The New York herald., 1863-06-27

The etrtksng Coatrests 81 the War.
If the weather be pleasant this afternoon the
Park will b crowded with rich equipages
Driving leisurely along tho smooth roads, or
sailing In pleasure bcats on tho beautiful lake,
or wandering through the cool shades of the
Ramble, or gathered around the grand stand
where Dodworth's band disoourses most excel
lent music, our shoddy aristocrats will be found
enjoying themselves in state and styie To
them war has brought only riches and luxury.
Their prancing horses, their elegant Carriages.
their silks and laces and diamonds. are the re-
sults Of tho war The breeze, elsewhere laden
with the sbrieks of the wounded and the groans
of the dying, brings TO those wealthy contractors
and their families the sweet scents of the flowers.
the voluptuous strains Of the music and the deli
cious ooolness of the hills and the woods Pro-
badly the Park will never seem more enjoys-
BILE nor its throng of visitors more brilliant
than on this bright day in June.
But II from this gay scene we turn our minds
eye to the banks Of the Susquehanna and the
Potomac. we see one Of the striking contrasts
Of this war. There two hundred and City
thousand Americans are arrayed against
the great battle of the war is in pro
gress, and, blinded by thick clouds Of
smoke and deafened by the thunders of cannon
and the rattle Of musketry, the Union end rebel
forces are encountering each other, while
dead bodies. fesrfully distorted or rudely tram
pied under foot, and heaps Of wounded sol
diers, enduring agonies moro terrible than
NJ hn vyso nd usr snks,x
the contest. The plains Of Maryland and the
fair fields of Pennsylvania may even now bo
reddening with the best blood of the country,
and War, that terrific farmer, may be ploughing
the earth with cannon shot and sowing il with
corpses. If the shock does not come to-day, il
cannot be very long delayed. The rebels are
ravaging the border counties of Pennsylvania,
and pushing on towards the interior of the
State. Lees armyis reported to have crossed
the Potomac in force, menacing the rear of tho
national capital. This invasion must be met
and resisted. and thousands of lives must bs
sacrificed and hundreds Of happy homes deso-
lated before the invaders can be defeated and
destroyed. The terrors of civil war, which
have SO long appalled, the land, are now ap-
preaching our very doors. The grim and CORY
front Of battle gares in our very faces And
yet the shoddy aristocracy roll luxuriously
along the pleasant drives Of the Park, and
bask serenely in the golden sunshine of for.
tune undisturbed by the clouds which lower
over the people of our neighboring States.
This contrast is by no means new Il haa
existed ever since the outbreak of the war II
is only stronger and more pertinent now be-
cause the rebels have again transferred The
scene of operations to the border States. and
have again exchanged the devastated fields Of
Virginia for the oyeraowing granaries and we'll
stocked farms and thriving towns and villages
Of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and because ~
immense rebel army, composed Of veterans and
led By the ablest general in the rebel service,
again threatens Washington with capture and
the national government with dispersion. The
prospect was scarcely ever so dark; and, while
we may hope for the best, it viii be but pru
dent for each State to prepare for the worst
IfWashington should be taken or Pennsylvsnis
be overrun, New York and New Jersey will be
next invaded, and must be ready to defend
their own SOIL which is not less sacred than that
OF any Southern State and should be not les,
zealously protected. Our shoddy sybarites
may soon have to fight for the posses
sion Of the Park in which they now
enjoy themselves SO delightfully."-. Man,
of these devils dust aristocrats are
radical abolitionsts, and aided in causing this
war, which has made them wealthy and the
country miserable. Hitherto they have had nc
desire that the war should cease. Every da,
that it has been prolonged they have been able
to coin more money from the distresses of their
fellow citizens, and for this purpose they have
assisted in prolonging it. Now, at length
they will perhaps be taught BY bitter expert
ence some of the woes which they have pre
pared for other people; and, il they could all
be drafted. equipped in their own shoddy uni
forms. fed upon the hard tack and diseased
meat they bave foisted upon our soldiers
armed with the defective rifles and useless
muskets they have sold to the government, and
sent to the frontier TO be the first targets fot
the rebel cannon, the country would be greatly
benefited by the operation.