Year: 1863

pIshed when the end does come. IfVrginia and
her sister consprators against our good Govern
ment were obliged to bear the whole burden of
their guilt, it would be we'll, but this cannot be.
The whole Nation is involved, and deep grief and
poignant sorrow must be borne by the North, to
expiate the crimes of the South The issue as
yet seems uncertain and yet it cannot be uncer-
tain SO long as God is just God does not love
slavery; there is no slavery in Heaven. God
does not love rebellion rebellion could not live
tfere lie hates oppression and oppressors; He
loves liberty and a respectful otedie ce to Just
law. No; the issue cannot be uncertain,-


For rights right since God is Cod


And right the day must win;


To doubt would be disloyalty,


To falter would be sim"


There is no other way,--there can be no other,
ior peace or for prosperity,-but to fight out this
rebellion to the bitter end, subugate and destroy
it. After all the toll we have undergone, all the
suferiugs we have endured and dangers we have
outlived it is certainly an occasion of grief and in
dignation to US to hear of those at home who are
talking of peace, to be purchased by concession
noU. There are soldiers here that would rather
their bones should rot in Virginia than to have
anything happen to our Government so humiliat-
ing. Possibly we may be obliged to surrender
and give up to rebels but it is cowardly to believe
so and it is doubly distilled cowardice to think
of any such thing now. Shall We confess to the
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been right that we have been numbering them
and they only killing us in self defence? Shall
we confess that We have been all the while the
aggressors, while they were only resolutely con-
tending for their rights? Sail we confess that
twenty millions of the hardy sons of the North,
with all our advantages, were unable to cope with
less than half that number of proud Southern aris-
tocratsP Shall we put our mouths in the dust
and sue for peace to the very men that are des-
polling our Nation of its gloryP To talk of peace
now means Just that 1t would rob US of our
selfrespect. All the world would despise us, and
none more so than these same Southerners, whom
we are so anxious to concliate.


hope the reader will excuse me | can't help
demonstrating in feeble way against this hideous
defermi'y of political faith. We have big job
to do and we need all hands to help, and whoever
throws his influence in the way to hinder should
be summariy dealt with No doubt the burdens
of war press heavily, but look at our enemies and
profit by the spirit of determination they display.
1t would seem as Il the conscrption act had made
towards of many and they were afraid, their own
precious blood would be spilled. 1t isn't fair
play. We have borne the brunt of the war SO
far, and by and by, as our terms expire, and 9TH
els are wanted to take our places, it would be the
manly thing in them to 60, and not talk of throw
ing away all we have done and giving up the
country now. Drafting is only drawing cuts to
see who shall go to war, and no man Of honor
will shrink from running his chance. Those who
complain of the war the most are generally those
who have suffered the least. Those who have
spent the most and suffered most are almost in
varably the frmest patriots. Ask the widows
and orphans throughout the land, whom the war
has bereaved, if they want the blessed heritage
for which their fathers and husbands fought and
died lost forever, and there can be but one answer,
Never


There are but very few men in this regiment
that desire peace any terms short of entire sub
mission on the part of the enemy. There may
be some, there always is in every regiment some
who care but little whether the North or South
whips SO long as they can have jolly, easy time.