, 1863-04-11
Qbttaqo Gribu1te.
SATURDAY APRIL II, 1863.
s&BREAD Or ItLOoD,,,


5'BREAD Or BLooDc,
The howl Of *gony and fear, mingled
with notes OF c1ecration and defiance. that
comes up from the South in view Of the
immense preparations Of the Government.
anu 'nc exhausted resources and starving
condition Of the rebel States, is all tic il.
lustration needed to prorc how Ignorant,
how infatuated, how blind, and how mis-
taken were tie men who believed that thc
Government would be dissolved, and the
Norm Impoverished and whipped, as soon
rs the South should wilhdraw-thc rnon
We mean TO whom this causelcss and
wicked revolution is due. All their nrc.
<1lctlons, though uttered with the confi.
dence that ignorance gives, have been
exploded by the facts. They foretold for
themselves an easy and speedy triumph.
lucy drew pictures, no doubt supposed to
bc faithful, Of one Southcrner driving a
herd OF Yankees before him by the proves
Of his single arm. They, in Imagination,
covered the sea with their Ships worlds
navy carrying away the treasures Of their
soil, aud bringing in the wealth Of all other
climes. They annihilated the commerce
Of the North with stroke Of tic pen.
They deporu1ated great cities by the force
of their execrations; and By sowing curses,
supposed that they would causc grass to
spring up where before was nothing but
the unccasing tread Of human feet. Thev
inauguratcd, everywhere in the Free States.
riots Of maddcned women and starving
labore's, on whose extemporised banners
we're inscribed tie demand and the
alternative" Bread or B}oodr' They
extended the area Of their Con
1ederacy, until like q Western farm,
or cne Of their OWL plantations,
it embraced everything adjoining. They
orpened tile accurscd Slaye Trade anew,
and peopled Ill their domain with laborers
whom the pirates landed upon their shores.
They built Icw, and enlarged and beauti-
fed their old towns, while, BY their f1t
alone, they dried up or cut off everything
that was prosperous Or thriving in the
hated and dependent North. They form :
ed alliances with the nations Of Christen-
dom, that came to beg their good will.
They wazed fat from the beginning. All
Ibis, and much more, counted upon will,
unquestionable certainty, were to happen {
At once-not By and by, as the fruit Of sa- {
gacious legislation based on sound policy
not as the result Of patient industry and
bold enterrrlsc-but as soon as separation
should be decreed, and, by the force of .
ercnts, the development Of which even .
Fate could notprcvent. We all remember
Tue chaff and vcrbiage, the gas and rhoda- I
nontade out Of which anticipations like
these we're culled. The whole Southern
country, ignorant Of political economy, Of
The sources Of prosperity, defiant and proud ..
because Slavery had done its work, ma]ie- ,
aant and reyengefnl for the same reason =
believed what the conspirators said: and I
vent at the work of destroying the Repub- '
&c and building up new nation with {
luman Slavery for its cornerstone. as they q
would go to shooting match or a Niger il
1urning in frolic! "
The rebellion has reached stage from :
Which e7en the poor dupes who put :,
alth in the promises of those WIN =
cduced them from their loyalty and duty O
an, nay must, see how grossly they have o
'een deceived, and how desperate tue en- ;
erprlsc in which they are engaged, The .
Nofth is productive and prosperous. st
Is cities and villages are spreading ont
S1th new Insurance. It's commerce il nm
impaired. Its manufactures are lourishine n
Is people are thriving. Abundance IT
clsns IN the land abundance Of food, Of be
loor' OF money, and Of patriotism Con- ns
ast this showing with the ruined and ber- ~
ared and hungry South, and see where in ~ ~
1e Nepublic the power Of selcsupport and :.
ac ability to endure the strain and cxhaus- q
on Of war lie. 80
There was one prediction in which the Ct
outh Was nearer right. Her instructors II
len like Tayis, Toombs, Slilcll, Mason & Il
with accuracy the treason a
lat is manifesting itself in our midst: and II
the ground Of the prophcsv
as IN the assurance that the leaders oft],e
emocratic party-thc men who are now C..
'gganizlng opposition to the Government -
I'd the war-had given them before they 1n'
'nturcd to strike. 1ftlc promises are not or
l1llied to the full extent Of Southern cx- a
ectaton, the reason for the failure is well ~
1own and fully excused by those who sui. m,
from its effects. The uprising of n ab
eat people ovcrborc the courage of the cre
outest OF the malcontents here; and un-
lately treason has had its rcbuke ,,1
e see by the tenor OF all the news from m
South how anxious1y the rebels look lat
the accomplishment Of the work taat 10,
cir allies promised to do. Let the pcople WI
the Northwest see to it that the infa- a
GUS bargain upon which the prophecy 'ee
Is based, is not consummated-that even III
this as in everything else, rebellion shall ' 1an
np the full harvest Of its Ignorance and tn
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