, 1862-01-14
DIR, BR0WKSON on TIE WAR!
Ho1r 10 Conquer fhf Rebels.

hOfE 10 conquer snf 3&eOet8s |
The January number Of Ep;Easosts : Quarter
" Resfese {pubIished By D. and j. Sadljcr & |
Co., No. lf4 William street, has articles OIL |
the Reunion Of all Christians, Archbishop I
Hughes Oh Slavery, Catholic Schools and Edit
cation, The Punishment Of tic neproiatc,
The Stru==slc Of the Nation for Life, and Lite
rary Notices and Criticisms
The Struggle of the Nation for Life,' Is Il
review Of the Presidents Message, and Of the
principles on which it seems TO the writer nc
tcssa5y to carry on The ,var. The reviewer
says
THE ORIGIN or THE WAR.
Many worthy people resardn war, especially
4 civil war like that which Il now raging in the
American Onion, as the greatest calamity that
can befall Il nation, and 50 great is their horror
peace at any price, even By nationn dishonor
OF national degradation Yet war is rati1er the
effect Of evil than the eril ITSELF The real
eTll is IN the causes that preee1e and lead to
1t. In our case it is the effort Of the sound
part Of the nation 10 e3pcla disease long since
contracted, and which was gradually hut
steadily approaching tile seat Of Life, and
threatening us with complete dissolution.
To The eye Of enlightened patriotism our CON
dition as L people is less leplorablc today
than it was four years ago, hefore the war
broke out.
stNihout sar re had no CHANGE Of prolons~
ing Cur national life. With the slave interest
in fall power in nearly onc-haf Of the Union,
and by its combinations ruling tic councils Of
the pation; with Young America, reckless
and destitute Of principle, managing our poll
tics at the North under the lead Of Fcrnando
Woods and New York Rerazds; with the laxity
OF morals beeonaing almost universal in poll
tics and business, in public life and private;
with the growing tastes and habits Of luxury
and cxtrayagance prevalent throughout the
land, we were well nig1ia lost people our des-
fF1ietion rs q nation Was, if no change came,
only Question Of time, and thoughtful and
far-see1ng men were beginning to despair Of
the Republic. The impending ruin, In the
ordinary providence Of God, could be aVerted
only By the war which has broken out and is
now raging. We dep1ore with our whole
heart the causes which made The war neccs-
eary and inevitable, but we do uqt and cannot
grjeve that it has come, or lanlgn: tie sacri-
ices it compe!s us to make
We Of the free States have been taunted
by the sla1eholding South with being towards
and poltroons, with being ready to sacrifice
| honor, dignity and glory for the sake OF trade
| and its profits and poltroons in our politics
| we have been. We can now prove that, if We
have been ready to make any sacrifice, even
E.At VI nu1olt ~ pte'cnl tAc dtssotuglon o1 Lue
| Union, it has not been through soridiness OF
cownrdice. Our honor, our very manhood as
| 4 free md living people arc now At stake, and
must be redeemed. We must wipe out the
disgrace Of our past concessions, our past
croucfl1ng to the Barons Of the South, - and
| prove that those concessions were not Trung
| from timidlty that springs from want Of
manhood or from lnscnslbnity TO national
honor or national glory; that we have not
cronched because we wanted spirit to assert
or strength, to defend our own rights and Dig
nifty, but because we loved the Union, and arc
| Eow ready to make any sacrifice to preserve
the integrity Of the nation. This ne can and
must now prove.
WE MvsT MAKE WAR IN EARNEST,
t.Rp+ ,a do ,,,;s ,re ,,s. +,1-o +ba motto, :,
earnest sn understand a,, fcl t,t th.s ~ -
Is rcaitv and thaf Il 1nnsf he cond,,rted ~,
Wv ~ ~, nea a.. ',r;no;,f..a = Tha,o W
must i'c downr;eht s9rir,tfa-w,rd anS
,ar,,cst oaronrr wiI al t1, ~ ~
strnments its Of wiz The m var 1 whilc t. Isfs = +
sni 1nnst 1c ;nsxor,he bsrr nenst ~ Hs ha ~ =
1eaf 10 st5,ae les5 @ We 3G toe no : ter to hpt
s;ton n,ey AZ nn ~ ,a 81 sno ,,,; s a1r "
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=, - ta soptns ~ an; I;n,
pussag,f ln3nf} & IL lne sagasIsl 1 possiolc 1lme
IN ana teas m W., in % - ~
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aoe ana mos ~ 49, alIn' ~ a p' eoap1ss.on se
thar oy :" ~
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.psal s.a.es .7t aie n91 yet anF MfonSm " up -, T.
err;,v and ,naotnao IF t1e w W e. e.
s1sns anu ~ ~ " ~ strn1e ~. W. ar
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our love for the Union. and seeking by th
: game Of bluff to force us to make new an
greater concessions.
Even the Administration, able and patr
otic Us it Is, We fear, is dccciring itself with
spccious, but llusory theory. It's theory il
that no State has seeded from the Union, an
the rebels arc merely faction in their seyert
States, who, BY a wicked and artfall conspir:
/ Epeetiye State Governments, and are exc
eisiDg q GROSS and intolerab1e despotis1
4 over tic people, who are in general loy'
!, and devoted to the Union. The tue polio.
: | i holds, is to strengthen the people IN ii
a States where the faction has usurped the 60!
e1nment, and to enable them through the ba
r 1ot-bo1 to recover their political ascendanc,
e | Hence, while defending itself against tt
J. rebels, it must protect the people Of the 81
IT ceding statcs-the Union peop1e--and avoi
n Irritating them, or doing anything that misi
h driye them to maks :; co common e.; cause uIth Il
q suppressed, from readily fraternizing vii
n their Northern brethren, and from 1ookiI
,t ! upon them in any other light than TINT of d
y 1iTererg. Hence, it shows itself Ecrupulous
tender Of their feelings aud preiudices.
concentrates not its energies on suppressir
the rebellion and saving the life Of the n
'e ton, but suffers its arm to be para1yzed l
le vain efforts to protect the constitutional rigl
ae of rebel States, and to provide for the Eclf-h
,,sf ing Of the Union alter the war is oyer.
, rur RPap7s .peco,t,,r-x,r7pz
ID Inc 1eneis afe, Tnelhef " 4he E 70 OWN
L or no.' reany ispel =! Ietoteu ota!es, a
20 SIMPLY 1Aa1Hlouaas actlns IL 1oea1 ana1sa1u ~
y capaclty. lHey aEe plaeucaly eoln!nanlIl
&c Or Provinces u letoll 1o. sl.nply ulsuslau: WV "
1e N rebcllon. ineJ arc arc ne sassM az war VI
1e nls 5u4e1a!n. u tle teca1H1i1s4ea ~
III no nlate has secsaeu, aaa Iae 1asos5 nv
luc oofee1luent ~ 70 eassa.ntoas, uut -
it matter OF 1aet, tne Wnoic eieVen are eut ol
Spion' ana eohhtltute GoiisoclasGn s M y geq.
10 !hough as yel lnnaehnam4eaSea, ato' 9ou 9 ss ne
IN ing, never sna,l ue aehn1oMleuse4- ~ u !
n rise ABOVE lea4 &ecnaictl1le5, anu 1ooh ~
= iacts as lucy are' Inc leoele afe uot y Ms!tll
he 1ndlyiauals oat communities N rcyoN a
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ut independent AoteHn u11'op- =
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'td we nono1 tne government loI lto resp
es, for the techn1eahnes ana even empty iorm
s1t lice OF Jaw out We snoulo no1or IL stl4 ~
1er It WOULD rise aeoVe 1neH ana look t1e II u
'he as s1neJ are N Inc lace. iaese tecAlilcals
or and formalItles arc wisely devised 70 re5er