The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-19
PEACE MEETING - RUTTERNUrS rs
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in the Stark County Democrat. some
ten days ago Tor q Peace Meeting:
CONF ONE COME ALL!--1NI
DANGER LET US COUNSEL
The President of the United States
has inst issued annothcr order for ~
drait Of FIVE HUNDRED TGlOCS-
AND MEN, on the 9th ofScptem her.
The quota Of Stark County will be-
about ONE THOUSAND! Let us
meet for consultation and actioA =
Let tho People indicate to their ser
wants in official position. who are now
asking again to be trusted with a
new lease Of power, what their VIII
Is.
Let us then. assemble at the Court
House. in Canton. on SATURDAY,
AUGUST 6. 1885. irrespective ofpar
t.. and consider the proprietv of de-
mandine that the Executive Mt Wash
inpton make nj effort to obtain n sus-
pension of hostilities with n view of
terminating this bloody civil war hv
lair ahd honorable terms Of peaceful
settlement. Let the sovereign people
who bear aud suffer the burdens and
calsmitics af war speak out THEIR
JrsT DEMANDS.
In obedience tn the call Cop-
pcrheads, hig and little; assembled.
and of course some one made speech
M - ~ -. oa-,. .o,s.
Mr.. McGregor made few remarks.
He said "some men were continually
harping on Union without regard to
ANYTHING else. He wanted Liberty
Grst and Union afterwards" T."
This man McGreeor is the editor
OF the Stark County Dem"c'0t, rs vile
n copperhead sheet as there is in the
State of Ohio. His secession SYM
pathies were so strong that he was
taken to Camp Mansfield, where upon
taking the oath of allegiance he was
released.
His abuse of the Government has
been unccasing, and his admiration
for jeff. Davis unconcealed. He went
to MassSillon, in Stark county, on
some business. His presence in town
becoming known, he was treated to q
good ducking in the canal, and given
five minutes in which to leave town.
of course he was a fit subject to speaL
at butternut meeting, and of COURSE
had considerable TO say about liberty
Others spoke who were lesser lights
and then came the resolutions, among
which were the following
Resolved That being in favor oI
immediate peace, and convinced that
by war the Union can never he re.
stored, and more especially upon tho
Negro Emancipation policy of the
Administration, We therefore urge
the President OF the United States t.
revoke his order for Conscription,
and we call upon the people through
out the State to hold meetings and
demand peace, and redress OF griev
ances.
Resolved That we demand imme.
diate steps be taken for the settlemen
of our difficulties with the Southern
States, and the restoration of peace
to the country. And to that end W.
! -.... ,t,.. A. DIT l-.-I . . -. -. u;
ted States, propose to the autllOritie'
| OF the Confederate States, that Com
missioners of peace be appointed b,
both parties, whose duty it shall be I,
meet at some place agreed upon, 70
the purpose OF consultation, with
view to ascer ain whether there can
not be an armistice or suspension o
hostilities, and Il convention OF all th,
States, for the purpose of restorin.
peace and Union, on terms fair and
honorable to both sections.
These resolutions are similar t
those adopted by the Butternuts il
Crawford County and in Dayton. 81
that we may set it down that the But
ternut party is in favor of an uncon
ditional peace, or in other words
peace on ANY terms. The resolution
demand immediate peace. and can i
he complied with ? The South So!
they will never stop fighting unit
their independence is recognized
They want the line along the Penn
sylvania border and the Ohio river
They will want us to pay their wal
debt, and they presdribe the terms
upon which we can navigate the Ms
sisSippr.
In this way, and this way alone, we
can have immediate peace, We mus,
Immediately withdraw our armies
raise the Blockade-instal jeff. Davis
at Richmond-remove our traps from
Washington and take small strip oI
country about 200 miles wide in lieu
OF our broad national domain, aud
all this to crafty the demand OF Cop
perheads for immediate peace.
What! withdraw our armies in
disgrace-turn the glorious stars and
stripps into an pnSipn of defeat -