Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-06-14

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Inc Administration has resulted in
much more than Q failure. To denouncs :,
as Infamous. might be regarded as the
language OF mere passion; 20 character IL
as I'm oeclle u only repeating the animal
versions OF its partisan friends; to stigma.
tiEe 1t as corrupt is but reiteratin1 the
sworn statements of unwilling witnesses
VINO nave deposed to the truth only that
they might escape the pains of psreury.-
History cannot render il more odious than
It Is now, among honorable men who are
cognizant Of its crimes; but time will
leave it neither Rpoligists nor defenders.
Its guilt will be confessed by posterity.and.
should it be retained in power, the eyiden.
ces OF crimiOalty VIII be manifest In the
broken fragments CT dimembered,Upion.
l frankly tell you there 10 bat one hone for
our country-s feeble hope. IL h true--
stiil hope. IL Is expressed In these Brief
words:
A CHANGE or ADMINISTRATIONS
ke>elect Mr.. Lincoln. or gil his place
with any man, care not how eminent be
may be, Who endorses the policy of the
Administration. aud q restoration of the
Union OF the States becomes, 60 instanke
impossible. Irepeat, q change of rulers
and total change Of policy civil and mill.
tary, must precede the remotest possibility
OF saving the country.
Every dollar now being expended Sy the
President is treasure thrown awav: eyerv
soldier who falls beneath our couutryis
dag. from this time forward, diea in vain.
Every etep which the Government has ia.
ken for nearly two years past has bu. in.
creased the obstacles to Uaion and peace.
And wbyi Because the civil and militia
~ policy Of the Administration 10 now di.
rected, not to the suppression Of the rebel.
lion and the restoration of the Union, but
to it's subversion and overthrow.
This is not the language Of mere infer
ence. but repeat the avowaIs Of the
dominant party 10 Congress, and the of,
cIal and other declarations of the Presi.
dent.
Your rulers are tending to disuniou with
az much certainty as the leaders of the re-.
belilon. The only difference is, that one
party has drawn the sword of open rebel
lion eOd marches straight forward 10 the
unhoIy work OF overthrowing the coneti.
tutlou-the other, falsely pretending to be
cetenders OF the constitution. are now iu
tent upon subvertiog its plsinsst and most
fundamental provisions, and erecting. by
military power, q totally different govern.
ment upon the ruins OF the old.
what means indiscriminate robberv of
whole communities. 10 the name of confis.
cationf What signifies the passages of
congressional laws for dividing the lands
oil the people of the South among" their
Own slaves, or the slavish adherents of
the Presidentf What is the effect, lin the
reoellious States. Of Presidential edicts
aooi,shing slavery. aiming the slaves, and
placing them as gssrds over terrified wo.
men and childreni
what, l ask, 10 the Significance Of these
things. to the thoughtful student of histo.
ryl What the effect upon the great BODY
of the people Of the Southern Statesi Let
cur recent disasters in the Southwest give
| an answer. OIL tz
Or, if yon prefer it. enquire of those who
fought at Murfreeeboro. at Chicamauga,
aud Olestee. And. the voice which comes
up ensanguined bsttle6slds leaves you
still in doubt. act for q while the nart of
the good Samaritan at some of our over
crowded hospitals. and ask our sick, wound.
ed, and dying. to recount the murderous
conflicts Of the last few day.. These terri.
BILE battles have left Q defiant foe in our
trant-a foe yet unconquered. and, in my
naticism, aud cupidity rule our councils.
repeat: the war is no longer to put dozen
the rebellion and restore tie authority ofthe
Federal Government Orer the rebellious
States.
Had this been continuously the uurnose
o. the Administration, and bad means
justly commensurate with such an end
been adopted and continued, the war would
long since, have been over. But a direetly
| opposite course has been pursued, a course
calculated, If not designed, to unite the
great body of the Southern people in re.
sisting policy IN which they bebeId their
| total subjugation and ensIeyement. By this
means thousands Of Union men of tie South
have been driven into rebellion, while those
who are still out Of the rebel armies, exc.
crate the very names Of those by whose
! orders or conuivsnce they are robbed or
| degraded under their country's flag. All
classes are united 10 resisting what they
regard as degradation and enslavement.-
Every heart is stirred by vengeance and
hate.
The old and the young have rushed, In
| discriminaltely. into the front ranks of
rebellion. Within the last few DAYS. I
have seen among the prisoners We have
captured, mere striplinEs and aged. eray
haired men, walking side by side TO the
prison house. resd 10 their features mona
Of that dependency Of which we have
heard so much. Mingled scorn and def
auce obecured the traces Of privations aud
suferiDgs which would sppsl the bearts of
men less brave and sincere than they.-
They believe themselves right, and 10 this
is the secret Of their power. In numbers
they are q mighty nation in area they
are en- empire. They sre united as no
revolutionary people have ever been before.
The President and bis friends, bic policy
and theirs, have thus united them.
And now. ask you to point me TO q
page in history. which records the suhju-
cation Of Q people thus numerous, thus
sincere, thus united and brave.
Again, ! say, 10 It not now, az 10 the
beginning. Q question Of eubduinR q re-
bellious faction-that Was 6rst rendered
i'm possible. snd then the purpose abandon.
ed.
Ii is nov q war Of suhjueation, In which
the Southern States are to be subVerted
overthrow, and, if need be, erased from
the map Of the world war 10 which. h
one-tenth Of The people 10 particular local
ities-the meauest teDth-Will swear fealty
to the President or some Of bis satraps
like Andy johnson Of Tennessee falsely
swear that they "dSdenay desire" the free.
dom Of their own slaves. then, and in tba,
event, this one tenth (tb ,ugh therefore the
worst Of rsbelsl are to goeern The rest Of
the people. 1e
And those who advocate such an insane
policy, and who require our soldiers 20
tight aud die for IT'S inforcement. tell "a
they desire peace The people the South
repeat, will suffer sxterminasiou before
they submit 70 such degrading terms
They will fiebt with more thaa human
courage before they quietly submit to tie
occupation Of their homes BY their own
slayes. or the hungry jsckaIs who are pro-
posing 20 migrate from the North. Ia