East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-08-02
MORE BLOOD LETTING.

MORE BLOOD LETTING.
The Republican papers throughout
the country have already raised the
cry, "Down with Macmillan. -
The scenes of blood and desolation,
want and woe that have made our
country one fast charnel house for
the past four years, have been INSULT
Gent to satisfy their thirst for blood
letting. They have fattened and
throve upon the pickings and steal
ings afforded under such state of
affairs, and although the country
groans under Its enormous debt and
burdensome taxes, they stand ready
and eager to thrust their hands to the
very bottom of the treasury, and though
depleted, like the insatiate Oliver Twist
beg for more. They talk Of the con-
quest Of Maxinlillian and his French
and Austrian legions, with the same
levity that characterized their esti-
mates Of the strength Of the rebellion
four years ago. With few thousand
veteran troops they propose to march
thousands Of miles and conquer ar
aies of hundreds Of thousands, within
the short space of six or eight months.
With this bald-faced trickery they
hope to foment struggle-no matter
how long and bloody out of which
they may gather still larger harvest
Of "loaves and fishes" They talk of
the duty the United States owe to all
other Republican Governments, and
without consulting our own ability,
dcnounce Maximillian as a despot,
whose neck should bow before the adj
yancing tide of free people and self
government.
1t would be hard to find man in
the length and breadth of the land
who does not believe in our ability to
drive out the combined forces of the
French, Austrian and their Mexican
allies, but who is there except for
selfish ends, cries out for such an at
tempt, while the wounds of the rebell-
ION are as yet scarcely healed, and
while the voice Of mourning still sad.
dens every freside. Do not be de-
ceived with the hallucination that the
attempt to displace the despot is but
the work of a day or year. 1t means
neither more or less than a foreign
war upon such a scale as would sink
the gigantic record of the rebellion
into utter insignifcance. 1t means O
war with France and Austria and al
their adherents. 1t means the utter
destruction of every kind Of commerce
the ruin of the entire sea coast, the
enormous increase of taxation, wan
and suffering, than which the world
has never seen its equal. Let us no
be in haste to count oil these disas
tiers. Let us learn wisdom from tn,
past and be tardy to plunge into an,
sort of war until we have fairly count
cd the cost. What are we to gain t,
compensate for all these cutain con
comitants ? Nothing. Maximillial
cannot run away with the country no
advance a single inch beyond it
bounds. We can then wait w
loose nothing by allowing him time :
grow sick of his bargain and leave tn
country in disgust, as he will be prett
soon to do. But if he does not there wi
never come time when the Unite
States cannot at pleasure expell hin
and his legions. But let us hope sue
grave undertaking will never even
tuate. The many fields Of bloc
scarcely yet dry, cry out to us with
warning voice to stear clear of furthe
bloodshed and rioting. Not to graft
greedy politicians, old party hacks @
government contractors, should an
nation consent to be dragged into sue
folly and crime, and until our right
are invaded and our Starry Banne
insulted, should we at this time, lea,
Of all, consent to such suicide
policy.