Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-05
THE PROSPECTS OF pEacH

II IS said TINT many eminent men at Rich
monqf both in and out OF the Government, be-
ieVe that the present wor will he Of short 4. =
ration and the reasons which they ass; ,n fo,
tiis opinion are the presen, finar Gin, cond;,;o,
=. INC sor'n' Tue reVerses which have already
"oe" '"'' arn's' and the ruin financial aud
commercial witch the continuance Of the
present We: will inevitably inflict upon them.
anu u: sides the present inactivity Of the Fed
''a' forses after the large accessons Of strength
which they have received. and after their
many valor"us til, eats. is thought to give coun.
trn"nce to the opinion.
At frat view the probabilitie. of the car.
""hld seem 10 Justify such n conclu.ion. vet
reasoning from similar considerations. who
would ever have anticipated the ,beginniny of
such wrrl--ther attempt to co.rce eleven
powerful S,at-s' The folly Of the attempt can
only he rqnnled bysthc,inpanity which could
e'san continuance Of tb. war Bat ienor-
ancr Passinn and fanntic,sm are the spiri,,
which rule the hour, md it will r qnir. time to
produce the inevitable renstion and 10 on,p
the eyes Of the masses to tho enormou, burden
of taxation which is accun,u lnting, nnd to the
wide spread industrial and colnrnercial suin
which must snsue. reaction has indeed
commenced in thepopular sentiment, and such
statesmen as Hale. Wood, Vallan,iipham and.
others will no doubt nrso- apon tn. coming
Congress the necessity of putting a stop to the
war, tut the mnsses are yet uneonvinae4i, and
nothing will convince them but n protractsd
struggle, or few disastrous revers-s
On 'h" subject the Evening Nr,sx referring
t".the peace reaction in th. cities of New York
Bos'on and Philadelphia remarks:
Outside Of large cities, however. ,,is f.-,,n,
does not exist The hand of wunt. has no,
been placed as Yet In the interior Of the
Northern States talons the lines Of pub!i. i'm
Pr"'emsnt and among the farmers, pro,lucer.
AMI miners hut little change is ,perce,,tihl-.
They have contributed nothing IN the shape Of
money to the government. Their crops nrs
r'Pen'ng and are being garner.d. promising II
full and speedy return from the demand for
breadFtusfs. created by the war. Ths..miu.s
are still giving forth thei, ricl, deposits Of coal
ana IRON. and the railrods aud canals are work.
ing with their usual regularity and activity.
Here. then. the disastrous effects Of the wa,
FIRE ns yet unfrlt, and the feeling which they
call patriotism has not been drowned bv the
piachng hand Of want.
In the coming Congress the Represent a tivea
from the rural districts will lie in the majority
and when those who shall represent m"r.
directly the arge cities shall raise their voices
'or peace, as the only alternative to sutt Ell and
continual ruin. they will be opposed ty the in
'e''or men who will not be able 10 fully ap-
Preefate the stnte Of affairs represented by
'he'r city brethren. Thus We shall probably
whness two sentiments upon this an.alion, and
the majority will most certainly vote t" cou-
t"us The wnr Money will b. voted for III.
government and men will be voted for the
a. my. aud the war will he pushed still more
S'goro"sly- But when the money which is 10
he raised is drawn from the hard earned and
coveted means Of the 'coun, cymen, then we
snail begin to hear voice for peace which
Will be listened to. Direct and heavy taxa |
ton will speedily tell upon their purses. and
from proverhial sympathy which exists be-
tween Yankees purse and his heart, no time
Will be lost by them to resul1s the security
which eompels him to open that purse.
we d" not believe that the coming Congress
Will pass ali act having tho most remote bear
ing towards peace. and we should not allow
any thought Of -uch Al event occurring IN
deter us in the least from our warIike prera,,. |
tions
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