Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-15
PEACE

the Copperheads would talk Of nothing,
hear of nothing short of Unconditional
peace. Peace, they were bound to have,
and no conditions were to enter into or
bar the negotiations, save perhaps such
conditions as JEFF. Davis might fancy to
dictate, to secure q frmer foundation for
the institution Of slavery than it possesses
under the present Constitution Of the
United States. They made . platform at
Chicago, which platform consisted of but
one plank, and that plank, "peace" and
submission to the rebellion on any terms.
Peace" is the foundation, walls and
turret-stone of the whole CopPerhead
edi6ce. Peace, in the abstract, is a
charming word to the ears Of people,
who, for more than three years, have
listened to the elangor of arms, and
mourned the devastations of the most
terrible war of modern times. People
look back upon the calm and tranquil
days, when peace reigned over our broad
land, and when agriculture, manufactures
and commerce were the occupations of
the people, and we had not learned the
cruel trade of war; and as they hnger
over the:pleasant memory, they sigh for
return of those happier times. This is
natural but the American people are
made of steiner stuff than to weep over
the calamities which come as the neces-
sary consequences of mighty struggle Of
night and justice and liberty, against OPP
preston, despotism and bitter wrong.
They appreciate fully, and bear with for
titude, the sorrows and the burdens Of
war in such q cause; and sweet as is the
thought of peace, they spurn the idea of
purchasing that boon at sacrifice of
principle which overwhelms every other
sentiment in the soul Of the nation, and
in defense of which the soil is whitened
with the bones of the nations sons from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande. The
unholy war commenced against the peace
and unity of the nation, has aroused the
peaceful people of the North to a fierce
spirit of resistance, which cannot be
quelled. to rest, until the cause of the re-
volt is forever extirpated. The cry Of
peace, raised by the Copperheads Of the
North, is but an echo of the wall Of
despair that comes up from the reeling and
tottering Confederacy. The only peace
they can have from US Is the peace they
could have had long ago, and would not.
They, at FIRST haughtily and confidently
relied upon their own resources and mill
tary strength, and the peaceful nom
resistant spirit Of the Northern people,
and believed that they would be "let
alone" When they found that they had
measured swords with an enemy too for
midable to subdue or resist, they appealed
confidently to foreign powers for aid.
That aid they received, in a measure,
eovertly and sneakingly, in the way of
pirate-building and blockade-running, but
in all efforts at recognition they utterly
failed, and now they are utterly discount
tenanced by every foreign power. At
home they are crushed and shattered by
the ever advancing arms of the nation.
Their seaports are closed, the territory in
the possession of their armies is shrink
ing day by day, and the flag Of the Union
waves in triumph over the soil Of every
State of their boosted invincible Confeder-
acy. With their necks under the heel of
the foe, and with discord, dissension, and
almost civil war among themselves, it is
no wonder that the rebels cry for peace"
and that their sympathizers in the North
echo the cry. 1t is most natural. And
when they are ready to accept such a
peace as alone the Nation can with honor
and with justice grant, they have but to
speak the word, lay down their traitrous
arms, and peace will reign. But such a
peace as the black-hearted gang at Chi
cago dared to insult the nation by pro-
posing, and the representatives Of that
crew in this Territory dare to unblush-
ingly advocate in the light Of day, and in
the face of loyal men, will never shine
upon the bloody soil of the Southern
Confederaey.