, 1862-03-01


We learn from Springfield that Gov.
Yates and the State officers have just re-
turned from Fort Donelson, and that they
report that the killed at the late battle, in
Guiding those who will die Ct their wounds,
amount to full ono Thousand; and that
the wounded, vino will recover, some
ma1mcd' and crippled for life, equal
fifteen hundred. The cstimate-it is
only an estimate based upon personal obser
ration- is probably far too high but every
arrival from the scene Of action increases
themortality lists, and every day scores Of
brave and loyal men fall off into death, by
the labass and wounds of that hard fought
field. Sorrow is carried into every nook and
corner Of. our great Stale and the wail Of
widows and orphans, mourning
husband and father cut down in
his prime; the agony Of old men weep
ing over Eon who will return no
more, and Of mothers who will not be
comforted because Of their sudden loss, il
the response that souow has evoked
Who Is responsible for this woe? Who
slew al these over whom such bitter tears
are sheds What fell agency has impelled
our country into q war, the effects Of which
come SO nearly home to our hearts? What
institution or what policy, vaunting its
strength and c1utclling at the pillars Of Gov
eminent, with the desperation Of mad
man and the wickedness Of a fallen angel,
compelled these dead and wounded men,
and brothers to take tho field in
defense Of themselves and the. eternal
right? The monster who has wrought
This ruin would, if embodied, be e2ecrated
by the whole world. In the North le
would be hated with fearful intensity, and
for his destruction with such retributiyc
agony as ingenuity might be able to infiict,
every man would plot and toll with ar1lor
ard energy that would never faltcr nor
weary until the task was done. Ten thou
sand brave souls in our State alone would
offer themselves to certain destruction to
compass his cnd-Tould leap into an open
gulf that their country might be saved.
Why, then, the tenderness, the reticcncc,
tie coTardice, which men exhibit VIXEN
they approach the canse Of the WARP Is
tie ecause any less potent because tits disea1-
hooled-an inshtutio rather than person
Shall we say that Slavery is any less guilty
because itisa thing, not a man. Why edg1
around the facts which every child knows
and attribute to misguided brethren tn,
monster c1iaes which belong 10 the institu
ton which can breed nothing else than me,
misguided! Why content ourselves witt
striking ut the branches Of this deadly trc1
the Davises, Wiscs, Ha1r7ses, Bcaurc
CARDS and JolaDstons- ns-Hhcn the axe may bl
piled upon the tap-root- -S1ayery-now 1ait
bare and exposed to mortal stroke? VIII,
cheat ourselves with 8 delusion
the falsehood Of which We know, tha
the conquest Of the rebels is the destrue
lion Of the causes Of the rcbellion-wit
that patent and glaring absurdity that ther
Can bc peace until the incentive to war
destroyed? Why beat the bush, and sa
with euphcmistic de1icacy, that t' our me
poured out their lives on the battlt
field, for the defense of tho inst1tr
tons Of the country" when. the d
rect speech is palmer and MOI
foreible-"T They we're murdered by Slave
E1" Tes, Slavery is the criminal! Ever
shaft winged with death, that has been scr
into loyal heart since the WAT began, We
launched by Slavery. Admit that the ":
goes On year, as it will unless the cau<
thereof is Erappled, and, directly and ind
rectly, twill cost the country third Of t.
amy in the field; aad Oh each stone Hhic
marks the dead soldiers grave may be CT
-"Murdecu by Slavery" and the verdi
Of history viii verify the compreheusi,
eritaph'. The work. is but just begu
Illinois has he'd her first great fight. F.
her brave boys there is Jet many Fo
Donclson untaken~ They push on, son
TO victory, and ten Thousand others to ii
tory and death. The wall that goes throus
the State today is to be repeated, and Il
long hence. Slavery is in sacrifcial moo
and our sons and brothers arc the victim
No other hcathcn thing, since the wor
was made, has crayed 50 many, and Of biz
and cndowments 50 noble.
But hands eff! Il is that sanctifi
thing, SlavcTy, which the "1anatics,'' ri
agree with the TRIBUNE, propose
throttle, and when dead, throw to t
dogs or the dark ages- Speak tenderly
it. Respect the prejuaices Of cur " Sou,
en brethren, '='who are addicted to ma
selling. Get down On your knees, &c N
Of Illinois, and eutfeat that no unsanctifi
. hand may disturb Traitors Rights a,
the institution out Of which tn
: spring. The Moloch has demand
and get five thousand Of G
Illinoisans since May last, .Gi7c it f
thousand again, and if not then content,
more and more and more! Have we I
sixty-ive; thousand troops in the fel
What are they and their lives, what I
insignia Of woe which all nlinoisans- M
EeaE beforethe war is done, soz that. til
hundred Thousand Shareholders may b
and sell. whip and brand, torture aud buf
Slavery is It not the highest deveIopmt
Of Democracy and Christianity? Til
hands Of.
Is. SLAVERY THE UNIoSs
From an article. in the Chicago Tia
composed of about equal parts Of secessi
nonsense and rant, we take this extract
..Sofer Is we are concerned, the time has Ct