New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17
TO EARNEST RRrRNDs or PEACE.

All war, civil other. ends at last ia peace;
aad such must he tho end Of that whi. III nov
distracts and desolates our country. We shall
have peace at last; but what sort Of a peace
Shall it be honorable or humilisting TO the Repub.
lie Shall it be peace that tends 10 discourage
or 10 incite future coDspiracie' ard civil wars'
Men who love peace sigh for peace, pray for
peace, can the end you seek be obtained other.
wise that by unanimous aud enthusiastic rally
Of the People Of the loyal States around the
Government Of the Union y No matter what are
your party politics, no matter what the terms on
which you think peace should be made, can you
hope for auy tolerable peace if the Free States
seem divided, paralyzed by faction, and half in.
clincd 10 ,uccuub to the Rebellion Could even
the despOt Of the Southern Conlederscy venture
to make peace with US, if his people we're led to
believe that a distracted North presented oa,y.
inviting prey to his swarming battaons
There was a time wheu the maser.spirits of
the great conspiracy proessed TO desire, aud
even to solicit, peaceful cOnscnt to their with
drawa from the Union. That time ia no more.
Today they stand no longer on the defensive,
Oul dlo HuhlpR otbp'iuto w NIthi
Missouri aud Maryland from the Union. There
is no pretouse that either Of these States desires TO
belong TO their Conlederacy. Neither OF them has
done anything that looks like Secession On the
contrary, the Convention OF Missouri, elected but
recently by her people, stands firmly and strong
ly by the Union of our fathers. Her late Gov.
ernor, Jackson, is q rebel in arms against her
authority as well as that Of the Nation SO in
Maryland: the Union majority at the late Con.
gressional election was very large one. A few
Of the lower counties, where tie most Of the
slaves are held, eyinced Secession tendencies:
the central and most eastery countless while the
strong and populous west was and is unanimous
for the old flag. Davis and Beauregard are
struggling to-day to wrest these two States from
the Republic and thus make the great cities Of
Baltimore and st. Louis outposts of their en-.
pre. OF course, if Maryland falls, the District
Of Columbia goes with it, and the Federal Coy.
ernment hunted from the banks of the Potomac,
must take refuge ia some free Northern city.
We state these facts BY way Of reproach u no
one. We ask for them the attention of. patriots
Of whatever name or section. 1t seems absolutely
necessary that the Free States should put forth
greater exertions than hitherto if We are ever 10
have peace on any other terms than those which
involve the absolute subjugatiOn of the North.
The States which have sent many regiments to
the seat Of war must send more, ard those
which have sent few must send many. The time
for partisan differences and petty calculations
has vanished. Regrets aud recriminations for
the past must be suppressed or postponed TO q
litter season. The Nation must rally around its
Government, or the black waves Of disaster ard
despair threaten to submerge it. If there be those
who think the Government ought to make
peace with the Rebels, they surely must zee
that no peace at which oven they would not re-
volt Is attanable at preSent, nor will be until
We have One Hundred thousand more men on
tho Potomac, and at least half 50 many 10
Missouri. Lovers Of peace No implOre you to
look tle facts in tho face. aud resolve " rally