Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-23
A OR WAR.

For the last thirty years the elements
of war have been rife within the bosom
of our nation. Even when all seemed
the most prosperous and happy, ever
then the seeds Of sectional strife were
terminating, and traitors ut heart in
the very halls of Congress, enjoying
the patronage and honors of the nation,
poisoned the minds of the people, until
disconnected sectional mutterings grew
into outspoken, loud.mouthed treason,
eliminating eventually in that wild,
fierce, bloody, accursed rebellion and
var so recently concluded. The loyal,
true and brave sprang to the rescue in
serried ranks, shoulder to shoulder,
hundreds of thousands strong, and amid
the flame, smoke, and destruction Of
bloody, relentless civil war, they vindi-
Gated nobly the nations honor on many
q hard fought Southern battle field.
The conquered rebels laid down their
arms, and the rank and Gle, like men
who fought fairly and honorably and
lost, accepted the situation, and with
Inundated spirits ceased all further
contention, and retired quietly to their
homes, willing to devote themselves
hereafter to the pursuits Of peace and
the general welfare and prosperity of
the country. They had experienced
war enough and asked for no more.
But those whose rash acts and traitor
Gus tongues first caused the war-the
political leaders Of tho rebellion
skulked away from the conflict in dog
ged unsubmissive silence, going into
forced retirement with but n sorry
grace. They said they were subdued,
and even spoke words Of abject sub
mission to the arbitratiye decision OF
the sword. The whole traitorous crew
were apparently willing to accept Of
peace on any terms their c%onquerors
would offer, and had no more banker
ings after either rule or ruin, legislative
and sectional domineering, or open re-
bellion and war.
The smoke of battle has scarce Heated
to the skies, and the echoes Of booming
cannon and rafting musketry died
away among the distant echoes ;
the sodden gore Of the slain
is still red on Shiloh, Gcttys-
burg and Chattanooga, yet even
now we hear the voices Of the once SUBJ
dued traitors boldly raised among us
and around US, talking treason, rebel
lion and war once more. They are ex-
c~lusively of the Democracy. No Union
man or Republican desires to have war
again. It is only those who cried
peace p' during the war that now call
for war in timo Of peace. God grant
that the wild tcmpestuous furies of civil
war may never again accurse our be-
loved country, but if it must come, lei
its bitterest damnation fall rs it did be-
fore, on the heads of those who created
it. In the language Of our great, noble
and victorious chieftain, " LET Us HAvE
PEACE" And as q conclusion to this
article we will quote the following
beautiful final extract from Richardson's
History of General U. S. Grant, now
just published. What true national
American does not in his heart respond
to the sentiment?
Let US have peace! Protection to white
men and black men Of the South who upheld
the Government with their muskets; good
faith to all men everywhere who upheld i,
with their money. These cardinal points Sc.
cured, all magnanimity, all fraternity toward
its late foes who so mistakenly but so de-
yotedly poured out their blood.
Let us have peace! The "Blue and the
GRAY" slumber side by side under the pines
and expresses, the live oaks and magnolias,
The same flowers mantle their dreamless
beds, the same birds twitter above them, the
same waters ripple at their feet. Hark to
the message, borne by the murmurin8 wind,
from those untroubled sleepcrs to us-war-
ring Unionists and Confederatcs no longer,
but Americans all, with one flag, one coun-
try and one destiny! 1t counsels the rictors
to the largest forbearance; the ~vanquished
to honest acquiescenee in the only hnality-..
equal and impartial justice to all. SO shall
the blackened track OF war smile again with
"thc fruitful olive and the cheering vine"
So shall the new America fulfill the hope,
Whose dawninS day, In every distant age,
Has exercised the sacred prophets rage;
The peoples prayer, the glad OWNERS theme.
The young mans vision, and the old mans