The New York herald., 1863-01-12
Tho Blessed Peaosmakers.

Tho Blessed Peacemakcrs.
In that divine discourse called the Ser
mon on the Mount, the Lord and Saviour
Of the world declared that blessed are
the peacemakers; for they shall be called
the children Of God" This sermon does not
suit such modern saints as Brother Beecher and
Brother Cheever; but it is Christs own words
delivered not only to those disciples who were
gathered around him, nearly eighteen centuries
ago, as he sat beneath the Dep, sweet shade Of
the olive trees on the Mount, but also to all his
disciples In all countries and throughout all
ages Of the world. The gospel Of Brother
Bcecher and Brother Cheever comes not from
above, but from below-not from the blessed
Mount, but from the bottomless pit-and II
teaches, not the virtues Of peace, charity and
goodwill, but the insane .dogmas of philosophy
gone mad OF philanthropy possessed of the
devil, and Of fanaticism hypocritcally assum
ing to be religion, forging the endorsement Of
Heaven to the utterances of Tophet and wear
Ing the livery of Jehovah while it does tho
work Of Satan. BLESSED are the peacemakers,"
however, in spite of Brothers Beecher and
Cheever and their adherents, and especially
blessed are those who shall succeed in making
peace between the two hostile sections Of this
unhappy country.
Among the great peacemakers who have been
developed by our civil war, the most mighty,
moral and magnificent is that celebrated ruler,
traveller, author, prisoner, diplomat adventurer,
general, editor and Emperor, Louis Napoleon
who comes with hands dripping with the blood
shed in the Crimea, in Italy and in Mexico, to
reconcile and unite those who were once bro.
thers in heart, but are now, alas brothers in
arms. From the very commencement of our
conflict Napoleon has been anxious to try q
little friendly mediation, and with Christian.
like indifference to former failures he is now
preparing to try again, and thus secure his in.
heritance to the kingdom Of heaven even if he
loses the kingdom of France. On this side the
water, however, Napoleon has many rivals in
the peacemaking business. There is the Hon..
james Brooks, who attempted few evenings
ago, before the Young Mems Democratic Club,
to Instruct the Governor and Legislature of
New Jersey how to end the war and save the
Union. Why Mr. Brooks instruction, like his
charity, does not begin at home, and why he
does not 6rst play the psdagogue with the Gov
ernor and Legislature Of his own State, before
making pupil Of the State Of New Jersey
where be is little known and less esteemed
still remains q mystery. And there is Will
liam Colorado Jewet, who is great
ass, q great peacemaker, and q partner
with Greeley, the great philosopher in some
speculations with tracts Of gold quartz in
Colorado Territory. And there is Mr.. J.
Wesley Greene, recently of the State prison,
whose peace propositions really amounted to
something, since he received one hundred dol
lars from President Lincoln and had his bio
graphy published In the Police Gazette And there
isJohn Van Buren, who is perpetually Boosting
Of his correspondence with the rebels. and work.
ing hard for peace and the Senate. And there
is the Hon. Fernando Wood, who made peace
speech one fine Saturday night, based upon
private Information which everybody knew, and
full Of obscure, oracular statements which
meant nothing. And there, also, is poor Gree
ley, who, not satisfied with having done all he
could to cause the war; now wishes to save
himself from eternal torment by doing some
thing to end it, provided all the negroes are
freed aud all the white men enslaved. This Is
a list of peacemakers who are blessed" in
deed.
But the father of all these peacemakers the
tons ct origo Of all their propositions
is comparatively unknown individual,
Mr.. Major William Chase Barney, of this city.
The Hon. James Brooks obtained his peace
information from Barney The facts upon which
the Hon. Fernando Wood based his powerful
speech were furnished by Barney. The ideas
of the Hon. John Van Buren-if he has any
probably come from Barney. Colorado Jewett,
in spite Of his endeavors to set himself up a.
an Independent diplomatist bases his secret
missions upon the statement Of Barney. 1t is
only natural to suppose that J. Wesley Greene
stole his peace proposals from somebody, and
that somebody must have been Barney Poor
Greeley (who once published private CORES
pondence purloned frsm the Custsm House by
Lyon Mackenzie) shared Wesley Greenc's plum
der, and was more fully posted by friend who
had pumped the news from Barney. Even tho
Emperor Napoleon, who claims his peace opin.
ions as original, but has his spies everywhere,
is perhaps indebted for most of his knowledgeto
Barney. William Chase Barney is therefore,
the great peacemaker of the age, and all his
rivals have been using his thunder Just what
Barneys propositions are our readers may
learn from bis letters. which we procured
from Washington and published yesterday
morning. Barney's statements amount to just
this That while a prisoner in Richmond,
last October, he was told by prominent rebels
that II the conservatives were successful in the
recent elections, and if general amnesty were
granted, the South would send representatives to
the next Congress as usual. As no notice was
taken of this proposal by the government, as
France seems determined to interfere, and az
the emancipation proclamation has been issued
p--- hat the rebels would not now
adhere to the terms they offered
october. That ends William Chase Barneys