June 13, 1862
The editor comments that these sentiments from “the paper which has heretofore occupied in form, as it still does in heart, the extremest ground of conservatism, is a most significant sign of the times.” Content of the article is partly on the “change in public sentiment” it notes: “The men who a year ago talked of compromise would scorn it to-day; and those who talked of the rights of States demand that the rebellion shall be swept away, if we are forced to subjugate the whole country and hold it by a standing army….everywhere there is increased hatred to the traitors
…let the war go till November, and upon our souls we believe a declaration of emancipation to all slaves in the country would be hailed by the ringing of bells, the firing of guns, and bonfires on all the hills….”
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