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

+ Ea ssHaaE. Thea have lataiasNa We kAefaelNt
81 she 6tmocrssy. ana yea may sirlEs ~
base ffam ths fesl-
That same Convention which con.
sisted q nearly ten thousand persons,
adopted ibc follow ns resolution
'sWArasa means tf restoring she Union
has proved = iailare au1 aeiasioB. and 1
the peQr.s Il the non-seeeie1 States would
restore and preserve ihtir shattered tonsil-
fassoe. auJ avert ffem themselves and Pcs
tgfiiy tie slavery q . military despgilsm,
su8 5 yutiic debt, ihc Interest upoa Which
can nvyer b. laei. iheY uusi bring ISIS war
70 speedy ciese.
These are tbe sentiments which are
pot forth ia every section by tie pet
~ leaders Il The Democracy They
tell the people that il the Democratic
party comes into power, We shall have
peace IL a month. When asked what
kind Of peace, they say an ."honora-
BILE peace" aud are careful 10 avoid
more definite explanation.
Let US lake imo consideration The
knowledge which they have when they
make these declarations, and the sen
tmenls Of our enemies with reference
10 which they must speak when they
promise 70 give us peace, and see i
We cannot make oul what sort OF a
peace they consider an honorable
peace
In a recent number Of the Richmond
Examiner, HE great rebel organ, We
fnd the following
at is for those who have unjustly aud
wanionly invaded our country TO offer US
peace; and when they do, they will still Of.
fer il in vain until their armed men are
,otthdraWn iron, The soil Of these Cont eder-
ala States, and The ftioa flag Of stripes is
hauled dotvn from erery fort withia our
borders After that, IL viii be time enough
10 pirate about peace Now, the very word
is nonsense"
And one Of the Michigan papers
gives The following account of con
versation of Holcomb, one OF the reb-
ell agents in Canada, with a. disting-
uished clergyman, formerly his college
chum
: "Holeomb positively asserted that the
South did not want peace, and would not lis
ten TO the faintest iDtimatiOn Of peace. err
cept on terms recognizing their absolute IN
dependence and Sovereignty, Nth all The
territory the originally claimed. lie said
the rebels could and would fight twenty years
longer before accepting any other or less
terms than these. He ayerred the Southern
people we're not fighting for slavery, uld
cared nothing about il; that they would re-
linqnish il in 4 moment If so doing would
: advance their cause; that what they were
fighting for was Independence and sorsr-
eigRiy, pure aud simple, and this they would
have, or else they must be ertermindted."
But fortunately we are not compell-
ed TO rely upon the assertions of a
: newspaper organ or a confidential
. agent, In his conversation with Mr..
Gilmore and Col. Jacques, jefferson
Davis, who is the Confederate Gov
eminent, said:
"The North was mad and blind; it would
not let us govern ourselves; and so the war
came, aud now il must 90 on till the last man
! Of this generation falls in his tracks. and his
children seize his musket and fight his bat
ties, unless you acknowledge our right to
self-goyernment. We are not fighting for
slavery. We are fighting for independence
and that or determination we will have. I"
And as if TO leave no doubt, his last
: words as his visitors left the room
were;
"Say TO Mr. Lincoln from me, that shall
! at any time be pleased TO receive proposals
for peace en- the basis Of our independence,
II uiii Be useless 10 approach me with any
Other"
, The Democratic leaders have read
, these declarations, and when they say
{ that they will give the country peace,
! without fighting longer TO conquer
peace, they must mean the peace which
a Jefferson Davis is ready TO accept.
t But many of the declarations of the
{ Democracy are plain in themselves,
I and do away with The necessity Of
: drawing any differences from the
! knowledge which they must be sup
posed to possess.
The Milwaukee Ners,a great Dem
ocralic organ of the West, gives the
, following practical exposition Of the
;. constitutiobality of attempting to co.
cree sovereign States:
III Grant wins battle. il Is 10 part a tri-
umph over the fundamental law Of the Gov
: ernmeut fisherman c0nquers Atlanta, an
, esset tial portion ofthe Constitution is there
after dead there. IL our soldiers win vic.
e tory, is glory is lost ia eonsciousu y. that
a portion " It's fruit i marrel aud batter
ed Constitution.
The Vermont Dem cratic State
Convention adopted the following in
their resolutions, and the District Con-
yeutions have ratified il:
cit lthe Administration has denied 10
soveaeig states all Constitutional rights and
thereby absolved them from the duty Of al
legianee."
And the great Democratic Conven-