The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-20

Wan DECLARED AGAINST TEE PnAcl
\ DENoCRACY-Too MUCH PEACE roR CoN
sERyAT1vE SToNAcHs.-The St. Louis Re
publican denounces the proceedings Of th
peace meeting, Peoria, Illinois. It says:
! We. ard. desirous to still serve the De
mocracy by advancing the cause Of tru'
conservative, practical and patriotic doc
trines; but not otherwise. We say plainly
that we can not, and win not, indorse Of
countenance, but will do all in our power
TO defeat the radical views expressed IL
some OF the Peoria resolutions. They IN
suit the memory Of Douglas and Criften.
den: They condemn the motives Of scores
ct thousands Of Democratic soldiers that
Illinois has sent to the battle fields. They
conflict with the record of more than four.
hfths OF the representatives Of the Demo.
cratic party in Congress. Their enuncia-
lion at Peoria was pnrposely designed Ia
ing National Convention. They were put
forth without the authority Of the regular
organization. Their adoption as the policy
Of the opposition to the Republicans will
insure the success Of the latter in the Pres
idential campaign, for they will certainly
divide and weaken the Democracy, and
strengthensthe parti sans oi the Adminis-
tratiOn. The result must be another term
Of destructive and exhausting war, ending
IN wreck and anarchy at the North, the
final dissolution Of the Government, and
the humiliation and unrecoyerable dis.
grace OF American manhood.
convinced that there is not the least hope
OF beating Lincoln, should the counsels OF
s1cn men as General Singleton and Thos.
n. seymour prevail at Chicago, we are for
making the fight against their sentiments.
without any indirection. Their threats OF
b0it1ng II matters do not 10 to suit them.
we despise. So Yancey and Slidell threat.
ened at Charleston. They carried out their
threats, and brought on secession. Is it
supposed that had the Northern Democracy
pusillanimously sacrificed their princinIes
for their unity of the party, the result
would have been different Yet such q
sacrifice are the radical Democrats deman.
ding now at the hands Of more than nine
tenths OF the party, and they are using the
same miserables menaces, th0same intimi.
dating coercion that were employed at
Charleston.
To the same effect the most influential
Democratic newspaper in Illinois, the Chi
cago Post, speaks. It remarks:
The Chicago Convention will meet in .
few weeks. There will be opposition and
strife in it for few hours, but, If the party
desires to be successful, that strife will be
of short duration, and will be effectually
stif1ed by prompt action. The peace fac.
ton Will be Represented in the Convention.
and 1t will have . fargreater representation
In proportion to the number Of its constit-
uency, than the party generally. These
men propose to rule that Convention or ru-
in it. They come to Chicago, not to consult
or deliberate, but to command and dictate.
They will come with platform and with
candidates., and will tell the Convention
that both most be accepted, or the party
shall be divided. That kind of business
will not be tolerated.
These men must be told, and in emphat-
ic terms, that = convention il no place for
threats. and if any body is prepared to re-
Pudiate the action Of the convention unless
that action shall Be g he shall dictate, then
such person should be met at the thresh-
old and plainly ordered to sstAy out"
The candidate selected by these disOr-
ganizers for the Presidency, il Mr.. Those
II. Seymour, of Connecticut, vain, BRAIN
less man, whose head has been turned by
. diplomatic appointment extorted from
Pierce, and for which he was totally unfit
both by nature and education. He OBJ
tanned that appointment by the gracious
permission Of the Southern Senators. who
threw it to him as q bone il thrown to .
dog, and Mr.. Seymour has ever since been
Q convert to the doctrine that the Southern
people are the superior race"
They propose to make an immediate
peace, with the consequences what ever
ence Of the Confederacy, or whatever else
may follow, the platform Of the Democratic
party. There are two kinds of peace which
the Democratic party have to offer to the
American people, North and South. The
first is an abandonment of the war on our
part. and the permission given to the Con.
federate States, and all other States, to
erect themselves into government indie
pendent Of the United States.
This peace means >disunion. The other
peace Is q promise to the people Of both
sections that cessation Of war, shall fol-
low Immediately upon return to the I'm
ion that general amnesty shall be pro-
claimed, and that States and people every
where throughout the land shall be restor-
ed to their political functions Just as they
existed previous to the war and all ques-
tions Of taxation and Indebtedness and
rights of property shall be settled on the
most liberal terms; that while we will give
nothing but bullets and bayonets to dis
unionists, we will give everything for
friends in the Union. That is the peace
platform that will reach all hearts in this
widespread nation the sufferers by the
desolating hand of war, south Of the Ohio
and the Potomac, will listen to the dulcet
notes OF such q peace a. that with hearts
touched with loving memories Of the pros
porous and happy days when all were
o"sAs0AON AAuOA 9 SOAAlAOA 0alAOUAltys
A PEACE SPEECH.-J. III. woodward. q
young man. resident OF this State, and st
oss time Adjutant Of an Indiana regiment.
was called out It = recent peace meeting.
and responded ~ follows: n
dENTLEHEN-The great cry that have
heard to-day has been peace, peace. / tell
you that there 10 no man In the nation who
desires peace more than do; q apermanentI
lasting peace. [Cheers.l And, Rentlemen,
will tell you how wo will get IL, Fieht
this war out. Take every negro in ~
rebel States, and exterminant every d---i
rebel, no matter where you find him.
Kisses. Gentleman, you need not try to