Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-06-10
The Horrible War ,, I'm Amer,.
| From the [ oDdOn Tipas NJ 20,

ooth faithfully representing the feelings at
tle spot, and they both put off the con-
ciusion to an indefinite future. II Is not
that the writers do not realize what "a
passing, but That through confused and
SanSulnary foreground they show peace
recedIns still further and further in the
dark horizon. In the North there is
everything to shake the confidence of those
VINO are not absolutely blinded by pas
sion. Formal investigation reveals the
lncapasity Of all the statesmen and SOL
diers on the Federal side, and shows them
10 be far more engaged in depreciating
ana damaging one another than in carry.
ing on the war. The man who finds
most fault with everybody is now in COM
mand OF the only army large enough for
active operations, but refuses to do any
thing TILL the capital is left defenseless, in
order that he may be reinformed to his
own estimate of efficiency Meanwhile
the draft is found to be impossible, as
every class of men who can organize
themselves have conspired to resist it.
Secret conspiracies throughout the North
ern States defy law, proclamations, and
threats; The knights OF the Golden Cir
Gle have bound themselves 10 found a new
northwestern contederacy another order
proposes to consult its own interest in
any emergency and hundred and thir-
~ thousand lrlshmen, under the strong
title OF . Flnnians," contemplate the res
cue OF Ireland, from the grasp of the Sas-
senach, when the present affair is over.
Loo. ri,,l 4,
its quarrcls with the State authorities and
Legislatures, and the latter resent the
local interference by which the Cabinet
OF Washington tries to bring about
strong and united action Such ominous
appearances would frighten a European
government, but they have no slgniti-
canoe In America. The South suffer
everything short of famine; they have the
war in their own quarters; they see their
oldest cities, and their fairest regions des-
oatcd; they are menaced with servile
war at home; and they are compelled TO
divide their lesser numbers to meet foe
who attacks by every creek and every
navlgable streem. Their railways are
getting out OF order for want of metal
Their corn-growing districts are those
which the enemy occupies or threatens
Against the half million victims lavished
and hardly felt by the North they count
j.,J13 iossts WHICH they cannot repair
or forget But every disaster and every
suffering only strengthens their determina-
tIpa They answer raid by raid they
sally out where lately they stood on de-
tense they take advantage Of any respite
to complete their Notifications; if they
should lose one key of the Mississippi
they will soon have another and wher-
ever the eremv establishes himself within
their borders it is only to find himself be-
sleged, his outposts cut off, his rear sur
prsed, and his communications broken.
But this war, which Is without any ex-
ample for cost of life and treasure during
the two years it has actually ragged, is
sad 10 be only the prelude of the still
more destructive contest now approaching.
L he grand armies must now advance to
conquest or destruction, the forces on
either side must be concentrated and mass
ed for efforts on the Nanoleonic scale
nothing but victory will defeat treason at
home, render conscription possible, and
sustain the value of paper money faith
IN the Government, and faith in the cause,
must be revived at any price two years
experience, and more than a hundred
battles, have produced soldiers who can
make charge, and generals who can
turn position and follow up victory in
Il word, the United States are now war
like people. who can and will fight.
They are familiar with carnage, and will
not count the cost of victory. The mo-
tives OF the war are now stronger than
ever. The North fights not so much to
recover the South as to retain the North
west and the border States. 1t fights
against that tremendous reputation which
is to throw all the costs and all the future
consequences Of the war on New York
and the great cities. 1t fights to rid itself
eff the enormous obligation it has contrac-
ted on behalf of the African. 1t fights
to sustain its credit with the migrants
from the old world, whom it has invited
to do the work and divide the spoil
Succeed it never can, but to confess as
much is something impossible to the
American nature. 1t has yet to learn
| that lesson. But the lesson, so abhor-
rent to all its feelings and habits, will be
I in itself the hardest ever thrust On re-
pugnant pupil The Northern States
will one day have to sign a remuneration
which Will be only the beginning of dis
memberment and ruin. This is the hor-
ror they fly from, though the further they
fly the more surely do they entail it.
| Like him who will not turn round to see.
because having once done so, his eye
caught that which he wished not to see
again, they refuse TO face the calamity
which they know to be approaching.
Neither statesmen nor soldiers know how