American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-09-21
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S'shal ior tue party VINO met IN conVen-
'oh ana Foled puDliciy win thc known
enemies OF our country ho'h secret and
open Inc auo.ehce was ealned Dy sew
erai speeches enc OIL Which was 1nado by
slr' Waller newly pledged Copper
head-the son OF loyal SIRE. Heis GER
talnly an exception to Solomon 9 rule
which IS that II you bring up enid IN
inc way ne shouIa 60, Nhch nc ls ola ne
VIII not depart from 1t. \ second meet
ing OF thiS beHloefatic revival TOOK place
at the Lowry House on Tuesday evening,
the 9th inst. Unfortunately for US, we
were not present We have learnsd from
what we believe to be good authority, that
the principle part Of the evening was
spent in speech making. That Of I'd. NJ.
8redin, Esq, was considered a fair state
ment Of the issue between the parties
He insisted, first, that if the Rebs have
beaten US, it is necessary for US to make
peace; second, if VIC have beaten them,
it will be magnanimous in us tooifer them
peace; and third, if it is a drawn battle
so far, then it is evident that we cannot
overcome them, and therefore we should
abandon the attempt No specific terms
Of surrender spoken Of, and Of course an
unconditional surrender was understood,
The great war man Of former days, also
made peace speech-he who declared in
Prospect that he felt himself crininally
guilty for havingadhcred 50 closely to the
Houth, and asked pardon Tor what he
haa done that ne mated slavery as ne ha-
ted the devil who made similar avow-
ais all over the country. lie perhaps,
has influenced more men to 90 to the ar
my, by saying " go boys than any other
man IN the county Some that he urged
OF are filing soldiers grave Others are
wounded, and many are still inthe ranks.
We say he did right, but how ineonsis-
tent with his present conduct No mis-
takes made by the Administration could,
in the least, mitigate the crime of trea-
son. 1t is in vain, however, that we look
now fora wcld. of censure for treason, it
IS not found in the Chicago platform nor
is il found in the declarations Of their
speakers!
Itappears indeed paridoxical that Lewis
Il. Mitchell, Esq. who but short time
since was exhorting people all over the
country to go to war, and pleading after
the msnner of a Methodist Preacher at
camp meeting, (whose manner Of speak
ing he hasno doubt adopted from his long
connection with that church, could now
see nothing wrong but the stunning blows
the army is striking, which he helped to
create. Then it was war. war;! war j!
Now it is peace peace !! peace IL
Then twas hang EFF. Davis and support