Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-07-19
THE LOUISVILLE DEMOCRAT ON THE
SUDDEN PEACE AGONY


The editor Of the louisville De,aocro, In so,,.,
10 'he core and sensible to the last. The follow.
ing Is his leading article of Saturday.
PEACE PEACE PEAoEltl
What an agony for peace has latelv ss,,., -,
tue advocates Of Secession War is veTv horrit a.'
Let's have peace by all means let's have ,,aaae
now jealous new converts become Tbev ant
strip old professors. When one looks ovss ~
past record, how changed and. indea6 No.. sDs''
consistent with present practice Nv" 'n-
Peace, indeed The whole oount.v .v....
themselves, was ut peace When thew 80
arn',ng' drilling selling forts, arms, money from
wy reueTal Government, 1t forbore They seem.
eu intent on war, for its own sake TSan a.
liberately chose to take the road 10 ,.as w
found hard work TO provoke it. II soemad au ~
tne,T chances Tor war would be removed. grea,iv
TO their disappointment unl dis0ust $500
than TAIL, they gathered seven or eight ,bo,,"a,
men, and erected batteries 10 attack an n'nai4s
ing foe Of only sixty or seventy men Tha,,
conlunt even wait day or two 10 atarvo 81,
gallant commander and but handful ~ ,na,'
, lney poured upon MIN delugc of fire; 80 eager
W. 'ney Ior war Then high official boaHled
wave over the Capitol at Washington sao ~.
resisting Capitol OF the United States ,hs, ~.
Stood undeiended lfthese Confedsra,ss s'. ~.
peace, tney had It nay, il cost them great Ishor
ana skill TO break the peace. IndssJ 100, ,aool
would have been the death of all their fyaos
purposes Their very vitality reouirsd H..
olooa should be shed, and they had hard ,vor,s
sSsn aueu poou. Ihelr allies here, who are NOS,
nAhllc Tor peace, and almost ready 10 e,ias ""
the caamities of war did all tbat over
industry could do to plunge Kentuckv ;a,n s ,l
war lad their counsols been foIIo,.oS NV 'no
one secs that Kentucky soil wonld NO.. esery
gu WIN hostlle armies. But now tbav ~ ~
peace, peace Have they been oonvariads ~ i ugr
snoulu Ne reJolced to think they had bn, nv w
a . 100 wiiilhg The Scripture must bs f"ls,,uy
s,sori ;; r Saae'n .he SWORD shall perish bv ,hs
taSa ,h. lucy nave taken the sword, and mnst
,aRe tue consequences. They ean,, hta. must
we warned them carly and late T Vhame us.
raised inc storm they can't lay Wa wnnig nave navo
manu- Tue peace it we could bnt uo sIa.'i YUM
Dc needed now. War like an enidass ofu'" nor
run IT'S course. Let those who nroyoLad ~ Wlh
engaged III what they and all Tho VIOLA : VINO
would produce it, not set themselves M , AneM
"uen men prepare means for plunoin, int,
tLsn noi ,a, u' understanding of the result, lei
calami,ies ~ ~ W sh99k other people with tbe
, S"''il'',es OF war They needn't assume ,sas
.hey only have right to fight. md lii n. 'nnt
out 'n'nk 1t is awiuly criminal in otbsrs 1 j., ,oS
c,r .nuss lrrepressibles want to Get anv crsd;,
lot sincerity let them keep quiet Sbopf eseu
,on inconsistency is too glarng and ~ SSsi
Is, I tS", oTru 1t is Too fresh and refreshine
~ , tuJui ny down their arms, go home md live
Notbiu" 10 1 "aa; ami they will have pence
peace, let them not say they want na W. snat LOT
.ney refuse it on such easy terms TEE TSe, mnsn
peace, however, aud the fat offices thSy r n"ss
provided for themselves. The vision % INV INV
,onors they have invented, they fear ia U io
. cost too much, and what is worse 10 % III
S See They begin to fear that. Derban u
,tsSr cant l night enough to succeed; tbat ihs
,'ne' sue may hight too much aud too long ''''