The Lansing state Republican., 1862-10-29
VOL. 8, NO. 2s.-wHoLE NO. 1872.

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serpent till exterminsted. Il voslA long
ago have yielded, but for the hope of
propositions Of peace from political quar-
ters. and terms Of accommodation, and
but for seeing the Executive denounced
for uucoos6tntioaal acts. and party ris.
ing up opposing The war in efsos II not in
name-for rebel leaders understand the
matter in al it, bearing&
A DEMocBArIc PsAcE-coxPRoMnJNo. AND
ALL UNION" PARTIES GOT UP By MEN
OF DOUBTFUL LoYALrY TO DrvIDs THE
UNION STRENGTH, TO BE soUELcHKD.
Alas. how many brave spirits have been
quenched forever because Of this shameful.
sinful division-by means Of this miserable.
political ambition 70 raise up suocessful
party at hcme to gain Office and spoils.
but God will bring its actors 70 judgment
Every household has been bersavsd
There is no noek however watched or sssdsa,
But one dead lamb 10 here
There arcssie. hossose asfsndsd,
Bat hes ooe vacant chAsr.
The air is full of fsscwcb 70 the dying,
And moaratns for The dead
The heart Of Rachel for her children crybs,
VIII not be conlforted
Our fair-hsired boys periled their lives
in endeavoring to crush . rebellion which
gains hope and tenacity. and endurance.
and perseverance,. in its work Of eonspirscy
and treason aud murder. and holds on be.
cause it sees peaoe-war party rising up
stealthily and in disguiss among ns It
home. Their bones are bleaching upon
every battle field in tho rebel Statea
Those who loved them ask you whore they
are. You cannot raise the dead. but. in
the name Of Heaven. call back the living
that are yet spared to US. or destroy at ono
blow. one Of the chief hopes Of rebellion at
home. q political organization. 10 which re.
bellion instinctively turns for relief.
RESULT OF THE DEMOCRATIC "PEAcE
POLICY.
The winds moan and the leaves rustic.
and night is gathering. A woman weeps
over hearth cold, and cherries and des.
olate. A group Of little children, with
curious. anxious faces, hang upon her
knee wondering Why she weeps. and are
asking for their father.
Nor wife nor children moro shall hs behold,
Nor friends, nor sacred homes"
He fills an unknown bloody grave in
the land Of rebellion, where he marched
to aid in preserving the inheritance OF his
Revolutionary sire. But he Was murder
ed in expectations of propositions of peace
from politicians. who fear rebellion Will not
be constitutioually treated, or in the hope Of
some new reading Of the Constitution.
which would exempt rebellion from cen
sure and punishment Scnsatiou. That
bereaved widow in her dsstitution looks
to you. Those children demand their
sire with tears Of artless innoesnoe." You
cannot restore him. God alone can shield
and comfort the widow and the fatherlen.
But you can remove one Of the chief causes
which serves TO prosract this hellish ma.
lignity and mischief at the ballot box.
WHAT OUR SOUTHERN BRETHREN DO
WHOSE PROPERTY NORTHERN sYTPA-
| rHsERs DON'T WANT CoNFrscArxD
| OR ExANcIPArED.
A settler in the far West upon the Indi.
an border has volunteered. With the true
spirit of the pioneer. to defend his countzy's
flag His wife and children are aroused
from their slumbers 1t midnight By the
yells of savage hell hounds. to perish BY
the tomahawk and scalping- knife /; the cab
10 is 10 flames and the ferooious monsters.
with the hands dripping With tho blood Of
innocence. bear away trophies 70 exhibit for
reward to more ferocious monsters aill-
savages protesting Christianity-conspira-
tors and rebels, who stimulate the red man
to murder defenceless women and children
that they may procure from political ten.
lers. at an early moment. liberal propoa-
tious Of peace and compromise. That bor-
derer will return to greet his loved ones.
but they are not there. A heap Of ashes is
all that is left him; tears roll copiously
down his sunburnt vissage. but. like the
falIow deer, he wecps alone. You cannot
bring back to his embrace the beloved Oh.
jec. Of his affection. but BY precept aud ex-
ample you can aid in removing the detesEa.
bic hope that political party can succeed.
in whole or in part. in sympathy with re-
bellion SensatiOn.