
sOn!
Wood puts the issue with apparent candor
" Lincoln" he says. "is for War-tho Dcmoc-
racy arc for Peace" Bat generalities like
this. arc dangerous; for the times demand
sharp, precise and Ineligible statements of
policy and opinion. The Democracy arc for
peace--so were the Tories Of the Revolution !
Mr. Fernando Wood is for peace--so is Mr.
Jefferson Davis, if he cen have the peace he
wants! Peace mems nothing by itself. There
may be pecoe which shall cover us with
dishonor. There may DO peace which
shall be the historical opprobriam OF the
Free States forever, and which shall take down
our name to postcri,y only to be spit upon and
Knocked at Thoro may DO peace which will
turn out only damaging, and perhaps fatal
truce There may be peace which shall deliver
tho whole land into the hands Of bad men OF tho
South, and of worse men st the North! IL is
not enough that Wood il for peace. That no.
body doubts Let us know what kind Of peace
he is for! In that is the pinch
We orc not aware that the Democratic party
has any patent monopoly OF the peace asplra-
lions Of the country. Those who urge prompt
and vigorous prosecution Of the war, do not do
so from any native tasto for bloodshod, nor from
any particular appetite either for the glory or
tho havoc Of hostilities. 1t is shameful slam
der, upon which posterity will put the indelible
seal Of contemptuous Reproduction, TO represent
all who oppose those factious, unsubstantial and
indefinite notions Of peace, a. DESTROYS Of war
for the sake OF war, for the qualification Of
ferocious passions or of On INSCRIPTIONS
veuality. II il an imputaton upon the
generous patriotism, tho unainching oour-
aye. and tho unselfish devotion, which
the law has exhibited, to charge the people Of
the North with the iaintest wish 10 claim more
than indemnity for the past and security for
the future" But, placing ourselves on the broad
and impregnable ground that the Rebellion was
wicked and indefensiblc, how can we look 9TH
erwise than with suspicion upon those who COM
mence their political canvass by turning with q
smile to the Rebels, and by reserving their
frowns for thcir own fellow citizens aud neigh