Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-02-20
signs Of the Times.

A writer in the West Cbsster (fa.) oei-
fersonian, giving review Of events OF me
times, makes some interesting statements,
portion Of which we copy: 4'
1t is now more than two years since the
secession of South Carolina, and let any
Que look for himself at the map OF the
United States, and he will see how little
progress has yet been made in the invasion
and sub;ugation of the South. People ask
now, why this failure on the part of .thee
! North, with its vast superiority in numbers
and resources ?--but if they will look back
the answer will be easy. Lincoln (though
he had surrounded himself with abolition
lists and filed his foreign appointments with
men of the same hue, repudiating all asses
citation with Crittenden and other South
erp Union men, and advising with those
who were pledged to the abolition of slave
fy ia the South or a dissolution of the
Union } in order to gain the people, pleds-
ed himself to Constitutional war for the
Union, and for that alone, and thus he re-
ceived the support Of the mass of the peo'
pie. The Abolition war which he is now
waging to the destruction of the Union,
the people are beginning to see, was pre-
lneditated by him they no longer LOOK up
on bin. Is Honest Old Abc;' they no
longer trust him.
In your paper of the Goth ult., you copy
from speech delivered in New York by
the Rev Mr. Bellows, an Abolition ,Unita7
irian preacher. #ho utters sentiments and
views which, if published before the war
sect, half Christian, half Gentle, to which
thi S preacher belongs, would have enlight-
ened instead of deceived the people. Such
sentiments from Democrat one year ago,
would have consigned him to the Bastile
Lafayette i will copy here shoIt en-
tract, merely promising thai Mr, Bellowa.
is one of those preachers who nave led OFT
in this war, clamoring for blood +! blood!
blood !-one Of those who worked so hard
to excite the hatred and contempt of the
North against the South; he is one of thas
party whose first aim was to sectIonallze
the country, to divide il by exciting the
hate Of the Northern people against slave
holders, and then inaugurate the war ; be
himself was as we'll informed then as now
of the condition of Southern people and
Southern society, but he was paid to do his
horrid job. w.
!, But bear What be says at this late hour
He sets the people to cutting each others,
threats, and thcp, alas too late, yeafns
te rebent Of his evil deeds. We, even now,
hear of the barbarism and cruelty OF stc
South to our soldiers but hear of Mr.
Bellows, who is chairman of the United
States Sanitary Commission. He certainly
knows that what he says is true, and being
an Abolitionist, is unprecedented on that
point. After speaking of the chivalrie.
spirit and manners and heroism of the
South. lie says: =, ~, :, ae.s
~, 1t showed itself in Congress early AL
always. by the courage, eloquence, skill
and success with which itsscontrolled major
tiles, Il Showed itself in the social life Of
Washington, by the grace, fascination anu
case, the free and charming hospitality BY
which it governed society. 1t now -skohas
itself in France and England by the sdc=
cess with which it manages the courts and
the circles of literature and fashion in both
countries. 1t shows itself in this war i'll
the ordess and proslaiaations of its gener~
ais. in the messages of Rebel Congress.
Che means of Jefferson Davis, and in the
essential good breeding and humanity (con
trary to a diligently encouraged public iii
pression) with which it not seldom divides
its medical stores, and gives our sick and
wounded as favorable care as it is able TO
cytend to its own 1t exceeds US at this
moment in the possession of an ambulance
corps"
The war, tiacn, mist mist have aE shown us thst
we underrate the power, the charm. the adj
vantage of slave civilization. No base,
COW ardly, idle, worthless people could have
waged war as the Sonth has DONE" 60.
Just to think of it Ia New England
Abolitionist extolling the civiizing effects
of slavery Dare any Democrat year
ago have said this much Helper IN
his g Impending Crisis" which book was
fully endorsed by the Aboltiouists Of the
last Congress, and Abolition press in gen.
eral, represented the South as but little bet
ter than barbarans-~.e cruel, ignorant, de-
PRAYED, aid in all respects inferior to tho
people of the North. Contrary to the
views now expressed BY Mr.. Billows. these
Puri.ans and their luinious taught our
people and our children at school that the
Southerners were :" base, cowardly, Idle
and worthless"