, 1864-11-02

the cauee thereof And that Is the Aas the
soldiers vote to uphold There Is ano1aes
fig, borne by "democlats"-i Q. copper
heads and COL fed crates, which Is the stFe
and Bars.n whose meaning IL rebel indepen'
dence and the MONTGOMERY constitution. with
el.rerv "a the "corner-stone," 1t goes to
the tunes Of "DIde" and "Bonny Blue
Flag" and covers secession and disunion, and
ttat is the flag the 7smss marches under.
WHAT BROUG az ON rRE WAR.
The Copperheads sllege that the war was
brought upon the country in consequence OF
the uncompromis'ng, unyfclding disposition
Of the Republicans, who refused 70 MAZE
concessions to the slayeholdcrs. 1t oors oe-
come the mouth Of Coppcrbcad TO mare
such charge while the result of Inc GnAtaes.
ton Convention Is matter OF history ~
that Convention the Southern De"osA's
asked four little concessions at Inc nsnae "
their Northern bretM en-the Penalty OF 70
fusal was the disruption Of the party ano Ing
dIssolnt,on of the Union. Fair notice was
seryed m The Northern Democracy that tnese
compromises must be made, or the conee-
onence named would surely follow. Ihe
four - concession" asked were as iouo"e'
1s4 tn repudIate squatter sovereignty as
nripciple OF Democracy.
q. To incorporate In the platform OF the
National DemocracJ the dogma OF slavery
protection. o
1as. the living embodiuent OF squntter eos-
crcignty and
4,G. 10 nominate in his place as the "Dem-
ocratic II standard tesrer, John G. BrecSin-
ridge, q slavery protectionist.
The Northern Democracy deliberately re-
fused to comply with these demands; .ney
declined making any Of those "concessaons
and compromises" to conclliate their oeAf
-sSouthe1u brethren"
Wren that convention adjourned, the Ma
fIona1 Democratic party was rent IN twaln'
snd the fret step towards destroying tne
Union was taken, all beeanse the Nostnern
Democrats would not make concessions to
their Southern brethren. --.
The southe1n "Dtmocrats Immediately
proceeded to prepare Tor secession. With
the corriyaue. Of .tDemocratic" Presi-
dent, and blythe aid of his "Democratic !"
Cabinet, they stole muskcts, cannon and
eunpo@der from the arseunis Of the United
States, and robbed Federal mints. And be-
fore Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration, and while
every branch Of the Government was Jet In
full g tsDemocratic possession, eight States
had completed their articles Of secession;
the Montgomery constitution was adopted !;
JEFF. Davis had been elected Pfesident Of the
Confederacy; the Federal ports had been
seized, and the Federal troops In the South
had been made prisoners OF war. When Mr.
Lincoln came into Office ho found the Union
broken and one-haE Of Its territory in the
hnrds Of the "Democratic'' insurgents, with
three commissioners In Warrington demand
irg from the Federal Government recogni-
ton of Confederate Independence! For six
weeks Mr.. Lincoln tried to coax back the
Eeceders; but they laughed him to scorn'
The Peace Conference, presided overly John
Tyler, passed the resolutions demanded By
the Border States. Corgreess adopted ths
C1i,tendeu compromise resolutions, and
passed the CcrBin amendment to the Con
stltution by more than twothtras vote,
guaranteeing ron-intertereDce with slavery
forever, How did the Southern "Demo.
crats'' receive those compromises and
ove1tures Of peace and re-unione VIII
shouts Of derieion and By the bo1nbasdmen'
of Fort Sumter They "spr5nNed blood u
the faces of the people, q fired the sonth
erh heart, ," and rushed into war. And yet Il
tte face Of these notorious tacts Of histor.
Coppe1head leaders have the sublime impu
dence 10 charge that the Republicans brough
on the war by rtfueing to make concession
| to the Souths