Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-02-18
SATURDAY MORNING. TEB. n. ISIS.
A sure and Speedy Way Il os;ai,ang
Las.,ns Peace.


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bu, tina, the nation may live. Il is his prayer
that the national uni'y may he restored. and
tina, quickly and with the least blood'hed
We arc all tired of war. We feel its burdens
in a thousand ways. The heart sickens
when We reflect upon the Thousands stricken
down in the strength aud vigor of manhood,
the carnage. thu pilag', the broad track OF des-
olation which has followed the progress ofthe
war. All are prepared to hail the glad It'd
ings Of peace with joy.
How. then, can this priceless boon be OBJ
tainedl How can peace be the most speedily
restored to onr unhappy country! These are
questions which every man should ask him.
self and endeavor to answer. 1t might posi-
bly, be obtained by di-sraceful surrender Of
our nationality, by yielding to the infamous
demands of treason, the establishment OF
separate government with slavery as its cor
ner.stone and dominant race Of slave
breeders to sneer at ''greasy mechanics as
its owners, or we may obtain an honorable
and lasting peace, cemented by the blood OF
Freedom, in which the nations progress may
b. onward aud it again become the "br'ght
peculiar star" Of the oppressed and down.
t:odden people Of the earth.
The American people have decided upon
this latter kind Of peace. They have in the
reelection of NJ. Lincoln declared the peace
they desire shall not be temporary peace.
to entail upon future generations recur-
renee Of thu horrors Of the present strife.
Having the dprdly serpent within their grasp,
they have resolved not to be d-ludrd into the
belief that the reptile is dead until the head
is separated from the body, that it may not
again strike at all we hold dear. What, then,
should be the duty Of all who really desire
the return Of peacel Is the object to be
more readily gained by wraugling over the
cxpediency Of this or that measure which is
put forth to secure that object, or by heartily
accepting and endorsing the expression Of the
people on the S,h of November last which re-
committed to the hands which had been so
potent for good the holy trust Of restoring tho
Union and the re-establishment Of peace. Is
it not patent, then, to every man, that just so
much as adverse doctrines and pernicious
counsels strengthen and encourage the rebels
iust to that extent the war is prolonged and
Just that much the dawn Of the new era Of
peace is retarded If this be true, they can
not but feel that their path Of duty lies in an
unreserved support Of the government If
they are Aomestly for peace. as they profess to
b., can they not see that this is tho shortest
surest and safest path I? .-..
The Union party. and the war men in the
so.called Democratic party, have in this
respect it may be said, been struggling
for the same object. but with different views
as to the practical utility or the expediency Of
minor and abstract measures for its accom-
plishment. This probably could not have
been avoided previous 70 q general expression
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