, 1864-08-29

1r1lf Aotlce, syQ III tue c"nslolIAe s"
eipce q TO prevent the coercion they ~
6nt demanded.
Thev ro~ propose immcdfste peace though
kno~in. +, cuu1,,t bc hsd without dtssoleang
tbt Uttcp, aud set claim to advocate the
u,;on c1so. though knowing they can not
,ns,,,tu,1, 1t @tttout war They will opposs
,hc draft and place In pouination him who
was nset TO recouucud 1t. They will de-
cla1e that the snbJugatton of the South
(mh:cl. til. = tpce demsu 'eo) was never posi-
bic, AID ~iil coudemn Lincoln because that
which w:s In Itself Impossible be has failed
to accomplish. THY will attribute Atr.
Lincoln's fatlure to the selection Of iocompe-
tert men aid tie adoptiun OF inadequate
measures, yet will nonitate for President
him With wrom Liuceln failed, upon the
conservative platform which E'ncolo after
TWO xcarr tr,a, dftceracd. II the platform
thau bs for war If The Uuion cannot other.
wise be preserved. 1t will endortc thc main
policy Of Lipcoln's Administration and
commit Its cau.;idale to his cause. 3. If the
platform shall be fer 11sunlon, If peace oau- i.
Lot otl cr itc be obtaieed, 1t Will endorse
Eub6tsnt,ally The rebellion and JEFF Davis,
If II gives forth no certain sound on either of
these vital points. but asEs the people to vote
for nne wh.sc peace claims arise only out Of
ble d,feass IN battle, sud whose Iaurels rs
warrior rest on toe braws Of his enemies,
then for the first lime shall we be able to
perceive tllc Qafxoeic enterprise OF Lincoln,
aud The Eossuattsth character Of the Repub.
lican 1a1ty lu the humilIatipg. fact that both
are cntczi1g upon q po,iucel campaign
against viz dmiu In which defeat is absurd
and rictory scarcely less ridiculous
E Dick Richardson commenced his ha-
1apgue in Br, au Hall with this shsloefully
lyirg declaration: 'Wnen wc committed
"thie country to the administration Of Mr.
"Lncolp, /. Was the gr1atsst and most pros
'tpe,ous cuuntrv on The face Of the globe"
Wheeler drunk or eobrr, the cid dsma.
goguc kzcw that he uttered palp.ble lu1sc-
hood. "When this country Was committed
to the udu inietration of Mr. Lincoln it WAS
rezt III vain By the ps1ty to which the
speaker belongs.
When Mr.. Lncoln was inaugusatel be
ound two governments in full blast: Bu-
chanar at the head Of one mud Davis at the
head of the other. He fond two cons:i:u-
tioIs in force, the Federal aud Confederate.
he fcuad eight States fully seceded, thrre
more a'n>ost out, and TWO mcre preparing to
follo.f the eleven el0peIs. He found lali the
Territory Of the United State7 in the hanJs Of |
the Copfederates, With teeir Capital csta5
jsAcd at Montgomery.
he found isis 1usurgent Goyernmcnt busy
IN arGy and navy, building
forss, dst!ltrg troops aud collecting taxes. !
He found the arnorics aud arsensls Of the |
'eueral Gere1.m: Mt plunaered Of their cog
rte, e,aud the 1reasury robbed Of Its List dollar |
s UGH vas the ''praspe11us condition Of tho
IA ,t1y" when Mr Lincoln took tho.oath Of
EN- The democratic party had scuttled
~. plundcrtd the. chip Of State.
ba. Union Was dissolved Is far
:, was in tue power OF that
,d944% Cissolye 1t before Mr.. L.acoln be
,mc a:ra 'idcnt. When he entered the White
ousr .s.e, ound a*ais1ns him three p1enopo.
m JEFF DsTis to ne yotlat. COM
err,a, ira, IS In behalf Of The "5outhern
onf.oe-zr7, ~ They did not deIgn to nsk
" rec,c-at;n 1 of rebel isdependence. They
,nsIdtre3 trz. : already sett:cd Sues, was
Ie o. ioa sor4 oft "gloEous democrat
~ party; sntne q. OF tic leaders nt the n3rt;.-
n wing ess- to be restored to po vcr in
der that tha7 Era : completes thcl. scheme
dlsunicn ty eara. olisains :so:th Western
,,.lrderacy o1!hei <uina Of 1ne old Union.
Who Co1xe uced rho War.
From The Ciue.1ps!iE nqL*scr, APRIL II, .al,l
The Southern --aay on1cnce1 The stack !
,on Fort suu,,c+s, ar1 bssore any hostile
nYCnstration h.1: bee uaade upon tkem.
,o,- 1,rx,I., *hn .f,f,,x <rs NTuch has an 1ouor