Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-03-15
The Future

The fact that the three years OF civil
war which is now raging in our land, has
already desolated the fairest portion of our
country loaded us with an enormous debt,
that will tax the sweat,of millions yet I'M
born 10 pay; -arrayed brother against
brother, and father against son in mortal
combat; deluged our country With frater-
nal blood, and darkened the sky with the
pail Of mourning, should cause us to re
feet upon coming events with the deepest
concern. hsglt ssG r.r#- er
We confess Ebe future, to us, presents
anythiog but hopeful aspect. TIE CRY
that the shack. bone" of the rebellion has
been broken, and that our armies need an.
hcipate no further labor than to march
down S3uth. receive the surrendering reb-
els, and parcel out the spoils Of victory,
has Been raised so often that it has ceased
to have charm as. We wish it might be 80,
but recent events conspire to dispel all
hopes IF 80 desirable result. s5t.j a
Bot the opinions Of those most compe-
tent to judge in such matters til as that
present appearances indicate m re bloody
campaign the ensuing year than We have
yet bad. The course and policy Of the Ad.
ministration has done much to excite the
South and intensity its hatred to the
North, and desperation will lend energy
and boIdness to their eFo, to-; The people
fthe South see that no Intervention viii
probably aid them and that there is no
prospective change in the policy of the
North to give them grounds of hope
Hence they perceive that the only alterna-
tive left them is to fght with desperation,
or surrender.
The reports from Richmond and all
parts Of the South, show that the people of
that unfortunate section have decided 60
fight it out to the last. Aud to maintain
their position they are submitting to i'm
mense sacrifices. Property, life and ev-
eEything dear have been surrendered to
the demon of war. IGdeed it seems that
the whole physical power of the Conceder,
ate States is to be made available in the
J approaching campaign. The notes Of pre-.
paration for the mortal strife lie heard on
all sides, and it may be expected that our
enemy, in the field, will be as strong as q.
any time since the commencement of the
war. la.
Certainly the rebels have able leaders
this year to meet our enthusiastic columns
They have Smith and Magruder instead
of Holmes, west Of the Mississippi; Polk
instead of Pemberton in the Southwest
johnson instead of Bragg in the centre
LODgstrest in Tennessee; Beauregard tri-
umphant on the Sjuthern seaboard, and
Lee still inVincibls in Virginia. They
have learned lessons from the past, and
seem to have prUfted by them. za-
Such being the condition of affairs with
! the rebels, those who expect the coming
campaign to beless destructive and deso-
ting. will, we fear, find themselves greatly
mistaken. Many bloody battles gill have
to be fought and won before the rebellion
4 shall have been crushed and thousands oil
lives will have to be sacrificed ere that re-
suit shall be accomplished ~ i.
While we do not approve of the p-licy
upon which the war has been conducted or
our part, believing it cruel, impolitic and
unconstitutional in some respects, at the
same time we would not advise q relaxa,
| ton of efforts at this time. To give uI
/ the contest now would be to consent to q
dissolution Of the Union, which no Demo-
crat, at least, is prepared to do. There
fore, the only true course is to sustain the
Government in all constitutional efforts to
conquer and dispense the rebels. and to
trust to the election of George B. McClell-
an, or some other friend of the Union and
the constitution as it is, to escape separa-
ton, dishonOr and utter ruin to the coun
try. Lls .7.. E..G 3. 5a,.. s. -.
For restored Union and lasting
peace under our glorious and well-tried
constitution, uuders the dispensation Os an
\ all wise and merciful Providence, let Us
labor, and in no way can we do this al
successfully as We1cap by aiding in the
election of man as President, who viii
carry on the war for the constitution and
a return to that fraternal affection so es-
seutial in the re-establishment of the I'm
! ion as it was. -s@ ..