Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1865-01-25
GlOomY-Subiugation.

consolation to be derived from it, we
hope it may do those whom 1t may
concern good; but we don't see it:
There is such thing as hear break for
nations, as 'or individuals There are such
things as hopelessness and despair, lethargy
and apathy. 4 conviction that all that
it will do must come to naught, all sacrifi-
ces it can be rendered vain, BY an ire
deemable cause-a conviction resting on
rational grounds, both of reflection and of
experiment, will produce this state of feel
ing in any nation, however heroic and
however obstinate.
The Charleston Mercury also has an
article written in a spirit of bravado
usual to that region, but which shows
that disafection has reached all classes.
1t says:
Before bringing ourselves 10 face the
enemy, it is absolutely essential that those
in command bring themselves to face vital
evils existing within our own lines. The
path ace are noi0 trdUeling is straight to
destruction The crisis ot-Me Contederacy
has arriced IN fatal earnest. The result
OF the next six months will bring the
Contederacy to the ground, or will rein
state its power. FitFoa reform IRE are
doomed. There is more than one depart
ment of the Government in which reform
is important. But reform in our armies
is essentials vital. Whhout 1t death
Of the Contederacg is already tolled.
With the proper reform made, he is a
coward who carries his heart in his
boots.
There are men in the land-there is
fight in the land 1t is the i'm beeile that
is sick at heart-it is the coward whose
stomach is weak. There is nothing be-
fore us that cannot be overcome; but to do
it, there must be a new state of things in
stituteG. We say again, there must be
nerve. Men in command must not be
afraid to die-they must not be afraid to
kill. Officers must be kaEed-not mere
priUotes. Reform must begin at the top,
not at the bottom Of the service. To reach
the priUdte, captains must be shot We
want no child's play-We want an army.
What is mans life to the institutions
and the liberty of the country? Nothing
Let the old things pass aWay-let us have
a new condition of things. We want no
more JEFF Davis foolery; we want one atom
of brains, one spark of nerye-we want no
mermaids with heads of monkeys and fshy
attachments at the neither extremities-
We want men, real men, earnest men
North Carolina, Georgia and South Carroll
ma are in no mood for trifing They have
had enough of this sort of thing. They
don't intend to have much more South
Carolina don't intend to be conquered.
She intends to fight
She don't intend to be hampered or
turned over to the enemy When she is
thus dealt with, there will be reckon.
ing-a reckoning where there will be
no reSpecterS Of person. We want implicit
order and calm forecast. South Carolina
is a Commonwealth of order; we expect
order, and we demand order. We are ac-
customed to order. We are not used 10
lawless rufhanism; We do not intend to SUI.
fer it.
A most onerous bat imperative dutv
deVolves upon the commander of this de
partHent, whoever he is. That duty
this first and most essential duty-is to
cashier and shoot. Without it nothing can
be done, and Sherman coneuers Us. With
1t, he is a coward who succumbs at heart.
Everything is at stake; everything that
is in the way must be faced and trampled
upon. The man who commands here must
put his heart in his pocket, and bis sword
IN his hand. He must know nothing but
the good of the Contederacy. That he
must do regardless of official weakness.
The end must be radical reform.
1t is folly to talk of red tape now, we
want the thing, We must have it-reform,
shooting, cashiering, order, subordination.
soldlers-not runaways, ragamufins, ruf
hans. We want and We must have, brains
and ptuck an commanders, and implicit
obedience and order in subordinates and
soldiers. Six PAGES and steady arm will
DO the business, if repeated sufficiently
often, especially among commissioned off,
GERS,
II, however, commanding officers will
not do their duty in this matter. let all men
shut their books, for the end acW hare nell
nlgh come. The time is short-will it be
improved.
The Richmond Wing chimes in as
follows:
The disasters achich ,ce hare suffered of
late, are not only not irrepairabZs, but they
are not SO great as others we have suffered
on other occasions. But the people hare
become more depressed By them than they
eper 'oere before, because hsg haze been
.''atserea By hopes Of peace By persons ,cho
l'e4 Gne'0 there could be no peace short Of
sa0n'iSslo" and eRsLaveDaent. This fit of
depression has been longer, and more vio-
lent than formerly. because they see thst