New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-19
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Views OIL "PcHre UUen'"
To tie Editor Of The ~ Y. TiibEnei
SlR:-In Tie l"riJaaeof Tuesday. yousay, frn'y,
that The VorH stands fairly aghast ut the sug-
geston' that tho Administration proposes to oier
To the Confederate Government "an ArmiSticc and
Convention of the States"
Well may The JYorld, and all apostasizing or
War Democrats feel "aghast" at this alleged pur-
pose of the Administration 10 offer to the Confcder
ate Government THIS inteadcd platform Of he com
ing Contention al Chicago, aud thus prick that
bubble thus lift up the veil from before the face of
Mokanna.
Tho architects OF that platform, The AD0ay 1t
Ls g. Argas and Tie World, in the very breath in
which they cnunciatc it, have stated, in the most
distinct manner, that Peace with Separation Is n
raitorous and dishonorablo one, not TO be enter
incd,-and as a consequence, the " Armistice and
Convention of States" is TO be Offered condition
of Ug,op which, of course, will DO rejected by the
Confederate Government, and then-and then the
War Democrats, having got power with the veil of
Peace concealing the person Of Mars To deceive
States Rights men, will DO in possession Of power
and place, and whoop will be given to the hell
hounds of War again to bloody their fangs in the
vias alike of the South and the vital principle Of
all Republican government"
MIR. Lincoln, therefore, by proNcring to the Con-
fodcracy this precious platform of TIC Wor'd, and
The hrgps, explodcs the deceit and compels the di-
rect issue of War or Pcsce.-of tho right 10 coerce
States or Of the repudiation Of that right
Upon his ground, explicitly unqualiicdly, do
the Peace or States Rights men mean to make the
contest; and they cannot be bullicd eajoed, or de-
ccyed into the support Of platform which does not
clearly and uncqu,pocaHs make that Issue.
The writer KNOWS that he spcaks tho unircrsoi
sentiment Of every Peace man who is so from con-
yic,ion that coercion of State is the extinction oi
the vital principle Of republican liberty. Tho wri-
ter feels the certainty Of this ayormenin his bones
his cearcs, instincts, and the most inyincibo logic
aairns it, with Jus, the same kind of knowledge
which enables us TO state that the Almighty cannot
lie. that truly honest man will not steal. That
there arc plenty Of 50 called Peace men who are
willing TO hugger-mugi9,r with War men, and ride
Together hi, "Tfoian Hose, Is too true: but they
al bear nars Off purpose to cheat or Ia cheat
ed. Hey are always discussing the pretensions OF
Va, Democrats 20 the nomination az Chicago, aud
assume as foregouc conclusion that tho Peace
mon mus, adopt this "war-pcece Horse and the
rider which its architects shall place upon it. They
are busy telling the Peace men "Only elect Dem
ocraic Administration and Peace viii Immediately
follow beyond peradventurc.' Credat Judeus APP
pellcs non cgo. When urged 60 s1D now thcy "fSaA
non -coeroion, The, squrm of, with very knowing
looks and significant shrugs, and doci,s> point
blank to mako tho avowal. For one the writer can
only interpret this conduct to mean that am 10 be
cheated, or the War Democrat to be deudcd The
Peace men wish neither: they want fair, square
contest on principle; and hey rW hare il,
The writer will state the platform of the Peace or
States Right men. and-mark he pyedicfion-Pcace
will eventually be made on this bssis--t is impos-
sible that any other can reconcile tho conflicting
views or remove The otherwise insupcrabe obstacles.
The basis is this -
THAT ercry state daH, pai,ammcied, decidc Is
ocn destiag, lis orr affiliations The expression of
the wish Of the citizens Of each State must be- fair
and unbiased. And if North Carolina Louisiana
aud Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee shall decide
to unite their destiny with the North, they can do
so without murmur or dissent from any quarter
| This mode Of settlement obviatos not only all
questions of boundaries, bat, by permitting affairs
to Resume their normal condition, will yeuncheck-
cd sway to The potent influences, which in your od-
torial of this date l7th inst you thus characterize
A community of origin and of language among
the Great mass of people inicnsiies the tendon
cy Of this broad domain toward cohesion and uni
ty."
"This tendency may be temporarily oyerborne"
o. II the end, however this law Of gnyiation polit
ical and material, is oertoip to assert itself"
The writer viii add, in countcnance of your theo-
ry, John Quincy Adams's view, that the gravitaton
of affinity sil bring about tho only union which
can be lasting and benofcieut and Of Jefferson
Davis who said: All which the South requires 20
perpctIate the Union is freternal feeling"
FogT WARREN, Aug. H. 1861
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NEW YoGK AND NV HAvES RAILRoAD AID
CoLoRED PASSENGERS. gentleman informs ne Of
the following disgraceful incident which took place
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