Smyrna times., 1863-01-29

or ceases To exist. We cannot fight always
aHd the sooner we stop fighting and lool
for some more amicable and less expensiy,
mode OF adjusting differences the better
Another year of war and we will have t.
give up from sheer exhaustion the nation
viii be bankrupt beyond redemption. Then
what then Poverty, misery, disgrace
No taxes can be collected, for the people
will not have the wherewithal to paw. Sc
more money can be borrowed to make war.
Our armies will disband and the soldiers
will return like famished wolves to prev
upon the little substance of their friends.
We shut our eyes to the consequences that
must follow. They are too horrible to con-
template.
Here We have the clear enunciation of the
sentiments of these leading Democrats who
deceived and misled many honest men last
fall ander the Specious cry Of g Constitution
as 1t Is and Union as it was" We de-
noineed them then as disunionists in dis
gtnse and were called liar, scoundrel, imp.
but here we have their own admission that
they are Just what We said thev would he
when they got the opportunity. The Sauls-
DmyS and their various satellites were known
TO entertain the idea expressed in the above
quotation OF malignant hostility to the Gov
erntnent aud in favor Of peace on anv terms
They then occupied the same position which
Ntonewa;l Jackson expressed to a paroled
pr"oner last November. He was asked BY
Stonewall aS to the result of the elections.
New Jersey," | answered, has gone
strongly Democratic, and the partv has
gaiaej in Ohio
les, SAID the general. . heard that
they had carried Ohio. Did Won notice
Shsther EallandighAm was reelected or
mott" u
/" He was defeated" I answered, . but an
other friend Of yours in the West was re-
turned"
Who was it! }" he inquired.
"Voorlits."
- A good Democrat" he said. ..Nsl-
lsn'tghaIn was too outspoken A. first he
would have been reelected if he had been
more moderate p
{: Is 1t not a melancholy spectacle to see,
Citizens ofthis great nation-professed Dem.
ecFat4-Deiswareans--working so admira-
by into the hands of traitors. They arc
Wiling to see this great republic. the foster
er of our liberties, the pride of the world.
"rested from the hauds of despotisn bv
peaceful cost Of blood and treasure returned
70 anarchy and confusion because it COSTS
Us individually few dollars of taxation-
not blood, for be it remembered that II ;s
ho' these men who want an ar,att;ce with
'Fetels that have sons and brothers in tho
army. Have we become so low in nol;t;cal
virtue as to measure our liberties by :. fitbv
'ucre {" Judas Iscariot sold his master for
thirfy pieces of silver but here we have
politicians that wish to sell us for lose sr,,,
.nan that- All our traditions of noble he ro-
ism dottlng the country from Bunker Hill
70 the battle fields ofCowpens and Camden
~iiere our gallant Delaware braves fouobt
and fell IN defence of the very liberties we
are now endeavoring to perDetuate. these
men desire to tear from our hearts the
Dr'ght example Of Washington, Adams.
''eff'rson, Rodney, Hazlett. &c. these men
are willing TO fade from our sight bv conn
plicity with the hands of treason our pIo-
rious Union and noble Constitution together
with That spirit inspiring ensign of liberty
ana p:sfrtotlsm-the "Star Spap0Ied Ro,,
nsr, they are willing shall shall be DEGRADED
STAMPED in the dust and looked down unon
with contempt by the civilized world be-
cause nsoody-handed treason say it shall be
nonea The barest possibi lity that theae
tnings can take place IL fouler lih,.I unoD
our people than the basest sycopbant of
syrants ever uttered. The Northern people
cannot be the degenerate race these craven
nearted politicians take them to bo Tho
pirthrIght which their fathers oave tbo,o
fhey intend to defend and, come veal ~
come -, wo, they mil defend it to the last l.,
H,"Ais scheme and towards whine az tbev
may 90 ''icy
81. "a' are these submissionists dreaming
Os Are our people 20 under tbe con,rdI
u ao,lars and cents that they will sacrifice
our Sa'lonal character, our institutions our
ssssss 'eIement' of greatness and sinh ho.k
.nso insignihcsnce before We had arrived A.
~;.;. manhood, for fear the tax gstherer NAV
f.. ~ aoorsf Are our liberties so lsss
4l 'e1 % US than those of other couptr;os
even sven. where their forms Of government arc
sentiments. win such
:. III The little Dutch Rep0blic could mai; t
= 'sln war OF twenty years against Spain and
las 'aqa's'slon if Prussia could eudurs :
ar seven years, and sacrifice on the esld y !
''f ens-sirth = bs sbls-bodied u.los. u \ /