North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-06-24


of the war; cities, towns, and vllIages in i.
States thus conquered will be burn, ,o 81
ground or uterwise demolished.
Upon the smoking ruins we the, s. :,
ghastly faces of hall starved white wome, -.
children, whilst the negro population =.
males being enrolled in the United State.
vice, will in fact be tho master, of N.
Besides the negro troops, more than h,,
dred thousand waite soldiers will -.
tn be retained all over thu South ;.
prevent any further outbreak Of the :.
remaining white males that have ou,, -,
the war, AMI Of the boys VIII, in :,
meantime ehall have grown into manb,oa
Not only the commerce, but all the spr,c0,
tural resources Of The South will have h..u
entirely destroyed, and the immense ,,r.
tion accrulng from the war debts, and II.
necessity OF keeping standing army Of,
least two hundred thousand mcn, will f,u
almost entirely upon the shoulders of H.,
Northern people, whose producing force will
have been more than crippled by the eno,
nous loss Of valuable lives. In fact, III.
South will then be the Poland Of. Americ,
and . order will reign in Warsaw
But the Union will then be restored a.,
claim the Republicans! Yes, the Uuioon
will be restored but what a "Unionn will
that be, when it is built upon the ruins .,
one half Of the country, and the grave, Of,
million Of :nenl What "Union" will ,h,,
be, If 2O0 900 bayonets will constan,Iy bs
necessary 10 keep the then remaining bonn.
lation Of the South in suIjection What.
" Union" will that be, when black soldier.
shall be the masters and arbiters of the whit,
Inhabitants Of the South, debating to them
wi the musIct il hand. what they under
stand to be q" C 'nsttutionam or "Rcpublicans
law, or act as exrcutoners Of those that are
not t:meiy and quietly accepting their inter
pretatiom What Union" will that be.
when the amalgamation doctrines Of the Ab-
olitionis!5 are going to be carried out BY
force, and when negro officer considers ita
Sigh Of di>loyaIty if a white nan refuses to
hand over his daughter to him
And in The North, how will things look
Will the 0 pie there be entirely free from
nIhtary despoti,m, when there are no South
ern armies to f. h any more? Will the ina.
ny aiycnturers that IN no small degree ;II
our armies quietly submit to be discharged
from an easy and lucrative position, to be e1,
changed, IN fortunate cases, with that of
har keeper or to be exposed to want or at
least to the necessity Of toll and lab,r p
And, having such clements am ,1gs. u., Will
it be SO very difficult fra certain party to
use these men for cicc ci1Geerln, purp .ses
promising them employment and other e,noi-
uments III case Of being able to carry the
Presidential, election i'll 1854
Their" are NJ ny more considerations that
shonld fully occupy The think ns mind. ltW
always ri4h; To I.use itlI: On the conse-
qurnces ofour actions. Perhaps, by doing 40
we may Yet arrest them, and good may follow
whore nothing bat evil was sowE.
We d. not l0Jk al things only in their
ireary aspect. We wish We could see moths
ing but happiness and prosperity, bIessed by
the suallsht ni Constitutions! Liberty, wh'eh
We lave been permitted to crj"y until Ii.
outbreak OF the present struggle. Bat, never
:hele>s, we consider II our holy du'y to utt,r
word. "f waGning. while there i, yet tune
for Us 10 Go so.-Er.