Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-04
VOL. Is NO. 81.
The Character Of the w.r.

The following is q south side view from
the Mobile Register:
Wesre apprehensive that no, few Of
our people entertain very erroneous opin-
ions Of the true character of the war upon
which We have entered. and the momsntu-
Gus results depending upon the issus. We
fear that there are many who say, "true.
civil war Is terrible calamity. but other
nations have had their internecine strifes,
they have wsged bloody, intestine wars.
and though the ordeal was terrible, peace
came at last, and with it prosperity, rover
and glory; therefore, the same conseeuen-
ces must result to us''
Bot this is very superficial reasouing,-
The war upon which we are entering has
no parallel in the history of nations, civil
lied or barbarous. All the nations Of Eu-
rope, to say nothingof the South American
iRepubiics. have had their civil wars. -
With those of England, France, Spain,
Austria, and in our own hemisphere, all
general readers are familiar. But we ven.
ture to say that in all instances they have
been wars between dynasties or rival fac
tons, struggling for the supreme power.
and each having its adherents in ali parts
OF the state. In such contests the prosper
! ity OF the state did not essentially depend
on the success or defeat of this or that fac
ton. IL was of quite secondary importance
who was /" King of Kaiser" What the
people wanted was peacs, and with pesce
they could get along under almost any gov
ernment. f-r-r = r
Ours is war Of sections, divided BY geo
graphical lines Il is the culmination Of
the slumbering hate Of one section, feeding
fat its ancient grudges and antipatbies
against the organized form Of society of the
other section. 1t sought lite object for thir.
ty long years, chiefly through the forms
and sanctions Of the law. These may be
expressed in a single senteuce-an amend
ment of the Constitution, by which the
Central Government, the creature Of the
states, should be clothed with the power Of
overthrowing our social existence.
The plans OF our enemies and The modes
Of offense in Me Union have been SO offer
discussed and exposes, that we need not
specify them in detail. We warned them
for long years. that if persisted in, we
should take redress IN our own hands and
secede from the Union. Our admonitions
were answered by sDeers and derisions, be
lieving that such remedy would never be
seriously attempted. But to their amaze
mept 1t nSw confrDnts them Us a stern re-
their cherished hopes and p,ars of accom-
plisbing their purposes ia Tie Onion are
blasted. The bird escaped before the net
was sprung, but they are not to be diverted
from their object aud var il therefore the
next aud only means Of efiecting it,
Ii Is clear thee, that the restoration of
peace vi'inot necessarily bring with il, ~
II docs to other nations emerging from in
testine strife, happiness ann prosperity
That blessed fruition Of the struggle to US
can only he enjoyed when lce shall have
conquered it. We cannot be too careful tn
lay TO heart this momentouus truth. If
the invader succeed IN our subjugation, his
fell PURPOSES will De carried out, and our
snowy fields and happy fresides, from the
Potomac to the Rio Grsnde. will fulfill the
language Of prophecy as declared Of Judea
=" Their land shall be desolate and PER-
petual Kissing; every one that passeth
thereby shall be astonisbed and wae his
head" Ours will be q country compared
with which, the desert Of Sahara will be a
Paradise.
IF We could command the trumpet Of Ga
briel, so as IN reach the ears of oil the gal
liant men now in arms for the maintenance
of our rights, we should say to them, bet
ter leave your bones bleaching on the battle
field, every man of you, than N return 10
your homes suffering defeat. Homes, did
we say! Nay, you will have nothing
worth the name of home except in derision
and mockery, to return TO. The sum of
the argument is, that the South must be
victorious in the conflict of arms, or be
blOtted out Of existence. Let all who have
something to live for, lay it to heart.