The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-07
COPPERHEAD RECORD.
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Speeches at the Chicago Convention.
Opposition to the War.
THE CHICAGO pLArFoRNf.

Resotued, That in the future as in
the past, we will adhere with unswery-
ing fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution, as the only solid founda-
tion of our strength, security and hap
piness as a people, and as frame
w0rk,o government eqnally conclusive
to the welfare and prosperity of all the
States, both Northern and Southern.
~ Resolped, That this Convention does
erplicithf declare, as the sense of the
American people, that, df1eT, foary gears
of faGlure 10 restore The Union bytheeI-
pertinent oftedr, during which, under
the pretense of military necessity or
war power higher than the Constitu-
ton, the Constitution itself has been
,6isregarded, In every part, and public
right trodden down and the ma
terial prosperity of the country essen
tally impaired, justice, 1iantdnity, 66-'
eftq, and the public scefffti.eA demand
that IMMEDIATE II EFFORTSf BE
MADE FOR "A CESSATION OF
HOSTIIITIES, with a view to an
ultimate Convention of all the States,
or other pedcedbte means, tothe end
that at the earliest practicable moment
peace. may be restored on the basis of
the Federal Union of the States eds
SENATOR RICHARDSON'S sLADERS.b
q Senator Richardson's of Illinois,
spoke at Bryan Halt, Chicagog on
Friday evening, August q. 1851. We
extract from the TIMES the following:
To re-elect Mr.. Lineolmis to accept
four years more of war-=four years
more of trouble, of disaster, of woe, of
tamentation, of aruin to the country.
| { Applause. "A To defeat MRoLincoin,
to accept the nomineelOfa the Chicago
Convention, ieheers,J is tobring peace
and, harmony, concord and union to
these States. Loud applause.
But these Republicans say they
would be very much disgraced if they
were to propose terms of settlement
with rebels with arms, in their hands
These people with arms, in their hands
are the very people | want to settle
with. 4 am not AFRAID of a nlaa u he
has no arms. i4a 10 .oi.,If asss4
A. SHREK FOR "A DISUNI0N PEACE
Hon. Henry Warren, Chairman of
the State Committee of Rhode Island,
after denouncing the reign of the
Dldck IetDuDliCdu JyTdnO, Says
Little Rhode Island, carried away
by the impulse. of the moment, did
once lend herself TO the mad project
of this mad abolition war; but she
now sheathes the sword rand cries,
War is murder-I will not kill my
brother. Emulate her example; roll
on the car of peace, and stand to your
guns ready for the emergency which
events may force upon you for this de
cision. Be ever true to the faith of
the fathers and you will triumph
''No more arbitrary arrest will be
permitted with impunity. No more
Vallandighams will be dragged from
the bosom of their families, and spir-
tied away to foreign land or dun
geon, unless the attemptcosts blood"
SPEECH OF cHAUNcEY BURR.
G. Ohauncey Burr, prominent
New York Democrat, editor of the
Old Guard, prayed God that the
rebels might never be subdued.
1t has been said that if the South
would lay down her arms they
would be received again into the
Union, The South could not honor
ably lay down her arms, for she is
fighting for her honor. M e.,,;.,as -
II. Two millions !. of men had been
sent down to the slaughter pens of
the South, and the army of Lincoln
could not be again filed, neither by
enlistment, nor cofkcriptionS If he
ever uttered a prayer, it was that not
one Of the States Of the Union Should
be conquered or subjugated, \ They
had tried. for three years to Whip, the
seeding States back into the Union,
but, from the way the war had been
conducted, they were more likely to
aS@ We1were told that " we would CON
quer- the rebellious States. They
could not be conquered, and he prayed
], God that they, 1seUeT might BE-. The
Den1ocrdtic party gcos for peace. Their
representatives had come to Chicago
to select a candidate for the Presi-
dency. He would be nominated on
peace platform, and they could sue
ceed on no other IF any other plat
form was adopted, they deserved to be
defeated
SPEECH OF CAPT. RYNDERs, OF NEW
ffl4 stfi4 ,ffs YORK. s1 nos
ea He had aloays been for peace, even
before the first gasn aoos fired. He de-
aouneed tie anhoty crusade against Qitr
Southern brethren, eUe1e before the first
regiment acGs n1oued lSOufhWard-the
waste and blood, and tears it would
entail, and to this day he could say,
and he said it with pride, that be had
never said one word against the brave,
noble, the generous, the chIYalrous
people of the South, and he trusted IL
God he never would.
Nearly half million of. these mo-
Bile men had fallen In bloody graves,