Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-07-24
RThs object dearest to the heart

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Of every honest man, is the speedy ter
mination Of this rebellion. 1t is ga
eonsummstion devoutly to be wished"
To this end. all good men are striving
night and day. All parties in the
North, profess an intense desire to have
it brought about at once. This being
the case, We confess our surprise at the
vote in the House on the Con6scation
and Emancipation bill. The vote stood
80 to AZ. Republicans almost to man
for it. Democrats equally unanimous
against it.
For one year past, the war has been
carried on upon conciliatory principles.
on part of the North, and by the South
with the utmost degree of malice and
vindietive eruelty. Every offer Of con-
ciliation has been rejected with scorn.
Protection to rebels and their property,
afforded by Union soldiers, has been
Tequited by treachery OF the basest
sort. Every rule of civilized warfare
has been carefully observed on part of
the North, and as carefully disregarded
by the South.
The blood of our patriotic soldiers
has drenched the land of treason, and
the hard earned money of peaceful,
honest citizens, has been lavished in
countless millions to stay the hand Of
the ruthless usurpers. Yet who can
say that we are any nearer the restora-
tion of the Union, than on the Esd of
July, 1862 The danger to our own
homes is even more imminent. The
let-us-alone policy Of the rebels has
changed to an aggressive war. The
free soil of the North has been polluted
by the invading tread Of the slave
driver. Guerillss are swarming over
the land, whose special mission it is to
kill, rob, and destroy whatever comes
in their way, Our armies are dwind-
ling away by hundreds sacrificed by
disease, or the bands of assassins.-
Thousands are wanted TO fill their
places. The North is to-day one uni
versal recruiting ground. And why?
Simply because this rose-water, concili-
atory policy cannot crush out treason.
You might as well undertake to check
!he cataract of Niagara with net work
of twine. The fact is indisputable.-l
To deny it, a man must shut his eyes
to every fact which transpires around
him. The world has looked on with
astonishment, at our forbearance TO
strike the enemy in vital point
Thank God the decree has gone forth
at last. 1t may not yet be too late.-I
The blood of our brethren slain by the
enemy from behind works erected by
slave labor, cries aloud for vengeance.
The bleaching bones of our brave SOL
diers, who have died from fatigue or
disease contracted by incessant toll and
labor in trenches and Notifications, de-
mand that hereafter their brothers shall
be saved for more honorable duty
The toilfng millions of the free North,
are ready to declare that their hard
earnings shall not be expended in pay
ing rebels high prices for the products
of slave labor, thereby sustaining the
rebellion and weakening ourselves
Every rule Of civilized warfare, justi6es
armies in supporting themselves from
resources of the enemy.
These facts are undeniable. Yet an
act Of Congress, having for its sole OBJ
ject the extingnishment Of this wicked
war, is met by every technical, frivol-
GUS objection from the outset, by a
party styling. themselves the Democ-
racy, and on its final passage opposed
by solid vote. These are the men
who, in Conventions, have lately de-
elared this "eristins seay" must cease.--
That this rebellion must be put down,
and that the Democracy is the only
party in this country able and willing
,
to sustain the "Union as it was, and the
Constitution as it is" Honest freemen
of the North, look at the picture and
see who it is that are really anxious
this war should close. "Actions speak
louder than words.''