The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22
PEACE VICTORIES.
The people IS. Po,i,tcians.


The People IS. Politicians.
Peace hath her victories no less re
nowned ,han war, and the people OF
the Uuited States will reward the
eheittain who, when war is imminent,
shapes events so as to maintain and
secure an honorable peace. The more
we think of it the more we are convln
ced that war is the remedy for no
political evils; and that IN the course
of human events il sometimes becomes
necessary for a people to resort to
blood, can only be viewed as a calam-
ny to all classes of people. True
enough, there are some conditions of
government to which people can not
submit, and still more to which they
will not but the history of all wars
establishes the fact that nine times out
of ten, the ends sought could have
been better obtained through the so
luiions of peace. No man can counsel
submission to any and all wrongs, and
it may be that war sometimes accom-
pishes a more speedy establishment
OF the right, but the methods of peace
are slower aud surer.
This country can not stand another
civil war. There is no element Of our
society, North or South, but what
bears evidence of the terrible demor-
J aizanon of the last one. Our people,
/ of high or lew degree. are not so good,
or pure, or honest, as they were ante
rior to our civil war. The corrupting
Influences engendered during thar
reckless period in our history yet per
meates every nook and corner of this
vast country. Another war, with its
lswless rulings, its uno idIed controls
liugs, would uproot every vestige Of
moral bearings and honorable conduct.
or at least place the worst elements so
much in the ascendant that the estab
Iishment of good government at its
close, might be an impos~iblity. These
are considerations which must pass
through the minds of good and
thoughtful men, and cause them to
doubt the power Of war to relieve the
country Of ills now threatened aud
complained Of There are conditions
of government when death Is preiera
bic TO d;shonorable lives. aud then it is .
that the certainty of erovelling servi-
tude for ourselves and children renders
war a necessity. There are but few
individual fights but that the exercise
of calm thought, reason, and cool
Judgment could not have avoided, and
it is the same way as to Nations if a
maddened people would but hear and
listen. If all the avenues to public
opinion, newspapers, orators, aud poll
iicjaus, would urge the consideration
Of peaceful remedies instead Of re
sort to arms, reason would always
guide instead of ipfsmmable passion.
The holidays are now approaching
and new year comes quickly on
These are times when We usually de
vote ourselves to peaceful enjoymeuts
and happy thoughts. Let cur text be
peace on earth, and good will to all
maukind' Let those of Us who the
past few weeks have contemplated the
dread picture Of war, contrast its dread
carnage with our now happy 6resides
We are for peace. We pray for peace
We don't want war. The grown man
of this day know something of its hor
rors- \ brave man, loving peace,
could not counsel abject submission on
the part of brave peop.e to every
wrong, but q calm contemplation Of
the fruitful blessings of peace, as com
pared with all the terrible realities Of
war, will serve to make war more
avoidabIe, open up new hopes and
remedies, for peace, aud cause each and
every one Of Us to be happier aud love
each other better
The people are for peace, aud the
politicians will fnd an honorable solu-
ton to all our threatened troubles, if
the people remain fixed in their de
termination May a New Years sun
shine Respondent confirming the
bright prospect of continued peace,
and the people reassured, enter upon
their respective avocations, with re
uewed hopes, energies, industry, and