Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-02
The Iowa City Peace Resolutions.
We shall briefly notice them in their

putable evidence existing that the Union may
be restored upon the basis of the Federal Con-
| Cd, WHEREAS, We further believe that a vig-
orous prosecution of this abolition war means
the speedy bringing about OF a division OF the
stored Union and against the acknowledgment
| of a Southern Confederacy. Therefore be 1t
ther prosecution of this war, believing that the
! Union can be preserved in its integrity by the
Goyernmsnt,s agreeing to an armistice H i and by
States to consider terms upon which all the peO-
Pile may again live together in peace and har-
4th,, Resolved, Further, that believing war to
be disunion, and desiring to stop the further
flow of precious blood for purpose SO wicked as
diSuniOn We respectfully urge the government
to postpone the draft for 800 600 men, driven like
| bullocks to the slaughter until the result of an
| armistice and National Convention of States be
known.
5th., Resolved, That in the coming election we
will have free ballot or n free fight.
6th Resoired, That should Abraham Lincoln
owe his election to the electoral votes of the Sc
ceded States under the application of the Presi-
he attempt to exercise the duties President
by virtue of such election, 1T will become the
solemn mission of the people to depose the
uSurper else be worthy OF the slavish degra-
dation which submission under such circum-
stances would seem to be their just deserts.
7th Rtsotred, That if the nominee of the Chi
cagO Convention Is fairly elected, he must be
inaugurated, cost what it may.
Sth Rsotsea Imat m tne IGregphg NJ preamble ha
gates at Chicago, for their consideration, and
be published.
coin Administration is unconstitutional and
oppressive, and Is the prolific source OF multi
tude of usurpations and threatens corruptions
to which no people can long submit without be-
coming permanently enslaved.
In respect to general relations which do
and ought to exist between the Federal and
state Governments we approve and will approve
and adhere to the principles laid down in the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of '9s and
tc tha int ia n lei
ison and Jackson, and to the resolutions passed
by every Democratic National Convention held
in this country, to all which special reference is
here made in utter condemnation OF war ana It's
| incidents.
In respect to the new and disturbing ele-
ment of times, negro equality, we shall
maintain that the status of the inhabitants
black, white and mixed, of the States within
their respective borders, now South. to be con-
trolled by Federal bayOnets, is, and ought to be-
| an exclusively State regulation that the African
negro Is not our equal IN poitlcai or sqcl' Taa
eral power SO to declare him, will meet with q
determined resistance.
1st.-And this is the evidence, "Say to
Mr.. Lincoln for me that shall at any
time be pleased to receive proposals for
peace on the basis of OUR INDEPEN-
DENCE 1t will be useless to approach
me with any other.' So said the exec
utive head of the Confederacy to Messrs.
Jacques and Gilmore.
2d.--If the leading men of the South
are to be believed, and the South is
fighting for independence, it follows
that our government is fighting against
division of the Republic. 1t is not
necessary for man to be logician to
see the fallacy of Democratic logic.
3d.-So are jeff Davis, Lee, Beaure
gard and Hood opposed to the further
prosecution of the war by our govern
ment. They would be glad to see us
quit, as their independence would then
become fixed fact. Agreeing to an
armistice is to give our enemies time
and opportunity to rest and recupcrate,
and be better prepared to renew hostili-
ties and prolong this war for years. A
National Convention has once been re-
pudiated and would avail nothing now
among people who are resolved not 10
live in peace and harmony under our
government.
4th.-We acknowledge we are so OBJ
tuse as not to see how a war conducted
by the government for the people, who
still recognize the integrity of the Union,
against those who have committed the
crime of treason by rebelling against
national authority, and who fight for a
dissolution of the Union, can be q war
for disunion, or how such war on our
part can be disunion. Every man
knows that the war on our part is against
disunion; therefore the holy horror of
this committee about the further flow of
trap. AS the rebels only are fighting for
disunion it is their blood that the. COM
| mittee regard as so precious. OF course
| they don't want any more Of it to flow.
TO postpone the impending draft is to
say to Grant, "raise the. siege of Peters
burg, withdraw your troops from the
| Weldon road, order Butler to retire from
his strong position, give up everything
you have gained and retire to the Wash
ington fortiications.' 1t is to command
Farragut to withdraw his fleet from Mo-
bile Bay and Granger to retire from TT.
Morgan. 1t is a summons to Sherman
to recross the Chattahoochie and await
the action of a National Convention. -
If that Convention Go not agree, and the
South still insist on independence and
our people still desire war, then let us
resume offensive operations To post
pone the draft means this and nothing
less; aye. it means more. 1t means a
sacrifice of everything gained and the
loss of hundreds of thousands of brave
men to no advantage.
5th.-A peace proposition made by
men who grow faint and sick at the effu
sion of blood and who have never seen
anything else in this country but free
ballots.
6th.-Itching again for fight. AS
Mr.. Lincoln will be elected by the elect
oral votes of the loyal States the peace
party will have to spoil. We suppose if
every rebel in the seeded States were
permitted to vote for President there
would be no desire to depose Mr.. Lin
coin, but as only loyal men can exercise
the elective franchise of course the inter-
ests of the peace party are jeopardized.
7th.-No danger of his being elected.
If he be fairly elected you will find no
man in these loyal States that will
threaten his deposal. He will be in
augurated and the people will sustain
him. There will be no threats of vio-
lence, but as President of the United
States the people of all parties will rem
der the homage due his high position
Will the peace men do the same if Mr..
Lincoln is elected:
Sth.-It is left for the peace Democrats