Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-06-06
When will the Rebellion be
Crushed

Many times day We hear tits question
assci, ami as often au answer is returned,
" don't know" 1t is mighty struggle
and it may be continued. in M form. t1r
years. The heavy fighting, AMI the clash al
arms BY heavy annie may be ncarat hand
but there has u be iols',t yet, a great BATH,
Of another character, ere pc"cc ard caac.ta
will dwell in all ogr borders. L Aurc.arl
may be killed, or captured, or lie may rur
away; and 5, Of all the Lending rcj i in arm,
against tile nation, bat slavery las stamp
ep its . mag and superscription 50 legi.
bly on the character of the Southern people
that it will take years u ellAce, or even mod
ify it \ long time must c!apsc, therefore
ere the slaycholling malmca will b, in a
suitable frame Of mind t, return the answer
Of Ruth to Naomi - Thy people saq.l b,
my people and thy God my God"
In the mean time the business men Of tie
commercial cities OF the South, will, t. a
great extent, lie from the North, and OF thar
class tia. have better idea o. human rights,
our system Of government, and what the
Christian religion teaches. The border States
will not fail 10 read the - signs Of the times -
and daily grow wiser. Education Will rot
out ignorance, and trcelom, slavery, all over
the land, bn, il will take time t. accomplish
it. \ revolution in public sentiment IS OF
slow growth, especially one OF the k.nl need
ed to reconcile aud harmonic the conflicting
feelings and opinions now existin. between
the people Of the North and tie South, but
it will come Slavery has poisoned tie
Southern mind TO such an extent that no
mild measures nor homeopathic prescription
will at once effect a cure, and more power.
fal remedies will be applied The sword
famine. and bad whiskey, Will decilnate the
male portion Of the whites in the South. 10
fearful extent. Many, no doubt, will leave
the country, as oil their property viii be
yalueless. Others viii be content to sub
side > from active public life, and take ON the
- sulks. Northern lrlncip pies will q where
ever Northern armies 20, and they will in
due time fight many b!oodless battle and
come of conquerors. Slavery will fall as
political power in the land, and those who
have made business Of worsbipping at it's
shrine, will find their occupation gone
Large military and naval forces will have 10
be maintained to preserve peace, and to pro-
teet the authorities in the rebcllious States
after they are conquered. 1t will require
heavy annual expenditures - do tais and
where is the money to come from? much
as possible, the rebels in arms, and those who
have been and are iuinical II the govern.
m3nt, should be taxed in some way. How
tins can be done is not 60 clear at this time
rs to the disastrous results Of war. they
are sooner cured than is generally supposed
1t IS something like fire in city a few
months or years, and no traces of the confl.-
grafton that made many family houseless.
and begsared many merchant, is to DC seen.
The recuperatiye energies of Young ma
ton is almost beyond credence. Even in
older nations than our own, the facility with
which nation rises from the calamities Of
war are surprising. Macaulay. in speaking
OF England, after the death of Charles II
says
In every experimental science there Is n
tendency towards perfection. In every In
man being there Is time 10 analior.fe H.
own condition, These two PRINCIPLES bays