The New York herald., 1864-09-22
The Peace Movement.

now rna POLICY or THE DEMOCRATS DIFFERS
PROM rHAr OF THE RErusaIcANs-rHE STATUS
or THE SOUTH DURIN, .GsIsrICB, ETC.
(From the loricn Times. sept lo.1
would really seem as Il there began to be proba
kity OF seeing the eud the american civil war
Untke the checkered and balanced course OF events
which have hitherto had record, 10 which the
by equivalent the other the late
osem 60 all one way. The military prospects Of the
North appear TO be declining, Utic G the
ese vewsark aud uori aanfsdtica Of e sirss0h
F tAs op,siow Whtch has fdpor OF peace.
ether % sSsoia,e Ss soVsreiras While nsps 10 others i
entirely resembles them. Reng the ultimate
SspSs,;o,y Of S absolute OIL e., power y appro.'nsa he'd
fortune OF tho parasite OF kings ne demagogue is in
deed. only parasite under ano'ter name and American
Nlatesmanshp has long degcneated into the OF
nattsring people that only difficulty TO find out
what the people really want king can form and
nounoe his opinions passing events but democracy
nas no means Of recording from gav TO day the history
81 ia convictions and It's changes.
Under these circumssncrs political Obliged 10
eake such indications they get and generally
their by the ast declaration OF pub
Nc opincn Thus there wss no d0gh thai on he news
~ the taking q Fort Sumter the general feeling OF the
Northern democracy was all The national pride
was wounded, the national sent nsut was irrated the
national honor believed 10 stake and with.
sas counting the cost, w,thou examining ts own re.
and tnoee OF ils antagonists the North plunged
cato the frishuul conflict wi ch lasted since.
From that time 10 this been distinct decla
Sauon Of the democracy o peace aud the two
rue opinions In order the more entirely 10 adsrt them
solves 70 what they believed opinion the
- Inc roruoioane, IN thcr desire punish the SOUTH
overthrow the loading prucines OF constitutional lib
firmly believing that thev we're Offering
acceptable sacrifice ds.p seated conviction OF
1As nation while the deDocrus Loss position and irhoss
SAasdster sersd 10 poof fher ne ndsurol aort
s( pedcs were very careful Weface whatever ars on
tcy might mak- To such suhet by the most s,repuous
decsraon OF their intention L. the integrity Of
The Unlon and to put down the rebellion by force Of
.erme
II has ksppered, very ,airogs,y, that an tbese
slower politicians have oupa themselves In the wrong
Tbe republicans would have prospered much better
they had not so ou,rnlsuHsy overscied desire
fbr war and bloodehed and \ cuntempt for the very
institutions they 0ring 10 preserve;
iand tho democrats would saved their party
puch unnecessary disgrace and greatly accelerated the
0evtabie reaction against hr whence or their antago
nsts " they had been i,tte boder IN the expression
~ their own real opinion, rs,her little ese servile 10
Oupprseslne II. The time has p last come when the
sovereign people are csIed ap-n express opinion,
snd sssms pretty reoyiv a.,s>a an ali hands d MS
svinSon wai rsr~N ~ 9 1891. Ihoee who have
Hithsrto been heard on the suuect Of The war have
Saksa fer granted tina, the nuntued would
aot change, and they aod that for q con.
SAsrahh part Of the s,o.e during vbscb they
bsleve1 themselves 10 be the Of popular
uplnhm they really counter 10 10. TO 10 ali aides
tptkcs. they been s:ow 10 eadeavoraa 70 re-.
61sve ths error. TIE Witch hass long haunssa
American politicians, that tss rssvy which shall make
psAss vith The South win he foe ever banished from
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