The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-05-05

more troops were called fol, ,ths Union was
tobe restored with all the rights, equali-
ty and dignity of the States uniu ~, ed.
NOman was permitted to question, for u
niUnient, the right of the Government to
coerce thu States back unto the Union
To doubt the right or question the speedy
suppression Of the rebellion aud restoration
OF tho Uhion, was to bc dcnou,iced as 4
traitor to tho Government and a sympa-
thiser with the South. hus, ssir, was tie
war inaugurated. srhe first year passed
away; the second came aud passed ia ike
manner; - Of the third.
HOW VOW STANDS the WAR!
And now, sir, lot me again Inquire how
stands the Union to day! The br,ei pc
riod of three short years bss sneetnccdsa q
fearful change in this fsrsssi,appy aud
prosperous Government sssiree IN it's re.
straints upon personal liberty. and 10 gen.
tie IN its demands upon the resources IF
the people, that tho celebrated Humboldt.
sfter travelling through tho country, ON
his return to Europe, said: "rhc Amsri
can people have a G,sernnent which Sou
can neither sec Tor feel" s S,siiiier.nt is
II now, and 50 great is the change, that
the inquiry mi shf well be made to-day,
arc We not Ia Constantinople, in S.. Peters
burg. IN Vienna, in Rome, or in Paris /!
Military Governors and their Provost Mar
shais override the laws, an 4 the echo of
the armed heel rings forth as clearly now
la America rs in France or in Austria,
and the President sits to-day guarded by
armed soldicry, stationed at every up.
Proach leading to the Executive mansion
So iir from crushing he rebellion in sixty
days, ti~ee years have already passed
away, and from The day on which the
conflict began up to the present hour. the
Confederate army have not been forced
beyond the sound "t their guns from the
dome ct the capital in which we are as
scmbled
Ii Mr.. Lincoln had IN ,da a zft nj mil.
iioas Cf 4,rrrUbick, ~ ct.ersun DAVIS to
be uscu IL bounty money ~ recruiting the
confederate nrny. hr cioi'i not have done
better service to the causa uf the Snutt.
than he las don y tins silly. absurd aud
insulting. a me- y proclamation, and nis
! qualify absurd attenpt to create state
Governments by dic,aor,al power. lie
has IN ehec, said TO thA Southern people
- lou shall not return 20 the Union cx-
ccrt under such 10 al gov rmments as [
aud nay military officers dictate; aud with
the lii Ut his irienls Ia Cun.,css he is
cnauicd to aid "in the event of your
sub,ol.s,cn and return vs,ar estates shall
conf, Gatod; your property. personal ami
real Shaii bo takcn from you your child
ren shalt DC ji-Inhcritcd aud lett homeless
and pcnnil s' To star c. under the scurn
anc haired Of Northern fanatics YOUR
iunds aud manor houses shall be parcciied
out among our ietuii ors the negro (irced
a'en) aud the adven,urcr shall sit ani rulo
III your bcarihstones, and YOU be- .urs
aud oucasIs-sl.a!. be forbidden reprcscn
tatlot IN our national Z uuc,is. ind he shut
out forever from Offices OF trust AMI hon
or Such is the language IN which Lin
colu aud thi. Congress aud the preceding
Congress have spoken, and are spcak king
to the people OF the South Aud nov
sir, with sugh Prospect before theta. as
the sequel of submission, o;itlawry, dis
iranchisrucnt, social. moral aud pol ti.al
degradation, pchury for themselves and
thulg children, decreed rs their portion.
viii hey throw down their arms and sub.
INIT TO the terms Who shall believe that
the Tree, prord American blood which
courses with us quick pulsation lhrnu h
their veins as we'll AZ our own, will No, be
spilled TO the last DROP in resistance This
is the source from whence comes .ncour.
asement, strcrstf, support aud sustcn-
ance for the Confederate. herein lies
the secret OF the uuity of their a:iion
the prolongailon of the contest and the
desperation of the conflict Produced. no,
by anythns said, or measures proposed hv
| gentlemen upon this side of the House.
or by any treasures proposed or policy ad
voc.i'ed by the Democratic party, but 10y
| the acts of the gentlemen who make th e
charges, and the President and his militia
ry commanders, who issue the proclama-
ton and military orders.
WHAT THE North HAS GAINED BY THIS
WAR
We have made. Mr.. Chairman, by this
war eight millions Of bitter enemies upon
the American Continent While time
shall last the recollections o. this bloody
strife will never fade from the memories
of the people North and South. but viii
he handed down to the latest generation
The words Shiloh, Aniietam, Gettysburg,
Murreesborough, Richmond, Vicksburg
! aud Fort Donclson. are words OF division
and disunion, aud will servs to bring up
emotions oi eternal hate. II it weru true,
as was alleged by n dislin .uish Senator
fioa OHIO, (Mr Wadc) in speech in
| Portland III S55, "that he believed that
no two nations on the earth hated each
other as much rs the North and South, >
! how much more true is the remark now
after they have been arrayed IN such
bloody contests 1t is the object vi the
sword 10 cut aud cleave asunder. bat never
TO unite. What u.Iun Is there between
! RpssS aud Poland, between Austria and
! Hungary, between En- j ni and Cstho "a
! IreImnl. Mhetr Ihc sMnrl mn ~. n N.1D..t