| Show veen vel vei EN 9 one cannot walk the streets or sojourn in a coffee saloon saloons without being asked when will this war be over when will hostilities cease ceases and the olive branch germinate in fruitful vigor all over this blessed land the merchant absorbed in his bis gains asks it while calculating prospective profits the contractor contra ct with an eye eje single 1 to the fluctuations in flour and bacon sides 1 ponders upon it the greyhair grey bairen ej father dreams of his darling son on the distant battlefield battle beld field and cries arlea out with streaming etes eyes when shall we have peace and the sweetheart aa as she looks on his bis picture sighs and sings aings when will this cruel war be over in most wars there is a definite time when hostilities cease a period when tha the soldier yielding to the diplomatist bib bis ward in peace B it in civil wars and rebellions the case may be and usually is different the rebellious being subdued one after another the ansur insurgent ent states submit not aa as a whole but in detached deta cled parts such we suppose will awill b the end of the rebellion As t the he federal arma arena triumph over insurgent states and rebellious cities the glorious banner of the union will be raised the laws reestablished and peace for that section proclaimed and co so the march will continue unil 1 I jeff davis finding himself without a land to govern or a people to tax will safety in fl and become like cain a wanderer in a foreign land such we apprehend Is will be the end ot of this war we have iio lio no hope that the sun ot of peace will wu break out in all the glory of noonday noon day effulgence he ie will rise gradually and gently as aurora aurdra from the waves and a eai eal upon us BO so softly that we will scarcely know krow when we emerge from the darkness of treason to the light of liberty it would be pleasing to think that at a given time peace would dnn li proclaimed as if by magic all over the land and irna that in irk a moment moment would be sheathed sheared guns unloaded port fires pit put out and all go home to ther wives and sweet hearts to enjoy the blessing that at the waving of the wand we shall abandon the tent and arid bit sit down downa like the patriarch under our own vines ine ite and oia fig fi trees sach such would donld be a delightful baluci hallucination nation loomed doomed we fear to disappointment the rebellion will be subdued a piece riece at a time and as state after state and section after section returns to its al allegiance I 1 eg lance aregim regiment ent eat after regiment nt and battalion after battalion batta libb will be disbanded until the army is reduced to the tha peace establish ment such has already been in part the history of western virginia tennessee Tein tei tet essee and louisiana slana siana and doubtless the be same wiil sill soon be north carolina georgia and other states eich state that returns to Us its allegiance ill hasten basten others to more quickly folo follow w Us ijas example as the fa ling 11 stone moves through sra spa brace space 0 with a constantly increasing velocity that the day of our demotion nd r emption nigh is evident to all already the boomi blomi ig of federal cannon can be heard beard all over the land of axie and even the deepest d dyed Y ed traitor in all to nation show their t f ith in the final triumph 0 of the abe the republic by their them fond fondness ness nesa fon for its ita currency why else isit is it that thac creen green backa backs ane are so after wherever the bonnie blue fla sl is reared an emble emblem rn of and ard an ensign for traitors with no conae aein confederate money they hoard board up ip that of the union as a miser clutches bis big gold they show their faith in this ingance ins int tanca at least by their works caveat rei vei verd dior ilor faor says the law the sj eller runs hie his own risks and these rebels taking the risk choose green backs over any other form of paper currency if they prefer the promis s of the union to those of the confederacy in the proportion of ten to purely on one burely their baith in the stability of olt the respective governments must be in the same ratio the confederacy has become delightfully small email and beautifully less leas 11 its proportions are shrunken as was Rc bards barda withered arm wherever the ife Jfe derl arms have arid and the people peeble submitted law of liberty their hao hap iness has already been increased and their comfort enhanced in place of fa nine clev they have abundance oun aun dance instead 1 of idleness labor labon is demanded an and d remunerated commerce has everywhere folio follo A ted ed the alag hag thus has the union like the rains of heaven da lendins in bles bies blessing singa on the alit t and on the be unjust there is no doubt but that not only are the boundaries of the confederacy reduced but the portion remaining is growing grow ing i so faint fallt it mill apon abai abat abandon idon the falling 11 cause and return to its allegiance 1 and t len uen this cruel war axy w 11 II be over and peace be re established estiel all over the land earnest as we desire peace and devoutly asire pray for af will we want no peace until the last armed arned arn ed rebel lays doon down n his gun pun and goo gois a to the indus trial dial ot ilta lifa let the peace bea be a bastin lasting peace based on the p of law and immutable im justice lt lot there ie le nothing left to create at another iother war or breed another treason we want to have nothing of reserved rights righta on the one hand arid and higher law on the other first firt let the doctrine be fairly established that the top constitution and laws lavra must mast be I 1 obeyed 11 though the heavens fal fai fa 1 and that all iris inis tris changes and alterations must mu must 31 come by due course of law and not in opposition to it then we shall have an honorable and lasting peace and prosperity will again crown our land with plenty new new Mew orleans true ee ecta reta ti if a few civil words will render a man b hippy appy he be must be a wretch indeed who wi ill lil inoh inot not nox give thein lo 10 him let another man light his candle by your own and your yours s looses none of Us its brilliancy by A hat he gains |
