Title
The War Worth All It Costs
Subject
Secession
Description
The author says the war will cost "thousands of lives" and much treasure. "There will be sorrow and despair. Will it pay the cost? Yes, a hundred, a thousand fold, if we come out of the struggle conquerors... We shall be able to teach treason such a lesson... We shall find ourselves elevated to a higher moral plane..."
Abstract
Argument that the Civil War is worth fighting, even if the cost is grave.
It is significant that this argument was reprinted in the Republican Washington Standard, where editor John Miller Murphy was diligently identifying traitors in the territory. He made every effort to bring the war home, to not permit the war to be a regional, eastern conflict. No one knew, in 1861, how grave the costs of the war would be - as is clear from the statement that "thousands of lives would be lost."
It is significant that this argument was reprinted in the Republican Washington Standard, where editor John Miller Murphy was diligently identifying traitors in the territory. He made every effort to bring the war home, to not permit the war to be a regional, eastern conflict. No one knew, in 1861, how grave the costs of the war would be - as is clear from the statement that "thousands of lives would be lost."
Creator
from the Albany Evening Journal
Source
Washington Standard
Publisher
Olympia, WA: John M. Murphy
Date Issued
1861-08-31
Medium
Microform
Type
article
Identifier
A234
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. 1, No. 42, p. 1, col. C
Temporal Coverage
1861
Provenance
University of Washington (Suzzallo)
Start Page
1
End Page
1