Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-26
How win the Democrats GIVE us
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How win the Democrats. GIVE us
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Gov. Parker, of New Jersey, a prominent
and influential democrat, the present ex-
eoutive head of his State, undertook to
answer this interesting question in speech
at Freehold, in that State, a few evenings
since. No man, no organ, SO high in,au.
'thority or SO respectable in position, in
the opposition party, as Gov. Parker, has
yet met this query SO promptly and fairly
and fully as he does; and we therefore
copy below all he says on the subject. It
offers, indeed, but barren prospect for
the desired peace, for it insists on the pre-
serVation of the Uuion-which the best
and highest authorities of the rebellion
pronounce impossible. ,.-and profess only. to
concede the preservation of slavery as the
'iuducementto to the South to lay down their
arms; but it is all the case the democratic
party can present, andas they have faith
and hope in it, alike for giving them the
power of the government, and for restoring
the Union in peace-it is entitled to be
heard and read of ell men. .. ''.
Gov. Parker said:- .asa7
What do the national democracy propose
to do when they obtain power2 / cannot
tell what they will do first, but think
they ought to commence by undoing al
most every thing that has been done at
Washington during the last three years.
They ought to unmuzzle the press, take the
lock off the smouths of men, and restore
in it's pristine purity that great writ Of
right, the hRbeas corpus. They ought to
open the doors of military prisons crowded
with citizens incarcerated without the for
mality of trial and set the prisoners free.
They should repeal all acts of Congress
that infringe on the proper Jurisdiction of
the state courts; they should make short
work of the indemnity act, and give every
man who has been aggrieVed the opportu-
uity TO test the legality of bis imprison.
mentin court of justice. They should
repeal the CONSUMPTION act, and if troops
are needed for the United States service
they should be raised by the states through
their owR agents. They ought to repeal
the coniscation act and wipe out all pro-
clam ations OF emancipation and reconstruc-
ton, and all test oalhs to support execu-
tive DEGREES past, present and to come,
and the only OATH they should re-
quire is the support of the coustitu-
ton and the laws. Having gone back to
where We stood before the war began,
and having put the government once more
in the right, the way would be open for
terms of peace. The democracy would not
be strenuous on merely formal points; in
what manner terms should be proposed,
and by whom whether Informal meetings
of citizens who areicognizant of the views
of those 10 power should prepare the'way
for negotiation; whether commissioners
should be appointed by the general govern
ment, or whether there should be anarmis-
tice and q convention of states. They
should not stand on technicality or eti-
quette in the midst of suffering and death
If an honorable aud lasting peace be within
their Rrasp.sIIam in favor of'whicheverl OF
these modes will bring peace and Union the
soonest. The difficulty now is4 that the
parties cannot be brought together in con.
sequence Of impossible terms being insisted
upon in advance. The success of the de-
mocrscy would bring the belligereuts face
to face and honest effort would be made
! TO agree upon fair terms, aud that would
be a step in the right direction, ever
| if the effort should prove successful
l am asked, on what terms would the de
! mocracy negotiate with q view to peace /
suppose the Chicago convention will d.
| that. But i think j know. something of thu
sentiments of the. people, and particularly o
the democracy, and l am satisfied they woulC
i repudiate the Niagara letter Of the presi'
sbdent. They would not insist upon tht
abolition of slavery as a condition. If thu
the southern people chose, in their several
states, to abolish. slavery, they would b.
we'll satisfied, provided they kept the ne
groes, at home; but if they were not will
ing TO dispense with that institution, fo
which the present generation is not re
sponsible, but which was entailed on then
partly by the action of the people of thl
North, the democracy would be content Il
permit them to manage 1t IN their owl
way, and get rid OF il when they desired
believing, however, that it would be bette
for both races that there should not b
Immediate or forcible emancipation. Tn
| sufFe RIGGS of what are called the freedmen
for the last two years, have exceeded al
the miseries endured by the colored rae
in this country before that time. Bu
there is one thing The democracy woul
insist upon, and that is the gnion OF tn
States. They are the true union men
the country, They. were Unionists whe
the men who now profess to monoPoliE
the loyalty Of the country derided them
Union servers. They rallied around th
g flag when it was called . t1haunting lie.
\ There is no danger of their favoringa q dis
solution of the Union; but if the speeche
and sayings of ultra leading abolitionist