The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-06-07
What They have Dono.

Six months ago, the rebel flag was first
unturlod in Charleston. Let US glance over
the field and see what the cOnspirators
against American Liberty have accomplish
ed.
They have inaugurated civil war. They
have plunged the most prosperous nation on
earth into the horrors OF revolution. They
have driven twenty-six millions OF people
into the bloody arena Of fratricidal conflict.
They have brought irretricyable disgrace
upon the American name. They have let
loose the furies of passion, and stimulated
oil the baser instincts OF man into prcterna-
tural activity. They have arrayed peaceful
communities against each other; set brothers
to cutting each Others threats, and repro
duccd in this free land, tho sanguinary spec
tacles of semi.barbarous times. They have
converted prosperous cities into barracks
and fruitful plains into tented fields. They
have paralyzed commerce. suspended busi-
ness, brought bankruptcy and ruin to thous.
nnds of happy homes, and converted a land
which was the envy of Christendom into the
scene oil the unnatural struggle the world
ever beheld.
They have succeeded in marring II not
destroying our prestige abroad. They have
almost proved to the world that the great
republic of the west was the most stupen-
dous sham in history. They have brought
free institutions into disrepute, and furnish
ed despotism with lesson, against which
the down-trodden masses in other lands will
find it difficult to contend. They have ar
rested for time the tide Of progress and
wrought reaction in favor OF strong gov
ernments which will make every tyrant in
tle world feel firmer in his seat.
They have inaugurated pure despotism
in one-third of the States of the Union.
They have initiated u reign of terror"
over six millions of American Freemen.
They have made Liberty by.word from
the Potomac to the Brazos-from tho Gulf
of Mexico to the limits of the National CAPT.
tai. They have muzzled the press, silencod
the pulpit, and made the utterance of the
sentiments of Washington q crime punisha-
BILE with exile, coniiscation and death.
They have abolished the Fourth OF July
They havedeclared the singing of the Star
Spangled banner" to DO misdemeanor.
They have expunged the Declaration OF In
dependence as reasonable document. They
have eiiaced the sacred emblem Of our ma
tionality Us loathesome to their sight. They
have buried the American flag, rs the stand
ard Of flag they are bound to destroy.
They have rejuyenated piracy. They
have restored the practises and traditions OF
the Buccaneers. They have inscribed tho
Deaths Head upon their banners, and gone
forth upon the seas like true corsairs. They
have proclaimed tho world that their mis-
sion Of plumber and rapine will not be end
ed while Yankee keel Is left to pillow tho
ocean.
Has the experiment paid? They have
brought ruin upon the interest of which
they had affect to be the champions. They
have doomed slavery to violent death.
They have brought beggary and squalor to
their own homes. They have cut themsel-
yes of from the commerce of the world.
They have provoked blockade, which will
soon reduce their great cities to want. They
have aroused spirit Of vengeance in the
land that will not sleep until they are
crushed or subdued.-[Albany Even. Jour.