The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-09-01
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At this particular juncture Of our ma
.ional difficulties, peace is very desirable.
As we begin to feel the pressure of this
"cruel war; more and more, it is natural
We should cast about us fer some means
to stay the effuson of blood and put an
end to civil strife, The people are grow
ing impatient, and anxious for cessation
Of hostilit;es. No one advocates contin
uance of the deadly conflict Cor its own
sake, but only because it is necessity
In fact, we are all heartily sick of the war,
and devoutly wish for peace, but the ques-
ton arises, how.are we to obtain peace
The sham Democracy, which has ever
been an ally of the South, is trying to
take advantage of the exigency of the
hour and the prejudice of the people to
the making the latter believe they are the
only arbiters Of peace. In defiance OF
stubborn facts, they blindly persist in as
serting that the "Lincoln dynasty" is the
only barrier in the way, the removal of
which would inevitably be followed by
peace. This is the bait they put on their
hook and fling out for the unsuspecting
to nibble. There never has been more
dangerous delusion brought to bear on the
mind it is an assertion without the shad-
ow os proof
To hear some of these tricksters talk,
you would think they were the very en-
bodiment Of piety, as they raise their
hands in holy horror and cry out against
this fratricidal war They whine so pit
eously about the sanguinary strife that
YOU would think they were most enthusi-
sstic members of the peace society all
sheir lives, and bona .jfde noncompliance.
What hypocrisy is here 1t Is only be-
cause their" "erring brethren" of the South,
who would not behave themselves and SO
began the fight, are receiving a sound
castigation, and because their peculiar
institution" is being broken into pieces
In the fracas, that they cry "murder" so
Justify. It is not because they are such
lovers of peace under any and all circum-
stances, as their past history will show.
We have only to refer to the Mexican
war, which was instigated and carried on
at the bidding of the South, for their own
selfish purposes, during the existence Of
which no. one word Of dissatisfaction was
EXPRESSED by this so called peace party.
But now. when these slaveocrats, whom
they profess to love so well, are receiving
richly merited ehastizement for their
misdecds, We hear the cry of "Peace,
peace, oh I, let US have peace on any
terms"
But We ask again, how can this peace
be secured :? Have the rebel authorities
ever made any overtures I? Do they sig
nify any intention of sueiDg for peace
Or are tce to first seek these outlaws and
cut.throats, with arms in their hands, and
ask for reconciliation Great God, has
it come to this I! Has our nations honor
departed forever, and left US only craven
heartedness and eowardice ? Must we
rest content to submit the keeping Of the
Republic to bloody handed assassins and
thieves Must we, after the rebels have
Instituted one of the mos, causeless wars
on record, killed our citizens, and deyas-
tated the country-must We go down on
our knees to them and ask for peace p
Forbid it, Heaven forbid it, justice
We hear very much said concerning
the unnecessary effusion OF blood, the re-
,entlsss spirit Of the Administration, and