Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-06-04


is a rebel in arms threatening that gov
eminent, and threatening Kentucky es-
pecially. The rebel government claims
Kentucky as its own, because some Of
her recreant sons have gone off into its
service. Yes, the rebels say, we will
have Kentucky anyhow; it isn't worth
while for her to struggle. You have,
therefore, something more than gener-
al interest in this war you have par
ticular one. The South wants you; you
you have rich country, and are prosper
Gus; you can pay taxes !; you are sold
iery, fighting people, and if they can
conquer you, you may be made to serve
them we'll What Kentuckian viii not
say the war shall be prosecuted to the
last extremity by those who were born
in the land of fair women and brave
men? Great chccrs) | tell you, the
rebels never shall, never can subiugate
you, if you are determined they shall
not. @
In the following remarks Mr. Critten-
den shows the utter fallacy Of hoping
to correct errors in the policy Of the
government, if such there be, by VIC
Icnce and harsh dealing, instead of by
temperate criticism, or by menaces of a
withdrawal Of men and means for the
support Of the war:
ut is proposed by some, in their an
ger against the government, to refuse to
fight the rebellion-to refuse to give
money or men for the prosecution Of the
war Will that better the matter ?
VIII that course save you, and save our
glorious country and government? If
you offer no resistance, you surrender to
it, and lose your manhood It's not by
denouncing the rieies Of the President,
it is not by the language Of passion and
reproach that errors in public affairs can
be righted, and the government conduc-
ted successfully. You are portion Of
the people Of the United States; act in
a manner becoming your high character.
Sedition does not become it; clamor
does not becomeit. Action, atthe prop
er time and in the proper manner, ao-
cording to legal and constitutional pro
vision, is what we want, and what the
world has right to expect" a
In concluding, Mr. Crittendcn said ::
'sThe nation will get through its diff
ficulties We have the power and will
to do it, and we shall accomplish it
The great Providence that has made us
the standard bearer of freedom will not
permit our government to go down and
leave the world in gloom. have faith !:
there is Divinity above that shapes all
our ends, and lie will shape the des-
tiny Of our nation. Its career has only
just begun, and Providence does not
permit a half finished work of such mo-
mentous proportions to fail and be aban-
doned and trust in God, that we, the
people, do not intend it. Our hearts
must be filled with the noble determin
alton to maintain the integrity of our
government, while we grow greater and
greater, mightier and mightier, richer in
civilization, grander in prosperity uni
til our glory shall cover the whole land.
But you must prepare to fight the re-
bellion through to the last, no matter
whether England or France, Or any 9th
er power make common cause with them
or not. We must fight them all, if need
be; and we can whip them all in the de-
fence of right don't want to extend
the boundaries Of this war; God knows
| do not | have tried to make peace,
as long as peace was consistent with
national safety. Now I believe war
alone can save us, and war it must be. !"
Those rebel sympathizers who make
the support Of the war secondary to
their support Of party, and who, with
armed rebellion menacing the life of the
nation, clamor for peace and compromise,
would do well to emulate the exam
pie which Mr.. Crittenden has set them.
Three Weeks in the South.