Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-11-14
SIGNS OF THE TINES.

iho al rs iuti VI IuihofS. Iney IL
about us like birds of night, and mus
soon become fixed into startling reali
ties. We are evidently on the thres
hold of portentous events, which arr
destined to scatter the clouds Of wa
that now darken our political horizon
1 and cause the heavens TO smile agail
with peace, or to bring down the TEN
pest upon us in ten-fol1 fury. We lear
to the former opinion. We believe thai
the crisis has been reached. We be
lieve that the people of The North are
wearied and disgusted with their dis
asters and defeats. We believe hal
their magnificent feet, and their Grand
Army, and all the costly and stipend
GUS preparations they arc ostensibly
making to prosecute the war, arezo ly
designed to dragoon us into the best
terms Of peace; and that, within few
brief months, terms of capitulation
will be proposed
Our reasons are these. The mass S
at the North-tle Merchants. TIE
Mechanics, the retired men Of business,
the employees Of every voc aton-ar
suffering from the iron heel Of deapo
tism. They are crushed under power
more cruel and exacting than is. excl-
ciscd in any Kingdom or Empire Oh
earth They were willing to endure
this for while, in the hope that what
they lost in freedom they would gain
in material benefits through the sub
iugation Of the South. They were will
ing to bow their necks to tic tyrant #
thereby wealth could be made to flow
into their Golfers. But they have begun
to see that they are hugging u delu-
sion. he pressure gals them and they
writho under it. The advantages they
anticipated do lot come. The conquest
of the South is hopeless undertaking,
as the bloody fields of Springfield, Ma
nassass and Leeshurg testify They
are anxious now to lift the yoke and
retire from the conflict. This is, beyond
doubt, the general sentiment OF the
North, however it may be cloaked
under threats and boastings. Their
leading p'pers evince it and the
conduct of the Administration, i'll its
hesitating, halting, shufllng policy
establishes it. But for the infamous
leaders Of the present vile and unprIn
cipled administration at Washington
this war would cease to-day. They
know it is for their interest to protract
it as long as they can. They see, with
the eye Of prophecy. that when this
war does close and the madness II
their people which they have aroused
gives place to the camness Of reason,
they will be found dangling at the
end IF rope iur the lies and frauds
and rubbcrirs and knavcries of every
sort they have lnaugurated and more
for the suffering they have occasloned,
and the blood they have shed, in this
causeless and unhoIy crusade against
a generous and & liant people, who
only demanded their rights,
Again, the distracted couuseIs OF our
enemies point WITT, unerrIng finger, to
the utter lmpo >bIity of their protract-
NJ this j. much longer With man
prttcd against man, and faction against
faction, and party against party, how
hopeless tie task of subduing "".hed.
people. If present signs Indicate any
thing as sure, before three mon h.
have rolled away, all Linco'ndom will
be heaving with the throGs Of domes-
tic insurrection What mean those
reslgnat ons of Secretaries and Gen
erals aud petty officers, If not that
there is no unanimity Of feeling, but
intense and bitter alterations aud fcuds
at the north? What mean they but
that there Is a strong and growing
public sentiment avCrsc to this unpro-
vokcd and fratricidaI war? Never have
a p oplv been more deceived and be-
fooled taan the people OF the Unite /
States by their internal rulers. They
are Eow Just awakening to u realIza-
tion of the mortiIying TACT, and the day
of vengeance is at hand. Already with
pale faces and knees shifting together
do Old Abe and his ncrhd.ou- i. .
read their doom III words as pt, 4.
those that God himself wrbtc om th
walls Of the palace of BcIshAzzun