Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-18
i.g VIII Not sscar the Living, Let
the Dead speak"

llfom ihe Washington Constitutional linton.
How many human lives have been sacrificed
hy this cruel nnd relentless wnts Hon Thiddcus
Stevens made speech ast session of Congress.
winter OF ls69-3, IA which lac stated that 100,
uOO men had been mustered uto The untcl
States service, OF which number only 400 Oun
then remained ht Tor service The balance nt
thi, hust. GOO 900 men. had either been killed in
battle, died OF disease or Wouuis, 90 been dsn
hed Since then there have been some Of the
greatest and ietce,t battles OF the war, and large
acccssous tu the military force, 10y conrcription
and voluntary enlistment, have beon made 10
the bnO .UuU above. may lac added at least 400
900 more, making Ia oil uun,to0 81 men de,
stroyed or dlsthled
II northern accounts ct casudie. Ia battle and
otherwise be correct, the South has lost more
than two % one ~ compared wltl the North.
This will give 2,u0O.O 600 men the southern
loss. which. added 10 the northern, make. 5000
900 Ii will not be an overc-timate 10 put the
number killel, or who have died from wounds.
a. ~ > .O00 0O0 men
How much space would itrequre 20 bury side
by side. this enOrmou. host of dead men, allowing
four feet 90 each grave, AMI the space between 7
One mile ia length contains > 2sll ieet. and will
bury thus 500 meuy How mans miles Will u
require To bury , 900 900 menr Just 5l5 IL
milc-l o. suppose We ulace the lie al lengthwise
the space between. On one mile could be buried
660 dead II Nv many miles required to bury ,
600 OOOg The answer i 3 l3u lU-33 miles.
Suppose man 10 walk. day by day. thirty five
miles il would require over eighty-six DAYS con
tinuOus walking 10 pas, from one eud OF this
"GOlgoths" TO another Nearly three months 10
pass 10y the last resting place of brother, lie
stroyed in battle, because the word~ No com
promise with traitorsi" had gone forth nom
I'D AZ md hoo
by the fanatcal masses throughout the whole
North The word compromise. uttered ~ a
patriotic and iraterna spirit, and these thousands
of miles of grlveyards and billions of indebted
ness had had no existence.
When man rebelled against his Creator. the
words mo compromise were not proclaimed
against him. else tl-day he had been enduring a
punishment that 20 be eternal. On the con-
trary, Omnipotence proposed a compromise
devised plan OF redemption. and said TO man.
Il offer YOU terms, through the sacrifice OF my
only begoten Son. Accept the terms and be
saved But this administration. and il isnstic,i
supporters. are greater. purer. and wiser than
God
Let u present the question in somewhat diff
ferent light. La war time> the killed are most
ly buried in great pits and trenches. like dogs,
To give 1000 900 dead decent burial. how
many men will he requisitel Say that il will re-
qnire. 10 make the collins. the shrouds. dig the
graves. and inter four persons thus 10 bury SIX
dead m one day, what number will be required to
bury 2000,000 in six dayss Answer-222 222
men, A larger army than the great Napoleon
ever commanded,
few more years followed by such destruction
Of life, and the government form n grave
ward that would reach from the Atlantic 10 the
Pici6c Ocean The masses of the people North
seem TO have declared in favor of such a mag
nihcent idea What theme for Beecher. 4
Cheever Chase. Seward. or a Sumner, Only
think OF il, n line of dead heroes and patriots.
reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocesnl
What eoquence and poetry in the thought
Reader tread lightly, Breathe not a word OF
charity, humanity or Christianity here Ignore
all such vulgar thought or idea. and let the heart
swell only in devotion to Moloch the God of blood
and slaughter But let the disciples Of Moloch