Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-04-21
Lee Surrenders F.!

Lee has surrendered, Three words OIL
", hut how much they mean Last night
at Il O'Clock this news reached US. and be-
fore we had finished reading the dispatch
cheer upon cheer rung through the night
air. so quickly had the intelligence, not
ten minutes of the wires, escaped TO the
street to be carried, like the flash from
mountaIl-tOp to moGntain-top that gather
ed the clans from whole country side,
into thousands of households TO be repeat
ed in PRAYERS Of thanksgiving from thOus-
ands of family affairs. In October, 1851,
on dark and stormy night, the little town
of Boston was startled from its slump ers
by the clear voice of a solitary Waterman
who cried: "Twal o'clock and CORVALLIS
be taken" Three words-Cornwallis is
taken but how much they meant The
liberties of whole people We're achieved
the struggle OF eight years was ended j;
the long, dark night Of war was over: the
bright dawn OF Peace had broken; Eng
land was conquered, Now Lee has sur
rendered. Orr struggle is over: the new
birth of the Nation Is accomplished the
revolution. begun hundred years ago, is
| fulfilled: Repu!ilieanism, tired by the
sevcrest test to which it can ever be Pat.
is triulnphant domestic treason is utterly
suppressed and punished freedom is ex-
tended to all the people: that "all men
are created free and equal is 10 longer
an abstract principal but the faith and the
| foundation OF nation the South is con-
quered, the Rebellion over. aud peace i'm
! mediate with Union restored and purif-
ed
For such is the meaning of Lees sur
render. The Rebels lost much in the loss
of their Capital. In the loss of Lee they
lose everything. Lee. not Davis, is their
leader. He NAV be the head of q faction.
not Of a people. Davis is a politician
Lee soldier. The military head gone
and there is nothing left. If Johnston i.
wise he will follow Lees example. If he
is not wise he will earn the execrations of
the South for the useless waste of blood
that must follow the necessity of his an
initiation. With him it is question OF
days. He must bow to fate and succulnb
or accept swift destruction. There is no
other alternative. The most faint-heart-
ed, the most hopeless now at the North
1peed wayer or doubt no longer. The most
the most determined at the
South can no longer hope. or struggle
The Rebellion is over; suppressed.-over-
whelmed,- destroyed fought down,-by
strong arms, and stout hearts, and wise
| heads -ended-endeda as rebellion should
be by utter destruction.
Shall we not bless God! We we
worse than heathens if we did not. 1t il
Ills Kingdom come" inasmuch as it IS tn,
| > h nf ,olt
and holy cause Of the Right. of Man. O
Free Government, which the world ha
been fighting for these many centuries, il
established as no man living ever dare,
hope to see. The People reign. On s,
much of this wide section Of the globe tina
the Union covers the people reign; Their,
is presently to be "peace and good will t,
man. This is the meaning of the end .
the rebellion. This is what peace in the
United Statets means TO all the people o
all the earth.
There is nothing in history like this cam
paign of Grants. 1t began year ago
Il shall fight on this line" he said, ..if i
| takes all summer" 1t took all sumnel
and all winter; but he never relaxed for
moment his clutch on Lee and the rebel,
ion. He '.had him where he wanted him
all the time. He hurled him from thu
Rapidan he shut him up in Richmond
and bound him there with chains that h,
could not break except by self destruction
He broke them at last. but Grant threw
himself with all his strength upon the fly
ing rebel. Escape was impossible from
that impetuous pursuit. from that masterl,
generalship. 1t was the hare and hounds
the lion and his prey; the strong man ant
the child there was no escape. LEI
| SURRENDERS AND TIE REBELLIox Is
ENDED.-TribuRe.