Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-08-14
How many precious lives were sold
To keep our nation and It's laws.
MEADov Buzz, July q, 1862.
1nn1sr11IE IouRNAL ITEMS.

When a poor fellow, falling from his
mare in the middle Of rushing stream,
scrambled upon the back of her colt
and tried to make the shore, his COM
rsdes esiled out to him to mount the old
one, but he replied, "GsDtlemen. this is
no time to swap horses.o john Nor
gan acts upon a different priaciple-
the mere critical his situation the more
disposed be always is to herse-swap.
"Dig, dig, dig for the defence of
Richmond, or Mcclellan will dig into
it, )" says the Richmond Inquirer. al
cannet dig, to beg / am ashamed"
said the prOdigal son. As the Rich
mond rebels have never learned to dig.
we guess they had better overcome their
shame and beg for quarters.
The Richmond Wing advises that al
the dogs in Richmond be exterminated,
and that the meat now used as dog-meat
be fed ont to the Federal prisoners
The chances are that the prisoners viii
have TO eat not only the dog-neat but
the dogs themselves.
Few men IA this nation appreciate
the mighty importance of the passing
hour. II an did appreciate it, the hor-
rid rebellion would in thirty days be
buried in the earth's centre.
I. Il is said that the Devil thinks he
succeeds q geed deal better in hiding
his cloven foot since be took to wearing
crinoline than he did when he wore
breeches.
II q man of substance refuses to con-
tribute for the support of the war, his
substance must be all in his pocket
not 3 particle in his soul.
Any man who says a word or does a
deed to discourage the recruiting SER
vice should be punished as traitor.
Jeff Davis calls upon the U. s. Gov
eminent to "show its band" When il
does, he will find that its hand is the
upper one.
The women of the South are deci-
dedly more violent rebels than the rebel
troops are. Perhaps treason shows its
taste in preferring to lurk under crino-
lines rather than butternut uniforms.
tits very disgusting thing to pa
triot to hear men wrangling about party
politics when the Republic is struggling
for its very existence. It is much as if
a set Of youngsters, whilst their father
bay upon bed.of pain and mortal dan
gen, should wrangle and fight about the
prospective division of his lands and
money.
Even il Gen. Patterson was not dis
graced BY keeping bis 40, 900 men out
Of the battle of Bull Run, he certainly
disgraced himself by his contemplate
speech at the late complimentary dinner
to Gen. Shields at Philadelphia.
It is more criminal to tolerate in the
community men known to be engaged
in the promotion of the rebellion than
it would be to suffer wolves, tigers, and
rattlesnakes, to 60 at large in our
streets.
Hitherto, whenever our troops have
penetrated into rebel territory, they
have been bullied by the rebel citizens.
Hereafter, if bullying must be done,
they may attempt to do little of it
themselves.
The newspapers in the rebel Confed-
eracy are deluging the land with the
feeblest trash ever published. The
South, from being land Of milk and
honey, has become land of milk and
water.
When our Government was smhten
upon one cheek it turned the other also.
But when it was smItten on that, was it
bound to turn its back for kick?
A reverse in war may be a blessing
in disguise, and fellow in liquor may
be man in disguise, but we like bles-
sings and men best without their dis
guises.
We talk too much and act too little.
Let US devote ourselves 10 faction, &C.
Iion, action" while the cannon, mortars
and rifles do the talking.
in Chicago they put the whites who
don't subscribe for the war on the black
list, and the blacks who do subscribe for
it on the white list.
The hands of rebel women are red
with the blood of their husbands, bro
theirs, sons, and lovers, and smell like a
charnel-house.
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For what did God give to men mus
eles and sinews if not 10 use them when
the destruction Of their country is threa.
tened?
The fierce spirit Of the rebel women
established rebel conscription before
the rebel government did.
Let every man show his hand in these
times. If it is too dirty, let him wash
it and then show it. ,e
Which end Of river ram is its butt?
A Government that undertakes to
carry on q war in an enemy's country
at the exclusive expense of its own
treasury, will carry il on at the expense
Of its own power and its own character.
1t seems strange there should be so
much difficulty in catching John Nor
gan, when all history tells how easy it
is to catch the plague.
We should think that late events
might open the eyes Of every loyal man
though he had q ro,,n1