Year: 1862

Hon. Daniel s. Uickenson, the distinguished
New York Demceratin letter to war meet
| ing in Pennsylvania thus discourses:


My views are to-day what they were when
this hell born rebellion assaulted the glorious
flag OF our country's pride and hope at Sum-
ter--that it must be put down without regard
10 cost or treasure; put down by the strong arm
of the Government, sustained by the material
power and eheered by The morol energy of a
great, free people; put down upon the theater
il selected for the Inauguration of its Giabol-
ical treason, the field OF blood; and put down,
too, by sevcring the head of the loathsome ser,
pent from its body. 1t is rot a mere rebel
lion or outbreak. 1t is the result of dark
and maIign conspiracy, conceived aud prose
cuted by a worse combination of evil spirits
than assembled at Millions "Inerfal Confer
ence." 1t will never relax nor yield until it
has oveTthrown the Government or been
crushed into the earth beyond hope or prospect
Of resurrection; and hot only 10 its overthrow
but lis anuihation, should we, as a people,
address ourselves.


There can be, there should be, but two par
ties TO this contest in the loyal States. The
first, embracing those who, regardless of all





prosecute the war and sustain the Admins
tration. for the purpose of furnishing treason
and vindicating the supremacy of the Consti-
tuition; and the other, those who sympathize
with rebellion, and either justify it by open
advocacy. or lend it aid and comfort and en-
cOuragement, by mods and wink5, and stolen
glances Of appreciation; 10y il-concealed APPEL
ogies for its course, and by assaults upon the
Government for prosecuting war against it.
A nd n the second division should be clasSed
all of any and every political party sect or
faction, who cannot at such time rise above
President making or Office bunting usachi
merry of every description; abstain from par.
taking of the unelean drippings of the con
tract department, or withstand the odor of
the suffers stewpans.


The rebellion has only had greater power
Of endurance than was expected, because it
has received moral and matern aid from
abroad, which we did not believe would be ex-
tended it. This has enabled it to keep upon
its eet longer, and to stagger little further
than we supposed it could; but the satisfac-
tion of terminating its miserable existence
will be all the greater when it IS done, and the
means of our people to strangle it are as am
pie as their will IS resnlute. The war is not
and should not be waged TO advance any cause
on earth but that of the Constitution and
the laws. 1t is not ard should not be pros
ecuted to destroy any Interests but those Of
conspiracy and treason, Its aim aud end and
chief avowal should be the protection Of loyal
ty and the dest ruction Of rebellion.


But in the pursuit Of its purpose the Gov
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sihility, and while it extends the protection of
the Constitution to those who acknowledge
its obligation, should in dealing with revolt
lay its hand with iron rigor upon every inter-
est which will give it strength or weaken its
lawleSs adversary, and should strike hardest,
where it will be felt most-shOuld, for the pur-
pose ol conqueriug early peace, in obcdi-
cnce to the first instincts of sefpreservg tion
and the holiest dictates of humanity, whenev-
er it will contribute 10 these results inmedi-
atey or remotely, condemn and confscate to
its use every species of property of every
name and kind, whether animate or inaninate
on two legs Or on four. This will give an
earnest of the realities of war


We have not now, nor had we ever over
about one-half men enough in the field TO con





and the OCCASION is now presented for US to
rectify the error, and to embody force which
can practically assert the strength and dig
nifty of the Government; can crush the venom
out of this pestent curse and exhibit to the
envious, meddIesome monarchies of the old
world the vindication of Il free, scIEgoverned
people, against the Vaccinations Of conspiracy
and the sympathies Of king craft.


In raising snch force, the President should
understand that so far as taxation becomes
necessary to a vigorous and successful prose-
cution of the war, and so long as its fruits are
faithfully applied to that purpose, the peo
pie will not hesitate at any amoHnt, for they
mean this rebellion shall be destroyed AMI
the Constitution sustained, cost what it will
or come what may. and III comparison with
these results they will disregard the dangers
and blood>hed and expenses of war.