Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
TSa war worth all il Costs.

War is an expensive luxury. However hu-
namely or discreetly waged, il is serious drain
upon the life Of nation. We shall come out
of the present struggle impoverishel ] in injury
ways. With the best success, we shall expcnl
hundreds Of millions of treasure and sacrifice
thousands Of lives. We shall feel the bruises
of the conflict for years after the rebellion has
been crushed and peace has been restored. :
Thousands or fortunes will be wrecked-thou-
sands or homes will be made dcsJ'ate-thou-
sands of bright careers will be arrested. The
m0urncrS will go about the streets. There will
be sorrow and anguish-there will be despair
that no human sympathy can assuage-in ma
ny gentle bosom The wrecks will lie thick
around uS-tle charrcd and battered ruins and
high hopes and sublime endcavors will attest
how severe has been the trial through which
the country has passed.
Will it pay the cost? YRs-a hundIed-a
thousand fold-if we come out Of the struggle
conquerors! IF we succeed in crushing ouf
this miserable rebellon-if We shall succeed in
convincing the world that we have a Govern
ment, strong enough, vigorous enough, deter
mined enough, to overcome all combinations
and attacks, whether from conspiracies within
or invaso Is from without ; if we shall be able
to impress Christendom with the conviction
that our Western Empire is built upon roak,
which no. convulsion can shake and no tenn
pests undermine; f we shall be able to do this,
and do it effectively, the war, no matter how
long or how desperately waged, will be the
cheapest enterprise upon which the nation ever
embarked. Every drop of blood that has been
shed-every dollar that has been expended
every purpose that has been ibaulked, and hope
| That has been crushed--4iiI fructfy into future
| blessings We shall emerge from the conflict
stronger in all that goes to make up the life oil
great people. We shall resume the calm
pursuits of peace, chastencd by the trial
| through which we have passed purified by
! the afliction with which we have been visited.
/ We shall find ourselves elevated to a higher
plane, and quickened by noble impulses to the
+ performance of noble deeds We shall find
ourselves purer, more self'reliant, more self
poised, more able to gfapple With future issues
and avoid future dangers. We shall find cur
selves less bound up in selfishness, less the slaves
of toll and business less groveling in our tastes
less earthly i'll our aspirations.
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, high
er, nobler issues will engage the attention o.
statesmen. A lofticr standard Of public NOR
ality will prevail. A better class of public
teachers will come II pom the stage. Purer aims
and more axalted conceptions OF truth and jus
tice will animate the people The sterling
metal of our Western life, purified as it were
by fire-abstracted from the dross that has SO
+. long tarnished its lustrc--will shine out as it
has never shtrt Aib1ny Journal