The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-01
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No Governnsnt can safely offer amnest,
to Rebels against its authority, after the.
have thcmselvss bvguupp,u wsry suntii .th..
rebellion itself is subdaed and rightful M
thority eornpletcly viudicxted. That tim
has not been reached il out case. Al
good men desire to see trspanilit5 ,restote
throughout Out county and ghonoe arc al
to conclude that because the Hecessitr
cause has now become hopeless all tatiom
prospect Of its success q an end therefor
the insurgents will be glad, upon invitstior
to lay down their arms and return to thei,
allegiance. But such is not the tempe,
thus far manifested by the leaders Of th,
revolt. They perceive. indeed that their
fortunes are terribly adverse, but the.
breathe nothing but thtoatenngs an,
slaughter still The loyalty Of the speoph
along the Tennessee river naturally leo
many to conclude thst similar dispositioi
vas prevalent throug ghout the South. Their,
are no facts to warrant such general infer
ence. On the contrary, there are indications
that elsewhere the malignant hostility 10
wards the Union 10 as intense AZ ever
Nearly all the Rebel soldisrs who we're Al
Manassas, whose terms expired, hard a.
they had Jared, are said 70 have re-cnlisted.
II may be said that great mass Of then
are deceived. as we know the most of tn
common soldiers taken prisoners say they
were. The assertion may possibly be true.
But they can not DO undeceived until, lik,
the prisoners, thoy have bsen compelled &
find out by experience that Northern me-
arc not vindictive cut.thrcats and robber'
The officers who arc prisoners ahatc no joi
of their hostility. That class in the Soutl'
entered upon their treason with full know
ledge, and the spirit which actusted them IL
unchanged, .rr L.t,..r.. ...
So long as the master can keep tho igno-
rant class deceived, tho struggle will be
prolonged To talk Of any thing like amnesty
for the present is worse than idle. Whc'
tho rebellion 10 eifcctuslly put down, it viii
become u government, which has made Their
feel it's power, to show itself 80 far ma
nanmous ~ not 20 visit the crimes OF til
master Spirits aud leaders upon the heads
OF ignorant and deludod followers. The
men who wa,tonly burn and destroy private
property by millions, in more wantonnes'
or revenge upon loyal neighbors - the mel
who shoot down their slaves as recklessl.
az they would 10 many dogs, losttheir slavo'
should fall into our hands the men who
poison provisions or liqors, in order thus t.
kill enemies whom .hey dare net face il
battle - these are not misguided fellow-citi-
zens towards whom wo should talk Of elem.
ency; but cnemies Of mankind, deserving
of outawry rather than amnesty. They are
not to be conciliated. but pursued, captured
and punished. In dealing with them it is
imprudent to inquire what they deserve
but it may properly be asked what severity
il within the limits Of law, to adjust the
infiiction of punishment as nearly az ii
permitted, adequate to their crimes.
No! The time 10 talk Of amnesty has not
yet come Rather, in view Of the malignant
hostility displayed among tho Rebels, and
which has been made doubly intense b,
defeats and desperation, it behooves US tc
entertain only the determination to push ths
war with renewed vigor until no army, nj
band, no man shall display the "Stars and
bars or whatever new device synbolizc'
rebellion, anywhere within the limits Of thu
thirty.four States. Then it will DO tim'
enough to consider of measures Of amnesty
This hour demands measures of quite al
other sort,