The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-11-10
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Is THE WAR OVER Z


Enron JOURNAL; hear it sal constantly, "Thc
war is over;" Now that the war is over ;"Sc.
cannot help thinking this is hardly the fact. To
be sure glorious army is nearly all disbanded.
Our bravo "boyS in blue" are citizens aud are at
home. The rcbollious States are overrun by these
who were formerly slaves, but now are soldiers
The chief men of the South, and of the rebellion,
are either prisoners or have sued for and obtained
Executive ccmency. They advise submission, aud
set the example. Are they sinccre2 DO they
really submit Have they becn-are they now
in any degree coavinccd the wickedness of their
practices Are they sensible that treason is
crimc2" Are they mdic TO feel like criminalsg
In answer To these questions lotus look at facts.
Two large aul influential Church Organizations
in the South, on a test question, by uumistakabc
m ,joridcs refuse to acknowledge any wrong in re-
belGon. The loyal breckenridge, Daudy Uuri-
sou and others, eloQuendy set forth the counts in
the ialietU mt showing the perjury, the theft, anl
the murder, the sin against God and man, aud of-
ter this by an overwhelming majority, the dsloyNl
in these churches iudorsc their conduct as
earnest workers in the slayohoders' reb ,llon, as
containing nothing reprohensible, immoral or dis.
pleasing to Col DO these man tesl that tkcir trea-
son is criminalG
Wade Hampton l. an ultra "Southcru rights -
MN. lie does not even oonlcscond 10 ask for.
givenoss for pas. wrong doing. lie counts il his
glory that he has diminished the number of
" Northern Nandas" and " Ilirchng Yankees -
Moreover, he is representative man, a chiot
among his equals. aul stiN moreover, from this
class of luen are selected the civil officers OF this
So called, conquered people. Is this submission
Jsa uor rather the sullen concession Of bully wick
edncss made togain time or wait better opportu-
uiVY
In the msantimc, both in the North and the South
the widow weeps uunotiecd over her iallcn brave
aud auhclped, contends with the stern difficulties
at life, whe tea thousand Raohels refuse 70 be
eom,ored because their sous are Mt. While these
humble ones pour their complaints into the ear oI
God, the men who melted this rebellion, who muir
derod those sons and husbands, go uuwashed aud
uurcPcatant 10 the ony place in this world or III,
next, whore they could receive pardoa--to "a,
seat of the Gnverumen, they siroye to destroy, anJ
ask aud obtain remission Of sius that are past.
So far from being made to feel that their treasol
IS crime, thyir treatment jnsu0cs thcm insupposius
that answering loyalty is virtue " More honorS,
I ln tha hreaoa than Ia tbs observance by The NoN
ernn,eat OF tho United Stlies.
The writer hercof is very humble individual
lie makes no protensions 30 the ability necessary
crtielse tho action VI the present Administration
That action may be right. Il may be dictated .,
far-seeiug statesmanship. Be it what Il may, ha
hoped il woall be different. had hoped that tb
man who go boldly said that those who cuniaitte
treason must be made TO feel that treason wa
crime, woRd have redeemed his implied pledge
In this hope, was joined, know, by Thousand
in tho army AMI cut Of IT, lwas disappointed Il
this, aud so when hear Il said, ".he war is over,
cannot forget ;hAt God is just, ! oanno, forge
that there are no other such pleaders at The bar
Ills justice as the iathcglcss anl the widow, N
poor oppressed, and the innocen. hlo0l. And Zen
u Is not ended, uor will beunt by exteFmination
these Canaaniies have eSrat'd their olenec
against God aud Humanity.
JUSTICE.