Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-07-28
RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY, JULY 25. 1854.
psnce Negofintions.

Hall might have denominated CONT
rent of mud, TO see what we could see,
An reference TO the overtures of peace
Fl that have been reported to be on foot
Our readers who take the papers u
4 doubtless know all that we know on the
subject, and perhaps some of them know
a good deal more. We have not been
able to find any two of our exchanges
that were exactly agreed as to the real
design of the high contracting parties
concerned, the feasibility of any pro-
posed plans of reconciliation, or the
bearing Of these movements upon the
pending elections and the war We GER
tainly are not of that privileged class
who are always in possession of facts
which it would be contraband to share
In common with the great mass of our
fellow creatures and when we see how
easily the heads of such favored ones
are sometimes turned, we are led to con-
clude that the distinction is not so very
enVlaDle aIJer all.
There are two or three considerations
which it would seem might be sufficient
to keep the minds of all loyal men in
constant serenity in regard to peace
In the first place, an exceedingly sim
sple method Of bringing about peace, and
Z one which children at school have shown
a that they understand, is for the rebels
Ito lay down their arms and sue for peace
y 1t is true, in that event, the leaders of
The rebellion might find that the rights
#of life liberty and the pursuit of happi-
Sness were not altogether inalienable-
SBut they have doubtless counted the
&cOst. They have resorted to the arbitra-
ment Of the sword and by that let them
abide. If they can establish their claims
8by their superior prowess let them do
sgit; If not let them take the consequen-
ices. This is q battle which must be
Bought out. 1t is the grand finale Of the
programme. Religious bodies North
land South have met on the arena, and
xso far as relates to active christian be-
enevoence, southern ecclesiastical bod
lies have been practically anninilated in
sthe encounter,
4 The antagonistic parties have also
Amet in the halls Of Congress, and on the
plains of Kansas, in both of which the
ssouthern bullies have been defeated with
their own weapons, and have sunk into
Amerited oblivion. Now they meet in Il
Sfnal struggle, and judging from the past,
#and relying upon the God of justice, ,whe
6can doubt the result7
In the second place the rebels from
first to last have manifested q terrible
consistency in all their utterances.-
8They have declared thousand times
that the idea of peace without southern
Independence was entirely ont of the
cuestion. Not the least intimation has
been received from those "who have the
&Control OF the southern armies" that
Sany change has come over the spirit OF
Stheir rebellious dreams. How prepos-
ferrous the notion that bevy of runa-
ways at the Clifton House should be en-
Titled to a moments notice on the part
of so intelligent man as Horace Gree
ley We cannot resist the conviction
that this gentleman, Notwithstanding his
syery large experience and native shrewd-
mess, has been sold by a lot of butternut
politicians.
Homer sometimes mods, and Mr.. Gree
8ley, who is justly regarded as patriot
sphilanthropist, and man of no ordina-
Try ability, not very unfrequently gets
4eof the track, and finds himself at his
wits end. In no other way can we ac-
count for the fact of his endorsing
George Saunders apd company, in theil
'arecent "game of bluff"
ID In the third place, lastly, and most
especially the great pacificators in this
Fwar are Generals Grant and Sherman
gust give them plenary powers, persons
and papers, and then we too shall be.
llieve that "the pacifcation of our coun.
4 try Is neither so difficult nor so distant
Gas seems to be generally supposed"