Pulling off peace isn't just a matter of throwing on a tie-dye and playing some John Lennon. You have to have a plan in place, not just warm and fuzzy feelings.

The Treaty of Ghent is obviously all about peace; it was put together by two desperate parties who wanted to end a war that neither could definitively win.

In the treaty, peace means both the end of "all hostilities" (I.2), and also a specific plan to maintain good relations in the future. The peace was supposed to be "firm and universal" (Intro.1), and it turned out that way. The U.S. and Britain never went to war again, even though the treaty didn't solve the issues that started the war—and despite every American action movie having a British bad guy.

The rules for territorial arbitration set up in Article Four were a roadmap for resolving disputes between the two countries—that is, keeping the peace. Articles Five through Eight execute the ideas laid out in Article Four, applying the method of arbitration commissions to different geographical areas.

And, oh, by the way, Article Nine calls for both countries to "put an end immediately…to hostilities with all Tribes or Nations of Indians," (IX.1). This was really meant to reduce the possibility of future conflicts on the American frontier.

It didn't work out that way for Native Americans, but it did keep the peace between Canada and the U.S., who today solve all their disagreements by either making fun of each other  or playing hockey.