Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-07-17

their homes for the crime Of loyalty
Twas driven from my own home, ant
for what? What crime, what o6ens
had done? None, save my devotio
to the Government, and my attachmen
to the Stars and Stripes. Yet me-
talk of oppression. and complained o
the arrest of ministers of the Gospel
Ministers of the Gospel. indeedl Par
don the expressionl Oh, it was {
great outrage to arrest Parson Elliott
and Parson Howell. and Baldwin
Armsgeddon Baldwin, What claim
had these traitors to indulgence? / dt
not profess to be profound theologian
but / reverence the teachings of the
Gospel, and 1 thought the Gospel o
Jesus arched the whole circuit of the
skies, and rested on the ends OF the
Universe. Who are these reverend
traitors that they should go unpunished
for their crimes?
/ bold that this Government is oI
divine birth; that it is a gift of God
himself, and that neither Parson FL
liott, nor Parson Sehon, nor Parson
Howell, nor Armageddon, have a right
to break it up. l punish these men,
not because they are priests. but be-
cause they are traitors and enemies of
society. law and order. They have
pursued and corrupted boys and silly
women, and calculated rebellion, and
now let them suffer the penalty. re-
ceived the other day a request to al
low some ham, sweet pickle and other
delicacie les to be carried TO these per-
sons. told the applicant to send his
luxuries to me, and l would find per-
sons a good deal more worthy to re-
ceive them than these rebels. / would
give them to the suffering widows and
orphans among US, whose husbands
and fathers were deluded by these men
into the rebel army, and now gil
rebels grave, or lie in prison. [Shouts
Of Good! good! that's right!"1 If
1elicacies are to be distributed, l think
that these innocent sufferers, the vic
inns of these corrupt priests, are q
good deal more worthy objects OF
charity and compassion than The de-
sewers themselves. Why should they
be feasted and lionized, and their
wretched victims be left TO perish?-|
A whistle in the rear of the crowd
hear a whistle. / believe il is Gold
smith who says in his Natural History,
hat there are only two animals which
hiss: the viper, by reason Of its ven
om, and the goose, for its simplicity
I think the present instance is an ex-
,eption, and that the whistle is a gos-
ing. It is Some foolish creature in
'tigated by others who are too cow
ardly to show themselves. Let your
masters show themselves and 1 will at
enc to them. But why should these
parsons ask for sympathy? Why did
hey ever express sympathy for the
oyal men who lie in the Jail of Tusca-
oosa, covered with filth and fed on
ainted meat? Alas, to their agoni-
ting cries no response is made, but
he clanking of their chains. These
men who claim special regard have
stolen the livery Of heaven to serve
he Devil, but l am determined they
shall feel the power Of the Government
which they have sought to destroy
Some professed to entertain a holy
iorror of coercion. Why, force and
error have coerced the South into her
present position, and nothing but force
and power will bring her back. You
we're coerced by the violence and force
IF Secession, and the spirit of Seces-
sion must be subdued and controlled 4
oy force. The strong arm Of the Gov
,rnment must be barred and justice
must do her work. We may as well
understand the fact first as last, and I
70 to work nationally. Without force
md power to coerce we have no Gov /
,rnment. How have matters gone
IN heretofore? Why when the Union
lrmy came, the first to run TO il for
protection and privileges, were Seces-
ionists, who got promise of protection,
{ they would remain neutral. On the
,ther hand, the poor Union men were
erri6ed with threats of vengeance If
he rebel army should return. The
were protected by the
Union army, and was equally conf
lent of protection should the rebel
rmy return, so he felt perfectly easy.
The Union man dreaded utter ruin.
hould a reverse occur, and was filed
With perpetual alarm. So, under this
TRANCE policy the rebel had two guar
ntees, and the Union men but one
{ is time this was stopped. The time
las arrived when treason must be
aade odious and traitors impoverish-
d. These men have used their prop
rty to destroy the Government, and
i'll the land with bankruptcy and dis
ress; they have given their wealth
RELY to aid the rebellion and treason,
md drench the land in fraternal blood,
md crush out the last vesiige of liber-
y, and their property should be Ia
zen from them to defray the expenses
f the war. They are the guilty ones.
they are the real criminals. The
,oor have been deluded and dragged
nto this war, while the authors and
nstigators who have kept up the war
" the money and contributions. have
kulked at home and demanded the
Of the Federal Government.
And what was the motive Of many of