Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
Gen. G.. W. MORGAN.
ROBT. MILLER,
VIM. LAHMON.

Gen. g. w. MORGAN.
MT. VERNON, O., june II. 1854.
COMMUNICATIONS note is before me, anu
with pleasure 1 comply with your request
There is always danger of civil war among
free people, resulting in the overthrow OF
liberty; and do not believe that mere force
can restore peace, or preserve the Union.-
In my humble judgm ent. wisdom ana pa
triotism alike demand an armishce: and
believe that cessation of hostilltles would
result 10 an honorable and happy peace.
An armistice is an agreed suspension OF
hostilities between belligerents for specid-
ed time, and for given purpose. In wars
between civilized nations an srmistice al
ways precedes peace, though sometimes re-
sorted to for other purposes. None ous
barbarian powers pursue hostflities to ex~
Terminate and determination or complete
exhaustion Of both contending parties, would
be the necessary result in all wars dld DOT
the opposing parties agree'to suspend hosth-
tiles so that the GU estion in dispute might
be submitted to the arbitrament oil Teasony
after brute force had failed.
During an armistice the hostile armies
maintain their respective positions, and II
terms of adjustment are not agreed upon,
hostilities can be recommended. But as
tice is followed by pea ce. The proposition
for an armistice generally comes from the
victor, and thus after the battle o! Soiferiuo,
gained by the French, the Emperor Napo-
leon proposed an armis,ice TO FRANCIS
Joseph Of Austria, and peace was the result
Without magnanimity there can be 10
real greatness, and the absence OF 1t Is the
certain evidence of want of proper self
respect. The cause Of the Urion has been
nobly vind1cated on more than hundred
battle fields. and the deeds of our sold NeTS
have reflected immortal glory upon our
arms. But our enemy has been equally
brave, and although we hate Secession. we
accord an honest admiration for the horoism
which b as half redeem ed a mistaken cause.
The world has never seen such battles,
either in point Of numbers or dauntiess in
| trepidily. We have sent to the field more
than two millions of me- !; and nearly 1t not
full one-half of them have gone down to
their graves More than one-tenth of the
population Of the loyal States, have been
actual combatants in this war. Whole re-
giors of country have been made desolate;
the busy hum of workshops has been hush
ed, as if palsied by eternal death; the pillow
b as been left in the middle of the furrow;
and the father, the husband aud the son,
have alike gone out to battle. And yet.
naught, absolutely naught has been gained
towards the restoration of that grand and
noble Union, formed by our fathers. say,
then, for a tim let the torrent Of blood be
stayed-fet the olive branch supplaut the
sword and Heaven born reason take the
place Of force. Victory has crowned our
banners on unnumbered fields, and magyar
unity will add luster to our arms.
| Say to- our countrymen of the South:
"Eet us reason together. Your homes are
draped in mourning. and so are ours. Many
of your noblesE sons have persisted on the
field of battle, and such alas, is the case
with us. We are countrymeu, and we have
been friends, and even now, amid the red
storm Of battle, we are proud Of each others
deeds. We honor the names of lee, OF Sid
ney johnson and Of Jackson; and you re-
spect those of Mcclellan, of Grant and OF
Sedwick. Let us talk together and call
back the sacred memories of the past
Washington was yours aud ours, and
franklin and Madison sat side BY side in
the convention which framed the great
Constitution"
Reason is the attribute of the gods-car-
mage is the festival of feuds. Then let us
assemble around the council fire, and for
once initiate our brothers of the forest and
smoke the calumet of peace.
In word, let the result at Richmond be
what it may, let US declare in favor of an
armstce of sixty days. We can make the
proposition with honor. because it would be
done on Southern soil. We blockade all
the ports of the South not in our possession,
and the great Father of Waters is ours from
its source to les mouth. But we want peace;
we want Union; we want cessation OF the
carnage of war; and these blessings can on
ly be attained through an armstice.
In my letter to the State Central Com
mittee in September. 1868, denou noed tn e
policy of President Lincoln in refusing to
receive Alexander II. Stephens as Con-
fedederate Commissioner; and, since then,
have frequently urged the appointment OF
Commissioners on our part, to meet with
others to be appointed by the authorities at
Richmond; and | again respectfully advise,
what have so often recommended before.
With earnest hopes for the preservation of
the Union, and the return of peace, re-
main, gentlemen. your obliged fellow citi-
Zen, GEORGE w. MORGAN.
To RoBT. MULLER and VIM. LAHMoN.
@The library of Yale college has just
received from the Emperor of Rassia fac
simile copy of the celebrated Greek manu-
script of the Holy Bible, found in 1859 at
the convent of st. Oatharine, on Mount