Year: 1863

peace DemOerast 70 be ono who would b
satisfied with only piece of the UniOn.-
| TLoud applause. N.WaS of these meu


the people of the South spoke, when they


said they did not like 10 talk with them,


except with their tipgeFs tightly holding


their noses, so that they might not smell


them. Aud jet thess QUPperheads are


willing to crawl on theiR bellies before


them and beg for peace. They are. willing


to beg and pray Lord Lyons, the represent


tatiye Of the British GOVirumsnt to give


them peace. am 10 fSEor of treating


treason wherever found, u such manner


that no man shall ever dare to Clothe him.


self in its foul garb again. Bnt they claim


that they are dissatisfied With the manner


in which the war hast been conducted


They will talk of the aglEessiOns of the


North on the rights of the South; they say


even that the North com1suced the war.


Does not the rCOpperheadl know that tho


South commenced the WPFWbeh. they fred


ON Fort Sumter The.ye9est Peace DEM


ocrat feels the lie stick in bis ihFost as he


utters the upmttigRtgd talt l9od, .f5slaIf


have said before thatPreyious 90 the


war l had never belong either 70 the


Democratic party or to the abolition party,


But i should despise mysdf IL had ever


been anything, else than 70 antt-Slavery


man. | was opposed to aSE legislation of


the United States which should In any


way interfere with the gRfanteed rights


of the separate States. Ent the case is


different now. The Soub has risen mp
and thrown the issue Of tEli life Of Slavery
on theiresult of a struggle for causeless
rebellion, and now let then abide the issue
of the struggle they have themselves pro-
voked. Let them remember that It was
they who first removed lhi foundation Of
Slavery aud if the structtFe topple down
for its destruction. The pstting an end to
sure as God liyeth | believe 1t to be q
consequence. | do not caEs whether you
call it object or consequence, but believe
that this war will result in wipiDg out
forever the sole blot witch disgraced
the American nationality, CApplause.
Alexander A, Stephens Calls slavery the
chief corner. stone Of the ConfederacT;
believe that the chief corner stone Of our
Constitution is LIBERTY, and am anxious,
aud pray that the war may go on until
we shall not only be q free nation, but We
shall be a nation of freemGn. ELoud ap-
plause.l l would not desire to have the
Union restored with the FEnkliDg disease
which produced the distemier of rebellion
untouched. would not expect peace TO
continue any more than If famHn is wound
ed | should expect the skln TO heal over
the wound in which The bullet is still un-
extracted, and forever remAiu sound and
we'll, No; let us, while W can, take the
knife and cut away forever the disease
which produced snch a foul disorder.


THB EHAECIPAT1OH PRotLAMATIo4.


But again they tell yoG you must not
take their negroes. cannpt understand
such doctrine. When the rebel assails me,
| would have bis horse tesaick him, bis.
dog to bite-him. his COW t0 gore him, aud
his negro to fight him, in order that could
overcome him in the struggle. tell you
there has been great change of sentiment
in this particular during the past few
months. In the city of Baltimore, the de-
paFtmeut to which was assigned. saw
an exhibition of mob violence some five
months ago, when uegTo dressed in the
United States uniform passed through the
city on his way to join his regiment. He
was attacked and brnially treated, simply
because he wore the uniform which the
Government hadgiven him when he entered
into her service against the rebels, But
two weeks since, saw a whole regiment
of cOlored men marching and drilling on a
public street, and a crowd of citizens was
quietly watching them with interest. And
this is not all, for in a few weeks more we
shall expect tn have instead Of a siugle
regiment of colored men, whole brigade.
Howis it that in the city Of Baltimore the
people, are SO soon become reconciied to
colored soldiers II is because the people
of the slayeholding States have more sense
than the stupid Copperheads of Dayton.


ARBITRARY ARRESTS,


But to proceed to other points. sup
pose there is hardly q Democrat in the
State but what will admit that the rebels
were once citizens the same in every re-
spect as ourselves. Now, suPposing in
South Carolina | saw a man with q gun
leVeled at me for the purpose of taking my
life, have not the right if can, 70 90
and take him prisoner2 Have not also q
perfect right to shoot him, IN order that
may save my own life2 If take his gun
from him, do | uuwarrantably interfere
with any of his personal rights3 certainly
il is my right, aud no man would GttempT
to deny it, nor to quibbls about writs of
hGbeGS cOIpuS.- Does it then make so much
difference in the nature Of the Ofense,
whether the weapon used ia q gun, or q
sword, or bay6net, or even q printing
press? So would take whatever was
used to injhte our Goverument, and
would not treat the traitor Ia our midst a
bit better than would treat him who
stands up boldly and defiantiy, and at the
risk Of his own life, 10. fght against our
armies in the SouEhJ liz the Government
has-been to blame at all in its treatment of
traitors, il Is only because il has not been
strict enough in the matter.


Some friend has put in my hand copy
of the Dayton Empire, with paragraph 10
It marked, which says that L have been dis
gracefully removed from the command Of
the sGoyernmept5 could not have found q
fesblet or weaker arm ID execute is bid.
ding. did not need that to show me that
they did not love me. 1 did not require
this proof to cOnyiuee me that, they we're
opposed to me. Why 10 it that they enter.
tain such feelings Of dislike for meH Its
because they know that will stick to, aud