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

The People IS. Politicians.
Peace hath her victories no less re
nowned than 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
eed that war is the remedy for 20
political evils; and that 10 the course
OF human events it sometimes becomes
necessary for a people to resort to
blood, can only be viewed as calam-
i'y 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
lutions of peace. No man can counsel
submission to any and all wrongs, and
it may be that war sometimes accom-
plishes 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-
ai}zanon of the last one. Our people,
Of high or low degree. are not SO good,
or pure, or honest, as they were ante
rior to our civil war. The corrupting
influences eueeudered during thar
reckless period in our history yet per
meates every nook and corner of this
vast country. Another war. with its
lawless rulings, its unD idIed couirol-
ings, would uproot every veslige Of
moral bearings and honorable conduct.
OF at least place the worst elements so
much in the ascendant that the estab
lishment of good government at its
close, might be an impos,ibility. These
are considerations which must pass
through the minds of good aud
thoughtful men, and cause them to
doubt the power Of war to relieve the
country of ills now threatened and
complained Of There are conditions
of government when death is prefera
bic to d;shonorable lives, and then it is
that the certainty of erovelliug seryi-
tude for ourselves aud children renders
war a necessity. There are but few
individual fights but that the exercise
Of calm thought, reaso4 and cool
Judgment, could not have AVOIDED, and
it Is the same way as to Nations if a
people would but hear and
listen. If all tie avenues to Rublic
opinion, newspapers, orators, and Roi
.iciaus, would urge the consideration
IF peaceful remedies instead Of a re> /
sort to arms, reason would alwayzN
guide instead of infsmmabIe passion
The holidays are now approaching
,nl new year comes quickly on
These are times when we usually de
vote ourselves to peaceful enjoyments
aud happy thoughts Let our text be
Peace on earth, and good will to all
Let those Of Us who the
past few weeks have contemplated the
Tread pic ure Of war, contrast its dread
carnage with cur now happy 6resides
We are for peace We pay for peace
We don't want war The grown man
IF this day know something Of its hor
-Ors \ brave man, loving peace,
could not counsel abject submission on
he part of brave peope to every
wrong, but calm contemplation Of
he fruitful blessings of peace, as com
pared with all the terrible realities of
var, will serve to make war more
,voidable, open up new hopes and
-emedies, for peace, and cause each aud
very one Of Us to be happier and love
Zach other better.
The people are for peace, aud the
politicians will fnd an honorable solu-
ion to all our threatened troubles, if
he people remain fixed in their de
ermination May a New Years sun
hine respeDdsnt confirming the
bright prospect of continued peace,
nd the people treasured, enter upon
heir respective avocations, with re
lewed hopes, energies, industry, and
determination.