Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-07-02
LETTER IRON aoooAs1oEAL."
WAsHrnaror. June aa, 1855.

WAndAh9TONs June S1f iooSs
A good way TO understand our re
1stions to our country and our dutie
to ourselresis 10 take glance at th'
siupendous military operations, ss vel
Of the rebels as Of the Governmept o
the United States. No such spectacle
has ever been Witnessed, and no sucl
issues put IN trial in the history Of th,
human race. There is not Southern
Stste which is not either Geld of con
iiet or is held, in subjeeiion by tbs
Federal arms; and now that the wave
of battle is about to roll in upon the
free Common esIth of The Union, The
keen sense Of what is the duly OF every
citizen mpst be everyvbers expert
encsd. Two pears ago we not only
underated the bloody and deliberate
programme Of the traitors, but reposed
upon the too dangerous security thai
they could be put down In single
campaign. As this deiusion vanished
in the light OF the comprehensive ope-
rations of the Government BY land and
sea, We then rested upon the belief.
that. however the energies of our sol.
diers and seamen might be resisted in
the seeded sections and along the
coasts Of the seeded States. NO hostile
foot would ever press sny non-slave.
holding quarter of the Union. And il
was this consciousness that gave bitter
ness and sest to the sympathisers with
secession; and, regret to add, in
creased indifference in loyal communi-
ties where indifference should never
have been shown. Now, however, that
we know the enemy is menscing our
very doors, and that our whole popula-
<ion will soon be under arms, may we
not hope that Indifference among loyal
men will be bsnished forever. and that
the bitterness Of those who have here
tofore been deaf TO their country's suf-
ferings will pass away? Let us recol-
lect that in the South unanimity has
been attained through the suffering in
fiicted by the rebellion upon the people.
Their very familiarity with war has
rendered them comparatively csllous 10
its cruelties and inhumanities. Not in.
deed, that the loyal Southern masses
have forgotten that the time must
come when they will be delivered from
their oppressors, but they have been
compelled 10 submit to a tyranny
which they could neither oppose nor
control. In the free States, il the
peaceful and prosperous scene under
which we have been exulting has been
suddenly changed, we must remember
that all the agonies in store for US are
but the price a grateful people should
ever be ready to pay for their liberties;
and that il we are to suffer, it is no
more than others have done for US
Above all. should we keep in perpetual
memory the avowed purposes Of the
Secessionists, never to yield until their
institution Of slavery and their rebellion
are newly protected and formally rec
ognized. Strong in the sentiment that
they have been irresistible in some OF
the southern campaigns. they now
propose to themselves deliberate in
vasion of the free States. The banner
they carry forward is DO longer that OF
Estate rights" but Of slave arisioc-
racy. This is one of the significant
Of these wonderful and novel
times, aBd have no more doubt that
the people of Pennsylvania will listen
to it, and act upon it, than have that
the close OF the war will be. the end Of
slavery. and the beginning of a new
ease of life to The AmeTicsa Republic.
OCCASIONAL.