Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-01-14
!. I,.rue.t Yenrnlng for Peacc..''

zone OF the mOSJ lhCcroSoihS PeS W
present War, is the earnest yeGrntng FOR
Peace.r and that "whatever may be dazzling
or attractive in this blaze of War, beyond it,
the bright vista of Peace presents a fascination
that NO pomp or triumph can supdss." III
avows: awe desire Peace. We are tired
of bloodshed and debt, and we shall nan
with 10Y any offer of the olive branch. We
care not who is the ambassador. Let 1t be
the humble, weary dove, or the traitor DA-
yrs himself we can take 1t for the blessings
twill bring.n Col. FoRNEY, In writing to
his Press, under date Washington, January
0. from almost the very presence of the
President himself, declares that, '',ce must
understand that sohen the Southern people en-
press their scillingness TO return, accepting all
ae offers aud pledges Of the Government, and
yielding 10 the irresistible judgment abolishfng
sIave,yi in the United States, no party can stand
before such petition"
Col. FoRNEY enjoys intimate relations
with President LINCOLN, and he is q sort OF
Official organ grinder for him. His EN-
phatic declarations in behalf of Peace,
therefore, are entitled to be accepted as an
unerring indication that the Peace feeling
in the Administration ranks is likely to
speedily exhibit vigorous development.
"Bloodshed and debt" are beginning to pail
upon the minds of Administrationists.
Their gaze is becoming satcd in looking
upon the blaze and glare OF War, and they
are turning to look into the ''vista of
Peace" and in doing so they are won with
n charm and fascination so irresistibly,
that they hesitate not to declare that mo
pomp or triumph" of War lean surpass it,"
This is glowing and substantial tribute
to Peace.
If the Secretary to an Abolition United
States Senate-if a man who stands high III
the favor of the Administration-if man
into whose purse War has put money-has
grown weary of the War-tired of its
.-proodshed" and its "debt'-and loudly
calls for speedy restoration of Pea'e-why
should not the men in humble life who haye
given their votes and support to President
LINCOLN, on whom taX,ltion and the de-
mand for men to fill the Army, falls with
crushing force, unite in swelling the grand
chorus of Peace into an irresistible volume?
Surely, they, too, must be stirred of blood
shed and debt" They, too, must now be
satisfied that "whatever may be dazzling or
attractive in this blaze of War, beyond it
} the bright vista of Peace presents fasci-
nation that no pomp or triumph can sur
pass.n Why, then, hesitate to make an eff
fort to reach 'the bright vista of Peace"
The Press alleges that ''among our public
men there are two controlling ambitions
the desire to become the great Warrior and
the great Pacificator, and it is difficult to
know to which history will assign the pre-
eminence.n This is undoubtedly, true. We
have public men who want to stand out in
history as great Warriors, and they are not
inclined to look into ''the bright vista OF
Peace with any degree of complacency. To
the Pacificator history will most assuredly
''assign the pre-eminence." HoCHE was
great officer; but his exploits as soldier are
eclipsed by his pacification of La VENDEE.
For that grand act his name will live with
resplendant brightness in history through
IL time. And so he who shall give to our
,,ople Peace will enjoy'a more substantial
nd lasting fame than the General who
,all be the most successful in Wars arena.
Jne thing is certain, CHRIST, in his great
Sermon on the Mount, in which he laid
down the law, through the observance OF
! which mankind can secure passport to
Heaven, declares: '.Blessed are the Peace
makers, for they shall be called the children OF
God.n To the Warrior He holds out no such
promise.
The only thing that now apparently in
terposes between ''the bright vista of Peace"
is the question of Slavery. Administra-
tionists, for the sake of Peace, declare a
willingness to overlook everything the Reb-
els have done-are willing to grant them
full and complete pardon, and to receive
them to full citizenship-if they will only
pronounce the abolition of Slavery by Pro-
clamation. Some of them, and among them
Is FoRNEY's Press, hold the opinion that
sthe War has slain slavery" Why should
we haegle about slavery if s'the War has
slain it? If "slain," is it not to all intents
and purposes dead? ? If we can agree on
terms by (which a satisfactory and perma-
nent Peace can be secured by allowing the
people of the South to dispose of the remains
Of Slavery according to their own convic-
tions Of right, In what consists the sense of
refusing to secure it on such termsP If
s'the War has slain slavery" has not Abo-
litionism gained its point practically-se-
cured the substance and essence Of that for
which for years It has labored? Why, not,
then, allow the South the privilege Of
solacing their pride with the shadow Slave
ryp; DO we pay proper respect to the in
teIligence and patriotism of the people, in
supposing that they will hold guiltless the
party in power, If it shall refuse to make
Peace, IT, in q spirit OF mere pride, the
South insists on the privilege Of holding on
60 the form Of Slavery, after we have taken
from It It's vitality
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