We do not fear you and
those whom you control, but how about those who are to come?"
"I can speak only for the class to which I belong--the genuine
soldiers who are animated by as single and unfaltering a spirit as
the best in your armies. If a Confederate column were going through
the North you could not answer for the conduct of every lawless,
depraved man in such a force. Still, I admit with you that war is
essentially cruel, and that the aim ever must be to inflict as much
injury as possible on one's adversaries."
"But how can you take part in such a war?" Mrs. Whately asked. "All
we asked was to be let alone."
"Yes, sir," added Mr. Baron, "how can you justify these ruthless
invasions, this breaking up of our domestic institutions, this
despoiling of our property and rights by force?" and there was a
tremor of suppressed excitement in his voice.
Scoville glanced at Miss Lou to see how far she sympathized with her
kindred. He observed that her face was somewhat stern in its
expression, yet full of intelligent interest.
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