The mountain Democrat., 1864-01-16
A Union Of Enrce.

I WDaC eosuTQltyi NnaI lnauf.5SS u
ia to- ssuGs that military, suIj6gatiOn
will restOrsA UnioS which pas inded
sen u Voluntary sssit sld mu-
tual vc apd esteem oflhe paVtisk8here-
to. Military sutjugation, at which the
Administration is aiming, if successful,
kokld'Fesult disashously to the subjuga-
tor and subjusated. 1t would result in
war of determination, unreIieved by
single Tc2AEsiDg feature. War can only
destroy, not create. History teaches that
war deepens and spreads hatred, and the
longer the war is continued the more
fierce and relentless it becomes, and the
harder to eradicate. a conquered people,
il it were possible to conquer them, would
never be safe members in the same con.
federacy with the conquerors. They
would be treated as interiors and made to
feel that they were prescribed race
Would it not bankrupt the Administra-
ton party to achieve and maintain con-
quest? WOuld pot ! s'.1-.' cc3,.. t7t, - ~, {, =
army become necessary to garrison the
forts and intimidate the proud, bold and
turbulent spirits in the subjugated States?
Would the people submit to be exorbi
tantly taxed to maintain such an army
Would not such an army, commanded by
an INSCRIPTIONS and ambitious leader,
be dangerous to liberty and control the
Government?
Does any one believe that the Union
can be restored or perpctuatcd by militia
ry force? 1t has been well and truly
said by great statesman, that a "Union
; by force is despotism." Who desires
to see "a despotism" established in our
) country? No matter how much blood
and treasure may be sacrificed, we can
) get nothing better than the old Union
and the people will hold the Admnistra.
ton to fearful reckoning, if it neglccts
, an opportunity to secure that. Force will
not restore it; that is conceded. This
, fratricidal war should, therefore, as speed
= lily as possible, be stopped, So that in
peace the contending parties may ncgo-
tiate the terms Of permanent peaceful re-
, lations If war would restore, strengthen
, and pcrpetuate the Union, it would be
criminal to oppose it, but it is our firm
conviction it will destroy it and render
, its reconstruction impossible. We be-
, lieve, and the policy Of the Administra.
ton confirms our belief that the Aboli-
tionists are opposed to its reconstruction
! and are conducting the war to prevent it.
= Their leaders, their representative men,
who mould and control the Administra-
ton, have openly and boldly declared
that the "old Union is played out" and
that it "shall not be restored with slave.
ry in it," The Administration has man
; irestcd no disposition to take advantage
Of victories; 50 far from making such
o7ertures fol peace as n victorious and
magnanimous people should make, it de.
clares it crime to talk about peace -
The war is thereby prolonged, with no
prospect of its termination so long as the
f present Administration remains in power.
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SKIES FRIGHTENING. 1T is a significant
fact and one that will gladden. the heart
of every true American, that Mr. Guuther,
the newly elected Mayor Of New York, Is
more thoroughly identified with the idea
Of peace as remedy for our national
troubles than any other public man Of
that city, not excepting Fernando Wood.
He is the President Of an organization to
promote-that cause, and recently publicly
declared
, " am for peace, because do not believe in
subiugaiion. 70 advocate 4 vigorous prosecu-
ton Of the war under the programme of the
present Administration, is TO advocate annihi-
lation-annihilation of the white man for the
negro-which must result in the annhilation
Of our country"
That is sensible and patriotic, and
shows why Charles G. Gunther was elect
ed Mayor OF New York against the nomi.
nations of the tworegular partics-shows
that the people desire peace-shows that
reaction is going on which will sweep
, out of existence the opponents of peace.
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RICH, DECIDEDLY.- Johnson a Con-
necticut soldier, got into the caiaboose in
t New Orleans, in this wise: He went to a
place Of amusement, where the entertain
mcnt consisted in part of conundrums. -
! One of them was" Why is the Presi-
c dent of the United States like an owl in
5 the day time?" The answer of the pro
] gramme was, Because he's always A
a Blinkin" (Abe Lincoln). But Joe got
! ahead of Bones, and answered from the
] pit" Because he's a id fool" For
this volunteer joke, Joe was sent to prison
7 for sixty days. Joe has discovered that
/ it is sometimes unsafe to utter a distaste-
ful truth in the presence of "loyalty."
FoRclBLE.-Thc Boston Courier in a
notice of recent speech of Wendell
Phillips, the leader of the Administration
party, says; lie considered slavery to
be such an abhorrent thing that, "if man
, had not undertaken its destruction, the
eternal laws of God would have soon ac-
: complished it." So that, after all, Mr..
Phillips has only been slightly ahead of
Providence, at the trihing expense of