The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-06-30

1.-the assassin M'Neil by court mar.
ltihlswhieh reinstated Turchin when
dismissed BY q court martial, ana
which has declared medicines con.
traband of war. The gatlt aud
shame. which attach to General
Butler belong to Abraham Iincoln
and to his Ministers ;-they are one
and all equally brutal, eowafdly,
criminal, and Infamous. What 81
worthy Of observation 10 the sig.
,nifcance Of their conduct ab illus-.
trating the spirit and intention Of
the war. AT first we were psite.
lrsfin6iY tod that ths sortii Nns
lighting for The restoration Of the
Union, and nothing more; 10 hbeEi
ate freEI Secessiopist tyranny the
loyal Unionists of the South, and
to bring the seeded States back,
with their ownconscnt, - free and
equal Confsderates. Next, English
admirers Of Mr.. Lincoln assured
.us that the war was wagsd tor the
abolition of negro slavery, whils
every captured negro was either
enlisted as a soldier, or consigned
to forced. labor under some Yankee
gquatter In Tennessee or Louisiana.
Finally, tiie dominant party IN
Congress- openly proclaimed the
rssessity Of conquering the south
Bot the proceedings OF Federal
9eaeFals--the devastating ,expedi.l
tioiis, which have no other object
than idestrdction, which 90 foith
without any hope Of subdding an
additional inch Of territory, simply
to busu, slay,, aud plundsr-the'
crueiitissiuaie on the inhabi.
tants of coiiquered distriLts--the
appointment to command of such
satraps as Butler- clearly tell an
Other and q truer tale, and proclaim
.theawar q war Of vengeance, and
Of vengeance only. Slaves are not
liberated; tSey are simply carried
of to die under cruel taskmasters
or of still more cruel lleglsat.
Conquest is not effected; on the
contrary every thing is done to.
prove TO the South that she has no
hope OF mercy, to arm even women
and children against tbs invader,
aud to make the whole population
pnaninpus IN thsiF Fesol to light
'whils6h ounce ofpowder, "a bushel
of meal' or Q square mile ofterritol
ry remains to them. .,r- 80 =
Conquest by Lincolns, and But
lers, and Tnrchins means extermin-
alton. and nothing less, for to such
eonquerors no. man will submit
while resistance-evsn the sfesiki
tance of q disorganized guerrilla |
warfare--is p,ssible. But these
men are - we'll aware as the oppo-
nents whom they are striving to
expel from Congress, that the war
as Q war of conquest, is utterly
hopeless. They do not sxpe:t to
rednce the South to submission.
They simply hope to increase her
injuries and to protract her suffer.
ing, to destroy her wealth, to 4, de-
stroy the flower of her population,
to let her go-since 60 she must
only when she is weakened, inpov.
erlshcd, crippled, blssding to
death For these purposes, and
Ihese alone--for the sake of ruin,
,laugh ter and deyas tatioD--for the
purely evil end of inficting ven,
geance wholly upprovoked aud on.
deserved, on a people guilty only
of resolving to be independent---
this war is now protracied. 7abanlI
'Tothis lust of vengeance, those
Englishmeu who have devoted
themselves to the Federal cause |
have given their sanction and |
.ympathy To this wanton indnl-
gence Of the worst of human pas.
ions the Governments OF Europe,
t the instigafion of Eng land, have
tivenl their silent consent And
hnslin the face OF the world, With
he permission Of Christendom, tin-
er the patronage Of England, is
bout to be enacted another ract--l,
Tod grant It be the last--of the |,
lost horrible tragedy that, human |,
1icKeduess has yet brought about;[,
spectacle Of Wholesale and use.
sss slaughter for slaughtets sake
nd misery inflicted from pure love
f evil, with the full certainty that Il
be final issue has long ago been ,
etermlned, that oil this bloodshed
rpelty and crime can not avert,
nd5eau not long deay, the indie.
ehdence to which the South has
0 gallantly maintained her right. 1
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