The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-12

Ros the Uniop.

Renseued IN co'se1toa Wh Tie History Of he yepoIulon
NE sase principles odrocate By the Kiag and Pasamest
and imposed upon 1e people Of the colonies sgains sAicA
they Peaioned and at h took up and fought nearly
eight yecrs together ,eia The French and many ether dist-
guished foreigners, Jrom the OIL Worid--No5 g.
Mr. EDIToR; In my last letter. took glance at the his
tory OF the French ia North America which temi-
mated forever the power Of France in tho New World and
her eession to England Of a her possessions the
frozen the North to the lakes and the colonial bound
aries the South.
On the plains of Abraham the cool and stubborn courage
Off ivcfod met aud vanqushed the fiery valor of
the Gaul Wolfe and Montc,m had fallen, and the tears
OF their respective nations testified profound SORROW The
peace OF Paris confirmed the title and Britain now ruled
proud and supreme in North America The colonies though
poor espoused the cause and with aacry and Joy conr-
butcd their hnrdearned es to repcnish the royal ex-
chcquer and their sons hardened In with the wilder
ness focked to the standard Of their sovereign Peace
however grateful when it came and they reoced at
once at its return and the riumphs of Mer King Nor
did peace bless them long for began their days of real
distress They had not yet laid Off the sable weed that
mourned their dead sons, when ungratefu monarch
wrung their hearts and made them eat the Bitter bread Of
sorrow and Twas enough that the colonies
had given freely of their little wealthtwas not enough
that they offered willing sacrifice their best men, the
strength of yet feeble and imperfect social Organization
upon the altar of the God of War; Nor yet enough
that the blood of their children had flowed in torrents and
fttened every field from Louisburgh to Quebec from
Quebec to Ticondaroga and Crown Point and thence
TO Frontenac and the Lakes No. this immense sac
riticc not enough, because no offering however
great can satisfy the thirst of kings Tyranny, Unsuitable
DEATH devous its victims and ttens upon the blood of
millions and, in boaed pride aud arrogant corruption
sits in triumph upon the sepuchrc of buried nations
Thus England in l7G3 in lI64, in IT'S, in 177G
and until 1888 Since then she has been the same
inexorabe despo terventionp is policy and
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what she neither believes pmcses for while she Of
fers the "Urt @ ma8uSsion and the boon of freedom TO
Others, she has in her own bosom and near her own
heart millions that have tasted freedom the
bread of peace The uneasy yoke and the heavy burden
th her children forced TO bear where she sought
TO impose upon her subjects in Americas and they ,v
ling submit moderate load and first indeed never
thought Of breaking the bonds severing the that
bound them to the mother country They called the pco-
pie of England "6rehren aud such, indeed they were
for laws literature and religion made them so and
mon origin and common blood coursng in their veins
declared their unity When they spoke of England was
by the tender and endearing of home Home that
blessed spot, around which cluster the dearest remcn-
brccs and affections of the heart which douby dear
when plisfortunes ovcrtkc wants opprcsseua In I'll
their prayers and petitions which, for twelve long years,
up inexorabe monarch, they urged the moving
considerations Of origin and boodthc recollections OF
ancestryand above all their fidelity the roy
ali family "England ,cih I'll thy faults we lore thee aR
whs the that loyalty gave and that sovereignty
might have accepted What eou3 they offer or give
What more could royalty haze expected No more. Had
England been WISE she would have spnrned her pray
ing subjects refused The grateful Offering of peoples
allegiance and love And here let say is The grandest
problem of diplomacy that existed and the wisest
for government and legislators, "a
The people of The cclonps expected or desired to
separate from the mother country looked for an in
dependent existence and never hoped for higher destiny
They claimed the rights of Engshmcn under the
British constitution and that all. For these rights
they pleaded nearly aureen years Mt the the throne
and it not for fifteen months after the first blood of the
revolution wns shed at Lexington and Bunkers Hill that
they abrcd their allegiance md declared their indcpcnd
ence phrenzied ruler and dclrious Parliament
serted claims against portion OF the people, unwarnted
in nature and in violation of the constitution Of England
He sought TO establish an imperium IN ;mperioa sover
eighty in soveregntya system that robbed them Of their
rights and an equal voice in the government of the empire
1t was Engands fatal error and fatal dream to think that
aIy men would submit to policy that denied them the
franchise of citizens, while, without voice and
against their WILL robbed them of their property and po-
stion in the world Taxation ,cho representation was
the extraordinary prctenson of the King and ministry
taxation rh representation the reasonable wish and
the right Of the colonists This the issue made be-
tween the oppressors ard the oppressed and upon they
went before Tie world and claimed its sympathy and ap
pcing Heaven implorcd the aid of God the avengcr of
the injured and the guardian of the innocent
In America, well in England, there many who
advocated the desposm of the King, while the civilized
world gave evidence OF sympathy and support to those
who struggled for freedom. hats
Il extraordinary fact hatin the colonies about one
fifth of the people refused to endorse the immortal act of
the 4h July l7f6 that secured freedom and inspired
the world with hope These the "tore and their
descendants yet numerous progeny inherHiag HE
principles advocated By their ancestors against The claims
of unioersa freedom and The happiaess Of he human race
AT different periods in history they have exhibited
themselves under various eolo and bearing specous and
fattsng titles calculated by external show Of prnc
pie to impose upon the unwary and unsuspccng When
stripped however, of the CANDY robe amazed at the
monster hat dscloscs ITSELF and shrink from the fatal
presence of the Jcast terrible aud destructive that
spoken Of by the prophet in his vision OF prophecy Their
most imposing name was "ndfire- dcricansn - but not
suited with that title they have this year. in the middle Of
the nineteenth century presented themselves under the
spices OF ignoraace, 'know-notngsmP Every system
theory that has sought to impose itself upon the
credulity of the people has with singular
mendaon token OF goodsomc blandishmcnt to decoy
the thoughcss multitude The a7er' appeared to the
woman with nm coquencc potent and convincing, and
clad in robe Of golden hue Struck with his appearance
and yielding to his aaery she entaiied upon
perpetual curse Immense evils beralded into notice
by obstrcperous trump and reacherou vlany seeks
conceacnt by night from the gaze of the honest and vir
tuous multitude. at
"By their fruits ye shall know thcn,' Do men gather
grapes of orns 6gs of thstlesY These the rules
given by Divine Saviour by which were to be
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