Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-23

measure than any other is to let it be under
STOOD that hereafter We pay no more loun-
! ties from the taxes of the North, but taking
counsel from the old Roman method OF car
ryIng on war, to say TO our young men, look
| on the iair helds OF the sunny South, and
i unless they take our amnesty. let Us 90
down South and you shall have wbafeyer
! you get in fair fight, and we will omen
/ land Offices wherever our armies march and
/ distribute their lands and divide them A.
lnong the soldiers. to be theirs and their
I heirs forever
/ This Is harsh measure, everybody viii
say but Is II not quite a. Just as that we
should tax ourselves anew and anev, and
raise the price of the uecessaries of life Tor
the purpose of paying bounties for the sup
port OF the soldiers TO fight these men whom
we have three times offered and called to be
our friends In 1862 and In june 1868, again
IN December III 1864, again by the Sth Of
January, 1865; and when that clock strikes
the last knell of that departing day. then all
hope Of return TO those who have not then
made progress to chat return shall be cut of
forever, and they will have to go to Mexico,
or the West Indies. or some place which (
Will not name, because | know not any land
/ bad enough to be cursed bythem; az all G.
vents they shall never come here again.
l look with some interest to what / be-
/ heve 10 be the present results Of this elec-
ton, and ! believe first that we have settled
the war by determining that the people are
strong enough to carry on the war. and l
never expect 10 sec an arms or IN council a
greater victory than the one We have lust
achieved, and | think we are now strong e.
nough to make them and offer such one
that the most squeamsh Of our friends viii
Wit Ia
hausted all the resources Of craftsmanship.
and that we are now ready to make peace.
and are therefore prepared TO make war 10
the Init; therefore, / say, ! look upon this
victory as one which has decided the war
decided 1t not IN military point OF view.
but IN that oyerpOwering civil point Of view
which decides the fate 81 nations every
where. 10 this It may he answered. and |
desire for a moment to that answer TO call
your attention. 50 that every man may work
out III his own mind the problem that if we
carry Oh the war with the strength and .trin-
geBcy with which l have suggested. how
shall we live in the same land with luen
whom we thus fought against? Let US 90
to the teachings Of history and there draw
also from the history Of that land which we
are proud to call our Motherland, England
Every considerable estate IN the land OF Eng
land under Cromwell passed through Courts
OF COnhScatiOn; and Yet when the King
came TO hls own again after a time the na-
ton came together again in friendship uev-
er more to be divided. Is there any diff
Guilty then in the Anglo Saxon race III this
land beng again III unity and friendship and
peace with them with whom they have had
d fight. Is 1T not well known rule that
those with whom we have fought bitterly If
they have fought honoraby after the fight
Is over they are more cndeared 20 Us af-er I
that fight and Wca are the more ready TO take /
them by the hand; therefore | say there viii /
he no difficulty in the good men Of the /
North and the South coming together again,
and letting bygones be hygones and [ have |
said that | desire the eXtiDguishment of the |
bad men. Allow me TO say that | am hon /
Ored by this opportunity 70 tender to the /
citizens of New York, who have come here
this evening TO do honor 10 the Government |
which | represent, my most sincere and /
hearty thanks; and now allow me 70 say 10 |
those who have done me the honor 10 say |
that the presence Of the United States /
troops here tended to prevent disorder, 10 |
say that far more did the influence OF all !
good men here, all tending in one direction. /
tend to prevent disorder, and still further /
the solemDity Of the occasion which even
the bad men seemed to feel, and from these |
causes and the certainty that no bad man
could find any support or countenance from F,
any good man Of any party, TO that We owe |
the peace Of the city. | again return YOU /
my thanks and am happy To bid you God /
sreed on the morrow when [ leave you for |
the armies in operation At the front.