St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-19

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Have We Fought Lons EnouEht
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TO man, whose 6agcrs: are in the fire
1 minute seems an age and to q people
I passing through tie furnace ordeal Of war
sItwenty months seem like twenty years.-
In these sFenty yamontha NEARLY . hundred
battles have been fought, aud yet both
sides complain because matters drag On g g
slowly. : -, :: .s%' 81, F':,a. As>'''s
sslneyety va, var much much time is spent ID pre-.
pairing forimpostant movements, in watch.
ioy the movec:entsl Of the enemy, and in
|strateeio, maneuyers to, secure favorable
combinations and desirable positions; SO
that, often, months pass without a battle.
And the European nations, from whom
both Federals and Confsderates are de-
scsnded, never yet showed disposition to
cry ''quit,"" so long as they could make
reasonable show Of resistance. Thus We
read Of 4 "Ssven Years. War" q "lhir-
teen Yesn' War; and = '.Thirty Years
,War.Y aa;sc<s5,... .:....r... -...~~
There are those who say we have fought
with the South long enough. And so We
have-too long, indeed, unless We had
good reasens totakc up arms at first; but
allowing such good reason, We have not
iough long enough, because we, have not
yet gained oarobject L. Does nossthe cry,
1--WE, have foa ght long enough" como
chiefly from the lips Of those Who would
have fought o. the other side, had they
lived south Of the Ohio? s,.,.r, .,>: 49, ...'
! sTl,e men, of,''76 bore. the bsunt nearly
eight years, to secure the beginning Of ou1
nationality. Are their successors SO de-
generateia is to throw away that nationality
aud give npHthe experiment OF free gov
ornp,eht,in America, because they cannot
endure q war Of less than two years ? Are
Anglo Saxon pluck and patriotism, and
power Of endurance, 70 soon played oft p?
Did our fathers pay too hig Oh a price for
our freedom /? and: will our children re-,
proach us .tor. saving their birthright, even
4 the s4Rsn.s q Faa esaa5sada r e. give over
~ lhae, - =. n'sy extausti"n, but wo
have not done our best. We know tfleret
is = limit to the power of therebellion we
know, too, that its resources Of men and
money are much more nearly wasted than |
our own Why ehould we give it up,
when all for which We, have struggled, il !
attainaDle atiall, is now much nearer than
.er.a ...: .,:<}.s 80 ~. g.: .,..s>cx
Talk Of pepce! With whom shall We I
treat for peace? Have we lost our memo
ries? Is eny loyal man 81 verdant and
as to suppose that the men who
10 treacherously began this war by a con:
'piracy to overthrow a government which
hey were sworn to support--suche as jeff.
Davis, Floyd, Toombs, Breckiur.dge, Yam
,ey, Slidell, and Benjamin. men with
vhom an honorable treaty can be made,
md by whom an honorable treaty can be
iept? They are absorbed with the wild,
ambitious purpose Of, founding a great
Slave Empire on the ruins Of American
reckon and civilization : and they are So
.acious enough to see that such scheme
IAN only succeed the humiliation apd sub
ugation Of, the North. When you taM Of!
'eace, you dre propo$iny to make these
men the masters 4. oar destiny. They
lount and denounce the Northernr masses
. only fit to be their slaves; qad you pro-
'ose to prove It true by a. ,co,oara!y, serv
Ze Surrender TO the terms their haWghti-
,ess may dictate: IF there caa, be no
,eace but BY giving upathis continent to
70 ruled and ridden by that gang Of. 6lli-
busters and pirates who have disrupted otr
National Union, and made themselves the
Of their: country, thon, in Gods
'ame, let the war rage on till we all be,
lead men .u...-
One Of three things A peace hioh
binds the North in chains to the vicoori-
,us car of the South; ; or, "A peace which
,ives the South, time TO- establish and con-
'olidate . recognized nationality. prepara.
ory to another war, in which the North
would be ten times more distracted and T
disabled Than now or a eace coming
through the: triumph Of our arms, and
he re-establishment of Federal authority
,ver all the land. .,s. |
What remains is, zoe nsust. fight It oat Or
to ,corse. It will take time It will add
'normoasly to our burdens; it will impose
great isufferiose !; it will tax our united
strength and our highest wisdom to the
utmost; it may drain the blood Of your
heart and mine but such is the price We
must pay for q nations liberty, its honor
md safety. And the fature-:blessod with
public order and prosperous quiet-will
say, ''These are richly worth all they COST
'''' 3':' - G'.i - ,:>.iC.G. A.
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Glen. Hooker was examined before the !
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the
War: The first question presentedswas to
what be attributed the failure OF the move.