The Placer herald., 1865-03-11
& WAR OF DIFFERENTIATION.

The re-assembng of Congress after tho
holidays will mark an important era in the
history Of the war; Hitherto it has been
conducted with some shallow pret-use ~
having for its object the restoration of The
Union. This pretext is now laid aside The
masl; has been worn already too lcn~, in The
opinion Of Mr. Lincoln and his advisers.
Now that ho Is finally seated upon the
throne for four years more, with powers far
exceeding those of a constitutional monarch,
it is felt that any further coUreament Of the
real objects and purposes Of the var would
be the sheerosl atlecia,on.
That object was pretty plainly shadowed
forth in Tie recen, speech Of Gen Batter in
New York, and in The res7ln ions oAered by
Mr.. Rollins, Of n. H., in Congress- I. Is, in
plain words, no longer 20 irea, the inhabn
ants Of tic Southern Safes as II there was
any possibility that they hight, at any future
time, again be our fellow citizens; hu. to
treat them as the children Of Israel were
ordered to treat The Canaau,ee, tho Eiliies,
the Jebusites, the tmoni.es, the Hiyites, and
the Perizites and al, other inhabitants of tho
land which was to be their possession
namely to utterly destroy them and their
cities, and to root them out, they and their
wives and their lj!lle ones, AID 10 take thejr
possessions for their spoil. Their eye was
not to pity, nor their hands to spare.
In Ike manner our generals are now to be
instructed ,hat, tie rebels having refused to
submit to tho authority Of the government,
having refused the promised amnesty, and
having refused 10 abolish slavery, the time
has come, in the words Of the Presidents
last message, TO withdraw al offers Of ann
nesty that have ever been made to them, to
consider them as incorrigble rebels and to
wage against them war Of determination
and conquest. Such war will now be COM
menced, and will be waged with tie whole
power Of the government
It will no, be, however, Any worse in its
features Of barbari,y han the last campaign
Of Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley, nor
will lis exeesses exceed those already prac-
tced by Turchin, Milroy, and Mcneil. The
atrocities permitted by these generals have
never been rebuked. They were applauded
at the time, and every one Of the four have
since been muniticently rewarded by the
government. The only change which the
new order Of things vi make, will be, that
the manner in which Sheridan, and Miroy,
and Mcneil, and Turchin made war will be
the rule, and not the exception. Oar arm
les, henceforth, will not make war on the
rebel armies alone. They will be ordered to
make war on the country, and on all It's inl
habitants without distinction. Their eye is
not to pity, nor their hand TO spare They
arc to drive out the inhabitants Of the land
before them, for they are to possess the land,
they and their children.
LIE. me assure tho people that am con
fnng myself to simple, literal fae;s The
now agrees with Gen. Sler,
man, that the war, conducted as it has been,
may last for twenty years, and tho South
still be unconquered, because the population.
and the means Of the natural increase Of
population, will still exist. The alministra
ton is determined to prevent this. DO your
readers remember MFR. Lincon's homely il
ustration OF slavery, comparing it to rat-
tlesnal;e in bed With your children? You
would not wat, he said. to reason about it,
but would strike and kill It. Well, Mr.. Lin
coin and bis advisers regard each rebel as a
rattlesnake, and each rebel family rs a nest
South and of shareholders has brought them
to that degree OF malignant feeling.
A war OF determination has, therefore,
been resolved on, and will be undertaken.
The measures adopted by Sherman and Tur.
chin will be quite sufficient to effect it. The
present moment, whom victory is crowning
our arms in every direction, would be q most
auspicous one for a grand display of mag
nanimi,y on the part Of the administration,
in Offering to the people Of the South such
terms as we could well afford to give, and
which foreign nations would consider liberal;
that is, simply the old Constitution and the
old Union. But the administration have
always been determined, as was stated in my
letters three years ago, that the old Union
shall never be restored, and they would not
think now Of Offering the people Of the South
any terms which they could accept What
they arc determined to Go is TO keep them
out Of the Union, not to bring them in.
II requires no prophet to toretell the re-
suit Of such policy as has been determined
on by the administration. The worl, of ex
terminating ten millions Of people can never
be accomplished. The system adopted Of
such po'cy Will only strengthen southern
armies. There is reason to believe, too, that
it will be the signal for that active interven
ton in favor OF the South. on the par. Of
England and France, which has long been
imminent. Tho grave blunder Of Messrs.
Lincoln and Seward, in refusing 10 allow the
$50, 900 in gold, contributed by charitable
people in England, to be distributed among
the Confederate prisoners at the North, will
inflame more than ever before, the anmosty
Of the people of England against the govl
ernment aud people of the United States.
Let the intelligent readers of the Times
look back for three years, and contemplate
the motives and incentives which, during
that period, we have furnished to both
France and England to engage in war with
US in favor Of the South, and they will agree
with me that the wonder is that such wal
has not been precipitated before. There is