The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-30
KILL! BURN ! DESTROY!

Towards a war of determination, the Ma
ton indeed appeared to be moving. The
land was on fire, the voice of Reason stifed
in the hot air of Passion, and the whole con
tlnent shaking with the tramp of gathering
armies. The South, herself, was in many
things blameable. Many things were done
that were wrong, unjust, and inexcusable /;
much sectional prejudice and bitterness pre-
vailed a vast amount of boasting, pomp-
Gus pride, and empty bombast, was indulg-
ed in. But these sins of excitement and
martial ardor were as CALMNEss personiied
in comparison with the Northern outburst.
Right, Decency, and Humanity, all went
down before the whirlwind of puritanical
prejudice, stimulating patriotism. Press,
pulpit and platform overlooked with rant
and bitterness. Double-leaded editorials in
the Republican organs ran after this fash
ion =
Virginia and Maryland are lovely by ma
''ture, but their fair outlines will ere long
"be over-run, trodden down, and oblitera-
ted. The WORKOUT and emasculated First
Families must give place to a sturdier
trace, whose pioneers are now on their way
"thither, in regiments. An allo lent of
'land in Virginia will be a fitting reward for
''the brave fellows who go down there to
fight for the country"
Horace Greeley's Tribune, which a few
IOul pICN lOuS SdIu We HOpC uCN
er to live in a Republic whereof one section
is pinned to the residue by bayonets,' now
burst forth in this savage strain =
1--WE mean to conquer them, not merely to
defeat, but to conquer, to sutjugote them.
when the rebelliOus traitors are over
''whelmed in the field, and scattered like
~''leaves before the angry wind, it must not
zoe to return to peaceful and contented
"homes. They must find poverty ut their
'..treSides, and see prlration IN the dnr,ous
''eyes of mothers, and the rags of children
"udre to the Rio Grande must be made q
''solitude.'
The Tribune, be it remembered, was then
the recognized mouth-piece of the Republi-
can party, and the four millions of people
against whom it proclaimed relentless war
of extirpation were American citizens, of
the same generic kinship, and according to
its own theory were still members of the
Union, the great, free, enlightened Repub-
lie Small wonder that the Baltimore SIN
(not yet crushed by Butler) found it 'shard
to realize that such language came from hui
man beings. 1t seems to breathe hot in our
implacable malevolence, of the Internal Re
gions."
The moderator of New York Conference,
in a fierce prayer of advice to the Almighty,
demanded that the Rebels should be
brought to destruction and aciped off the
face of the earth" Rev. DIR. Tying, of the
Episcopal Church, declared he would not
call it Civil Warfare. He would not meet
pirates on the deck and call it warfare. Tie
uouM hang them as quick as he wouM a
mad dog.' (Cheers.) Continuing, he
said-''and does anybody believe there 500
Bibles in all the armies of the Southern
renegades? 1t acould scaM and SINCE their
polluted hands! Cloud cheers. Our army is
worthy of the Bible. How their names wtU
gltsten IN glory!'*
As a matter of course, the sensational
preachers, headed by Beecher, Bellows, Tai
mage, and that ilk, went even further in
their impious betrayal Of the cause of the
Prince of Peace. Many of them dressed
their pulpits in flags; bedecked their Sun
day school children with ~tri-coior badges,
and converted the sacred precincts into
where every Sabbath the most-ap-
peals to passion and prejudice were greeted
with cheers, c~lapping of hands, and pound
ing of feet.
PATRIOTIC BUNTING.
The Abolition leaders early realized that
it would be impossible to precipitate the
North upon the South simply to free the
slaves. 1t was necessary to first stir a storm
OF sectional rage, on patriotic pretenceS, az
ter which the popular strength could be
welded in any direction, Accordingly all
the efforts of the administration, the Re
publican press and speakers, and the swarms
of ~demagogues aiming to profit by the war,
were exerted to deceive the masses with the
cry Of Rally to the Union!' Stand by
the old flag" "Avenge the honor Of the
best government the world ever saw
Wipe out the wanton insult Of the haugh-
tv Southern traitors and above all things,
-"Hurry on your troops to protect tie cap
ataI Of the nottont" This latter appeal
caused thousands and tens of thousands ct
men to volunteer, who would n't have moved
a step, had they known that the pretended
npril of the government was merely a trick
to get them into ranks, where military dlscl-
pline, and popular pressure, would force
them to march upon the South.
The call to s'rallv round the Old fiag,-the