Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-02-22
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ran poPs OF soMn AND THE REBELucN
Il wss the condition Of affairs in Mexico
that involvej the Pope Of Rome In OUT diff
culsies 10 far that he alone among temporal
.,vcfeirns recognized the chief Of the Con
.frlerate States as President, and his sup.
osrters ss people; and in letters 10 two
great prriates Of the Catholic Church in the
United States, gave counsel for peace at a
,ine when peace meant the victory Of seces
sion. Yet events move as they are ordered. |
Tho blessing Of the Pope at Rome on tho
head Of Dske Msximiisn could not revive |
in tho Nineteenth century the ecclesiastical
saIies ofthe- sixteenth; and the result is
only . new proof that there can be no pros
peri,y in the state without religious free
dom.
~ THE PaorLs OF AMERICA.
When II came home TO the consciousness
sytAe Americans that the war which they |
were wsxiug Was q war for the liberty OF ell
the nations of the world for freedom itself,
,hey thanked G Vi for the severity Of the
trial In which He PIT their sincerity, and
neryed themselves for their duty with an
incrorable will The President was led
along BY the greatness Of their self-sacriic-
ing example; aud. as q child, in dark
night, on rugged way, catches hold Of the
hand OF its father for guidance and support
he clung fast to the hand OF the people, and
moved calmly through tho gloom. While
the statssnanship of Europe was scoaing at
the hopeless vanity of their Efforts, they put
forth such miracles Of energy as the history
sf the world had never known. The navy
of the United States, drawing into the pub
lie service the willing militia Of the seas.
Asublsd ir, tonnage in eight months, and es-
sshHshsd an actual blockade from Cape
nsftsras to the Rio Grande. In the courSe
Of the war, il vas increased fve.fold IN men
ssi In taunsee, while the inventive genius
IF the country devised more effective kinds
Of ordnance, and new forms Of naval archi.
lecture in wood and iron. There went into
che Geld. for various terms Of service. abodt
100000 men; andin March last the men
In service exceeded million that is 70 say,
one of every two able.bodied men took some
rsrt In the war and ut one time every
fourth able.bodied msW was In tho field. liz
one single month, 1896 weY recruited
into tho service. Once, withiDfour weeks,
Ohio organised and placed III the held ~
regiments of finfantry-nearlg 80, 600 men !;
and Ohio was like other States in tho East
and in the West The we'll mounted caval
~ numbered $4,000; Of horses there were
bought first and last tvo.thirds of million
In the movements Of troops science came in
aid Of patriotism so that, to choose a single
instance out of the many, an army $4,000
strang, with its artillery, trains. baggage,
and animals, were moved by rail nom the
Potomac to the Tennessee. 1000 miles, in
seven days In the long marches, wonders
Of military construction biidRed the rivers
and whenever an army halted, ample sup
plies awaited them at their ever changing
base. The vilo thought that life il the great
est of blessings did not rise up. In 625 bat
ties aud severe skirmishes blood flowed like
water, II streamed over the grassy plains ;
it stained the rocks; the underground OF the
forests was rod with it; and the armies
marched on with majestic courage from one
conflict to another, knowing that they were
fghtins for God and liberty. The orsani-
sition Of the medical department met its in.
6nitely multiplied duties with exactness and
dispatch. AT the news of battle the hest
surgeons Of our cities hastcned to the field
TO 6aer the Jealous old Of tho greatest ex
prrsenoe and skill. The gentlest and most
refined of women loft homes Of luxury and
ease 10 build hospital tents near the armies
aad serve a. nurses to the sick and dying
Beside the large supply cfrelisious teacher
BY tho public the congregations spared Il
their brotbcrs in the field the abest minis
ters. The Christian Commission. which ex
pended $5, SOC, 900, sent 4 600 c'sreymcn
religious character OF the men, and made
sifts Of clothes and faod and medicine. The
organic ,tion Of private charity assumed un
heard of Dimensions The Sanitary Com
mission, which had 1000 societies. dstrib
.utej, under tho direction Of an unpaid
board, spontaneous contributions to the
amount Of 81 900 900 in supplies or money
--Si 500 900 in money from California alone
land dotted the scene Of war from Paduoah
20 Port Royal. from Belle Plain, Virginia,
TO Brownsville. Texas, with homes and
lodges.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION,
The country had for its allies the river
Mississippi, which would not be divided, ant
the range Of mountains which carried the
stronghold OF the free through WcsterT
Virginia aud Kentucky and Tennessee Il
<hs hist,iands Of Alabama. But il invoked
the still higher power Of immortal justice
In ancient Greece, where servitude was tn,
universal custom, it was held that it chile
were to strike the parent, the slave should
defend the parent, and by that act recover
his freedom. After vain resistance, Lin
c,lu. who had tried to solve the question b,
Gradual emancipation. by colonization, AND
BY compensation, at last saw that SLAYER,
must be abolished, or the Republic mus
die, and on the LIST day OF January, 1863
he wrote liberty on the banners OF the ar
mics. Whom this proclamation, which strucl
the fetters from 5000 00O Of slaves, reached
Europe. Lord Russell, countryman Of Nil
ton and Wiberforce, eagerly put hin,sel
forward to speak ot il in the name Of man
kiad, saying: ut is Of q very straRe ma
ture; I" :" a measure Of war OF very qnes
siona'de kind =" an act of vengence on th'
slave owner" that does no moro than 'pro
Sess to emsncipate slaves where tho United
States authorities cannot mako emancips
ton q reality. Now. there was no part Q
shs country embraced in the proclamation
where the United States could not and iii
aot make emsnsipation q reality Thos
Who saw Lincoln most frequently had neve
before heard him speak with bitterness q
any human being, but he did not conceH
how keenly he felt that he had been wronl
cd By Lord Russell. And he wrote. In repl
70 smother esyiller: "The emnncipatio
policy and the use Of colored troops wer
the greatest blows yet dealt to the Rebellion
The job was great national one, and le
sone be- slighted who bore an honorable par