Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-29
The s.s.ate-man" ON Peace.

Philadelphia papers.
y The ssStatesman" ON Pence.
THE ONO STATESMAN reprints an extract
from The Ne,o York Tribune, which we cop
led with comment, and denounces 1he Jour
nal because it does not approve Ihe Ir-
b,qe's demand for new proposals OF peace
to the rebels. The most satisfactory evil
dence to be offered In this latitude that he
Tribune Is In error is furnished In the fact
that The STATESMAN approves its utter
ances. The Ohio State Journal desires peace
as earnestly as can The OHIO STATESMAN,
but it does not desire a '1Copperhead"
peace. 1t supports Grant, Sherman and,
Sheridan as Peace Commissioners, and an
ticipates such peace as the Baltimore
Convention demanded-a demand the peo-
pie very handsomely Endorsed on the Sth
Of November last-indorsed in manner
which gave one George b. Mcclellan
ticket OF leave to visit Rome and other
foreign points, instead of an order to oc-
cupy the White House.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
Doubtless The Journal imagines 1t has made
fine point on The New York Tribune In the
foregoing. 1t has, however, done no such
thing; but IL has succeeded in establish
ing claim to unquestionable stupidity.
Because The STATESMAN applauds The Trt-
bune for importuning President LINCOLN to
make a Proclamatory effort to bring Peace
to the country without the further efusion
ofblood, ''the most satisfactory evidence"
is offered ''that The Tribune is in error"
forsooth. That is as much as to say, that
any cause The, STATESMAN may espouse is
wrony--that it is to be accepted as wrong
without giving to it any further eonsidera-
tion. The Tyibune,s statements and its argu-
ments are not challenged-they are not
copied by The Jownal-but are dismissed,
as .copperhead" utterances, because The
STATESMAN wants GREELEY backed up by |
the voice of the people in his plea to Presi- |
dent LINCOLN to make Proclamatory eff
fort to restore Peace. GREELEY professesto to
have information that justifies him in
adopting the conclusion that President LIN
COLIN has it now in his power to bring to
the country the blessings of Peace, and in
his answer to The Neo York Times, he has
shown most conclusively, that the Presi-
dent should publicly set 'forth precisely
what the Southern people hitherto in re-
voltagainst the Federal authority are to gain
or save by promptly throwing down their
weapons of rebellion and returning to 10y
atty and Peace" and in this connection he
puts the pertinent question: "Ought there
to be any doubt, any room for hostile mis-
representation on this point?" We agree
with GREELEY that there should not, and
yet in view of this al agreement between us,
members of the Administration party are
told by The Journal that GREELEY is in
''error'' and that the President should not
listen to him. GREELEY believes there |
should not be any more blood shed when it |
can be avoided. We agree with him in
this, and because of this agreement The
Journal tells its readers that GREELEY is
in eerror." GREELEY does not want
another war widow or war orphan added to
the already large army of war widows and
war orphans, many of whom are surround
ed with want, poverty and wretchedness.
Neither do we; and because Of this agree
ment between us The Journal advertises the |
public that GREELEY is in ''error." GREE
LEY wants the currency brought up to
gold basis as soon as possible. So do we.
The circumstance of this agreement be-
tween us is pointed to by The Journal as
conclusive evidence that GREELEY is In
"error." GREELEY wants the corruption
that characterizes some of the departments
of Government under this Administration
the stealings and swindlings to which it
has been subjected stopped. SO do we.
This agreement of views between us is an
other evidence of Mr.. GREELEY's ''error,"
according to the opinion of The Journal. 1t
is very probable that should we assume the
position The Journal now holds in relation
to this matter, it would abandon it and take
issue with us.
We appeal from The Journals folly to the
sober sense of the people! We ask them to
decide-not whether The STATESMAN is
wright or wrong; that has nothing to do
with the matter-whether GREELEY, who
processes to have in his possession unques--
tionable information, that the President can
now make Peace, is right in urging the
President to make the right sort of Proc
lamatory effort to stop the War, and give
us Union and PeaceP We will commend
any one-Saint or Devil, GREELEY or The
State Jo,rnat-who has the ear of the Pres
ident, who win endeayor to induce him to
make practical effort to stop the War, by
which American citizens are butchered and
women reduced to begQary. and. In many