The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-12-08

Parson Brownlow has reissued his Knox
vile Wing, and the following is an extract
from his leadir G editorial:
The past is with the rea Ter, aid we have
only to speak or the present. and OF What is
TO come. While, 10 common with the whole
country, we deplare the savages of war, and
would hail with heartfelt rejoicing the return
Of peace, We deem il inconsistent with the
honor and digpily of The psiion to make any
other tenders of p,ace to the msn in arms
against it than such as are embodied in the
Constitution Of the Unite S,a,cs, upd I
which they can at apy time resume their
PLACE in the a meriaan Union. subject only TO
such pains and penalties as they may have
incurred; and while We would haye our mill.
tary authorizes in command, aud our Govern
nent deal in the most liberal spirit towards
the dclated images, lh, patriotic who ere
conscriped, We urge the punishment Of intel
ligent traitors, and insist that the halter
should be summoned TO do it's appropriate
work among the leaders. And we r jocs to
know that it is tic settled determination OF
our Government to consent to no peace which
shall involve separa ion of tho American
Union, or recognition Of the right or tho pow
er Of any State to sccede, or any change in
The Constitution, except such as may be made
by the people 10 accordance with the forms
WHICH it prescribes. Nay, let the war be prs
scnted vigorously, and ppshed South Yilh De,
termined euergy, Until The old f.g, the ban
ner of beauty and glory, shall wave over every
foot of territory on this continent.
The..gueni'la warfare which the rebels de
light in. and ihrAaiap U-;-- -i,h, ytu
not be long maintained when once the war is
ended, or when rebel soldiers are driven from
State. S representation will lead coed men
everywhere to unite with the Government 10
closing it out. No mercy will be shown 10
such thieves and assassius, if they continue
their ravages, when their armies have laid
down their agms. They have no claims under
the avs Of warfare; they are OUT of the pale
Of their protection. placed there by their own
reckless violation Of those laws. This picking
off men here and there, and these guerrilla
raids upon families and villages, whore mur-
der aud plunder arc The only motives, and not
in any sense the furtherance of the objects of
war, should be punished with death, without
taken as prisoners. Let stern vengeance
be taken upon every guerrilla that falls iato
our bands, and their outlaws would b., in a
large measure, deferred from crimes that only
Southern traitors end degraded sayages can
take pleasure in
We cannot close this opening address to our
patrons without brief motto, of tho Clergy,
a class Of men, above all others, who have
been productive of mischief, violence and
crime in the South. We, Of course, allude to
that class Of them, irrespective Ct sects, who
have been active in promoting the cause Of
rebelliop. We hazard uolhiog in saying that
tho worst cags If men who arc making tracks
upon Southern soil are 80 called preachers of
he Gospa!, who hqye encouraged in this work
Of persecution, imprisonment, ruukeuness,
stealing, assassination and murder. They
baye ai9ed in tho. wol k of devastating
the country, they have conlribpted to GIl
the land with mourning; they bave Gus
ed tears Of tens of thousands Of willows to
fow; thcy have done their full part in hand.
! ipg down to posterity an army Of orphan
CHILDREN they have AIDED materially in Glliag
thousands of graves With The best citizens Of
the country, North and South. and, fearful to
relate, they have only contributed 10 send
thousands to hell who might have been ,e
deemed by the lood Of Christ but for ihi,
war. Wo can never bear one of thess base
hypocrites preach il We can get beyond the
sound Of his hateful voice. Let all patriots
resolve upon the same course, and thus, in all
loyal sections, drive the monsters into the
shades Of private lifel
In regard to siavery, We will take The
graona WHICH experience and logic prove; aut
that is, that IL can no longer maintain itself il
the temperate zone, after this rebellion, aut
that the African race, when cmsncipaied vii
disappear. The slave States aud STAKEHOLDER
have abolished slavery by the rebellion-by
the war, and the constitutional mesps ACCORD
cd to the Government for its defense. Th
slavery agitation which brought op this wa
the perfectiDg Of the Nulbfer's plot 70
dominion and disuuion. Aud though We bav
favored slavery all our life long, no create
mistake was ever made thas In snppoein,
that the masses Of the people South really IA
vor the institution. They are opposed L
emancipation in their midst, because Of tn
repugnauce Of negroes to labor, and OF tn
demoral zed stale of societv that must fol