Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-19
FROM THE UNITED STATES.

Our Northern flea furnish the subjolned additional
items:
rHS PEAoE DKHoCkACT -AEOIHIR C)SvESrIOS TO 81
CALLID.
The New York News of the Is o. states that pTelimi
nary stsps are bsng taken by the friends OF peace to
call National Convention Of the Democracy to lace
in nomination candidates fer President and Wee Pres
dent In its leader OF the same Day, the News says:
But the advocates Of peace we'd led to principle
which goes sde by side with sEd - inseparable rom
their devotion of the UniOp the great principle OF SELF
government the Conserved American principle that
al legitimate government IS derived from the
oonssnS Of the governed. RessiGg upon tbs,
which they believe 20 Be the historical cor
nsr-stone OF their free institutions shsy believe
the ideA Of Uaion brought abou: BY force 70
De- iusrir sisiy, p, gate sbsurdiy. They believe
that war can never reOu1 the blessed fabric raised Tor
us BY cur iatheIs shch the bloody hsods OF iaaaeum
and VOL nee baye already shattered INTO lu!ns Tn'y
selsye that Ne OaSoot hsHt tree men Uto loving us
thys No cannot slaughter and Tsmpe them Into brother
hood with o.; aud Jhs even il We could, We slOed be
iumes. urahly more Infamous than they, The Peace
mocrsc7 believe further that tue armed coercion OF
Gtes 10 constitutional hertsy, and tos' IL cannot be
contaminated without strik rg a vi al bow a. tho hrN
uriuciles OF toe FederA compact aud c1rSol dating
dsposm A. Washington in the stead Of tho oeniRnant
md limited powe. which 20 foster the peace
III UaOn Of happy s1d CoosenHng SAFES
Huc8e COndt CuEs 80 an organ OF lto Eeaco DeihVS@
,aev tbs Daily Meas never ceased to promulgate
asd celeud Tuev ara the SOLEMN creed OF the good
men and tu for Shgm it speaks. EIsry event OF the
scr "a war which Is upon u has illustrated and con
6med their uu,h, aud the World and is oorehgon-
1t, in blood hsd diOatCd them to the support
of such principles instead u scattering the Internal
eeis nt Oarear.y and hSJe, should TO. COW DO at
he melsEehOly Ioint whsre h5 Democratic party and
ia candidate dspuLpg with aboiu snism Ana lts
representatives, tire PAiia ct devotion 10 policy OF
* era aat,on. We this LnSusge deliberately aud
adysediy, G.uN;al AeCieusns words cnd purposes
cannot Be mistsksu o. misundsrs God. Attr seeming
% "eIdaust ,he o! staesmAnshP 20 re- es-
tSblisn tse Uliop he says:
.Ha AK sarnvst and paIslsten. Cf)ft TO oS:ain
these OF cs stoGd fail tbe iOSpo stiity foe uer.or
o,nssoasnc will fall DIon hose WOO remain in arms
agsn.t the U.ou Blu: the Union must be peslrVed ut
al GArds"
4, what ultsriOt co Qlsucss" dOes be sude, and
What hszar 80 He InsAhs war, snd 90 ho1ost man WI
ute,end that he anything slse Ii no had been
frank he would iaTe u,ed toe Wcrd. DE means that
# he cannot RECONSTRUCT the zion By taIon-nay,
more TO uss his own language Ia another part OF the
latter If ths psopis Il ina Scugh are no. ready
tor ace On tho OF TIRE lion as 'ndion pre-
.sdent to negotiation con 90 loGcss will DO on
mir osu hssdJ ana he viii mike ON Va IN uuul
hsy Weld They may have scleulnly declared ~ sa
Conventions or Otherwise, tast they Will not nier
mo G .muou government vi u tho people may
oe as fixed and unanimous - their hadsIsi they may
have resolved haVs Independence or dsa.h, as MT
y ,yil has ree1ntiJ dsClGteJ still, Gen Mcclellan IL
oedged TO oYershroW their resolves by and SWORD
He Is plsdssd 20 fight aud say them I'LL they surrender
n, pfiucipe OF choosing lhoir own form OF govern
mani IL i5 plosged 81 inJermina5le st 1t II there
Ia permanent resisIahce- he i Lldssd 20 ornsSe auo
devAsAuon-to all tue appliances IL lum ana over
saroW, which within tue "hAzNaa' and curses o.
civil COZ O.. de has DO fixed LIT, oui U Ilop, al
| which will stay tbs tLe OF olooi.
To policy 10 Woked, 20 inhumanly abb u'dr We can
not nos can suJ Pace D M GRAFT subscribe, without
rsnrg. dns fsOm every conviction and from every in-
an, &C Of sl;-re,p'o: We should DO fa.e 10 that
We have learned aud al that rave Iangh II We were
i no. 10 spurn and dsnUurcs II, come what may We
coyat SINCERELY aud arOenuy the unity OF the Den-
ocrac pIFy, but w5 cannot and We ~ili nave no ps'
ia iis demo:al .Lon and Disgrace. We do not believe
9n beCie!lsu's sentiments 70 be those Of the patti
i We know that they are in direct anaSonism 10 the
spirit and meaning Of the par y platform, and We are
sure that they cannot be made 70 Command The saRc
son Of the party, e1csP: by soph5y aud Taua' These
&c shall be oar bulnsss and il IS our duty, 10 unmask
70 IkWart.
/ TIE BaooKLYN DEMOCRACY.
Under tho o.psOn OF The COpperhSad Ars' Meeting
IN BrcoklJn, the Tribune Of The lS:h says;
ADemocratic uas meeting was held In the Brooklyn
Academy OF N1ao and a. halt can stands In that
usisbborhood last evening. Tnere were probably five
thousand pss ms preseat the outside gatherings AID
/ Inc ACADEMY WAS crowded. With two or three exotp-
t,oEs the ID skets Ward politicians OF mediocre
biltv and hlse IL 6lence They banged aSay at their
auditors with bread-ides of bad granTsr and dsloyal-
. dsnouncinz President Liz coin aud he Cabinet an
| he loyal MAJ o. at the North. Gen. BIndde. On
Busr and their associates Ia the army came IN for
liberal shars Of abuse and not one VOID oil oensure
dd our reporter bear Of the Rebes--aot one word O
commsudatioa Of oer gallant F4rtsgus, and Grant
s0d Huoock. Haired OF the negro and sym
pathy With the armed seesssiouis's OF the
South ran through oil their speeches fsaee on
sny the ruling sentiment OF m'johy Of Tue
orators (S). Their remarks generally Wcud hAVS oeel
appAudvd N Richmond. HID they ipoftn IN the near
ing OF the Army OF the P1tOmso their lives would nave
been In jeopardy fer loyal sodisfs would have mis-
en- III for rebels They however, failed to imPres:
their auditors favorSbly with their opinions. 10 g.
parts Of the csosd nigh bs heard expressions like the
foloWIrg: "T6ags ne" go 10 Dixie, where yoT
belong N "Ths Re6s will vo;s your ticket II you gv'
I'm chsrce !" "Hoa arc yeu, wooden Euns !" ''Whe
arrested the Iegslsiuce Of Aafyandr "WhO 6est ad-
Vsed eonscrptnS ?" Toe cheering was noi'unanni9uI
nor enthusiastic indeed, t was evident that larg'
proportion Of those Who we're bal no sympathy
VIA with the reasonable utterasoss OF the speak
ere. Bon6res lighted sad bands Of nusio EN-
pOysd, illuminated lanterns mcttoSs and vsriaus de-
Vcsa with pyrotechnic display, we're brought into re
quSon 70 swell the crowd, which moved fsom Ssand Y