The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-22

cigo Convention. The peace humbus
negotiations in Canada by Geo N. Sander
Il Go. are evidently in the interests of tL,
Peace wing and for effect on the Cnics %
Convention. And oil over the country i,
will be noticed that the leaders of the
peace faction are active aud defiant, and
1t is plain that they have the directnesu
OF purpose, the ability and the nerve 10
manipulate the delegates, with such ia.
tsrial aid as will be furnished them BY eff.
Davis. Almost all the live organizations
of the party are in the hands Of the peace
sneaks, as we'll as most of their inf flueutial
pipers. Besides, there is no honesty or
spirit In the professed war organs and
leaders of the party. They are not iu
earnest In their professions, they only pro-
fess to be in favor of the war for the pres.
ent because they fear that an anti war Do
sit'on might prove unpopular and damag-
Ing to the par y in case Of the success of
oaf armies during the present campaign.
Itfollows of course that the peace wing
of the party. which is intensely earnest As
we'll as bold and uutiring in its advocacy
of peace. must triumph over the insincere,
tlme.serving, polite wing of the party,
whose sympa hies are all really with the
peace wing, while nothing but their fears
prevents their adoption of the peace poll.
cy in preference to the war policy. They
are not 10 favor of actual war, they are
simply in favor of war in the abstract, and
will readily yield their abstraction to 80
cure the harmony of the party, while it is
Notorious that The peace wing Of the par
ty will not yield their platform in any
event.
ln addition to the State and local or.
ganlzitions of the party throughout Il
country, which are in the hands of the
peace men, the National Central organi-
zAtion at Washington City is exertlng
powerful influence 10 the same direction.
Tne chairman of that association is Caarles
Mason, known to our Iowa readers as the
most unmitigated and persevering peace
sneak in the country. He was denounced
three years ago by Coolbsugh and Ciagett
as traitor, aud there has been nothing
In his record since to change the convic-
tion which his early hostility TO the war
produced on the public mind. Iodeed,
he has written several addresses to the
people, that we're evidently prompted
either b5 bis love of JEFF. Davis person
or OF his money, and be is as likely 10 be
an attorney Of the r.bel Government to-
day as any man of our acquaintance.
This man Mason, with such antecedents
and such repu alton, is now working tn e
Washington National Democratic Asso-
oiston iu the interests of JEFF. pavis aud
peace, aud he has recently issued his or
ders To the Democratic associations in the
S.s.es, counties. townships and school dis
trlcts OF the country to organize and go to
work upon the programme furnished BY
hun. Aud that there may De no mistake
he forwards them his speech delivered
last Fourth Of July before the National
d emocratic Washington Association in
favor of peace.
That our readers may know something
of the real spilit that prevails in the domi-
nant faction of the Copperhead party, we
make u brief exiract from an editorial OF
the Ma-catine Courier against the draft
But we say the country has had fighting
enough. We believe that large m .jority
ot the American people are Of our way Of
thinking Now, then, the proclaim alton
OF the President furnishes the people an
excellent opportunity to speak out. Boob,
Arnold, The Chicago member OF Congress.
telegraphs the President tina. the North.
west is painting for a call for $40 900
more men. Let the Northwest sneak
out, and say for itself whether the people
court another draft To do this let Town.
ship, county aud State mass meetipss Of
peace men, be held all over the North
west. LIST these meetings pass resolu.
tions Informing ,he President that he has
been imposed upon by such men as Ar.
mold. "Ihe right OF the people to assem-
Die and 10 petiiion the Government" is
still constitutional provision. Now, lei
the peace men exercise this right, ana
soon kiog Abraham will learn that there
are limits TO whicn even the wickedness
Of an lmbeciie de.pot can 20.
Add let the war men also hold tbe;r
War meeliogs-and let he war men vol.
unseer, or else keep quiet. What Lin.
coin wants Is war meu--not peace men.
But what the country wants IL pesce-
And II will look very strange if meetings
shall be al owed to endorse Lincoln,. nnr.
poses and be prohibited to endorse Tho
eountry's purposes. We say our country
hrst-every thing else tha. is clean or nm.
clean, decent or indecent, Afterwards
and then Abraham Lincoln and his negro.
freeing scheme.
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