Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-02
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national independence, hoisted the nag ~
rebellion and plunged this great and peace
full nation into the most terrible wal, there
has gone up to Heaven, from the hearts Oh
all good men, an earnest prayer LOT
apeses, short-nghted and faint-hearted
tnrss those who saw only the horrors Of
n. n-s.ent and eontrasted them with the
unappreciated blessings of the peaceful
n.ss, cried aloud for "peace on any
terms" They implored the Government
| TO "stop this dreadful slaughter" They
regarded the shedding of "fraternal blood
as something too terrible to be placed in
the balance against aught else that could
be urged as an alternative. There has
been another party, which has made the
same outcry of "peace on any terms"
but the motive Of the heart that melted
this uttefance of the lips was other than
the sentiment Of shocked humanity. 1t
was sympathy with the accurSed cause OF
all this misery, and the prayer for 'peace'
was but mockery, being in fact but
prayer for the bloodlsss victory Of tres-
son; victory OF wrong over right, OF
slavery over freedom, of despotism over
free government here and everywhere.
The ,rue-heartsd men Of the nation, and
the true friends of liberty, civilization and
free government throughout the world
have prayed for peace also; but not
"peace at any price" There is price
that is too heavy to pay for even the glo-
rious boon ofpeace. That price is national
honor civilization and the rights Of man.
Said Patrick Henry, lis life so dear, and
peace so sweet as to be purchased with
chains and slavery-forbid it, Almighty
God :" and the American colonists, reused
by the voice of the great Vrginian, re-
sponded, with one acclaim, "FoRBID IT
ALMIGHTY Con-" They left the pillow in
the furrow, the hammer upon the anvil
they deserted the busy marts of trade,
they abandoned all the gentle arts Of
peace. and plunged into all the horrors Of
unequal and almost hopeless war. For
seven long years they waged this war for
freedom, against the then mightiest ma
ton of the earth. They fought through
privations and miseries that have had no
parallel IN this present struggle, terrible as
it has been; and they only laid down
their arms when the object of the war was
attained, and the independence for which
they had struggled was acknowl-
edged by the nations of the earth.
They could have had "peace" at any
hour of those seven long years of blood !;
but the price was higher than they chose
to pay for the boon. Let those who in
woke the memory of the Fathers of the
Republic remember how lightly they
priced "peace" when weighed in the bal
ance against the Rights of Man. Those
true patriots who have, in the right spirit,
prayed for the right kind of peace are
likely to have their prayers answered be-
fore long. The star of peace is rising in
the East, and the peace it heralds is not a
mere temporary truce of -" States dissev-
cred, dishoDored and billigerent;" truce
between two flags floating over the soil
where one flag Aoated of yore; . truce to
be broken, and peace to be ended at the
beck and nod of the same hell-hounds
against whom the blood of the last four
years cries from the ground. 1t is not
such a peace as that that true patriots
have prayed for and which is now dawn
ing upon US. The peace which we have
hoped for, and which will ere long be shed
abroad over the land. will not be merely
that negative peace cessation OF actual
war-but will be lasting, permanent
peace, having for its basis the utter ban
ishment and humiliation Of the sole cause
Of the rebellion, the sole cause of every
disturbance which the national harmony
has suffered since the hour Of the nations
birth. Such peace as that Is the only
one worth the price which the nation has
paid in blood and treasure. The multi
farious rumors which have reached US
from the East, as to the pending peace
movements are the mere conjectures ofmen
having but slightly superior advantages OF
information than our wellinformed citizens
Of this side of the continent. We only pay
regard to them by reason of their persis-
tent reiteration and upon the principle OF
he homely adage that "where there is so
much smoke, there must be some fire..
The long and rapid successes Of the Ma
sional arms the plainly visible weakening
of the military power, and contraction Of
the territory of the rebellion, and the
despairing tone Of the rebel press and the
statesmen; all these tell US that the down.
fall of that Babylon is at hand. The
&" Meme Meme TskeL, Upadrsin is written
Upon the wall BY the glowing finger Of
God, and i: requires no " Worlds special"
for Daniel to interpret it. Everywhere
about the confines of the rebellion the
Anaconda is Tightening its folds; in every
battle the Southern cross is lowered be-
fore the Banner of the States; and We
have not only firm faith but substantial
reason to believe that on the next Ami
yersary of the Nations birthday, that
proud and glorious ensign-the only EN-
blem of free government on the whole
earth-will float in triumph and in peace
over every capital, over every town, and
| every fertilization. from the st. Lawrence