Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-04
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The Right Policy.

Wrltten Dy Soldlef IN hospital IN Lou1S-
vile, KY, and published in the State Jour
nal, will be found to advocate the right
policy. The. soldiers as a body are. firm in
the determination to continue to the end,
and never consent to lay down their arms
while a traitor remains in rebellion against
the just and rightly instituted authority of
the land. And they rather than consent
to the dismembernent of our glorious
Union, would welcome a, thousand Deaths
| let us by one united action do all in our
! power to sustain the brave patriots while
1 they are engaged in fighting our battles:
| 81 apprehend that there will be great
trouble in enforcing the draft in this State,
and already formidable bands are organ
lied throughout the State to oppose it.
There is.no use in saying that Kentucky is
| all right and with US, when facts. de-
monstrate the contrary. Why deceive our
selves? A large majority are sqa6id seces-
siOnists, and are only restrained from open
acts of treason by policy and 'confsca
| tion,' and the presence of the sword in their
midst Martial law sits GENEROUSLY on the
shoulders of Kentucky, and she will be re-
strained from open revolt only by the most
severe and efficient administration of mar
tial law Talk of kindness and tender
dealing towards her now, when she receives
it all with a sneer, and repays it with the
hearts blood of the Union citizens / Talk
of kindness when her sensibilities are swal-
lowed up in treason, and the kiss of broth
erly kindness is returned with the thrust of
sabre | once favored the slenie7t po1icu
but two monthssspent in Kentucky, with
eyes and ears open, have cured me of that
dangerous malady; and am thoroughly
convinced, after the most careful reflection,
that the only effective way to deal with
1 Kentucky is by exercising the armed au-
thority of the Government d
There are true loyal men here, and of
such | think highly, and they deserve great
credit for the upright and courageous
course they have pursued. Ofsuch would
speak only in terms Of praise.
If there Was ever time in American
history when the loyal people should stand
up in their might, firm and atnitod that
time is moec J. and today, when the Internal
destroyer of our peace and happiness, Sthe
5ane Of cigaisation, the curse Of humanity,
and the accursed .J JeAooaA is trembling in
his tottering citadel. Let US not, for Gods
sake, insult the dying patriot, whose blood
/ at the present writingsis fattening the soil
Of the 'Old Dominion and crimsoning the
tide of the Chattahoochee. No let US not
unnerve our sons and brothers in the field,
who, to-day, are striking for the best inter
ests of our country and humanity Thou
sands have fallen-let us not make the sac
rifice greater. Every intelligent American
understands the issues. Let US not be de-
ceived, nor waste our energies in making
war upon the administration. Let us not
under the pretext of peace, prolong the
war, occasion the shedding Of blood, and
encourage treason. Come with me through
the hospitals in the South; list the diving
words of the mortally wounded hear the
groans witness the sufferings of our friends
and neighbors ; behold them entering the
dark valley, martyrs to Liberty; look at all
this, and then go home and be q Copper
head if you can--if you DARE. 4qa. b
/ Treason is, treason, whatever shape or
guise it assumes, whatever latitude it may
be in-and as treason should be punished.
If it shows its brazen eye in beautifully
rounded periods. in newspaper paragraphs
-smite it there. If it assumes an angels
form, and wears the velvet robes of peace,
meet it there. There can be no peace un-
It'll the enemy which drove her hence from
our borders, sleeps the eternal sleep, until
she is beyond the power to agitate again.
| Do not be deceived by those who are striv-
ing to bring peace and her mortal enemy
again together. Policy may administer a
sleeping powder and slavery may sleep, but
tluot II uot, Si0 VIII AVIAN dSdiii, " ocioSe
US in blood. When slavery is dead, then
will the angel of peace revisit our shores,
never again to depart The notes of peace,
from copperhcad journals in the north fall
like music from syren's harp upon the
ears of traitors and they take courage, they
| persist when persistence is suicide.
| Had Kentucky listened to the words oi
warning from her proudest son it would
have been more tolerable for her than il
will now, In fancy go back a few years,
and like a voice from heaven, thrilling my
soul, / hear words of warning and advice
| from The lips Of an illustrions Kentuckian.
The foresight, the genius that conceived
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