Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
Two Democratic Parties.

| Just now Democratic fuglemen are en-
deavOring to draw few crumbs of COM
fort and of hope from imaginary dissen-
sions in the ranks of the Union party.
They undoubtedly desire to see our party
rent in twain, but that desire will not be
realized this year We suggest to them,
however, while they are attending to
our wounds, to remember the Scriptural
injunction, Physician, heal thyself."
We invite the attention of our Demo-
cratic readers to the proceedings in our
National House of Representatives on
the 2eth ultimo, and particularly to the
| subjoined extract therefrom, and we
submit to them, if there Is not a very
wide gulf between the advocates of
peace, under Wood & Vallandigham,
and the advocates of war, under Nc
Clellan and Herman? Do you expect to
see this gulf made passable before the
election?
The Democratic oracle of this county
has declared that from this time hence
forth he will advocate the cessation of
hostilities and the establishment of a
speedy peace" Now if the Chicago
Convention shall build war platform,
what will Mr.. Thayer and his friends
do? Will they eat their words, or will
they go with the peace-on-any-terms
wing of that party? In fearful mi
nority-divided upon the great question
of war and peace, what hope has the
Democratic party of political salvation
in November? We ask the Democracy
of Muscatine, which Democratic party
they intend to cooperate with in this
campaign? Your party is divided, are
you for peace or war;
But read the evidence of this division,
| in the Congressional debate:
Mr. Fernando Wood then rose to speak He
| said that it amounted to very little what this
House should do on the snbiect OF conscripton
The whole principle is anti-Republcan and
nti-American, and when force is resorted TO, the
fundamental principles of Republican Govern
nent, viz: the assent OF the people, is violated
The law which this bill proposes to amend is a
| allure. He repeated that until some Govern
ment or Administration shall ADOPT the policy
ii reconstruction and concession and return to
| the principles which the Government is
| ounded, we will go on from one exped tent to
| mother in a down hill course, to disruption
l
| Dive branch is extended we cannot have
peace, and peace must be reached through the
civil and not the miltry department. He
would lay down his life and all that he held dear
| to restore the Union and the Constitution, and
! twas because he was in favor of the Union that
he was opposed to the war. War is diSunion,
| humiliation and destruction. Already there
| nss been expended more blood and treasure
tnan could be accumulated together again in
twenty years, and the fact that laws OF this
! character are resorted to shows that the people
ire against the war. In his opinion all the
Union p,,th prpI
lOgether without the firing of another gun the
shedding of another drop OF blood. Mr.. Wood
hen proceeded to prove his assertion by refer
ring to the unanimous address of the members
If the Confederate Congress, in which they said
with the honor, integrity ana Independence OF
the States, and compatible with the safety of
their domestic Institutions He also referred to
,ther southern authorities. In conclu ion, Mr.
Wood said that no party could succeed in the
Presidential election that did not meet this is
sue fairly, squarely and bravely. Had he the
power, he would put two candidates in the field
-one for war, and the other for negotiation and
feconstructing the Union-and he would forfeit
all his present and future prosperity and possess
sions if the Peace candidate did not receive an
overwhelming majority. And these sentiments
he had expressed independent of ali parties.
Mr.. Strouse (Un., Pa said they had better adj
iourn this circus, which was disgrace.
The Speaker reminded the House of the duty
to preserve order.
Mr.. Herman (Dem., n. W. replying to Mr..
Wood, said: One of the misfortuneS of all civil
wars, calamities and disasters, was that extreme
men seek to control events giving to moderate
md conservative men no share in public afiai s.
We have extreme men on the one side and the
Jther really controlling public events. 1t was
not well that extreme men should have their
way, because by following their course we shall
! 20 down to ruin. We have gentlemen who will
stand up here like his colleague (WoodD under
tle most trying circumstances surrounding us,
md say that without another gun being fired we
can have peace and union Oh! ii his colleague
could only show the least reasonable chance OF
restoring the Union and preserving the Govern
| ment without further bIoodshed, who did not
lnow that every man would struggle to do what
lis colleague said could be accomplished? His
colleague had spoken of obtaining peace with
| ;oud you withdraw your armies? What would
you do with kentuck ky? Would you leave hei
TO the tender mercies of Secession leaders, as
well as the other Border states which stood by
the old flag?
Mr.. Fernando Wood said that three several eff
;orts had been made for the negotiation OF an
honorable peace, and rejected by this Admins
ration.
Mr.. Herman supposed the first was before Fort
| sumter was fired upon, and yet the gentleman
strongest men for putting down the rebellion.
rhis was when the cause popular. He
WOOD was one of those who raised the Mozart
Regiment
Mr.. Wood said that all he had sought to do
with that regiment was to protect the Capital,
not to carry on war to subjugate the Southern
states, and his colleague had heretofore heard
iin state this fact.
Mr.. Herman replied that in the years lS6! and
1867, when the popular current run in the direc
ton of protecting the Constitution and tle
Union, his colleague did not raise his voice
.gainSt it. He kernan) was in the Democratic
slate Convention of 1861 and the politician
with whom his colleague acted were there, an
.he convention passed resolutions declarins
against Secession and in favor of putting down
The Rebellion, protesting at the time against the
'urse OF the Adminis ration in putting in force
martial law in loyal States. The gentleman
Wood and his friends denounced us for embar |
rassing the Administration, and they went for
The Union ticket. Laughter The Mozart reg
iment was a three years regiment and his friend |
from New York (odeD was authority for the
Mr.. Fernando Wood said that this statement
Mr.. Odeli Dem., N. Y.)-The statement is ex-
&C ly SO. Laughter and applause;
Mr.. Eldridge D.m., Wis., raised the point OF
order that the Mozart regiment had nothing to
10 with the question before the House.
The Speaker said the subject was pertinent.
Mr.. Odell-The regiment was raised by the |
'niOn Defense Committee, OF which my col |
League was member, or acted as such
Mr.. WoOd-AsMayOr OF the city of New York |
was member of that Committee. Laughter. |
raise q regiment Of soldiers, Mozart Hall. |
under the patronage of my colleague (Wood) |
TO raise one. My colleague began the work and |
said he raised the regiment at private expendi-
ture of 5000. Drawer and a better regiment |
never left New York to defend the country. Its |
Major had been brought hther in dying con- |
sed the ws 1o Tue
raj. 1t was not 1t enlisted for the war, and |
many of its members had fought with the SOL
to send troops into the field, would not, like |
my cOlleaSue, fepudlaUe tnem. lAppauSe.
Mr.. Wood-If it is true that raised many |
men for such deeds of blood, may Almighty God |
forgive me for the sin and crime, Misses from |
the Republican side.] 1 repeat the regiment |
was raised to defend the Capital when it was
menaced. AS to the term of its service, had no |
power whatever over it.
Mr.. Herman resumed his remarks speaking |
against the extremes of party, and repeated |
that we cannot have peace except by showing |
that we have the power to put down armed re- |
sistance. He expressed himself to be opposed |
to repeating the Communication clause, and was
authorized by number of fellow Democrats to
say that they will vote men and money to put |
down the war, but not in vindictive spirit, nor
with a view of exterminating those in arms |
against us. @
Movement Oh Mobile.