June 14, 1861
An unsigned article responds to the question raised “by those whose military ardor is now at white heat”. Near the end of the article comes this: “But are we not giving our sympathies to the government as against the secession movement? Certainly-because, as between the combatants, there is no wrong or injustice on the side of the government, while there is nothing but violence, robbery, confiscation, perfidy, lynch law, usurpation, and a most diabolical purpose, on the side of the secessionists. The weapons resorted to, on both sides, are the same; yet it is impossible not to wish success to the innocent, and defeat to the guilty party….”
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