The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-21
,oo,or. co-onerot;on and support. But

jealous cooperation and support. but
should these people continue, as they nave
already commenced, to treat his offers OF
mercy with scorn and contempt, aud pre-,
sent to the country and the world an ex-
hibition of folly, madness and wlckedness
unparalleled, let US here proclaim to them
and to our chosen ruler that we will, one
and all, stand by him, in seizing and hold
ing their own territory BY the military
power of the country, and that the grasp
Of the military arm should be relaxed not
until they satisfy us by their professions
and their practices, that they are ready
and willing to accept in good faith the
results of the war. 1t was of their own
seeking and of their own making. They
have no right to ask the advantages of
trial unless they mean to submit to the
verdict. The war has not ended until
the conquered party has fairly accepted
its results, and the Government has not
only perfect legal right but it is her
solemn duty to enforce these results by
the military arm. Our four years war
the most gigantic in the worlds history,
must not be in vain. Let the late rebels
accept in good faith the policy of our
President, and we Will gladly welcome
them again as brothers into the fold of
our Union. Let them reject it, and We
will stand by him and Congress in com
pelliug them to acknowledge our triumph
and their defeat. Slavery is dead, and
must and shall be buried. The spirit of
slavery must die and be buried with it
The aristocracy of the South, which has
fostered and upheld slavery, and which
inaugurated the late terrible civil war,
must be shorn of its power. Already it
is at work stirring up opposition to the
policy of the Government and creating
hostility and bitterness among the people.
For two years we carried on the war with
out striking at the cause of the war. In
deed we rather guarded and protected it.
| At last Abraham Lincoln, when his time
had come, on the memorable first day OF
January, 1868, struck at slavery. The
result is before us. 1t is fast becoming
manifest that no permanent peace, even
with the death Of slavery can be secured
until the authors and supporters of sla-
very are subdued. In the words Of our
present patriotic President. "This aris,
iocracy is antagonistic to the principles
of free democratic government and the
time has come when this rebcllious ele
ment of aristocracy must be punished
The time has come when their lands must
be confscated the aristocracy must be
put down and their possessions divided
among the worthier laborers of the land. .
This result will throw into our Nation
al Treasury many millions of dollars, just
ly forfeited by the treason of their former
owners. What loyal man can object that
by means of this fund few of the COM
forts, if not the luxuries, of life, should
be added to the tables of those widows
throughout the land whose fresides have
been made desolate by the war, or rather
by the treason which caused it? Who
will object that the bounties and pen
sion Of our soldiers by whom the victory
was won and the nation saved, should bt
increased aud a triRe added to the pecu
mary compensation so justly due them foI
sacrifices made :? Who can object that
by means of these funds, so justly forfei
ted, large portion of our national debt
should be extinguished: and thereby the
taxes of all classes Of our people dim
inished, and part of the heavy load i'm
posed upon the shoulders of our people
by treason thus removed by treason it
self?
Having proclaimed the freedom of the
slave let US not weaken ourselves or en-
danger his condition by any controversy
among ourselves about his present posi-
ton or the extent of his privileges, but
carefully and surely provide that the
freedom thus proclaimed shall be firmly J
and irrerocabIe established and secured
through all time to come.
Let unity Of action and cheerful ac
quescence in the decision of the majority
mark our deliberations-let the glory
perpetuity and success Of our common
country, alone, be our object, and all will
be we'll
!