The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-26
PEACE.


PEACE.
As in the days of tho Revolution
tory sympathizcrs cried peace !pcacH
50 now we hear the same cry from an
equally ignominious race. Democratic
Office seekers are trying TO make it
appear that the issue is Peace or Var.
They talk a great deal abou the bless
inRs OF peace and the horrors ofwar,
and, knowing full well that the Amer
lean people are naturally inclined to
peaceful pursuits, a point is sought
to be made. to influence votes for
reacc ticket. But that is not the real
issue; the issue is Uuion or Disun-
ion-Governmcnt or Anarchy.
Politicians very sadly misjudge the
opinion and feelings of the great mass
Of the people, when they think to
dclude them by mere party pleas, or
draw off their attention from the so.
bcr realities OF the present hour; and
however much men may desire peace
they do not desire it at the Copper
head price OF "chains and slavery
But we propose to examine tho
question as now made. The Butter.
nut party demands peace. Wcll' how
will you get it--what measures do
you propose in order to secure 1t r
Some say, let us have an armlstice -
An armistice is truce, and shall we
propose a truce? We did not COM
mence war upon them, and are mere
" enforcing the rightful authority OF
of the Constitution and laws against
those who seek their overthrow or in
other words, we are simply putting
down treason and rebellion; and shall
zoe propose a truce' If We do we
therebv concede our defeat and ac-
knowledge the Confederate Govern
mont, and after such an act the only
remaining thing to be done would be
10 draw n dividing line, let the South
po, and carry Off with her all the
vast territory now laid out in States
for which we paid so many millions
of dollars, and we content ourselves
with small fraction of the United
States; and here would come the ques-
ton of dividing line, and upon that
we never could agree; so that by
proposing an armistice, would
lst Acknowledge ourselves WHIP
81. Try to compromise and treat
with our conquerors, and
Sd. We would he obliged to go to
ar again under greater disadvantag'
than ever, and stand chance o
ring obliged at last to yield to Iebe
rms.
Again Some propose a Conven'
m of the States. What good woIld
It doY-clearly none at all. 1t is q
tier ot history, that at the break
oat Of the war Peace Conven
was called Of all the States, and
with athar Nasthoru Htatvs, nrui
rates in good faith, ready and vii
o give the South every assurance
lnal rights and protection, anC
guarantee which they coul(
md yet the leading men of th'
o., representing the Southerl
I, refused to 90 into the Conven
That Convention met in Feb
1861, and at that time Jeii
was inauguratcd President anC
all the Southern States had Sc
and vet not gun had been fir
| il there has been time whe
Convention could avert wa
,odsIied, that time was then, -
South rejected the Peace Con
z ~ \. They had already deter
N their foul plot, viz to brea
Government; they had resoly
ccde and defend the odiou
Of accession by arms. An
Alexander Stephens, on til
January previous had made
the Convention in Georgii
pnss nm ordinance of secesI
although he told the men {
that the Federal Govern
never iniringed upon thel
I'd that they had no jus
omplaint against the Nortl
against the ordinance /