Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-06
"LET Us HAVE PEACE"

The time nAs iuiy coms tor patriots
throughout our whole coIntFy To peace ully
'aY our seal decsying parties; OF blood 10
their graves aud join Toe National Union
party that, startiag out under the nsme OF
&c feonbacs," has gratuaIly put eff tht
limitations and crudilies Of parry childhood
until now, with emerged vision mAtured
.jadgmoot and the patriotic Gre and yigor oil
q ---t ~ 80 -t4rA@ s--.I ts.day tbA
only real champion OF il,tics, LIBERTY and
fraternity for our whols 60 Intry, and OF =
realty sound constitutional currency upon
whieh our home tSad9 and industries MAJ
lately rest. Il is unworthy OF Americans to
longer permit The ghost Of The dad is,urs CT
he patt that p~Arlisan tIicl II lrs 90 jlre up
for evil partisan purposes, t1 draw their sE
tenIicn from the great problems AMI living
issues Of the present, that Ia G dc proYi-
dencs We are called upon 20 NJ set aud solye
IN the Interests OF the Who'll humAn family.
Why quarrel over questions that have
passed frOm our nation arena forever! There
is reason ioI the declaration hat at the
beginning Of our lac civil war m re or opsrt,
In slaves was Indirectly held in tue city OF
New York than w.s directly held ia any
S,u,herD State, The crime of slavery wa.
n%ationtl rather than sectional. The 5 nth
fought tor the preservation OF slavery AMI OF
property In slaves; In many cases bought
from people Ia Northsrn S.Ates, where
slavery bad formerly existed; walls the
Nurtb, with a clearer perception OF what the
good of both the North and South required,
periodically and manially fought :ior the
preservation Of the Union.
A vaat majority o! the people Of the South
In a spirit Of purest patriotism and
Christianity, rejoice that tho Union wss
preserved, notwitt stsnding their utmost
efforts 10 destroy it, ard 10 the light Of
reason, no longer blinded by self interest
and mi sgoided religious teaching, are uoH
as true AKd earnest opponents Of slavery "a
D Republican In the North.
That the people Of the South, though
mislsken in judgment, were quite as sincere
in their convictions Of right as we Of the
North, few, II any honest Intelligent men
doubt, nor can We point to q pureF Christian
and patriot than StoneWall jackson.
The South was not aeluatsd by a wish 10
lniure the North or the North by a purpose
Of evil to The South. We differed in judg.
mept and fought It out on both sides with a
desperate courage, that in Its results filled
our whole county with mourning; the
South being by far the greatest sufferer.
The questions than at issue are forever sci
tied and dead, and heneeforth the great
Interests OF our people both North and South.
are in perfect harmony wlih sace other. II
either u vTongsd or trns liberty violated BY
either, We both suffer thereby. The cause Of
liberty In Europe trewbles in the balance,
and the suffering nations turn lheiI gAzs TO
the great AmeticAo Republic ~ the star and
OF their hope, and 10 them we ssy,
Your trus. Is we'll founded. Americans viii
be true TO themselves, and throwing 4sIue
The bitterness Of the unfortunate past, will
peAeefully and faithfully perform Their Goi-
given work Of IwesplhR tyranny and
oppression from the eArth.-Tbs American
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