Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-03-22
peaee-Wnst IL would Cost.

IN address on this topic delivered .,y Rev.
f'hes- s:=Er hing, in san I Francisco. al a Gsin-
ga ration in all of the Massachusetts and
ErT YORK Volunteers. Is .uil a the right,
s. .;iI,en; and We wozld h. glad to pu',lish AZ
len. with wllai foiiews:
Martin ig;heT irlis us that ..e uss-l 10 6e
.rclh..d serions.v by -;.i;s from the devil. a,
taigi.:. III. devil s--,n-i TO take great y.ras-
u.e in ,auniing him Wih being sinner. and
ia bringing Ia his remembrance hc:Rous trans
.rt~>ioI.s thu, h. had committed. l.aihrr al
tat hrihought him Of a. way TO I'D himself
ol ih,>r iIu;Ii.ics. pnc night tn, devil came
in yrrN serious mood 10 break down the re-
formers confidence in God, and sa.d IA
ihcr. Won have nearly s.uncd away Scar .in..
of grace Il know it, exclaimed the re-
former; "Iio'y Safaa, pray jor met" The
devil saw the joke, and left Luther free from
disturbance for n month.
\ cry for peace from iilibus,ers and the bo-
som f.i,nls Of William Walker! A cry for
the sacrcdncss of human lii. from men vino
have plotted to ovsrrun Mexico and Central
America. in order to lay the black foundations
Of a slave empire on soil died crimson! \
cry urlight taxes from men who would have
been too happy year ago TO pay two hun
drcd millions for war with Spain or Cuba |!
A cry of sympathy with laboring classes from
men who believe bondage is the trIe basis of
State, and who applaud in their hearts the
call of their allies in the South to restrict the
right of suffrage and found a government of
gentlemen A cry of economy from men of
party who once administered the finances of
San Francisco The hounds on the track of
Broderick turned peacc men, and affected with
Mysteries at the sniff of POWDER Wonderful
Transformation! What a pleasant sight-a
hawk looking so innocent and preaching peace
to doves with his talons loosely wound with
cotton! A clump of wolves trying for this
occasion only, and composing their fangs TO
the work Of cutting grass ! "Holy Satan,
pray for us!'
Who ever heard of war before, in which
the guilty insurgents could command peace
full Of blessings, on equal terms with the in
.iured party in all respects but one, and that
nsuring superior benefit! Let gentlemen
who live in the North, under the protection of
the Constitution and the Flag, and who have
sympathics for the South, and influence with
the rebel leaders, if they burn with desire
for peace, and are afflicted with horror at in
vasion, subjueation and bloodshed, turn their
energies towards the Gathors of war, and has
ten the return Of Il peace the most honorable,
hncfcent, economical that can be realized.
1t is Il field inviting their noblest ambition.
But the peace clamorers are careful to make
the recognition IF tie rebel Increment the
foundation of the peace they would seduce the
people to urge upon the Government.
Acknowledge the rebellion in so few
months after it compacts iseli:-acknowledge
it without gathering all possible power to put
it down, and we acknowledge the principle
that uphcaved 1.-THE idea of State suprema-
cy, the legitimacy Of secession. And then
the nation has acknowledged it for Illinois,
for Pennsylvania, for Brigham Young, for
Minnesota, for California. 1t has acknowl-
edged that Michigan owns Lake Superior and
Lake Huron; that Connecticut holds clean
title ut pleasure to Long Island Sound; that
New Jersey may close Deleware Bay by
Armstrong guns on Cape May; that New
York may steal the Hudson and seal its mouth
with tariff; that Nevada has a sovereign IT,
tie to its silver lodges. 1t has taken one
long Stcp tOWaruS It's grave. ~ udS uoe oiuy
lost provinces, but it has lost principle that
gave them, and the States that remain. the
most of their value. 1t has not only lost a
stream, but has consented to see the fountain
choked out of which all its streams have
flowed. As matter Of public economy. the
nation could better afford to pay hundreds Of
millions than to hurry into peace that would
acknowledge the principle OF State sovereign.
ty, and thus introduce the disease Of civil
scuryy into the tissues Of the body polite.
The peacc would cost too much.
What if We make peace sor! We have
spent probably two or three hundred miliions
already. which would he dead loss. We
should have a hostile rival, flushed with AFRO
rance. ar,ning a frontier which We should BE-
obliged TO watch and guard with forts and
vast military power. dur Southern enemy
would attempt leagues with European naval
States iha, would force us to incrrasr our tight
ing ships on an immense scale. Mexico would
claim our pro,ecsorate ngains; slaveho'ding Gu
pidiiy. and our simple prac. establishment
would cost fro AxsaSsd s~d my msl,ess oi
dollars. b.sis.es the interest on what the war
has already cost. And then we should have
only iwo,hirds of the nation TO pay the bur
dens. Il was glad TO see this view, winch l
had written two days ago, - ably stated IN the
Bulletin last evcning.) Ii il economy TO light