The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-17

~ This is the concluding sentence of Gen.
eral Grants letter, accepting the Republican
nomination for Presidency It-is-the- sub
stance of the Republican platform-the OBJ
ject of reconstruction, and the aim of every
patriot. j. - 45. II D Isl Y
When Cataine sought the overthrow of
the Roman Republic, he whispered in the
ears of his confederates arm, let US have
strife.n .1...... ~. ...,..........
When Davis and his confederaues sought
the destruction of our Republic, they said
i" fire the Southern heart Arm, let us have
war;" f..4 -. u .H,g ag
~, But Grant, like Washington, lays down
his sword, and says "let us have peace."-
Peace means liberty, restoration, harmony
and prosperity, and for this every patriot
and Christian will give the weight of his
vote and the strength of his voice. ~ %.
w The aim OF, modern civilization is peace.
Mankind has learned the cost of war, and
save upon great national emergencies no
Emperor dare provoke the needless slaugh-
ter of his people. But the absence of actu-
al war is not peace. There may lie no
bloodshed, and still there may be strife-no
deaths, but still mortal hasred-no burn
ing houses, or Fashioned fields, garrisoned by
hostile armies but there may be families
divided by mutual hate, and farms unculti-
varnl and laft tO 6acav ..' ..- a. ~
The passions of civilized man are fierce
but unlike the savagc's are not unconquera-
able The one yields to the better angels of
his nature after the contest is over, while
the others seems to feed and grow upon the
memory of injuries fancied or true, gath
ering volume day by day. A mad man loves
but that his love of vengeance is more. Yet
vengeance is as doubled. edged sword. The
nation which broods over that dark passion
and nurses its lurid flame, will be consumed
and pass away. There is no peace in such Il
land. A war of hostile minds, a contest of
hate and bitter words, depopuIates its fertile
plains, and however powerfully organized it
may have been, the spirit of death has seiz-
ed upon-its vitals. ''-'-.-'-
Thus great nations have perished. Their
systems of civilization were strangled by
passions stronger than they were able to
overcome, and after struggle they broke
in pieces or were left prey to Goths and
Vandals. ....,'.-.'..
But we believe that American civilization
has encountered no obstacles like these thus
far. True, there is fuel for confagration in
the hearts of rebels, but that danger must pass
away with time. Even these men cannot re-
sist the appeal "let us have peace In
some respects their education has made them
savage and cruel, but they are open to the
influences of hetter teachings, and day by
day their numbers must grow less. For
while our own State is suffering from internal
strife and turmoil, while the nation is woun-
ded with contentious, there is growing,
yearning spirit for peace, rising in the hearts
of the whole people. 1t will find an ex-
preston at last, when in the funess of time,
there pil be peace. When commerce en-
riches the industrious, when education ele-
Yates the ignorant, when liberty protects the
rights of all, when men meet as brothers and
friends, there will be peace. Under com
mon flag, with common hopes and aspira-
tions, we will share common lot of pros.
perity, harmony and glory, which is now
embodied in the prophetic words of Gen
GRAFT, who says let US have PEACE!"