The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-08-30

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leaders q the Democratic party are
simply traitors, Who hope 10 get into
power BY making the people believe
that they can etFec, peace on The
basis Of Union, ard will then be ready
TO bring about peace BY granting the
South lis independence. In conform
aiipu ol This. which must have been
already apparent to those who wish to
see. We give the letter q Mr.. Q. T.
Brooks, Of Syracuse 10 the Jo,aHa! Of
that city
For the ,boaghlful consideration OF
an those who desire m honorable and
lasting peace 10 result, from the term
nation OF this war, beg leave 10
submit the following conversations
held between myscH and several
leading men Of the peace party, At the
Voorhees, House, the evepiay after
the late Peace Convention bemga
peaccable man myself, as weiT rs q
man in favor OF an honorable peace,
/ was Of course deeply interested in
the "grrst peace movement" OF the
18th. But | confess that my conf
dence in the great apostles Of peace
received staggering blow when, by
mere accident, became a listener 10
the following words, uttered by ono
Of these apostles, prominent public
speaker, and addressed TO a select
circle Of trusty followers:
Il tell YOU, gentlemen, Jefferson
Davis is lighting The battles Of the
liberties Of our country. and he must
and shall succeed, told Governor
Seymour so this morning, and he said,
Mir am dscape Of Il; bat rhGf
can doY 1 am po,ceriess. TIE
majority Of hs people are agaias me,
and the Administration have the whois
army to back them. Gentlemen, wo
have 90; to stop this war. II pswr BE-
Stopped, And, it Old Abe should H.
nally be elected, we have got to raise
couu;cr.reyolulion AMI overthrow
1 the whole cursed abolillon horde. Be-
I ginning to doubt the sincerity OF the
prolt ssions OF these men, straight.
way sought occasion TO PROFOUND tho
following question to several Of VAL
4 landigham most confidential and mr.
dent supporters:
Fir.t, asked, in straightforward
way, OF Senator Lawrence, Are you
willing to grant the South its indepcnd-
ence, provided that, in the proposed
National Convention, It's Commission.
ers demand independence us their Ill
timatum, after all honorable terms Of
peace, based upon the reconstruction
of the whole Union, have failed p
YES, most certainty, was the reply.
This irar must be stopped" / lie
Federal Government has no power 10
coercc so, ercign State into union
contrary TO its will. A state has
just right to secede, provided lis Con.
slitulional rights are violated" pro-
pounded the same query 10 Senator
Young, who boasttd OF the honor oi
having cast one OF the five original
votes in the New York Legislature Of
6l against coercion, and received
from linn precisely The same answer
Enboldened at these unexpected
responses, | subailted the same qacs-
ion to VIM. II. Bramlette, Of Ken
lucky, q relative OF Governor Bram-
lcite, aud said 10 be delegate TO the
Chicago Convention, and VAS again
greeted With reply similar in every
particular. He further rtaled That
The people oil the South viii light ~
ong as t,cy have dollar l,tI, ualess
The North cohc, dc theiu the right Of
.elf. government ! aiterward put
The same question 10 no less than a
dozen participants III the Convention,
with like result. My reply to each
Of these gentlemen Was, why did
you not submit this question, which
involves the very vital point ia The
contest, fairly and squarely lo-,lay in
your speeches 10 the Convention, and
thus test its wishes You declared
in all our speeches that you were in
favor oi peace aud Union, While you
are willing to accept peace and dtsun-
ian 10 this ] received but one
honest answer. A delegate frors
Buffalo, whose name did not leam,.
sased: IN wo,tld not b. polite"
In the conversations with Bramllte
and Lawrence, inquired what s@p,
the honorable terms that Peace DEN,
ocrats would be likely 10 offer the.
South MS an inducement TO come aack
into tie Union. Mr Lawrence said
we propose to guarantee them the
protection Of all their State righssr-
one Of which be had already aifiEued
10 be the right Of Secession secondly,
we propose TO guarantee them the
protection Of Slavery np 70 Tho original
lines and throughout all The Iersao,-
les
submit these statements without
comment, willing 10 testify before any
court TO their correctness, and hoping
that unconditional peace men will stop.
and think before they blindly adopt
such extreme aud ruinous opinions 40
these.
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