The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-12-05
HOW suALL TnE wAR ENDl

he given to it in his solemn thinking mo-
ments? Peace is in the mind Of every one;
but how shall it be brought about and tie
war ended? There are three ways in which
this can be dore and as many parties, with
each way. Disunion, compromise and
fight it out until the last dollar is gone and
the last man shot Which of these way s.
Of restoring pace seems to be the most
feasible? to the copperhead, disunion; to the
conservative. compromise; 10 the radical,
fight j, out. The young man enquiring
the way, was told that there were three
ways n which he could go: in the one was
gold; in ano Their was lion; in the third. a
handsome woman. He replied: ''The gold
may bride me. the woman may bewi,ch me,
| but the lion can kill; 1 choose the road
with the lion" Does not this seem to be the
position that every northern man hould take
in regard to Ibis war There is lion in
the way and we can kill it, and secure
peace. If we take up with anything else,
all the precious blood that has been poured
out like water will have been split in vain,
and the battles of Gettysburg. Shiloh and
Stone River will have 70 be fought over
! Yet there is party who stand on the street
corners and cry aloud for compromise. that
the further flow Of blood may be stopped and
peace restored. They would have pc CO
on any terms. Bat who are they? They
!. are the men whose words and speeches led
to the burning of the orphans asylum and
the destruction of innocent lives. They
pretend to love the Union but such men
have as little right to call themselves Union
men as the rattle snake has to claim to be
the American Eagle.
There is another peace party in the land
and every soldier in the Northern army be
longs to it. 1t is that party of which be
Lincoln is the constitutional chief. and
i Hooker. Burnside. Gilmore and others ara
commanders. These men talk in thundel
tones from the mouths Of their riAed ord
nance, and are eloquent in Greek fire. I
is the party that knows nothing but country
no politics but msjoriries for its salvation
which knows any country like ours can't resi-
upon basis which is not as deep as justice
and as broad as liberty; who believe tn,
peaaeable way Of restoring peace is wrong
If there is any other way Of obtaining peace
than ihe one our country is passing through
the brothers of the thousands now slain
want to know it. q What ia 10 be inferre,
when man is doggedy silent on the sub
. feet of he war, looks down when news O
Federal victory flashes over the wires, take
no political stand? Certainly the inrerenc
t is that he thinks their is a better way T.
2 end the war than by fighting it out. Yes
how many there are that would be willin
to have the Union restored Just as it wa:
slavery and all! Would take Southern Sen
ators back into the S4nate. and Secretaries
into the Cabinet. and give them the sam
a friendly lool, as before they took up arm
{ to ruin the Union. Such men do not b.
] long to the latter named party, but to on
2 better known in Dixie. Peace Is qui,
II that snits them, provide they can obfai
it and lnse nothing in the operation The
. are the men thai shout for compro Mise an
< wish to give up the government under The
: name. There are plenty of politicians VIII
d say that civil war must and always was en-
v ded by compromise but, facts in hisior
# show quite the contrary. Those old civ
wars of Europe were for the change in lh
i form of the government; with us it is 70
the destruction of the government Ho,
d can you compromise that. The very me
= that now sue for compromise, controllp
: the Government eight years ago. whic
= tried to throttle our own State. In their en-
IS deavors they signally failed and now W
g have one of the most radical war; oin
} States in the Union. sending one in two
the battle field.
l. Some say there is no use of fgHtin
'e longer, we never can whip the South. the
u will never will give up. they are might
y power, let them go and close up this az
. ful war. Can man open his heart and !
out half OF tile blood and be a living mar
The condition of the rebel success is the
Y struction of the Government. We mu
= conquer or they must. Va'andigham ms
- have spoken the truth when he said tn
Is fighting alone would not restore the Unto
10 Rain alone will not make the flower gro,
g but rain and sunshine will and Sighting Al
e freedom will restore the Union to its origin
Is purity and hold it there forever.
al There remains hut one vav to neace =,