Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-10-17

Cl II ldlluIt. Ou pfittlNt
it is q failure, because the United
States Government has failed
We must ge; rid of the people of
the North because they are Dem
ocratic. Slavery and Democra-
cy can not live together. The on
ly reply which he made, so long
as he could make any, to these
statements as to the weakness OF
Democracy, was, "Gentlemen,
by the time YOU have got through
with Uncle Sam, you will find
it strong enough for common
use" 3" He had been what was
called a loyal man to the iastitu-
tion Of Slavery, but the moment
the old flag was torn down, he
had told them they would make
him not only an abolition sympa-
thizer, but an active political ab-
olltionist. He feared that there
were those here who still tancied
that by some concllIatory meas
ures The SO lth could be brought
back TO the old Government
There could be no greater faIIa-
cy. The loyal men Of the South
were praying to get back into the
Union without any condition or
Cancellation. Would any Ioval
nan conSentthat jeff Davis sho d
ever be President OF the United
States? ["No, no. / DO want
to see the old Government wnen
it shall have asserted its power,
make a wise and just discrinina-
ton between the guilty and the
deluded. want the really re-
Sponsible traitors punished. |
want the down-trodden, the suf-
ferIng, the ignorant to be allowed
to come back like the odIgal
son, and be forgiven. Ii we can
not conciliate these men, what
can we do?
Shall history record it thai
twentv-sevcn millions of free men
and women. and children, have
not the moral and physical pow
er to strangle treason in fifteen
hundred thousaud2 Is Republi-
canism to tail upon .his contlneqt
because taat twenty seven mii-
lions are not sufficiently consci-
oHs of their duty to Themselves.
the Govern nent OF their fathers,
to hlmanltg the wide world ever.
to realize the fact that this rebel
lion caa alone be crushed By
ph, sical force? | have not a
doubt but peace propositions will
come from the Confederate Gov
ernnent, but they will not come
in the shape Of an unconditional
proposition 10 assume tue Uaion
as 1t was. We have already
seen some Of the conditions or
what would probably be the con
ditions if hostllItles were to
cease. ] do not think that they ev-
en- would emanate from the Cabi
net-if | may be allowedthe ex-
pression--at Richmond. They
know that it the Government Of
the United States should, in It's
mercy, pardon their ohenses, and
restore them to their rights under
the Constitution, their own fel-
low citizens who have their been
victims would spurn them away,
and they are as ehectually cut
off from preierment as if they
had been convicted of high trea-
son. The very desperation with
which they are struggling ought
to prove to You and the world
that they will never stop while
they can get men to bleed; they
will never cease to fight a long
as there is hope OF success be-
cause tits the only hope Of saliva
tion to them. They 90 not feel
for the suherings of the wives
and the children that are made
widows ana orphans by the un-
holy war; it never has entered
the mind of one man in this re-
belllon who understood its OBJ
iects to shed a tear for all the
bloodshed, misery and woe which
it involved. Tie war must be
put down by bayonets, by pow
der and ball, brave hearts and
strong arms. | do not say this
because ! have suGered--it is be
cause thousands OF brave men
are suffering now. 1t is true, had
| not suffered and witnessed sui-
feriug, mi ght not, and probably
not have been so earnest in my
feelings. We are all sufficiently
selfish, and ! am no exception.
Ii secession as an established
fact, and the Government that
has resulted from it, an establish
ed Government among the ma
tions OF the earth, doyou believe