, 1861-08-29

The Albany q. " Ereniag Journal publishes
very sensible article on the existing war, as
follows:
War is an expensive luxury. However hui
namely or discreetly waged, it is a serious drain
upon the life Of nation. We shall come out of
the present struggle impoverished in many ways.
With the best success we shall expend hundreds
Of millions Of treasures and sacrifice thousands
Of lives. We shall feel the bruises Of the con-
ict for years after the rebellion has been crushed
and peace has been restored. Thousands Of
fortunes will be wrecked-thOnSands Of homes
will be made desOlate--thOusands Of bright ca
reefs will be arrested. The mOurners will go
about the streets. There will be sorrow and an
guiSh-there will be despair that no human
sympathy can assuage-in many gentle bosom.
The wrecks will be thick around us--the charred
and battered ruins of high hopes and sublime
endeavors will attest how severe has been the
trial through which the country has passed.
Will It pay the cost? Yes, a hundred, a thou
sand fold, il we come out Of the struggle con-
querors If we succeed in crushing out this
miserable rebellion; il we exterminate the fatal
heresy Of secession; il we shall be able to teach
treason such lesson as history will never weary
OF rehearsing; IL we shall succeed in convincing
the world that we have 4 Government, strong
enough, vigorous enough, determincd enough,
to overcome all combinations and attacks,
whether from conspiracies within or inVasiOns
without; five shall be able to impress Christen-
dom with the conviction that our western em-
pire is built upon rock, which no commissions
can shake and no tempests undermine; il We
shall he able to do this, and do it effectively the
war, no matter how long or how desperately
wagtd, will be the cheapest enterprise upon
which the nation ever embarked. Every drop
nN na1 thnN kn, IL 4. a..
has been expended; every purpose that has
been baked and hope that has been crushed,
will Iructify into future blessings. We shall
emerge from the conflict stronger in all that goes
to make up the life Of great people.
We shall resume the calm pursuits Of peace,
chastened by the trial through which we have
passed-purifed by the affection with which
We have been visited. We shall find ourselves
elevated to higher moral plane, and quickened
by nobler impulses to the performance Of noblcr
deeds. We shall find ourselves purer, more
selEreliant, more selEpOised, more able to crap.
pie with future Issues, and avoid future dangers.
We shall find ourselves less bound up in selfish
ness, less the slaves Of toll and business, less
groveling in our tastes, less earthly in our admi
rations.
The successful termination Of the war will be
the dawn Of new era in the history Of the
country. The Republic will enter upon . new
stage Of its career The public heart will throb
with more generous pulsatiOns. Broader, higher,
nobler issues will engage the attention Of states
men. A letter standard of public morality will
prevail. A better class Of public teachers will
come upon the stage. Purer aims and more
exalted conceptions Of truth and justice will ami
mate the people. The sterling metal Of our wes-
tern life, purified, as It wcrc by fire-abstracted
from the dross that has so long tarnshed It's Ius-
ter will shine out as it has never shone before.