Year: 1864

FRAUD OK FoLLY.-We published last
week the speech of Mr.. Harris, of Mary
land. To-day We publish the platform
of the Peace Democracy, as set forth by
the Chicago Times. There can be little
doubt that tho Times speaks advisedly.
and represents the great mass Of the
party.


1t will be sesn that they differ, wide
as The poles. Mr.. Harris is one Of the
few bold and enlightened men, who see
clearly the folly of the contest, and have
the sense to apprehend, and the honesty
to confess, that the legitimate result of
that perception is the duty to recognize
at once the Confederacy, and endeavor 10
establish friendly, social and commercial
relations with us as a separatr people.


Such men, although they come late to
our rescue, and have much to b. forgiven,
now at last are honest aud true, aud have
our warmest sympathy. We can extend
them our hand, and recognition being
/ taken rs the basis OF all that is 10 follow
meet them half way in all measures %
secure friendly and harmonious reatio. s
between the two countries. Whilst the
war RACES We may well cultivate 4 righte-
Gus Indignation against our barbarous
and unprincipled foe, and hope 70 be for
given if we cannot rise to the sublime
morality Of the sermon on the Mount
that of loving our enemies, and turning
the left cheek also.


Nevertheless. when peace may BE- made,
as it only can be by the efforts, and upon
the principles Of such men as Pierce las
We understand hiin) and Long aud Har-
ris, We are willing to accept peace i'll its
honest significance, and be- as heartily
I friends as We are now enemies in war.
These men are not yet party, nor even
considerable influence III thuir land.
! But we can extend them our hearty aid,
hoping they may soon become predoinin-
ant, and carry out their plans IN the cause
Of humanity.


( From the Democrats we hope nothing,
and fear much. They still banker after
( the Old Union. j, is the burden of their
song. 1t is the golden prize which they
still hold out to lure on their followers.
They are in earnest, or they aro not.
/ If the former, they are unworthy The
name, of statesmen. Ii the latter. they
seek to perpetrare fraud upon their own
people, BY holding forth cXottric dee
trines to delude and captivatr them Whilst
they have esoteric principles Of action,
which they intend TO carry out in such y
manner as to disappoint the hopes they
excite.


If it were possible that the union of
/ the two sections might in any manner,
at some future time, be restored. their
plan of effecting it is of all others the
most foolish and imprscticable. How can
they stop the war except by recognition,
and a treaty of peacel 1t is nonsense 70
answer by ceasing to fight. The merest
puerility. 1t is an answer for children.
Are We to allow them TO sit still at Nash
Vile and Little Rock, and New Orleans,
and over the whole soil &c Missouri and
Kentucky2 Are we willing thst their
fleets should lie idle before all our porta,
blockading our commerce and sitting our
national life2 Are We willing, being
perfectly ignored, and without consulia-
ton, to rest Oh our arms, upon the vaCr~
supposition that We will not be attacked
in our positions whilst they try expert
ments of wheedlng us back into the Old
Union with fair words and promises,
which cannot bind their snccessorsl ii
is simply prepostsrous, The proposition
of an idiot.


But if they mean las we do not believe
and they will not say), to withdraw every
hostile bayonet from south of the. Poto-
mac, the Ohio, and the State of Iowa
To break up their fleets and open our