New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-14


The path of Peace opens pleasantly before us.
There may be thorns in the way as we advance,
obstacles to be removed, pitfalls and snares to
be avoided but we look back TO the dread road
We have travelled for four long and weary and
painful wears, and the road before us smiles
only with Summer sunshine. II is natural
for man to indulge in hope, and
hope is not always illusive. That
the war is over is mighty fact The courage,
the endurance, the patriotism, the seli-sacrfice
that have stood the test Of this gigantic struggle
have borne the heaviest burden that can be laid
upon the heart and the character of nation,
and whatever else may be before us we accept
the future with cheerfulness that needs
no abatement, with joy that should
be dimmed with no gloomy antici-
pations. There are ships that will encounter
the toughest storms and rot to pieces in the
Gains that succeed them But ours is not one
Of these. The storm caught us with our
rigging Embraced, our sails Tapping, our
decks in disorder, our yards unnamed,
our rudder unshipped. A ship put in
order TO encounter peril amid such multiplied
dangers and that then rode out the tempest is
A. -.ouob oo1 ,no 1yoll-nopd;,;opad IA fear
any wind that blows or any swell it can up
heaye. With flag and pennant streaming galy
ont upon the breeze she takes new departure
upon a smiling sea.
1t is a moment only for rejoicing. The hours
of despondency-how many we have passed
through the fears that courage, or strength,
OF resources might fail US, have passed away.
The good fight has been fought; the Right has
We are Nation, no longer divided
against itself, but one, indiyisible, united,
FREE The darkness, the gloom, the doubts,
the fears, have gone forever, aud the hearts OF
all the people sing together for joy, Even
those that are stricken with a sorrow that can
never be forgotten, smitten with bereavementS
for which there can be no earthly cure-even
these will rejoice with tenderer JOY inasmuch
as the gifts they have laid upon the country's
altar are above all price. le-l-
The war is over The house is to be set
in order, but the cause Of disorder exists
no longer. Within the week the President
ha. issued two Proclamations giving notice
10 the world that We are Not now a
distracted household, that the nations are TO
conduct themselves accordingly, and cannot
again be permitted to take advantage
Of our disturbed condition. To-day we publish
an order from the War Department, that the
draft and recruiting are to be stopped that no
more arms and ammunition are to be purchased;
that the expenses Of the military establishment
are to be reduced, that military restrictions upon
trade and commerce ore to be removed; that
the Government, in short, no longer needs to call
upon the country for men aud means to carry
on the War, for the gates Of the temple are
swinging ON their hinges, and will close
presently, firmly and silently! The dispense.
ton is oyer the new era begun The throes,
the pains, the fortunes Of birth are finished. A
new world is born, and the Sun Of Peace rises
in splendor to send abroad over the land its rays
of warmth and light. Never before had nation
so much cause for devout Thanksgiving; never
before had people so much reason for unrc
strained congratulation and the very e1trava
gance of Joy. -tL -L--
The Hon. Henry s. Foote, who abandoned TIL
Rebel Congress last Winter and came within tn,