American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-12-12
.LET Us HAVE PEACE"


truth be SAID that they constitute
the principal part Of the political
staple mich VAS uSed by the radl-
ctls or republicans, during the late
canvass, and we are forced to admit
that tn, were used with force and
effect, if we are to judge in this. as
in other matters. from cause 10 effect
and rice re,sa.
In the history Of political contests
in this country, under all the SUI
rounding circumstances, there are
few sentences OF only four words,
which ever did, or ever will, produce
such powerful effect upon the popn-
.lar heart or imaginati0li,~sssz' that little
" sentence of only four words, Let us
have peace
In the days Of the revolutionary
struggle, or to be more accurate,
some short time preceding the ac-
tual hostile force to force conflict,
before the adoption of the Declara-
ton of mdppendencp. on the 4th day
of July 1916, the great Virginia and
American orator, Patrick Henry, ex-
claimed in advocating the adoption
OF that celebrated instrument, Give
me liberty or give me DEATH SO
powerful was the appeal, that the
opponents to the adoption OF that
instrument one by one, fell to the
other side-the resolutc were made
more detcrm1ned-th timid and in
crpduons were strengthened to
believe, and every doubling Thomas
became a firm and ulromprOmialng
advocate OF independence. Nor were
these noble words OF the great orator
powerful only to convict the mind-
upon the subject of the necessity Of
adopting. and at once, the Declare.
ton OF Independence by the Con7en
ton After the war came, and "Greek
met Creek in deadly conflict
,a., in all the struggles from BunkeTS
4 .oa Hill TO Yorktown, the American
ROW Il t, "oE& would hear that cry, " Gre
p. welding liberty or gre NE de0tht' and
70. Of the shiHg with inpetupsity upon their
his sunny : Eosld dGiys .iz. sShela from the.
We or ro' We do not remember who was the
often author of the celebrated expression,
ary'e "mllions for defense, but not a cent
TORS for tIibutc :" but We all know, as an
historical fact, what an important
figure it cut, during the secoad war
of Indep, ndeuce-thc war Of 1S12-
in bringing it to a successful c0ncu-
sfon Oh cur part.
"A little more grape Capt. Bragg"
used Oh the battle field of Beuna
Vista, Mexico, made Gen. Taylor
President in 1913; when the celc.
brated words, Carthage, deIenda,
&C." used by the Roman Senator,
Cato. at the conclusion Of every
s ,ccch delivered in the Roman Sen
ate, made him the first mau OF Rome,
aid finally brought about the de
struction OF Ancient Carthage Ivy
Nripio AtrCanus, and the Surrender
OF the forces Of Hannibal.
If this be all so, and who can deny
i, how much more powerful the in
fuencc of those words e Let us have
peace " used by Gen. Grant, in his
acceptance Of the nomination ten.
iered by the Chicago Convention,
upon the minds and hearts of peo-
pie distracted and worn ont by the
vicisstudeS and horrors of four
years terrible civil war, The little
boy or girl of ten summers, whose .
father had been killed at Bull Run, /
lr,d, Eickshurg or Missionary Ridge, /
cries out instinctNely and by I
Intuition, "Lct us have peace"
The widow who lost her husband at .
Seven Pines or Five Forks, cries out,
b, T. Let lis have peace The mother
{ Iwho lost her only son, it may he at
{, the Wilderness or Sharpsburg, cries
'e' ont in agony, ''Let us have peace !
AID all this, whether the little boy,
u or girl, or widow, or mother, living
now under Northern or a Southern
Edn. The whole bOuntry and ali its
interests, agricultural, commercial.
mechanical. financial and social ex-
claim Let us have peace" and this
was the key note sounded npOn
every bril- top and through every
q : valley OF the North. aud over every
3 Western plain fiat caused the gland
rally which brought about Gen.
Grants election.
We here, at the South. all know
that revolution except at the ballot Il
box, was never contemplated by the
Democratic party. North or South;
but the nomina ion of Gen. Blair for {
IbSf ice-Presidency, after The publi-