Shall this earnest cry for peace be stifled at the bidding of a host of fanatical and cowardly editors, aided by an army of greedy contractors and public leeches, stimulating an ignorant mob to denounce and attack us as traitors and secessionists?" . . .
Blaine condemns the suppression of the peace movement by those he views as fanatical and cowardly, calling for resistance against such attacks.
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