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were uttered by the British. For twenty

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were uttered BY the British For twenty
years the British had been mpressing
our seamen. and taking them out of our
ships wherever they could find them,
ciaiasiag Tie right 10 do s. 6eeasse they scere
born IN Enqland or Irefsnd. For forty
years the South had been crossing our
borders and seizing persons in our
States, because they were born in the
South, and claiming this as a right .aGsr
the Consultations; not merely right of the
claimant, but right to use the whole
power of the national Government! For
years we submitted To the impressment OF
seamen by the British, and for two gener
ations we gave the whole power of the
Government (not demanded by line or
letter of the Constitution) TO aid in
seizing the fugitive from oppression, and
building up and sustaining a vast system
of slavery No sooner did we resist
the British impressment of seamen than
they made war upon US; nosooner did We
resist the scheme to extend slavery over
every foot of the American continent
then the Shareholders made war upon
us. The British taunted us As :" Yam
KEGS with "piece of striped bunt
ing. The rebels taunted us as the
hated ankees.a and the '.hated flag"
But what does the Peace party do? Gov.
STRONG OF Massachusetts, like the poor
parson at Simsbury Mines. issued his
message with lamentations over this
"cruel, unnatural and inhuman war. We
are fighting our brethren and cousins,
the British, and what shall we do9 And
was ever a war so miserably conducted:
Poor JIMMY MADISON. he is no more fit
for war than my Tom. The war will
overwhelm the country with debts and
taxes, destroy commerce, and what shall
we do p Governor Strong represents
the Peace party of 1914. And what is
the difference between Governor Strong
and the Democratic representation in
Congress this day: Look at the votes
and speeches of Fernando Wood, Alex
ander Long. Dan. Voorhees,. George
Pendleton, Clinton White, and the whole
catalogue from \ to w The Peace
party of 1864 is twin brother of its
predecessors. I'VE want peace. How
will YOU get peace? "Oh, very easy
Acknowledge the independence of the
rebels, and let the wayward sisters go.
All. where shall we draw the liner Shall
it be through Louisiana or Georgia, Ten
nesseo or Kentucky, Maryland. or Vim
Potomac the line Ah' do YOU think
the American people are sunk so low
that they will leave blood bought Louisi
ans aud Tennessee to become foreign
countries? Do you think yon armies of
invincible soldiers have lost every feel
ing of the human heart, that they will
leave hills and plains and mountains to
be given mp to their inhumnn foef If you
do YOU - as destitute of sense as YOU
are of feeling and patriotism. Let us
take another leaf from history. I'VE
couldn't beat Great Rsitain,' says the
Peace party of l776 and 1874 Oh, no!
| We did beat her, and terribly, too. We
took continent, from her in 1176; and
the result of. the war which closed in
1915 is thus described by Robert Emmitt,
the Irish orator, when pleading in the
cause of n Revolutionary pensioIer in
New York: Would you deny this pit
tence to a war worn soldier who was scar
ed at New Orleans-that death bed of Brit
ish giory?" New Orleans was the death
bed OF the Southern Confederacy, when
captured 10y Faragut. Was there ever a
more fit decision than that Of the Demo
cratic Peace party not to hold its meeting
on the 4th of July? The 4th of July is
a great, glorious day in our country
the day on which was proclaimed long
and bloody war, leading through carnage
and suffering to glory, liberty, peace
and security. 1t led TO eighty years Of
almost uninterrupted prosperity. Let
any one imagine the Peace party of l776
having succeeded in their ideas. What
would have been the result? Look at
Canada. Australia, India, to any of the
British Colonies, and you will have the
I hor
vest of rich and bountiful peace and
prosperity - who interrupted it, and
solat ,fors Who has shed the blood OF
our bravest and best. Is there par
ticle of dolbt about it? Is there any
doubt of who fired on the "hated flag"
at Fort SUMTER is there any doubt of
Who would have put slavery on every
foot Of this continent? And is their any
doubt about the true nature and charac-
ter of the man who would yield to such an
awful rebellion, and bow his neck to such
i hateful aristocracy!
The Peace Party have adjourned to the
ides of September. 1t will be worse for
them then. But it is not to be regret
ted that they should meet; that they
should nominate Wood, Long. or who
ever they may think suitable represen-
tative. On the contrary, it Is in every
way desirable that they should meet and
present TO the nation their views and
candidates. The nation has not yet
ceased to feel the natural emotions of
the human heart it has not yet ceased to
admire its glorious flag; it has not yet
ceased to love liberty; it has not yet ceas-
ed to dream of the grandeur of its des-
tiny; il has not lost its memory Of its
fathers, and patriots may safely leave the
decision to the national verdict, and the
world rest secure IN the hopes offreedom.
MORROW, June 27. e. u. II.
- Cincinnati Gazette.