, 1864-08-07

QhScaeo Urthuyn:
SUNDAY, AUGUST Z, 1864 :

Qhscaso Urthnae:
SUNDAY, AUGUST Z, 1st-.:-
1BR PEoe1A "psMooRAT1o"
cONVENT1or: -
-bc {, A. r Conycution At Peoria on tue |:
-, 1n,t wa ouite respectable ID regards
;. ,.nne-. ns ,h.re being probably aeven to eight
] nas.a5 nsrsons In attendance ftom Peoria
eue as,o;ninr counties. It called itself vi
!, = 'nncFsttc State Mass Meetlnr," and was
embled 1t the instance Of 15Q members of
: reasonable secret order Of the O. A. n
.,rec part Of the gathering undoubtedly
,.onsfsted Of members Of tie secret ftater.
,,;tv But the feature Of the STAIR that most
): :,tcrests u, is the character Of the tesolu-
.;ors sdopted and the speeches made to the
crowd. -. -
Tie etauers Of the resolutions had the
,,naor and honesty not to claim that their
,,roqrauume fer the restoration OF peace
1ronld eaye tic Union. They make no such
p1ctence. The resolutions denouuse the
sam,nistrataon in the de.ceat invrcttvea, and
char1e it With committing ill the crimes In
the calendar, aud they demand that 1t shall
I've pu, out Of power, but they nowhere ex.
nrcss the belief or idea that, the "Demo.
cratic'' party would do anything more than
ston The war and make disun,on peace, The
re.n,.t.oas which were adopted unanimously
nv the meeting declare - follows: I
rb.t in the interpretation Of the Constitution
fa.Ssa sSs e e = e eon1sDaa.
s;,gssnsS :, as g. = sod Guided
s 6ss sis;e. snt ne nd
is1ted ~ possible Or sathos1xsd By tho Constitu-
IIton hn, wnf pronounced By its makers m act Of
e9fecs ~ poer. va ~ means Of resof
iue thc Cliop has p.oTcd failure aud deluslou;
and tle people Of the noD..ecedtng States woald
restore aod pse.srvs t1sr nn tbe;1 po,tsT3 r.
a ,he in3errst n npon whics can nevcr be met, tnei
nstt rnat he repea, Ind 1eSoeation of al aneon
stitutioual edicts and pretended laws an n'Est-
di1fe arrntI!iee and national c9nEentaon 4o1 taa
peaceful adnstme 81 9s f1oE, ~
lsv sn1 rutn.
The ten or twelve other resolutions Of the
s,ripc consist OF the usual Copperhead
abuse Of the Administration and denuncsa-
ton Of <tarbittazJ arrests" Of traitors, "mil.
itary tyranny" marital law, &c, aud need
no further notice
The Peoria meeting has done the cause Of
truth n favor BY dleca1ding the mask hereto
fore wo,p, and boldly ayowiug that the Dem
ocrat1c party Is in fayor of peace on any
terms, even disnnion peace. The meeting
declared for, let, The doctrine OF estate
Sovereignty; I'd, Denied the right OF tue
General Government to coerce q seeded or
rebel s4state," which includes the right of
Secession; 50, An immediate azmIstice aud
Withdrawal Of our armies from the soil Of
seceded States and fleets from rebel ports ;
9Th. III. ccnyenlng OF Convention to make
peace On the best Krms the rebels are Will.
ing to offer; 5th, Acknowledgment Of the
Independence OF the Consederates." as II
Is declared to be unconstitutional to attenpI
to .lsutdue'' them or bring them back int<
tho Union by torcc-
On these terms the Peoria Convention avo7
their belief that peace can at once b
made. We have no doubt of It, and tn
question to te voted on this fall ie exscl
whether peace shall be made on these condi
tions, or whether the war shall proceed uuti
the rebels submit to the Constitution and th
laws We are thus plainly notified ofthe term
which the t'democracy" intend to Offer h
the Ieb.ls If they arc entrusted by the peo
pic With the power. For the sake of making
peace with the rebels, they Are willing to sur
render the revolted States. to give up tn
principle Of National Sovereignty, to subof
didate National to State Sovereignty; and t
dlsAoage the American Republic into thirty
Fix independent states OF. nations. The es
cession dogmas OF Calhoun and Hayne at
~, webster ard Cen. Jackson. Of hi
cs.,+ no,,o,r.ta xre nou ;nrited II, nar+at,
~ ths nIatform la,a aown hv The conve,
.;on :. :, 1ou,cs1 necessity Of a party who
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