Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-04-28

heart in all the wide regions Of this land
will rise up and come before the Lord to
lay upon these chief culprits of modern
history their awful witnessipgs.
And from a thousand battle fields shall
rise up armies of airy witnesses who.
with the memory Of their awful suffering
shall confront these miscreants with their
works of fierce accusation, and every
pale and starved prisoner shall raise his
skinny hands in judgment, Blood shall
call out for vengeance. tears shall plead
for justice grief shall silently beckon,
and love, heart-smitten, shall wait for
justice. Good men and angels will cry
out: "How long, o Lord, how long
will Thou not avenge? And, then, these
guilticst and most remorscless traitors
these high and cultured men, with might
and wisdom used for the destruction of
the country-these most accursed and de-
tested Of all criminals, that have drench.
ed nation in needless blood. and moved
the foundations of their times with hide
GUS crimes and cruelty-caught up the
black clouds, full Of voices Of vengeance
and lurid with punishment, shall be whirl-
ed aloft and plunged downward forever
and forever in an endless retributidn,
while God shall say: "Thss shall it be to
all who betray their country ;" and all in
heaven and upon earth will say amen
(Voices-"Amcn!" "Amen !'') But for
the people misled, for the multitudes
drafted and driven into this civil war, let
not trace of animosity remain. ZAP
plauss.) The moment their willing land
drops the musket, and return to their
allegiance. then stretch out your honest
right hand to greet them. Recall to
them the old days Of kindness. Our
hearts wait for their redemption. All
the resources Of a renovated nation sha
be applied to rebuild their prosperity and
smooth down the furrows of war.
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We need not expound the perils that
wait upon enemies that may now assault
US, they are sufficiently understood,
Laughter, But we are not a dangerous
people because We are warlike. All the
arrogant attitudes of this nation, so often.
sive to foreign governments who are in.
spired by slavery and under the admins
tration Of its minions. Our tastes, habits,
our interests and our principles incline US
to the acts of peace. This nation was
founded by the common people for the
common people. We are seeking to EN-.
body in public economy more liberty with
higher justice and virtue than have been
organized before. by the necessity of our
doctrines we are pit in sympathywith the
masses Of ncn in all nations. 1t is not
our business to subdue nations but to
augment the. power of tae common peo.
pie. The vulgar ambition of mere de-
nomination, as it belongs to universal
common nature, may tempt US, bus it is
withstood by the whole force Of our
principles, our habits, our precedents and
our legends. We acknowled &c the ob,iga-
ton which our better political principles
lay upon US to set an example more tenn
perate, humane aud just than nonarchial
governments can. We will not suffer
wrong. and still less will We infict it
upon other nations.
No other event of the war can fill an
intelligent Southern man of candid ma.
turc with more surprise than revelation
Of the capacity, moral and military, OF
the black race. 1t is revelation indeed.
No people were ever less understood by
those most familiar with them. They
we said to be lazy, lying, impudcnt and
cowardly wrctchcs, driven by whip along
to the tasks ncedful to their support and
the functions of civilization. They were
said to be dangerous, bloodthirsty, liable
to insurrection, but for four years Of tu.
multuous distress and war have rolled
over the area inhabited by them and
have yet to hear Of one authentic instance
of the misconduct of c,loretl man.
They have been patient and gentle, and
doc:le, and full Of faith and hope and
piety; and when summoned 70 freedom
they have emerged with all the signs and
tokens that freedom will be 10 them what
it was to us-the swaddling band that
shall bring them to manhood. And af.
ter the government, honoring them as
men, summoned them to the field, when
once they were disciplined and had learn.
ed the art Of war, they have proved
themselves to be not second to their white
brethren in arms.
And when the roll of men that have
shed. their blood is called in the other
land, many and many dusky face will
rise, dark no more, when the light of
Eternal Glory shall shine upo0 it from
the throne Of God. The industry of the
Southern States is regenerated and now
rests upon basis that never fails to bring
prosperity. Just now industry is coIIap.
sed. but it is not dead; it sleepeth. 1t
is vital yet. 1t will spring like mown
grass from the roots, that need but show.
ers and heat and time to bring them
forth, though in many districts gener.
alton will see the wanton waste of self.in-
voked war repaired. Many portions may
lapse again to wilderness, yet in our time
We shall see States, as a whole raised to
a prosperity, vital, wholesome and i'm.
ovsble.
We have shown by all that we have suf.
fsred in war, how great is our estimate
of the Southern States of the Union, and
we will measure that estimate now in
peace by still greater cxertions for their
rebuilding Will rejecting men not per.
ceive, then, the wisdom of accepting sstab.
lished facts and with a!acrity Of enter.
prise begin to retrieve the past Sla.
very cannot come back. 1t isthc interest,
tharetorp of pverv man IN b,uto, tho o 4