Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-03
The End of the War.

no'y W 'no A'ops'"psps'Ppi CePaTthtpt
Of the Confederscy, ends the war. There
is no longer an organized military force
opposed to the Federal Government. The
gates Of the temple Of Janus have closed.
The Republic is at peace with oil the
world.
With the restoration Of pece,i it behooves
US all, officials and private citizens, peo.
pie Of all parties, and Of all opinions and
Of all sections and localities, to resume the
calmness. the decorum, the ptoprieties Of
peaceful life. Iu social intercourse, aud
especially in the discussion of quo.tions
Of public interest By the public press, lie.
there be henstforward courtesy Of e1pres.
sion. and fair respect for the righ. Of
opinion that 10 q part Of the inheritance Of
ovsry citizen, Let there be an end to
the senseless exchange Of epi,he,s this, has
been in vogue for the last four years.
Let sense Of ofjustioo and Of decency iu-
ssrucs US that the words "Copperhead,"
"traitor," "rebel,' "pirate," Southern
sympa,hiser," and many others that have
been used simply to express q political
antagouism, have no longer sighi6pcaHee,
except so far as they demonstrate the
imbecility and in breeding to tho altorer.
Political disputants have no longer the
excuse Of q condition Of strife and convul.
sion to justify thom, even in their own e,.
timatiou, for discourtesy and villifcasion
in lieu of argument. The day has passed
for questioning the motives and challeng.
ing the loyalty Of our fellow. .oi.iseus, We
are at peace with oil the world, and the
language and department Of peace is in
order.
The trial at arms is over; the great
questions therein involved have been de-
cided. But there are other questions Of
iucalculabe importance that have teeu
thru't upon the people, aud that should
OCCUPY their attention, without passion,
without vindic'iveness, with only a pure
and lofty desire to subserve the interests
Of the Republic. The financial problem
is one that can only be solved by the most
through an uniupa ssioned consideration.
It will no. do to encourage the levity With
which one at least Of our contemporaries
has approached this delicate and com
plicated subject, There is future Of
peril before Us in that direction, and too
much caution and oiroumspection canno,
be exercised in trailing the intricate and
treacberous path.
The abrupt transition Of several mil.
lions Of human beings from cons trained
TO freedom, present another diff.
Guilty that demands calm and careful con.
sideraion. In other olimes, the expert.
nent, upon limited scale. has resulted
in great confusion of tho industrial sys
tenn, and in misfortune to the communities
that were directly ihtel estcd. For the
sake Of the helpless creatures that ha We
thus been thrown upoh their own resour.
,es, not less than for the interests of the
whols country, that problem should be
studied and worked OIL, without prccipi
tatiou, wi.bou, the spur Of fanaticism, and
in the truo spirit Of justice, patriotism and
philanthropy.
The present condition Of the South sug.
gests another duty and another difficulty.
Chaos reigns there, und tho social politi
cal anc industrial elements can only be
restored to harmonious action by the most
judicious management. The South is
wilderness but beneath itE ruins are to
be found the instruments of its own re-
generation, and Of tho redemption of the
North from its financial disorder.
Such is tho labor before US. II can be
accomplished, but we mus. 6rst dispel all
that remains Of the atmosphere Of war "a nd
breathe again the pure inspira ton of peace.
The reign of excitement, ofprejudics and
sntipathy, of doubt and jealously, of vim.
diciiveness aud elimination must be alb.
ruptly closed. The Rep,blio requires
Physical force, soldier.
ship, great armies, mighty navies and
skillful generals have ended their mis-
siop. Ststssmen must do the rest
. .
BOY We end there is very general
desire that the end Of the war should be
marked by some sort OF universal public
rejoicing, The pi,iful death of President
Lincoln put ATOP to the illuminati and
which had been decided upop.
'nd there has been no time since when a
eason OF rejoicing could with propriety,
rave taken place, Let il be upon tbs
Fourth Of July,