The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-06-27
Worth All Rt Costs.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
War is an expensive luxury. However
humanely and discreetly waged, it is Sc
rious drain upon the life Of nation We
shall come out of the present struggle I'M
ooverished in many ways. With the best
success, we shall expend hundreds of mil
lions of treasure and sacrifice thousands OF
lives. We shall feel the wounds and the
bruises of the conflict for years after the
rebellion has been crushed and peace has
been restored. Thousands of fortunes will
be wrecked-thousands of homes will be
made desolate-thousands Of bright careers
will be arrested. The mourners will 60
about the streets. There will be sorrow
and anguish-there will be despair that
no human sympathy can assuage-in many
gentle bosoms. The wrecks will lie thick
around us-the charred and battered ruins
of high hopes and sublime endeavOrs will
attest how severe has been the trials thro'
which the country has passed.
VIII it pay the cost? Yes-a hundred
"a thousand fold-if we come ont of the
struggle conquerors If we succeed In
crushing out this miserable rebellion-if
we exterminate the fatal heresy Of secession
If we shall be able to teach treason such
lesson as history will never weary of re-
hearsing-if we shall succeed in convinc-
ing the world that we have government
strong enough, vigorous enough, deter
mined enough, to overcome all combina-
tions and attacks, whether from conspira-
cies within, or invasions without-if we
shall be able to impress Christendom with
the conviction that our western empire is
built upon rock, which no CONFUSION
can shake and no tempest undermined
we shall be able to do this, and do it eff
fectively, the war, no matter how long or
how desperately waged, will be the cheap
est enterprise upon which the nation ever
embarked. Every drop of blood that has
been shed-every dollar that has been ex-
pended-every purpose that has been
banked and hope that has been crushed
will fructify into future blessings We
shall emerge from the conflict stronger in
all that goes 70 make up the life of a great
people. We shall resume the calm pur-
suits of peace, chastened by the trial thro'
which we have passed-puriied by the
affiiction with which we have been visited.
We shall find ourselves elevated to a
higher moral plane, and quickened by no.
bic impulses to the performance of nobler
deeds We shall find ourselves purer,
more self-reliant, more self poised, more
able to grapple with future issues, and
avoid future dangers. W9 shall find our
selves less bound up in selfshness, less the
slaves of toll and business, less groveling
in our tastes, less early in our aspirations
The successful termination of the war
will be the dawn of q new era in The his
tory of the country. The Republic viii
enter upon new stage Of its career. The
public heart will throb with more gener-
Gus pulsations Broader, higher, nobler
issues will engage the attention of states
men. A loftier standard Of public moral
ality will prevail. A better class Of pub
lie teachers will come upon the stage
Purcr aims and more exalted conceptions
of truth and justice will animate the peo-
pie The sterling metal of our western
life purified as it were BY fre-abstracted
from the dross that has so long furnished
its lustre-will shine out as it has never
shone before.