Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-02-14
AZ PEACE

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The most interesting and Gratifying ntelli.
sence from Europe is the prospect Of peace
the fattling Of muskety, the bursting shell,
and the clashing blade, which has been heard
so long in the Ceimea. and made SO many
widows aud SO many orphans, is now to cease.
The London Times; Of Siate date ia speak
ing OF this happy advent says:-"0ver the
SQUADS Of |varlike preparation but yesterday
resoundiRg from one end ofttis labotions Is
land TO the other has falIsa a sudden lulu and
the hammer Of the arnOrer is uplifed, and the
hand ofthe ship .rEEpentes is stsid, while they
listen with wonder and surprise 10 the unex-
pectedN siags Of peace. We have become
indufaed to a state OF wal, and it seems now
almost as Impossible for England to fall back
Fiato the old Pacific routine Of the last forty
Years, as il Appeared two years ago for her TO
shake off the peaceful habits and associatio II
which those forty years had created. Nos
would it, we suspect, be perfectly true 20 say
that The country halls the prospects so sudden.
Iy Offered Of return 10 peace, with unalloyed
satisfaction. No one is so inhuman as 10 ar
que for war ia the abstract, but there are a
great many, We suspect, who think that its
continuance for another year, would have
mole OF good than o fsvil. Our preparations
are so vast, our army and navy are assuming
so much more pEomising 90 aspect than ; eloIs
trsdthe power Kussia is so viSibly reduced
and shaken, that we might reasonably hope
at the end of another campaign not only 10
dictate terms much more favorable, but 10 have
for them the, best OF all possible guarantees
the utter exhaustion and prostration of our ad.
versary. In such cases, however, it is wise
10 propitiate that Nemesis which is so apt 10
wait on those whose overweening expectations
of future good foriune render them blind TO
the opportunities Of the present, and 20 close
our hand upon that certain success which is
within its grasp, rather than open i! 10 snatch
at some fortune more %ollurins, but also more
doubtful and dangerous. TO be delivered
from the continually recurring catalogues OF
slaughter, from the rapid increase Of our ma
%tionol debt. from the prospect Of a temper
cent, income tax, and o constant arrangement
of our monetary system; 10 curb efectually
he insolelce and aggression Of a power which
two yearsiago would only condescend to an
swer our circumstances by a. naughty and tx
pressive silence, treating them. 10 uGe the
metaphor Of the Empires Catherine, ''Qs the
moon does the wolves That bay at her p
these are advantages so solid and substantial
that We would not change them for the most
brilliant future that ever allured aud deluded
the visionary or the enthusiast. Let US only
be sure that we have got what We asked for,
and we shall bear with much philosophy, The
loss of all the things another year Of wa
might bring US.
We would, however, caution the public
against the persuasion that the telegraphic
messages of our correspondents al Vienna ont
Berlin, and that posted by the French govern.
ment on the Paris ,Bourse, necessarily impl,
what their words certainly, taken in their lit
eral sense, would fairly comprehend-that al
the propositions upon which The Allies insis
have been Internationally accepted by Russia
The terms OF the fifth proposition are genera
and do not necessarily include the undertaking
aot 10 forlify tie Aland Isles any more thar
any demand that the Allies might think fit tc
make. We do not believe that this requisitior
has yet been specifically submitted to Russia.
and whatever may be the probabilities Of The
case, w are ceriaiuly not justified in sayin!
she has Internationally accepted it. Two
other terms in which We must peremptorily in
sist-the disarming Of the eastern coast Of Thu
Black Sea, and the allowing Consuls Of tn,
Western powers 10 reside in the Russian port.
on its w%aters-have been only slightly ant
arbigously mentioned. Why this is so we Dc
not know. That is the concern Of Austria
We are not principals in the negotiation, bu
have employed the mediation Of O third power
whose duty it is 10 see that Russia be brougb
TO an unconditional acceptance Of our terms
with all their stirulations, before we evel
enter into negotiation. Weldon not believe 70
q momeut that these things are likely 10 offe
permanent obstacles 10 the conclusion o
peace; but our readers must remember tina
the announcement is that Of an Austrian, no
of an English dip,omatiSt, and tina; he speak
from o point Of view not always identical wit