The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-27
The War Nversh all e Co.,s.


humanely and discreetly waged, il is a SO.
rlons drain upon the life Of y nation. We
shall come out of the present struggle
impoverished 10 many ways. With Ihg
best success we shall expehd hundreds OF
millions OF treasures and sacrifice thou.
sands OF lives. We shall feel the bruises
of the conflict for years after the rebellion
has been crushed and peace has been re-
stored. Thousands OF fortunes will be
wrecked-thousands OF homes will be made
desolate--thOusauds OF bright careers will
be arrested. The mOurners will go about
the streets. There will be sorrow and an.
gnish-there will be dispair that no human
sympathy can assuage--in many a gentle
bosom. The wrecks that lie thickly around
us-tne charred and battered ruins of high
hopes and sublime endeavors-will attest
bow severe has been the trial through
which the country has passed.
Will it'pay the eost2 Yes-a hundred
"a thousand fold if we come out of the
struggle conquorers If we succeed Ia
crushing out this miserable rebellon-iF
we exlerminaie the fatal heresy of seces-
sion-if We shall bs able TO teach treason
such lesson as historians will never be
wearied rehearsing-if We shall succeed ia
convincing The world that we have gov
ernment, strong enough, vigorous enough,
Determined enough, 10 overcome all com.
blnatlons aud attacks. whether from con-
spracies within or invasions without: IL
We shall be able TO impress Christeudom
with the impression that our Western EN-.
pire is bull Upon u rock which no convul.
sion can shake aud no tempests undermine:
III "a gholl ha al t, IL, ~ 4 a a
tectlvely. 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 cx-
pended-every purpose that has been baulk-
ed aud hope that has been crushed-wii
fructify 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 pur-
suits 0t peace, chastened by the trial
through which We have passed-purRed by
the atilictou with which We have been vsi-
ted. We shall find ourselves elevated TO .
higher moral plane, aud quickened by no.
bier impulses 10 the performance of nobler
deeds. We shall find ourselves purer. more
seli reliant. more self poised, moi able 10
grapple with future issues. and avoid fu.
ture dangers. We shall feel ourselves less
bound up in seldshness, less the slaves of
toll and business, less groveling in our
tastes, less earthly in our aspirations.
The successful termination of the war
will be the dawn of new era in the hislo-
ry of the country. The Republic will enter
upon new stage Of its career. The pub
lie heart will throb with more generous pull
sations. Broader, higher. nobler issues will
engage the attention Of statesmen. A lOf.
tier standard Of public morality will pre-.
vail. A better class of public teachers will
come upon the stage. Higher aims and
more exalted conceptions of truth aud JUS
tice will animate the people. The sterling
metal Of our western life, buried as IL were
by fire abstracted from the dross that has
50 long tarnished its lustre--will sbue out
as it never shone before.