, 1865-03-03


ALAsTING PEAcE.-The Olympia Stand
ard says 'the people have declared that a
lasting peace shall be the result of this dread
ful conflict They have, in the reelection
of Mr. Lincoln, declared the peace they de-
sire shall not be temporary peace, to en-
tail upon future generations a recurrence of
the horrors of the present strife" The
same declaration has been repeated and re-
published by every "so-called Union" paper
10 this country. Now we should like to
know how it is that these Union editors are
able to determine with such posiiveness
that we are to enjoy a lasting peace after the
close of the present strife. They must be
gifted with more than ordinary sagacity and
power of prophecy, to look into the far off
future and reveal to the present generation
of men, not only that they are destined to en-
joy the blessings of lasting peace, and pos
terity too, to an unlimited period of time,
but also to be able to tell them exactly how
they are to secure such peace. But these
fellows are not prophets nor yet the sons of
prophets, although they would like it if peO
F.~F''0--d .oO.4 r." s''N.... s'i'e
their political predictions and twaddle for
established truth They merely arrive at
conclusions, from a system of reasoning, like
other men; that is the way they see into the
future. First, fora starting point, they &C
cept as fact that Slavery was the cause
Of the existing rebellion and war, and Sec
Ond, that to "root out slavery" removes the
cause of rebellion and necessarily secures
lasting peace; and Third, to destroy slavery
and thus secure a lasting peace, it was ne
cessary to re-elect Mr. Lincoln President of
the United States. Now that Mr.. Lincoln
is President again and dealing the death
blow to slavery, the Union editors can pre-
dict with certainty, by their manner Of rea-
soning, that we are soon to have peace-a
lasting peace. 1t does not occur to them
that other wars or rebellions are likely to
ensue soon after the termination of the pres.
ent one. How do they know. or how can
any human being know, that we are to have
a lasting peace? To secure lasting peace,
according to the ''remoying" mode we ought
to abolish and destroy all the ''causes all
manner of things that engender strife and
bloodshed Slavery can be but one cause of
war, and to abolish it is to only get rid of
one among innumeraDle causes. If there is
no immediate cause for other civil wars in
the United States, there is fair prospect
for Uncle Samuel to stake up arms against
a sea of troubles" brewing from other
causes Macmillan is to be chastised and
driven from Mexico as soon as the South
ern rebellion is subdued and England and
France are to be taught that we are war;
like people, capable of whipping the COM
bined powers of the earth if necessary.
But if Maximillian gets whipped out of
Mexico by the Liberals, before Uncle Sam
gets his present little job completed, and if
England, France and other nations shall
make ample apologies for all the insults Of
fered since the commencement Of this un-
holy rebellion, Uncle Sans family will have
nothing left to do but commence quarrelng
again, as they are wont to do, among them
selves. Already new subject, which in
the very nature Of things must breed dssen-
sions if not timely nipped in the bud, is be-
ing agitated in radical journals. The
Catholic Church, is the theme, and the agi-
tators, fanatics of other religious denomina-
tions, endeavor to show that the Catholic
Church is "disloyal in its tendencies and
opposed to republican principles and free in
stitu tions Another civil war could be start
ed on this head if followed up with yigor by
all the elements opposed to Catholcity. The
Jews also come in for share Of denuncia-
tion from the same class of fanatics, and are
set down as "sympathizers" and aiders of