, 1862-08-07

ing" treaEon. God forbid It'll
The theory Of oil the policy Of this war has
be- n-"Tbis rebellion afssr all is rot mere,
sheer, horrible wickedness. These traisors
are deceived: A c.1rsed press has represented 1
I'LL tbe loyal North as abDliionists, and then
painted M abolitfonist to be O devil Our
Southern brethren we're thus deceived into
frantic hate and fear,' They only need to be
deceive them: Show them w1 are neither abo-
lIhonist or devil They will be placased-wM
see their mistake-their sads ruinous mistake, :.
and relinqntsh what the president calls This
unnecessary and injurious WAT It is all
Well, this has been the theory Of It III. 4:
theory very magnanimous, honorable, becon- !:
Ing, to the great free heart OF the -Aorzhern
ptop1e--taz Loss fatte1iES to their head, hon- !
ever. Yet, let ns: not blame these who have
us not held that they haye dome II from lack
of loyalty or from sympathy With treason.
The authorities, no'doubt, held it the wisest,
best and quickest. way Of quenchin3g the
&C no longer. 1t hae been tried it has failed,
:nliEe1ably, utterly, disRstrously., Our mag
Danim{sy is unde ratood as fear, weakness, con-
fcioue wrong. They hare driven on the war
By Warlfke snaetnt, and mot as the conserra- =
tlves have It By "War measures OF fclemenc9."'s
They have been delighted to have Us save
their eetates, keep their negroes hard at1worki
to furnish supplies. for, the. rebellion, treat;
their households and communities with caiv-
olrous politeness feed the hungry and the
anxiety about home matters. They have
laughed at us as fools besida hating us as foes.
They have gained long respite and many suc-
cetees for their cursed cause =.
Our oWn eyes have seen these 'sHar meas;
ures Of elemeney." At oiir approach to his
made haste to meet Us and claim "a guard for
his estate., He confessed that his sir soas soere
all IN the re1et army, and did not hide his o1n'
rreaEop. He and his household Fere living 10
luxury, Sustained as, they had always been By
the labor Of their slayes--,aple. to furnish sub
sistanee to the rebels as ever. But he got his
guard and sras left much rebel, acah as fas!!
ability to old the rebel cause as before consirly.
We marched back past his residence, and in
less tfen week 1he town WAS occupied by
rebel 1t1ocps-subsisting on the produce OF
this region through which We had passed.
On one Of cur marches, the first day Of our
occupancy OF the town, dined with man
"a good Urion man," I called him next day.
assured him that We troubled nobody for his
opinions,-that all quiet persons we're Per-,
1ectly safe, no matter what their political
views might be; and that day he WAS rampant
secession vith all his house. The first day he
esEerly invited me to dine, ard you'd take no
compensation. The second day he invited
me even more eagerly, pressed me so to stay
to dinner that waited an hour and ha;frather
than refuee his urgency, and then before I
Was up from the table told me he should
charge me fifty cents for my dinner. That
WIS sharp practice for one Of the chiyaIry I
Was greener then than now, and p1id it. Ny
country forgive mel Hard crackers and raw
pork are better for me- than dinners on which
th1Ie enemies fatten. hencefurth will know
ing'y eat no secession blead paid for In loyal
silver.
We are hearing every Cay what proves the
tallacy OF this theory of tenderness, OF War1ike
=" "c!enlency." We have made three tough
| campaigns through Missouri, costing more
| than the value Of Of the whole property of the
| counties through which our armies PARSED.
| To-day the State Is in as bad, unsettled, re-
| bellious condition as at the first Fremont's
| forti6cation6 and the legal garrisons aremot
useless yet about St. Louis herself One
! rebe! III couaty hanged, the estates Of rebels
contscated or destroyed on the first campaign
| would have saved millions Of treasure, sud
| tens OF thousands Of loyal lives, besides Civ
| ing the government the moral power of one
| stabls, loyal, reliable State wrested from tie
| clutch of treason.
| We have campaigned 1t with hard work,
terrible suffering, desperate fighting and
| heavy loss Of life through Kentucky and
Tennessee, on the same principle Of cienen-
cy, leaving to every rebel his liberty, his es-
tate unimpaired, his laborers still bound to
nnrequited service, his family in comfort
| We hive not crushed treason out Of a single
county nor town, nor heart OF either State
These rebels have nursed their hatred under
| the heel Of this q Hc1ement" war and learned
to despise us. They conveyed all manner Of
intelligence to lurking enemies; have de-
| ee1yed our forces scattered here and there
in the country; have fallen as minute men
| upon any isolated parties and cut them of
| II Was That kind OF work that took us to
Paris. The work Of aiding and nourishinr
treason has been their OWL business in spite
| of loyal oaths.
What are oaths With which to bind this
treason which was born in wholesale perjury :?
| say we haye rot with all our hatdship5 and
expenditures Of time, money, life, crushed
t1eaFon IN a single prec1ncs Of either of these
6taLes. It is just as universal, as malignant,
as when cur arnaies first set foot on their soil.
| So just now we learn of q grand plan for 2
| simultaneous and general uprising Of the re-
be15 in our rear, perfected tie signal for its
success at Richmond. Had complete disaster
oVertaken us there, instantly our lines Of con.
muuication would have been assailcd, our
scattered garrison cut off, their towne and
! cities 1etaken, and our whole western liae
|. hanked by the victorious army Of Virginia
and re compelled to campaign It backward to
the Ohio or meet wi h worse disaster
Even as it is, see Lexington and Frankfort
In peril, the archives of the State being hastily
| withdrawn for fear OF Morgan's force Mar
freeEbcro retaken with its regiments of defend
ers-our gallant Sd for one.
Let these gallant unfortunates Of our OWE
state, our neighbors, aequaintances ant
friends, stand to Us n thrilling token of tht
failure Of "war measures of clemency.'
These measures had been tried upou tt,
rebels among whom they were garrfsoned
! and by whom they we're sacrificed. Whence
! as out Of the ground, have these armle
. sprung up within aud in the rear of on
: | strong close lInes-in these lines wher
: treaeon has been already crushed ont by mos
. bloody. campaigns? Folly! Treason Is no
crushed by merely marching loyal arm.
! through a state, WHEN these armies ar
bouna to act as its protectors and foster
mothers. Turbulent Missouri, Kentucky an
r Tennessee Will prove it. These troops in on
, rear are sustained and guided by-arc cop.poss
/ ago to have been destroyed or owned By til
Government, and whose persons ought t
have been shut up in Northern prisons
seems as if all that arms, campaigns, bait e
) Elaughtcrs have Won, this fAlse polio
/ Of clemency has lost, and we must nos begi
atresh the work OF reducing the rebel State
! black time has come upon us, bfackcSt {
n all eince the Bull Run disaster. Our whol
I theory Of, the war exploded and the results {
n | great sacrifices lost BY it. Disasters, more c
:; less complete, have oVertaken our arals in tt
y valley Of the Shenandoah: before Cuazlesto
q oh the singing disgrace Of abandoning tt
r attempt TO reduce this cocatrsce's nest, whent
, all the venenlous reptiles Of this rebelli1
3 were Matched! Il 1nakes our cheeks ting
l. with shame Disasters before Richmo1a
d closed in glorious victory instead Of alno
n total destruction, This disastrous insecuri
Of States fought oVer and thought on only
n | safe and loyal.
Is Serpents ut the North-on1y scorched NJ
= Killed BY the indignation Of patriotic peop
). -rousing to coil together In noxlous, slia
"a Ventmuus reptile parties in scarcely cove
III aid Of treason. an army everywhere gres
a II reduced By disease, wounds, deaths I
se the field and the debility occasio1ed By
hi dgue in an inhospitable climate. An Q
Is lny-it needs to be said in order to fl
el understanding Of CUR peril-an army sick, Il
ID g'sted, out Of eN heart, and aaanting to 90 Ion
ia because thy are made patrols 0ver negroes. Til
H. think they are capable OF more di:,nihel bu
m ness-hcrdsnen Of rebel tloeks aud cast]
\. they wculd rather tend their own wasting II
ps tnnes-p.otection OF rebel resources abetto,
|e. aiders, most direct and substantial comforte
BIT of treason, They came here willing to eudu
nv all ha1 dships to crush treason. They are n
he willing 10 endure the same hardships in M
Of Ing it--in furnishing to traitors security a
Z! sustenance. No wonder patriotic and tlliu
nd Ing men get sick Of such scork aud long to
b. arayJrota It. Of almost all the complaints q
,ct dissatisfaction heard in this or any camp, he
i'd is the pesti1ent root. It will not take long
Of, It to grow up into demoralized and wor
ed less army.
he said this seemed black time. VIZ
ts- aafkne6s Is tnlckeE6 Just betora daWL
Of Didn't 4 ray Of light stream in upon you I
zee other night on dress parade, when our co
rm mandeT's good order Was publishedf up
/" lection hencefcrth only to ouch as claim c
ul. Zenship under our laws, abjuring every otl
ern allegiance-freedom to come aud 20 throu
nm | our HneB to the slave of Fehel-consfde