, 1862-03-19
Short Work with the Rehell1on--Hoyv
TO DAA1 with the So0Hlls

lffom Inc y. l. 1G0epEH0ent. Gst Weeh-l |
In the name, therefore, Of all our business
suffering most severely, In the name Of every
thing We hold dear, We 53enand-the whole
community demand-5lort work with the pre-
sent rebellion We have had idleness long
enough. Let not another month, day or hour
be lost. Thus FIR, or until very 1ate1y, We have
acted as though war was an epoch of mil1en-
nin1 gloryx which ought to be continued with
out lighting, and protracted psdcJHNy to the
latest generation Are We infataated?
If EiX hundred thousand men cannot snbduc
these rebels. let ns have twice six hundred
thousand. We have men enough and money
enough, provided we work, ,-T3ht,-hut nc
cannot ca1nmand either, much longer, unless
We act wifi will, which has never yet been
manifested. somethtng more than s'quiet-
ness On the Pofon1ae'' IS now demanded.
dued IS easily in thirty days as in thirty
months, if the right spirit is manifested aud
the right mears are put forth. As East as 4
foo'hold can be secured in any State, mill
tary ruler SHOULD be appointed, who should,
Immediately, by proclamation, call a conyen-
tion ofloyal, Union-loviDg men, to organize a
new Government. Then open, as fast as pos
sible, every avenue Of trade. Let business be
invited and traffic resumed in every quar-
ter. Hang the rebels, a few hundreds Of
confederate band, and the work would
eoon be ended. We must now tight more
and talk less We must strike blows
which will be felt. We must use the means
| all the naeans, which God ,has given US, to help
| us triumphantly throueh-to victory. We
| must remember that the.-pooz slaye is our
| friend, and that In proportion as he IS recog-
| nized and treated as such, il that proportion
we shall prosper. We mustnot take counsel Of
| politicians who trample upon the weak, and
| would fain leggalize injustice; tor ia SO doing
| we shall have God for our en5mT, aud may ex-
/ and 7nfs11t ~ Il
fore the A1-seeing Eye, slavery is an -abo1nln-
| ion; and let no man or nation, therefore,
eyer again foster, cherish or protect it. Lib
etty--fhroughout al the land and TO all the
inhabitants thereof; that glorious, soul:fnspi,
ring word liberty should be the rallylng cry ol
| the army and OF the people. Let that word
be once, even faintly, sounded abroad by the
| Chief Magistrate OF these once United States
and q million more men, If needed, would in.
staItly fiy to the battlefield.
A nation resting and r1ztiuE iu idleness nOH
calls for fighting men and fighting measures
Millions and hundreds Of millions Of capita
are ready waiting that employment wh;cE
peace only can give It. Business men her,
and elsewhere, at bone and abroad, III Eng
cone to pause. They wait, and viii walt
for a movement On the ever speacetu
! Potomac.'' Whoever else waits and i
idle, let not an army Of six hundrcs
thousand men wait or be idle . day longe.
while rebellion. disgrace, and rnin-au star
US in the face. We cannot, must not, hitte
away another hour; We must strike the rebel
so they will feel it. Thus far we have beel
dealing with ssour dear Southern brethren.
It is high time that we knew cur 1le1-tla
we knew the eDemy-a wicked band OF con
spirators-and dealt with them in q becomin
manner. Every man Of these traitors, shout
be made Immediately to feel the crnshin
power with which thoy arc contending- Th
stpeeuliar institution should no longer ri
; main untouched 4 stroke there vi max
them feel. The property Of every rebel i
arms should be confscated. Such 4 blow t
their pockets would make them feel II a
such blows fai,, the neck should be the nes
spot in order. Try them there. ! few hu1
dreds Of them, and they will then think y
are in earnest