The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-01-18
From the Ohio Statesman, January IL.
HEarneSt Yearning for Peace

Forney L3csS of the lth inst, says that
tone Of the most interesting phases of the
present War, as the earnest yearntag for
Ieace, and that whatever may be dazzlig
or attractive in this blaze of War, beyond
it. the 6,rght rtStd Of Peace presents yftcl-
nation that no ponap or triumph can S1rpass.
1t avows: I'VE desire Peace. We are tired
of bloodshed and debt, and we shall hail
with Joy any offer of the olive branch. We
care not who is the ambassador. Let it be
the humble weary dove, or the traitor Da-
Wis himself, we can take it for the blessings
it will bring" Col Forney, in writing to
his Press, under date Washington, January
Q, from almost the very presence OF the
President himself, declares that, '''ce nea'$t
understand that teheR the S0uthe11, people
express their arjillngneSS to return, accepting
aH tie offers and pledges Of the Gorernment,
aud weiaing to The irresistible judgment dbot-
ishi,,g slareIy in the United States, no party
can stnnd before such a pet1tton.'
Col. Forney enjoys intimate relations with
President Lincoln, and he is a sort OF ottl
cial organ grinder for him. His emphatic
declarations in behal of Peace therefore, are
entitled to be accepted as an uneering indi-
cation that the Peace feeling in the Admin
istration ranks is likely to speedily, exhibit q
vigorous development. ''Bloodshed and
debt are beginning to pail upon the minds
of the Administratonists, Their gaze is
becoming sated in looking npon the blaze
and glare of War, and they are turning to
look into the vista Of Peace, and in dong
so they are won with acharm and facination
80 irresistibly, that they hesitate not to de-
clase that no pomp or triumph Of War
"can surpass it. This is a glowing and
substantial tribute to Peace.
IF the Secretary to an Abolition cnlteC
States Stnate-if a mtn who stands high II
the favor of the Administration-ifa mar
into whose purse War has put money--ha'
grown weary of the War-tie Ell OF 1T
Ebloodshed'' and is debt and loudly
calls for a speedy rest Grafton of Peace-whl
should not the men in humble lite who have
given their votes and support to Fleslden
lin, DIN. on whom taxation and demand tol
men to fill the Army, falls with crushing
force, unite in swelling the grand chorus o
=. Peace into an irresistible volume? Surely
they. too, must be tired Of bloodshed ant
debt" They, too, must now be satlsflet
that whatever may be dazzling or attract
: i've in this blaze Of War, beyond it tn
bright visit of Peace presents a facinatio
that no pomp or triumph can surpass. :
i Why, then, hesitate to make an effort t
. reach "the bright vista Of Peace. :.
The Press alleges that among our publ
men there are two controlling ambitions
the desire to become the great Warrier an
the great Pacifcator, and it is difficult t
:. know to which history will assign tn
. re-enlnence. -" This is undoubtedl.
o true.
:. We have public men who want to stan
out in history as great Warriors, and the
+ arc not inclined to look into ''the bright vi
n ia of Peace" with any degree of complace1
q cy 70 the Pacifcator history will most
:. suredly assign The e-eminence. " Hocl
! was great officer; but his exploits as SC
f. dier are ecil sed by his pacifcation OF
p Vendee For that grand act his name W
live with resplendant brightness In! histo
70 through all time. And so he who shall gi
u. to our people Peace will enjoy a more su
stantial and lasting fame than the Genei
io who hall be the most successful In WA
" arera. One thing is certain, Christ, In
ri O, eat S rmon on the Mount, inwhich he Ia
= down the law, through the observance
pc which marked can secm passport to tie
%. 90 ven, declares: blessed are The Peace-n1
as kcrs, for they shall be called the children
" God" TO the Warrior He holds out
he such promise.
- The only thing that now apparently
N. terposes between the bright vista of Peac
f. to is the question of Slavery Administ
Il. tionists, for the sake of Peace, declare
r. ,rt willingness to overlook everything the X!
" els have done-arc willing to grant them
To- and complete pardon, and to receive tn
to full citizenship--if they will only p
d. noumce the abolition of Slavery by Proc
" nation. Some of them, and among tn
he is Forney's Press, holds the opinion, that IT
lid lie; War has slain slavery" Why should
eu u hagce about slavery if 'the War has slai
ed it? If "slain, is it not to all intents g
ar purposes dead If we can agree on ter
he by which satisfactory and perman
Peace can be secured by allowing the peo
ro- of the South.to dispose of the remains
are Slavery according to their own convict
M of right, in what consists the sense OF rel
v" ing to secure it on such terms? If .
The War has slain slavery" " has not Abollt
,en ism gained its point practically ty--secured
substance and essence of that for which
Md years it has labored? Why, not, tken, al
NE the South the privilege of solacing Il
ah- pride with the shadow. Slavery? DO
pay proper respect to the Intelligence
i, . patriotism of the people, in supposing
the they will hold guiltless the party in poy
oLe I if it shall refuse to make Peace. if i
~ spirit of mere pride, the South insists
,da the privilege of holding on to the form
Is Slavery, after we had taken from it its VI
the ity?