yon purpl

yon anc

r Day, that

ls to the Go

ise that seemed to shake the world. The remai

n the other army, and the flags were alike in colour, so that no soldier could say which flags were his. The men intermingled and fought, and, not able to know enemy from friend, slew friend and e

many more that were false. In my ignorance of the powers and weaknesses of the mind, I had judged that it would

d grave. Lydia looked anxious, yet more cheerful. The

camp-stools; Lydia carried one; we

ing like her. She seemed nothing but a flat raft with a big round cistern--such as

were crowds of spectators on

f the iron ships came great spouts of smoke, from each the sound of heavy

iant by the side of the othe

d firing many guns, the Monitor turning quickly and seeming to fire b

ward the shore, and the great Merrimac head

ur little group, nor did we hear shout or word near us; feeling

c had hauled off without accomplishing her purpose; I think that was all that any of us knew. At any moment I should not have bee

the way back to his camp, "and now M

he Merrimac is so badly done up

we may feel sure, that is, that if she could have fought longer with hope of victory,

ays. She was still very serious, however. She had become accustomed in hosp

e navy would perform in the war. The Doctor said that it was ou

nearly effective as such a stupe

ls find ways to break i

strictive. The Confederates will be forced at length to depend

or France recognizes

about this war; England cares nothing about states' rights or the reverse; the heart of E

l result in the destruct

, nominally. If I did not believe that,

ly announced that he has no inten

South. England has no political love for the United States, and would not lament greatly the dissolution of the Union. The North will be compelled to extinguish slavery in order to prevent England from recognizing the South. The Union cannot

very is abolished; it cannot be abolished by constitutional means, therefore it

ing for slavery only, whereas her leaders proclaim

slaves; the other is the common people. There never was a greater absurdity taught than that which Northern writers and newspapers have spread to the effect that in the South there is no middle class. The middle class is the South. This is the South that is right an

n her present and momentary experiment to attain that end. So a

eveloped, must prevail instead of the Southern idea of individual freedom; but how prevail? By means of bayonets? No; that war in which ideas prevail is not fought with force. Artillery accomplishes naught. I can fancy a battlefield where two great armies are dr

e I was s

hy do you imagine their u

e the symbols of their cause, and the re

ut my fear was great