The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-27
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Our Washington correspondent has al
ready furnished us with the account of the
great demonstration at Washington in honor
Of the return Of the gallant Corcoran and
Wilcox from their captivity in Richmond,
and given an abstract Of theiI speeches
The following extracts will, however, be
read with interest:
THE COUNTRY JUST AMAZING.
Col. Corcoran said: have never been a.
mong those who have talked lightly of this
matter from the beginning. Mr.. Ely knows
that when | was in prison with him | re-
marked that wished million men would
be placed in the field at once, believing
that it was the easiest and cheapest means
of crushing the rebellion at once. Jap
plause.) The country has now at last
become alive to the Importance of the strug-
gle. They are willing to give a million Of
mem-yes two millions of men---and every
man, and every dollar in possession of every
man to put down this wicked rebellion, and
preserve our glorious institutions as they
were handed down by our forefathers. (vo-
ciierous cheering.)
You here in this part of the country have
not seen any of the horrors of war. You
know nothing about it. You are not ruled
by military despotism; but we who have
travelled, and seen, and conversed with the
people who are suffering at the hands of
tho worst despotism that is known upon
the earth-we owe it to this people to go to
their rescue. have come from North Car
olina, and can say of her, she has her thir-
ty thousand troops in the field. One half
g. a. Il
would speak in favor of returning to the
Union. loud applause.) But | will also
say that their State pride, their blind love,
perhaps, for State institutions, will cause
them to fight well in the ranks until we can
give them assurance that we can send into
the interior Of North Carolina, and into the
interior of every State, sufficient number
of troops for the Union people to rally
around.
COL WILCOX ON TBF POLICY OF THE WAR.
Col. Wilcox, after describing the suffer.
ings he had undergone, and pronouncing the
past policy as brainless one, expressed the
hope that better day had arrived. He
said:
We have now at the head of the army q
man who stands first among men in the ma.
ton, who has distinguished himself as a
statesman, and in his broad and comprehen.
sive views, more so perhaps than any mere
soldier-who has distinguished himself as
soldier in addition. Every thing that pro.
ceeds in this form in this war will emanate
from one brain with united design to ac.
complish great results, and let little results
and little politicians and little contractors
go. (Cries of "Good, good" and loud ap-
plause) But, gentlemen, you must not al
low yourselves to be deceived into the idea
that this is not great rebellion. In my hum
BILE Judgment it is greater than it was six
months ago. So far from the resources OF
the enemy being exhausted, they are great
er; and l will tell you why. The Southern
people are, as we Yankees are apt to call
them the most shiftless men in the world
There is naturally an entire lack of system
in all they do, and i'll consequence, for six
months after the rebellion broke out every.
thing was lying around loose. Though
they lost the principal part of the beet
which came from Texas, the great supply Of
grain, and though they have expended a
greater part of their munitions of war
yet this is what they have done instead:
they have organized and systematized them
selves, their Government and all tho various
offices, military and civil, under the Govern
ment, SO that, though they WELD a much
smaller weight, itmoves with much great
er velocity, as bullet, issuing from rife
barrel, will do infinitely more execution than
cannon ball in the hands of a child. Now,
gentlemen. in order to meet this, we are to
go further in our organization than we have
vet done. would like to see every man
woman and child engaged in this war.
would like to see forges and machine shops
for manufacturing arms in every public
square in the nation. | would like to see
every woman engaged in making up army
clothing. I would like to see every child
tearing up rags for lint. Iwould like to see
every town organized so that by it's commit
tees of volunteers and patriotic and devoted
citizens, they know every man in the neigh.
borhood, whether he was true to the Union
or q traitor.
In the South, gentleman, every thing is
completely organized. A man cannot walk
over two miles square in any part of the
South withsut it being known who he is and
all about him. That is the kind of organiza-
lion we must have. 1t is known perfectly
well whether he is a,traitor TO them or loyal
to this Government. The consequence is
that comparatively few men have the mass
of the uneducated completely within their
their power, and it will not be otherwise
until we have overrun the country and have
satisfied those who are friendly to this Gov
ernment that we are going to occupy their
country and maintain our supremacy at all
hazards, and those who are disposed to re-
turn to their Government. Then we may be
sure they will return, and not till then.
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Prospects Frightening.