Smyrna times., 1862-07-17


and defend their property from The Federal
sodiery. They have Invoked the curse OF
Providence upon our fleets sent forth 20 re- s-
tablish law aud order in the Ssuthern States.
| wishing them HUnk 10 HI, with all On bOs RI,
but call upon the Almighty hand to extend
sheiiering shield to those Of The Southern
States. They have denounced Our. volunteers
as mutderers for exhibiting their love for the
Union by snlisting for its preservation. but re.
gard. those Of the South as patriots of the
highest order. In short. all their hOPss.
their prayers their tears are for the Southern
Confederscy and it's leaders. and all their curses
and excavations are hesped upon ihe Govern.
ment officers.
We might 60 on, bot il is unnecessary: We
have said sufficient truth to convince the most
ncredulOus that this party has no sympathy
With the attempt by the Government to restore
the Uuion TO that condition of peace and pros.
perity which it formerly enjoyed. but that their
every breath, their every wish, their every act
is for the success Of the Southern rebellion,
and the establishment withiu the borders Of 6
part Of our territory new and foreign govern.
ment.
But. strange TO ssy, they claim TO be Union
mentor the "CoDstitutien ss it is and the
Unioa as il wss;" when the very men they are
supporting have declared again and again that
the separation ~ 10 final and eternal, that
nothing will ever induce them again to unite
with the loyal States. and are now waging the
most unjusIi6able. heinous and outrageous war
against the Constitution and the Union that
demons could conceive. They have ignored
oil civilized warfare, and adopted that of the
Indian savsge-murdering the Union wounded
and bleaching their bones to make Winkets
crimes neither deserve nor should receive the
sympathy Of q civilized man, but should have
visited upon them, by stern though upright jus.
tice. that punishment which wFonged and out
ragged humanity might dictate. Let. then. the
Peace Party inscFibe upon their banner seces-
sion and The South. and not attempt to delude
the masses by proclaiming to Ihem that they
are in favor Of the Constitution of the country
and the Union of Inc States, when their every
act is 10 direct contradiction OF such a senIi.
mens. The true Union man Of o.day is pGr
man-ia favor Of a war prosecuted with the
utmost vigor; war which shalt last Till no
armed rebel shall stand up against the Consti.
tuition and laws OF the country until the old
flag of our Revolutionary sires shall once more
float unmoles.ed over every Southern State,
and command that respect and homsge hitherto
accorded to it: and the Constitution, that su.
prsme law Of the land, shall again be accepted
BY the South, and iis mild and bsne6cenl sway
be acknowledge BY all. But until these greG
ends shall have been accomplished. no peae,
will DO accepted. aud he who thinks that lh,
loyal people Of America will accept any term
outside of these deceiVes himself, and is miser
ably and inexcnsably ignorant of the signs o
the times The angel OF peace will not, Ill
then, fold her wings 10 our midst; but wheI
that time shall come she will aighl upon tn
dome of the CAPITOL at Washington. and pro
claim 10 the world that the Lord, 10 His good
ness. has vouchssfed 10 Ihe Anefics0 psOpl
al honorable and lasting peace. Then shAI
we be able again to proclaim. in the lanRusg
foae Of our most illustrioss statesmen, tha
Liberty and Union, now aud forever. one 40
= and dying sentiment Of ihe American peOpl,
!. and that for these great Blessings they eve
i, stand ready with their 4" lives. fortunes aud 81
Grad henors" to pledge for their preservation