Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-29
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FHIDAY, AUeUsT go. 1869.

'sIf we do not put down the rebelhoh 1t
will nut us down." said Col. Wilcox fresh
from Richmond and prison life among the
rebels. When we all realize the truth OF this
declaration there will be such union and earn
estness in the loyal states as will neither toll
crate secession toryism nor omit anything that
nav contribute to make the war efficient. Ii
is very certain that the rebels will put us
down if they can. They did not make the
war because they had been wronged, but be
cause they had contriYed a revolution to
overturn the government, suppress freedom,
and reduce the free states to the condition OF
perpetual vassalage to the slave power. That
is to say, they meant to put us down; and
such despotism as they had in contempla-
ton the civilized world has not yet seen.
There can be no peace with those men, and
no safety for the Union until they are de-
stroyed or driven from the country; and those
who interfere in their behalf, by apologizing
for them, by seeking to turn public indgna-
ton from them to somebody else, or by as
sailing what is done to put them down, can
be made comfortable anywhere. That ex-
treme tenderness and ''magnanimty" towards
rebels, of which we have heard so much, has
very different motive, but it is scarcely less
censurable, for the only effect of it is
to make the rebellion more and more de-
faint, while it unwttingly betrays the cause
it undertakes to support. War is 1cdy, and
not fine lady's levee; and it cannot succeed
without stern, daring, and decisive purpose
There is danger in the hesitation to strike the
rebellion where it is weakest, and take from
it the main support of its power and this
danger is so great as to make one feel
that those who hesitate do not realize as
they should that the nation is engaged in
desperate struggle for its very existence and
that the rebels aim at nothing less than the
destruction of the government itself. They
seeking to destroy our free institutions, and
we ''magnanimously" refusing to strike at
their slavery which has produced this trou-
BILE! Did the civilized world ever before fur
nish such a spectacle
But the country is in earnest to put down
the rebellion, and whatever is necessary to
accomplish the work viii be done in good
? tlme for stupid ''magnanimity" and ruinous
timidity cannot suppress reason, and our
policy must finally be regulated by the press
ure Of the great necessity that is laid upon us.
The gallant Gen. Mitchell made brave
speech at New York, Wednesday afternoon,
in which he gave some good advice for OIL
GERS as well as men, 1.-The great battle" he
said, sis still to be fought. We must prepare
for the field; we must hunt the enemy where
he may be found; and destroy him when we
find him. Enter upon this business seriously,
thoughtfully, determedly. Be careful, watch
full, vigilant: on the march, when the cannon
roars, where it is hot, be solid as a rock.
Glory and victory are on the side Of courage.
go back to my days of triumph at the south,
when all / had to say was boys spring to it,
and like hounds from the leash every man
rushed to his duty. When the conflict
threatened, they said, you are not going to
keep us back? No, will give you the word
then spring like the lightning and deal blows
like the thunderbolt" Gen. Mitchell is one
of many noble men who are without com
mands. His place is in front. When he and
such men as he, are placed there there will
be an end Of playing at war,