The New York herald., 1864-11-28

as GOOD ara their Wants ss great Ne 1noseW sAs ~~
Alabama soldiers,
Tho Peace Movement.
l A sENsIBLE HDIToRIAL ON rHs HEcEssARY sTkrs
TOWARDS PEACK-ras CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE TO
l HFYECT AN HoSoRABLs PEACE.
/ IFrom the jackson hississippaDl
We have heard the desire frequently expressed re.
Gently for Sufficient amount OF prescepce to sec tho
future OF this country for the next sx months, iour
Tndonbtedly human kind has been denied the grt OF
the murky msts Of future pur
poses There q celebrated mountain pass 10 swiizer
land which toe traveller is conducted olindfoid IL
said that he would lose hs ooang with bis reason at
glimpse u the fearful abyss beIeath In like mercy
God dealt with the American people In having with
held then, premontion OF the whrIiog maestrom
OF and bloodshed into which they mady plunged
four years ago.
Couid the people United States have caght
81 npse OF the awful gull tnst yawued beneath them,
which like the very genius OF destruction threatened to
swallow its bloody interest and memory
om ioko the fearful eap and both sectlous would have
Gtded omeosat Of mir oednce, Intolerance and fandi'
They would have sought and tocnd the means or
reconciliation and their Conduct towards each other
nd have been characterized by Christian forbear.
arcc, instead OF fanntca Intolerance And so now II
we cid see what even the next sixty days have 10
store might faint IN the contemplation and
inns fail to work out our hisn destiny.
The war has purpose II viii accomplish great good
amid great evil. Whether II is The result OF special
PrVvdentia nstgatoD not 10 is evident hat II Is the
result r causes. and win fail to reach
certain ELECTS. Among The FIRST OF these were
1 mutual unreasonable vindic;vness, orimna
| tion hatred jealousy slander. Facn section pent
MI IT'S mental faculties TO the task OF ching
wickedpess OF the other Their Intercourse devoid
OF ali charity OF all fa,rpess aud of ali magnanity In
eyes OF the virtue 10 the other could be
lney nuGber ess notes ip their nephbors eyes,
but never could perceive the immense beams in their
For twenty years or more the couree Of the two
tions towards other has been thus zed
In moral and social point view the Union had
been Dissolved twenty years before seeesson. II
only be together seemingly, oaccommodate that spirt
OF bandy Ing eptnes wucn omlseo TO fan the flames OF
d.cord into general couas ton and thus rpen both
sides Tor the imDepding cash
The North the first and tho m st pcrtin aclous
asgressor, and, therefore, undoubtedly The creator
sinner of the two: but Is needless to deny that the
10 sssrage but to pour oil on Tie PASSIONATE elements
and 10 invite the collision. he North fanatic;
the south was arrogant. Inc Nortn bued the South
battered Sdprv the n p,orecked > ship
Of SAFE. Both sides BETRAYED the same esgerpcss to
keep this qnest prominent. Dema1olues at the
North rode toto ohce on the anti slavery hobby dena
eogues az the South RODE int office the pro slavery
hobby. The two antaeouzins eenents met at Washing
ton, and there commenced the Tug Of war-tne Of
wind, the sure precursor Of the Of blows.
Meantime the eOple on both sides were kept in a
whirl eversn excitement. They looked TO Washing
their political psouums; they iouud oriy -
feed their Passions Their statesmen J-Jd that
mark taught them ooiy TO hate and ar,led them in
the vulgar arts bingsga.e ard bittor invectiye
They made themselves IN ie. tie representatives Of
wpath WITH all their ingenuity aud power monopozed
IN the idea spreading the flames OF dscord and
rp-nng the minds Of their constituents for the nns ca
tasIopae.
The was Inevitable Al the time secession
was consummated there was no srthy way OF avoiding
Under all the circumstances tie southern States
right in seeding. he rleDeba OF discord had been
worked 10 such pitch OF that other alterna
tive left Them consistent with their honor self
respect. They were literally compelled eecede:
when We ray this we do not have II inferred
that they gustess In those things which
cessiou uuavoda-ir In this hey well tho
or,a-na sin Of fostering demon Of discord The
was also necessity. IL was needed TO purge the
ruptions was Necessary to bring to ''t the sur
1 face the monster OF greed. avarice and extor
| he might be destroyed IL the only an
tdote for the bgory the arrogance, the intolerance
ana 'snatcsm trst sread over me and IKE canker.
10 blood aud DIRE adversely lesson which they had
fused TO iearn under the benign iauence Of and
Property They have already msde grost progress in
this mportsnt lesson and their trials will not stop until
they have M ste, ed 1t efecuay.
We entertain solemn Conviction that the D1r ,ciff On
he peopie 10th sections Of the late United States
aoae somewhat Of their high preensions. and willing
70 met each ohsr upon the great half ground OF
mutual comrro,.iS c,ncesson and conc aiio,. There
no o'hsr pnssiee way adlls.ing es! dicgl!ss ex-
any sane map, North south desire the
OF THIS dshon.r? In the bei ht OF passion such sept
ments updoub'ed have and do still prevail But sober
reason viii teach the Northern and Southern patriot alike
how suicidal would be such Q resuit
The republicans OF the North striving for the abso
lutte buRaon and OF the South Mad fools
Do they know that submission on our part is no,
peace There those In the South who would they
could suhueate the Nor,o Equally insane and suicidal
lnatuaon Ihere no pace, ezclt an honorable peace
70 to :ides. TINS s the oy peace h1. prom,es perma
nencg tbAt 10 even worthy OF the name II the only
peace that can be desirable 10 true pstrilts.
the south, BY any possibility overw heming force,
could be compelled 10 sccede to disgraccful treaty IL
would re ure Standing army Of five hundred thousand
men TO enforce ts requirements. There would be per
petual insnrrectn 10 end a last in empirical monarchy
or permanent military Dictatorship.
Let no man deceive himself there never can be peace
IN ibis country Il any state Is compelled rest under
the stigma o disgrace Hence II is that make
peace honorable alike 10 all. Tpe war, therefore, must
kt fdafcism nory, aespotism, and intolerance beth
siis Before IL ends these ss GENT ana
ne dee,
e ocsa ~ JoSd oi t.Trs which tSey have caused to
be shed 70 an ease their igsatsbe Rpr.tcs; aud the
good genius Of couservsiism Christian CHARITY and
genuine renubicansm Will rise 10 govern aud bless
the land. When this IS coue, who say hat the war
was Rot necessary Let bere that III f,rnrep or he
American peopis eusn Ho,o nearing ct cosuamdtion
81 deootg 70 Be icished for and fha tglH soon nd
m cns o. making teU inoV and felt Beyond all doubt,
W 1vedf tody of e PEOPLE both s,es dsre psnc. Dc
In hur on9on they willing t. conclude II upon terms
which 80" leave the escutcneons OF both governments
uutanled with disgrace and they fall 10 make such
peace will be attributable entirely TO their moral
Cosardice.
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