The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-05-12

rlven--and trodden under loot
The present war has produced its
own legitimate fruit, but it has
not given us a new Union-nor
has It, SO far, produced any of thu
results which you and your Cabi
net have all along promised w..
The slaves have not been freed
he ten per cent PROCLAMATION ba
not created a new State. 1t u
however, true, that several men ii
authority ave gained tens Of thou
,andS of bales Of cotton, aud the,
nave gained by tho con6scatiou
proclamation-they have gained
'ibrarics, splendid furniture, and
many other expensive articles, in.
Guiding gold watches, silver plate,
and stolen negroes. But the South.
ern States have not been subdued,
neither have they beer reduced to
ahject poverty. They are in our
front, armed, resolute, strong in
numbers, and wondered at, both at
homo and abroad, as men and
women who ale prepared to yield
life rather thar their constitutional.
rights. They are under the inhu.
ence of the higher law of necessity,
and their distinct independence, as
so many great and growing States,
is what the! fight aud contend for
so they say and you, on your
part, are fighting 10 force them
back into such q Union as the
Washington Government shall
think proper to dictate. To accom-.
pliSh this great achievement, you
have felt yourself called upon to
make use ofterrible means to com
pei tho Southern belIigerents to
submit to your will. You have
before now maintained the right oil
revolution, and the present contest
is nothing but q revolution. Re.
bellion Cannot take place, according
to the idiom of any language, but
against q lionurchical form of gov.
ernment, in which the allegiance
which men owe to their sovereign,
requires to he broken off with VIC.
lence.
The cause of our war In the
United States may be traced back
to facti )n-political faction. Fac.
ton is the demon Of d~iscord--it
has been so IN America I; it is the
parent of all the evils which have
overtaken us. Woe to aty country
shcre faction grows into strength
Factious men draw first one ant
then another into their net, anC
thus hold on, always pretending tc
have a deep concern for their couu
try's honor, prosperity and happi
mesa, until they have succeeded IL
bringing about the eud which they
had In view, that Is, their own ag.
grandizemcnt, and the ruin of 9th.
ers. l do not deny that such spirits
of evil may have been at work il
the South, as well as in the North
for many years, aud the result o,
their labors is now before the world
as a spectacle gazed upon by men
angels, and devils.
think, Sir, that you have mol
adopted the wisest course in YOU
mode Of dealing with ourtroubles
Neither do | believe, that you vii
ever unite the South aud the North
We have fine soldiers, brave, deter.
mined and splendid fighters, and
generals of the big hest military
qualifications, but the Southern
States have also produced equally
determined and skilful fighters and
generals, and the consequences are
at this moment, battles fought in
Virginia, which are drowning that
portion of the Garth in human
blood, while up to this hour, the
doubts are mauy as TO who is GER
tain Of final victory. Personally,
it would be greatly to my advan-
tage to see the South brought un.
der sobjection, but that, if it ever
happen, IS 3 thing in the future
Looking at Il plan of the tortifica,
tons around Richmond. | see that
a much greater sacrifice of human
life must yet be offered TO the dc.
mon of war, before that stronghold