, 1864-07-28
Qtlicaae Grtbnne.
, THURSDAY, JULY es, 1864


Let none be alarmed at tue brutal rhetoric
IN which 1t plcaecs 1cG Davis to indulge-in
which It has always pleased the slayC driving
c1 iynlry Of which he is the type to indulge
r lien hc1aldinC the Southern resolution to
o.; ii to the point Of extermination.. This Is
1,,.: ono OF the expiring echoes Of the lingo
xi aSouthrona brag-TMch is not, yet
x...i,,ped ont OF Mr. Davis only because bic
1,s not been within whipping distance OF
11,c battlefield. Undoubtedly the people of
1Ic South, being like ourselves Americans,
stsnd well in respect to bravery. But their
ra1or ia purely reasonable, mortal, and hts
It's limits. like that ot most men, contrary to
7Tlat sajght hare been inferred from their
<ascunadc and boastiog. 4 lew years ago
ono wouid have thought the North only in
dunccr of determination. Boston. Philadel-
{.nIa and New Yora were to have been razed
10 the ground. Anon they were to have set
their ncgtoes 10 whipping MS. But now
Toombs fails 70 ell the roll Of his slaves on
Bunker Hill, aud their negroes are whipping
4bo cliva!rY instead Of the Yankees. Their
leaders hare always professed u valorous de-
Termination to die In the last ditch, but their
soldiers have with the common prudence Of
Aur.an nature al@a.s surrendered rather
lhan die in the first one. The Gct is the
1chel soldiers are neither Gods norimmortals
Gu The contrary, while wc hare some rcgi-
11,ents in The Northern service inferior to
Rcmc OF theirs in endurance, ihe average Of
our troops are* superior to anything they
have In al The qualities Of good soldiers.
11stesd OF fighting to determination they
fight so long as there seems fair prospect of
winning, and When the reasonable hope Of
victory disappears they retreat II they can,
ard surrender If they must. Never
have they exhibited on the battlefield the
Slightest inssnc desire to be exterminated.
The language is mere bombast and rant so
far Is It is attempted to be applied to the
Southern people generally. But not so to
IeG. Davis personally and his fellow leaders,
They doubtless know that for them per
Eonnlly defeat Is determination OF per
1,etu.l exile, not from any choice
On their part but from the necessi.
Lies OF their position. No Boomer will
Tire rebellion have finally failei than the
Southern people whom it has SO nearly ru-
lncd will cease 10 regard 1t as heroic revo.
luton but MS bloody crime. Those who
involved the whole South in devastation,
bereavement and slaughter under seductive
promises Of empire, peace and sudden
wealth, will ccase to be held as statesmen
but us reckless. blundering, and blood thirsty
GcnagoEueB. The blood Of the brethren Of
every survivor in the land will CRY out
against them. The Southern States will be
1he worry last part Of The country in which
they can f1rd shelter from the storm OF pop
1llar wrath, for there, where the fire has
bceu hottest the explosion will be most yio
lent. 1t is not reasonable 10 believe thai
Davis will dare outtive the failure Of hT re
bcllion. He would n+ither trust htueelf *
a court Of Justice nor to the fnry Of the South
ern people. 1t is not difficult to predict II
general terms his fate and that of fev
OF his political peers and conftdGrates II
1lc great crime, aud nothing would conye,
The prediction better than the term he hs
Characterization. Napoleon was .
Gtnli-go compared with whom Davis Is bu
chattcring mimic. He was defiant AMI
always promised to tight with the wholt
power Of France to the very verge Of exter
animation. But Waterloo decided that it was
Napoleon, not France, to whom the extermin
alton referred. When Davis On the Dry Tor
fugas shsll have parodied for time Napoleon
on the rock Of ST. Helena, and the childrcz
OF the restored Republic shall read in peac.
the history Of the great rebellion, they vii
know that it ended In the determination opl!
Of the rebel leaders, not Of the Southe1
people, and tb4t the "right Of sell govern
u,cnt" was truly INDICATED by restoring th'
people Of the Southern States from th'
power Of desputic rebellion, into whic1
they had been forcib1y bnllied and driven
10 The mild sway OF the Cnion, tor whicl
they Lad voted and to which, had the quc5
1ion been fairly submitted to the ballot box
1lyy woulo 1lEays nave nohercd