The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-08-05
Eet "a Reason Together.

let Us Reason Together.
Is it possible for the calm calculations
of reason to penetrate beneath high
political excitement, and by resume
of facts, obtain consideration of truths,
which all cur people have kaoae" aud
| EltP Is this great country, once rich
and happy, then drencbed in fra'ernai
blood aud now torn, and Observed in
every element of society and government
NEVER to find haven from the storm
Of passion which scattered its brightest
interests to ruins? Has the bloody
scenes and terrible realities of civil war
taught nothing to theNorth aud is it so
soon forgotten by the South? It's black
pail, speaking death, desolation aud grief,
hung over every roof, aud there were few
good hearts in either section, whether as
soldiers in the Geld or as citizens at home,
whose prayers did not daily ascend TO
the God of eternal mercy, to stay the
black hand of ruin, and bless again our
land with peace. What household has
not felt these pangs, and who has not
prayed this prayer? But the extreme
passions aud ejudices of both sections
would End no terminus but In carnage
and ruin, and the noble head of Stephen
a Douglas backed by the peace loving
people of the North had to bow to the
stormy passions of Thaddeus Stevens,
precisely as the patriot heart of John
Bell yielded to the eloquent prejudiees
of VIM. L. Yaney. Good men like Clay
and Webster, lifted their warning voices,
as step by step our maddeued country
rushed TO its ruin, but their statesman
like appeals were UNDECIDED Could the
fathers Of 1920 have realized the bloody
facts of 1860, might not the gradual APP
proaches TO dissension and strife have
been checked and made to yield to the
blessed appeals of reason for peace.
Grim visaged war with all its horrid de-
tails has passed, but its enveuomed fangs
yet stir the hearts of many. Extreme
men North and extreme men South,
cling TO the causes of strife, aud would
drown the appeals Of reason, and stihe
the efforts of liberal men towards a per
mauent peace. MY way or none, 10
concessions, no compromise, is the cry
that comes from extreme men North and
South a giant fraternity of liberal
men-the Northern Demooracy.-step
forward amid the debris and relics of
bitterness and hatred, ignoring all the
dead past, aud points the country to
permanent haven Of peace and prospect
~ Shall the South yield all aud the
North nothing, or shall the North yield
al anu the South nothing? Zen. But
Ter and his Radical cohorts say eve are
the vietors, and must have our way or
meme" Extreme men of the South say
force u TO what you viii, but We shall
yield nothing against the views TO which
we have been educated The Northern
Democracy say, "let Us have mutual
concessions and mutual forgiveness, and
look to the future and not to the past,
for blessings upon our country" This
is the state of political parties to day,
and we appeal to the liberal and conserV
alive men of the country to rally to the
support of liberal measures and liberal
men. Can the North expect love and
fraternity from the South so long as it
follows the yindictiye aud proscriptiye
leadership of such men as Butler2 We
all answer, no. Can the South expect
justice and equality if we prescribe lib
eral men, and continue to agitate old war
sores, such as the questions pertaining
to the negro, which whether right or
wrong, are Objectionable and infamato
re- to the Northern mind The North
ern man viii answer, no. Then, shall
this strife cease, and mutual efforts to-
wards Cancellation, concessions, and
peace, be made, or shall mutual agita-
ton continue, each extreme gathering
venom and strength from the other, until
reason and peace is again drowned in the
tumultuous roar and excitement of pre-
judice and passion. Politicians, with no
higher virtue than vaulting ambition,
play with terrible effect upon the preju-
dices of community, and about some
doubtful constitutional construction and
saws, which they themselves do not COM
prehend, work up an excitement which
overaws the better intentions of men.
Let the liberal men of the country
arouse and vote for liberal men and lib
eral measures, Let US say to the world
I'VE are for peace and rest to our distract
ed country, and if bitterness and strife
continue in the future, the responsibility
and blame must be upon other heads
The duty devolves upon liberal men,
whether Democrats, Americans, Wings
or Know Nothings.
Another war.