The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-15
Iirorce Extraordlnarr.

Hls once happy iatAla4g '---1 ~
time been rent by contentious and d.
visions. and the prospect now IS that
new trials await It. The Peace and
War wings have come TO an open rup-
ture. and as viii been seen by the fol
Loving from the Cincinnati Enquirer,
the "bill Of enforcement has already
been issued That paper says
"The accepted representative ofone Of
body of the people claiming TO be Dem
ocrats, is an advocate for an attainable
peace; the recognized organ Of anoth-
or body, setting up similar title IS for
memorable war.
Here IS a wide di6Herence-too wide
10 be iacluded within the bosom of one
marty organization. IL is not necessary
for Us TO pronounce the divorce. It has
pronounced itself Between the peace
party and the war party, at this
time in the United States. there
can be no union-nothing but a
dishonest partnership. A party wide
enough and loose enough 70 take in
both sides Of the sole political issue Of
the country, and such an issue, Is too
wide and too loose for any honorable
purpose, and il is high time TO sever the
the unnatural concubinage
1T Is not the peace, but the war sec
ton that has decreed the divorce.
When the latter takes the position that
the result Of no series Of military events
must be permitted to argue in favor Of
peace. peace men are informed that
they have but one alternative TO aban-
don their principles, or decline the so
ciety Of those who hold them disloyal,
and their principles offensive. To stay
anv longer is slayish--dishonorable-
unmanly.
There is no place for compromise
no middle ground on which the two
sections can meet for a mutual adjust
ment of differences The issue is be
tween Democracy and Democracy.
II the war men are Democrats, the
peace men are not If tie peace men
are Democrats, the war men are the OPP
posite.
The issue is plain The fog is clear
ed away. War Democracy finds truly,
and truly proclaims the peace man to
be its particular, inyeterate and eternal
enemy"
This decree Of divorce is being rigid
" enforced, in every section of the
north; not one in five of the Demo
cratic meetings to select delegates to
State and National Conventions, but
drive the war democrats away, pass
peace and submission resolutions, and
select rebel delegates
A few days since we gave the resolu-
lions of the Convention at indianapolis;
and that our readers may not regard it
as an isolated exception, we viii show
up the proceedings in Illinois, as expos
ed by the Chicago Post, war demo
tic paper, edited by ]. W. SHEEuAS, who
was the confidential editor for Mr..
DoUsLAs, during his lifetime. The
Post says:
They had Democratic county con-
vention in Adams county recently 10
appoint delegates to the State cOnven-
sion. At this gathering, as we learn
from letter over the signature of the
Hon. Isaac y. Morris, General James
vs.. Singleton was present, and tho gen
eral tone of the speeches was denun-
ciatory of the war, and in favor Of
peace, with a recognition Of the rebel
Independence One Of the speakers
vehemehtly denounced Douglas as hav-
ing done as much IS any one to give en-
couragement to the war to coerce soy
ereign States, &c, &c.
Gen. Morris, life long Democrat
and recently member Of Congress, de
nouced the proceeding, and challenged
the champion of the peace men, Gen.
Singleton, to public discussion; the
latter destined, whereupon Mr. Morris
published letter from which we ex-
tract the following
az know that the most persistent and
assiduous efforts have been made and
are being made by those holding your
political views to carry the county, state
and national conventions, and believe
ing that IL you are successful 1t will re
suit IN the total ruin of the Democratic
party, and in laying the government IL /
self, q poor, helpless and dishonored |
thing ct the feet Of the rebellion, you
shall not accomplish your object with
out my entering my protest against it, |
and warning the democracy of your de- /
signs In doing this l am aware sub |
ject myself to the assaults of every po- /
litical convention packer in Quincy and !
in the county, who is in sympathy with |
the rebellion, but | shall not stop TO de-
fend myself against them. Ny work is
with you
To this the Post adds the following
important testimony:
Colonel Morris tells the truth when
he declares that there is q design 20
pack every convention of the demo
cratic party with men, who, if success
ful, viii complete the ruin they have
begun Ia the democratic party. Two
years ago the democratic party possess
ed the confidence, and deserved the
OF the democratic party.
Nearly two years ago the chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court of Illinois ad-
dressed letter 90 q democrat in New
York embOdying the principles of the
democratic party in paper that has
hardly been equslied FOR ability and for
is clear discriminating teachings That
letter expressed the sentiments of the
and of the people of New
York who elected Horatio Seymour gov
ernor Of that state The election of Gov
ernor Seymour was owing 90 the fact
that he desired the democratic party /
to make this war q democratic war,
and 10 have the democratic party Guido
the other party IN prosecuting il to q
termination.
But his election was seized upon by
the men who are really the friends Of
the rebellion, as means Of arresting
the war, and placing the democratic
party in hostility 20 its further prose
cution The newspapers Of this state I
protesting to be Democratic vet hostile 4
70 the war refused 70 publish Judge /
Cations letter, and one Of them publish 1
ed in the neighborhood Of Quincy, while /
temporarily out Of the hands OF its vet /
eran editor, sneeringlg asked what Of
fee the Judge was seeking At the hands /
Of the abOlitionists.
Since that time up TO the present, 1
these same men have been gradually 1
destroying the democratic party by I.
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