The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-04-25

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LEGAL Horizons at ususl rates. No
Tuesday Morning, April 25, 1865. e. e.
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Shall the Rebel Leaders be Reinstated.
During the last four years, Richmond has
been the radiating centre of light and heat, to
nm all parts rpf the Southern ConfedeFaey.sr Their
Rfssldept khhhis qAblAet and dcpaeress, aid
ed by the best editorial talent of the South,
have created public opinion, and enforced II
by arguments, threats, and military power,
where ever they had control A tone of inso
lence and false pretenses has been maintained
by all men and newspapers during
the entire four years, until they have pushed
the people of the South to exhaustion, and
many of them to the point of starvation. EE-
en- Lees army, on the day of their surrender
begged and received 25 900 rations from their
FcRptprs before theyeleptf1 r4TIm.
u Nov howGhave they beep able 80 TO delude
their soldiers and the ignorant masses, to their
destruction? 1t was done by conscious iy-
ing-false pretenses. Most of their men i'm
Office, and their editors of the newsps per press,
had nearly all of them been at the North, and
when they scajoled their ignorant readers to-
believe that the Northern people did net
know enough to ride a horse or load gun.
they knew that they were publishing falser
hoods. -ass @
An article from the Richmond Wing, In an
- bsSsls 6of the fdbellioh @prlnted below.
shows what they thought of themselves, and
what they pretended to think Of the people Of
the free States. i1sn
What If our government undertakes to paF-
don and set free from the penalties which they
have incurred, the bafisd and malignant Lead
ers OF the rebellion? Will they not resume
their ancient control of the masses Of their
people2 Shall we see them in Congress AGAIN.
with their pistols, clubs and bowie knives, in
sulting and cowing the weak kneed members
which tbe NortA 100 often slecGlto represent
y 'fhsfnP ARE those rebel leaders to come back
and again rule the country, with the help Of
the usual race of coppsrhead leaders at the.
North? In that case many OF us will live to
see slavery restored and re-established at the0
South, and the slaveholdng aristocracy, claim-
ing, as heretofore, that "the white people of
1m9rths slave hoiding States are fhB itr1A masters
of this continent" and thus and then WILDE
sown the seeds OF future civil war and rebel
lion, as sure to ripenas the acorn to produce
an oak. - ,
THE RULING RACE.
1nnn From the HiiAPPns % pf sugfe lssi ~ 'aa
rGGN tWA ara too close AAdt mucnS Influenced
by the great events which are passing to in
dulge much in philosophzing But the rout
and dispersion, 1T the great pitched battle near
Manassas. bring into bold relief the great fact
that the Yankees are humbugs, and that the
White people Of the slaveholding States are
~ 1.-THE trueFassieEsTTthe real rulers of5tnls cons
- atnent. kAUnder every disadvantage on our
- side, the Preparations for that Conflict we're
made Inc Sorsnern SsEss Haa se,zsu rPTn
they monopolized the whole navy and army
and a. the material with the entire macnine-
ryof government 10 full operation ana opast-
M men nan and @ money to wage an inter.nipa6ls war.
YfsForsmonths Mdth All uthese iadfanrages. they
have been diligently engaged in organizing
= their forces. Il,
Under the direction OF the most van9seu
aa1s military character ofs the nage--notsoi tner
creation, though-for they have never produc-'
ed y genius capable OF anything beyond ar
ranging hotel or working steam engines
or directing some base mechanical contrlv-
e-ance-they expended mtAQns az money ana
drilled armies OF 3OO,OOO, ana equipped lneAa
in style unheard OF IN the ahhais OF war
They met the rude ana poorly eqslppeu vol-
unteers OF the6outnern states, drawn irom
their peaceful vocations ior the nrst Pine, 70
. the theatre OF war; and tnay are routed ana
slain by the thousand, ana oriven IKE cnaH pes
fore . high wind. Though guided Dy tne
highest military talent--OfS virginia, snort
grass growth-they nave notnlng TO rely upon
but their numbers and that, In the Hight
proves an element T weakness.
The fact is, the YGakees are oery little oct
s ss Z: ss:s Iii: sss:: y: . S:
ly endowed with no single amiabie trait, tney
have cultivated the arts OF money-getung ana
sriHhHtino, eunfff gain has become tnelr goa,
.Las. ;r,s ,,t,o n Tn ha omninotent With
- monav 10 their pockets-won from generous
...lkt Afx,1s "a
and cAiuatros raceana %pl.uq'Sops .ss a.
soi imay iass, ~. ei 90 :, ero A. for au,n;re And