Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-05-11

III -. - '""s, 10 oe disqualified for
al part rom the ballot-box onward in
makihg ana administering our laws il sn-
icidHl ioliy while we Withdraw from tn,
oiacK man the musket with which Re has
saved Us, ana then refuse him the ballot
. with which TO save himself is base md
cruel ingratitude. CAV"
just mere 1t may be objected that tho
international code Of war, which 7 con-
iehd, should to the end, continue to Gov
ern our contest with the South docs NOT
authorize the kconqueror to NEEDLE will
the systems and arrangements oftbe con-
quered. Bat it does, as the practice nm -
der II abundantly shows. "Ue NAV,
Gays Vattel, "do himself Justice rosncct-
ing the object, which had given IKE n
the war. lie may even, if nrn.
uence 80 require, render her lthe con
quefed natloni incapable of doing mis-
chiei with the same ease in future" Ger
'alnly, this is broad enough TO cover onr
c!aim TO break up the slavery of the South
ana the great estates il has created. and
to provide at her bal!ot.boyes forbor soC,,
" and the seiety Of the whole nation
referred, at the beginning of nv let
ler' 10 the apprehension that peace, which
only lew days ago, seemed so verv near
! IS now quite remote. | cannot doubt
mat 1t is, If the severe policy toward the
conquered rebels, which so MANY are call
ing for. shall be adopted. In .Iot event
hardly IN my day, or even in yours viii
| peace return to your afflicted copptrv
For once let 1t be known that the Ieodino
rebels who shall fall into our hands VII
De doomed to punishment. be il deo,b
| Improvement or exile-and immodio,ol,,
among their followers symnatbv viii
lhem and rage against us will know M
! bounds. Tens of thousands will L,rn
win vengeance, and will care for NOTHING
out 10 CRAFTY 1t. This will be true as
wei OF persons under parole as Of others
In that state Of things guerrilla warfare
would ensue, which, if not pacifad Ly
concessions, and such concessions too a.,
wou.d fatally invade national and hnmor
rIsh'S, might run through many years
h9tHs'!hg and wasting our armies, and
a0oing ioarlully, if not fatally, to our al.
ready vast debt. 1t must not be forgot
ten 'hat 1t cost ou- nation many wears
many lives, and thirty or forty millions
OF doIIars 10 put an end to the guerrilla
! war carried on in Florida by handful of
| Indians and negroes. Nor must it be for.
gotten that the hundred thousand Dori-
means are just now enjoying complete
anu maj triumph over the many millions
OF tSPain. Rome, like ourselves. was a
It tffouBn' many pStlrs,h sash ulgiYipq T. for
to achleve an entire conquest of the few
Canta0rlans The lesson Of such cases is,
that people, however great, should be-
ware OF driving to desperation people
however small. 1t may be honed that
the negroes of the South would stand in
the way ofthis apprehended guerrilla war
'are. A part might But the remainder
identifying il with Justice and mercy.
might hasten to identify themselves with
IT. Moreover, if our Government shall be
guilty of what seems to be bad faith or
cruelty toTard the conquered rebels.
would there be a disaffection at the North
lar more alarming than that hitherto man
Tested? In a word, would not the Gov
ernment thereby make an enemy Of the
South and an enemy of the North also?
have glanced at the painful conse-
| qucnces Of harsh and unfair treatment
OF our conquered enemy. But how bless
Ell would be the consequences ofa wise
ana KIND Treatment of that enemy Then
the south would be at peace with the
North would soon learn to like her: and
would soon welcome the tens ofthousands
OF families that would Immediately begin
to elnigrate from the North to the South
Then the North and the South (slayery
having passed away) woull rapidly be.
come ono in interest, and one also in
character. Moreover, The whole world
be blest by the termination of this most
horrid war in n peace so full Of reason
justice and love. Christianity would be
honored and advanced by peace made
so strikingly in her own spirit. In that
spirit We cannot she'd one drop of blood
Of our subdued foe # possessed Of it,
we shall forgive and forget the wrongs
done to the North, and shall feel that the
South has suffered enough and that she
deserves to be soothed and comfcrted, and
no more afflicted, 10y us.
Largely on your wisdom and ma gnani
nifty 10 found my warm hopes of see
lng thls war give place to n boodleS9
Kind torgiving, and, therefore. immcdi
= ate peace. But this is not all for which
look to you. Nov. while we have thi
fresh sense ofone of the worst wars-now
while we can contrast its ugliness will
the beautiful peace, which. unless we
! thrust !, from us, is just at land-now j
I the time for our nation 20 be the FIRST o
= all nations to propose an end o. naiiOna
wars ty means Of an International Con
u gress, whose decisions upon the disagree
, ments and controversies between nation
/ shall be final. Yours bc the glory TO IA
g yor a measure rrOught with moro homo
= TO God and moro happiness to man thar
= any, or even all. other measures Your
u be the glory Of Identifying your Admins
Q tration with the cause Of internationa
o peace
}, With great regard your friend,
GERRIT SMITH.