Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-14
Loyal League.

II talk would save the country. God
knoNs We have takers enough 10 the ma
ton to put down the rebellion in less than
a week But unfortunately talk is a com.
modify for which we have no use nova.
days. The conscriptiOn law was not pass.
ed TO call out an army of speakers, TO tell
the people what mOnstruus crime is Sc
crssiun, or how contemplate a whelu il a
copperhead. The act calls for men who
believe in sustaining the government by
shouidering musSets and going south to
fight.
We have read, with deal of interest.
the pledges" ct our double refined, only
original Loyal Leaguers, in the hope to
ind something said about fighting the rob.
els. But il there is anything of the kind
embodied therein. we cant see it," We
hnJ that they pledge their fortunes, their
Influence and their honor" to help SUD-
press the rebellion, but not O word abuut
their Lives" We have had exhortatiuns
and resolutions enough TO abu.ish twenty
retellIons. If palaver would ever accom- q.
ilsh 1t. The government dou't want IFS
''arms held ~" with words Man cannot
1--we by Tread alanr;" neither can .'pleiges. -
no matter how strong, how patriotic, carry
on war.
In our hoyhoOd we used to hear of ZEN.
perance Leagues," organized by the old
toPers 10 the village, t. steady each other
aud help to prevent them from getting
drunk any more, as well az to convince
other people Of their reformation. We
presume Union Leagues are gotten IN for
very much the same purpOse-to copyince
outsiders OF the l'yalty of the Leaguers. by
making great parade of their devote n +,
the government. and crying "crucify himv'
to all who don't belong to their church -
But pledges" never savsd many drunk
ards, neither are they nova DAYS tests Of
loyalty. We have seen men deliver tenn.
perance lectures when they were far from
being sober, and have often heard Union
Leaguers making loud professions of low.
atty when their secret actions favored dis.
unicn. Demoe' ats. knowing themselves
to be loyal. require no such demonstrstions
II keep them so The times reonire
something besides "p.edgeS." The gentle.
men OF the Union League have made n
mistake. Instead Of pledge" thew
should have signed q muster roll.
But their pledges" do not deceive the
people, who know that they are onIy new
lodges ofthe abolitiOzists, who care more
Tor the negro, aud for office, than for the
sUnitn. FarDCy, the chief "Leager" of
them all, discloses the real object of the
dissertation in a paragraph, thus:
II stated in a recent lstter that the cam.
.palgn fnr. the presidency in 1864 has been
opened by the Union men. | made that
statement deliberateIy-I repeat it now
The Union men-in such Organization, ne
on'9R, Leagues. or in whatever capae;tv
they may please to act-buve opened The
Campaign. and intend to support the rresi-
dent IN 1868. and. if possible, To control
tho elect'an of q pI e.ident in 1864"
And this explains the reason wby the
Leagners do not pledge their "Iivesuto the
supp"rt otthe administration. They want
to vote, not to fight. They are not organ:
ized for a vigorous prosecution of the war.
out,ioI' the. prosecution Of a presidential
campaign. This. in their opinion, tis unal.
loyed. unmistakable- patriotism. Bat IL
will hardly do. La0d talking will not xiii
rebels. The roar degenerates into a bray.
ihe ears project too plainly from the lions
SKIN. The Union League" conceals mo-
napz- bot q IL. lIkicr.;ak.