The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-07-06
THE DEMOCRATIC PEACE PARTY
ITS ORIGIN AND NATURE.

In tuning over an old trunk OF forgot
tan letters and papers, We come across a
sermon preached in the days the ReNo-
luton, at SimSbury Mines. This was an
old copper mine in the State of Con
necticut, for long time occupied as a
states prison. Modern humanity would
be shocked; for the prisoners were con
fined in long vaults and shelves one
hundred feet below the ground, and no
one could see them without being drawn
up and down by ropes and pulleys. The
writer of this sermon had to take his
quarters among these dismal vaults for
a difference of opinion between him and
his eountrymen. He was the original
Copperhead named, no doubt, from his
copper surroundings, while engaged in
this work of his head. The sermon,
taking its text somewhere in the Proph-
cts, proceeded to denounce GEORGE
WASHINGTON and the American Congress-
w AsHINGToN, iii the view of the writer,
was base traitor, and Congress nothing
more than collection of knaves, stri-
wing to destroy the glorious monarchy
and church OF England This person
was the representative of the Peace par
ty of 11I6. They wanted peace, and
they had the simplest plan in the world
to get it. All we had to do was to sub
nit to King George, lay down their
arms to Lord Howe, aud make the Arch
bishop of Canterbury Primate-that was
all. But why" said the stout Whig of
1116. "Why: Because YOU can never
establish your country by fighting; YOU
can't conquer the British veterans, and
you have no right to fight against the
divine right Of Kings" Have YOU heard
nothing THAT lately? How many words
would have to be changed to make the
Tory doctrine of 1916 the Copperhead
doctrine OF 1864: Let us see You
can't preserve the Union by fighting;
You cant conquer these veterans of the
South; you have no rigIt to fight against
the divine rights Of slavery The rep
resentatives of the Peace party in 1776
have left behind little history, which
may or may not be instructive to the men
Of this day, The bold patriots Of 1916
didn't send their traitors over the Canada
line, but sent them TO the bottom of
Simsbury Mines, there to dig copper till
the war was over, when they emigrated
TO Nova Scotia, ana have since Gike
Judge HALIBCEToS) gone to England
and their descendants are probably the
followers of DERBY and DfIsRAELr, in
endeavorlng to prevent the elevation
and freedom of the people of England.
1t would be wrong to call that demo
cratic party; for such amiable gentlemen
as DANToN, MARAT, and the French phi
losophers, had not then invented democ-
racy; and If they had it is certain their
amiable confreres in Simsbury Mines
would not have adopted it.
Coming down to 1914, we find some
other gentlemen of like minds with those
who had their abode in Simsburg dun
geon. If anybody can put their hands
on RUPELL Boston Central ,or CoLEMAN's
y. Y Evening Post of lsl4-15, they will
probably find ont something about them
We were q second time engaged in war
with Great Britain, and there was again
Peace party. The war was carried on
mainly by the Republican party, with
JAMES MADISON as President It began
with exactly the same taunts thrown out
bv the English that we have had thrown
out by the rebels. The English pointed
to our half dozen frigates and said.
what can you do with a few FIR frigates
and bit Of striped bunting at their
-headE Mark you, this was the same bit
of striped bunting which ioated on the
flag staff of Fort Sumter when the rebels
shot it away, giving almost exactly the
same reason, ard the same taunts. which