Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-11
ssThe WAR Spirit Of the North 10 De
nrain Aroused"

that portion of it that regarded the recent
Peace movements with great disfavor-
ayow that it is now the duty of our people
to arouse the War spirit of the North. 10
do this, it is suggested that Township meet
ings be held and inflammatory orators en-
ployed to portray the cause of the repelilon
in the most desperate plight and the rebel
leaders as the most abominable wretches
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promised that if this shall be done, the peo-
Die will cheerfully line the roads, high
ways and byways to the army. 'The pop
ulation of the country is not reduced we
are assured.
How do the people who helped re-elect
LINCOLN like the prospect that is thus held
up to them? Before the late election they
accepted as true the falsehood that quickly
following the reelection of Mr.. LINCOLN
would come to the country Peace. his re-
election, they were made believe, would
serve to convince the people in Rebellion
that the people of the adhering States were
resolutely determined that there should be
no dissolution of the Union--that at all
hazards they would maintain it-and that
this fact, so certified, would cause the reb-
els to abandon their cause and return to
their duty in the Union; whereas if Nc
CLELLAN should be elected the War would
be procrastinated, by reason OF the rebel
leaders drawing from the circumstance OF
his election the hope that by further per-
sistance in the rebellion they would wiring
from him the acknowledgement of the inde-
pendence of their Confederacy-a thing lie
would not agree to, and therefore, most
terrible and bloody fighting would ensue.
The testimony now of the same journals,
that during the pendency of the Presiden-
tial election did the pious work of making
their readers believe that the only thing
needed to terminate the rebellion without
an additional draft upon the resources OF
the country for men and money, was the
reelection OF Mr.. LINCOLN, is that "the
tone of the rebel press and of the political
leaders of Richmond shows that more blood
must be shed before the people of the South
can be made strong enough to overthrow
the terrible despotism which now holds
sway in that region" So, after all, just as
was predicted would be the case blythe ad-
-eoases Of ti.o sleotio, Of MeCLDIIA,r Tho
reelection of Mr.. LINCOLN insures us con-
tinued War, with all its calamities. His re-
election has enabled "the rebel press" and
"the political leaders of Richmond" to
strengthen the terrible despotism which
they have all along exercised over "the
people of the South"
How different would matters stand had
MCCLELLAN been elected. His election
would have given to "the people OF the
South " sufficient strength "to overthrow
the terrible despotism which now holds
sway in that REGION" 1t would have been
Reputation of the fanaticism that for
four years had ruled the country. To the
South it would have been a convinc-
ing proclamation that they had mis-
apprehended the motive that induced
the people Of the adhering States to
accept war--that that motive was the
maintenance of the Union and to vindi-
cate the authority Of the laws-and that by
returning to their duty in the Union they
should not be shorn of any rights that had
been reserved unto their States by the spir-
it and the letter of the Constitution; but
that, if need be, those rights would be more
unequivocally guaranteed to them. Who
can doubt the result? JEFF. DAVIS power
would have crumbled into atoms; the rebel
armies would have become disorganized;
the Union would again have been cemented
and rendered even more strong than before
War had been inflicted on the country the
Federal armies could have been. in COM
paratively brief space of time, disbanded;
and there would not now be necessity of
once more arousing the War spirit Of the
North, while the Treasury is staggering
under the weight of an almost intolerable
public debt. We see no prospect of reme-
dying the evil now. The people had it in
their power to avertit by eleeting MeCLEL-
Lam; but they would not do it; and, there
fore, they will be under the necessity of en-
during theevils that will legitimately re-
suit from that tshort-sightedness tits very
doubtful whether the War fever can be, by
any possibility, heated to a very fervent
heat. We would not dissuade those whose
faith is more active than ours from making
the effort.
Rebel Prisoners at Camp Chase
Have Not Refused 10 he Ex-