Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-09

I'll, 3 fueu6o war 0etWeen tbe men ana po0f-An
II srritsbffsy, the sesdS Of desolatsng fAnAsi-
On, n II pasty yioIences, . most speedy anar-
sAy. Pear fellowsi were there ever theories
u6ee efc6 Gyeiy shallow sssss s.
i No ebssryaas ma 4, af cearss. is1eash,e Of
~ many lingering defects and evils of our free
eocisty. II he hAve seudied il mfnutely, hs viii
bes rsgnsd i q BY any meass pesfect q fnsi:
but, @ he compafisoa 81 & wiih other socseties
aa0 a4i<r evssy ahasensnt he sfil come 70 I'll
quite poaisivs eonsiuion, shat 4 contains hrili.
de- 10r Fsaehing every imssinable, future -
any oehes thas nov exisas. Taken - 70 tie
xeaesai sesult, b. win see, that the ciyiErA-
sion ofeus free states = not only considerably In
advances 81 that Of any other p4fs e The globe,
but - Of such spirit and structure that Il win
Spntinue, for many years ia. TO keep in I'd.
yance. What ciyilixstiea caA bc named It's SUI 4
pefiosf That Of Turkey, Kusaia, Italy, Austria,
5pain-1be smple suggestion b 1udicroni Ont
dde Of England, France, and the north Of Ger
many, which surpass o. In certain special -
peets, Tiers are no nations to be nxnsed ON l
The came day with New England, tbs northern
middle states, and the settled parts of The Visit
We do mot mean that these have actually s;hiev-
ed al the finer sociAl res,aita of European life
but that, apart from ssasir own pecosinr attain
uensa, they ase ~ condition 70 appropriate the
highest exsstir. K social culture. Without sacri-
httng sneR Characteristic virtues they are rapid
~ adopting the best retneEaents of others. No
where else do literature and art spread go widely
smong the people; and nowhere else Is domes-
nc hse % readily blending the genialities and
races OF Intercourse before impossible 70 rs
neWns - and rawness) with that purity which II
~ avs had and still retains.
. The forms Of our free society, being alike
aexible and fxed, preserve the security oflaw,
| while they give ample scope to the movements
a urorress That dissolution especially which
| the Aforesaid spectators fondly predict Tor II,
;n consequence of it's fanstacisms and turbulences
| = sn event the most remote; for It's very free
dom Il its defense; and the errors which arise In
/ i. Ike the vapors Of the night, are dissipated
IN tho morning by the light Of free discussion.
When the mind Is exempted from compressive
restraints, its natural activity is displayed in nov
81 schemes of thought as well as in mechanical
contriyance: projects Of reform Of all kinds are
inseparabe from it Is business enterprise; and
ike a rich soil which produces the best fruits,
il also abounds in plentiful crops Of weeds. All
the cxcitenents Of il, however, all its isms and
vaparies. are scarcely felt as evils Beyond the
temporary ferment they occasion, no one is the
! worse for them, while these ferments may be
themselves regarded as the outlets Of irritation
that would otherwise be deep and dangerous -
It Is the forced suppression Of socia! energies,
II
pernicious reyolts For this reason, besides, we
have no fear Of the imputed lawlessness of free
society," danger to which, in its peculiar con
stitutop. slave society seems to us far more ex-
. posed. DR.. Arnold somewhere remarks with
profound wisdom, that the age of chivalry,
whose departure Burk SO much regretted, was
/ the natural parent of that age of Jacobinisrf
! which he so much abhorred.' He explains that
both breathe spirit Of hostility to order, en-
i couraging men to look upon themselves as indie
pendent Of their fellows, and cultivating proud
! | and selfish idolatry Of what belongs TO them
selves individually, whether it be personal honol
Or personal glory, AZ in the one form Of the dis
ease or personal liberty equity, as in the 9th
: er. Both lead to what Bacon calls bonum suita
/ tbs, to the neglect Of the good of the genera
; body True as this is of genuine chvalry, it j
stil more true Of that spurious sort which spring
j, out Of slavery, and which breeds naughty, in
+ solent and irritable selfconceit-i Z
d law and disdaining social subordination. It'll
IS in southern society, consequently, that persona
i and mobocratic violence is rifest--itis ther'
J. that schemes of filibusterism are principally en-
v gendered-and there that the threat of takin,
y up arms against the Union is fayorite metho
q Of discussion.
rs In the elements Of stability as well as Of pros
II perity them the social organization of the Mort
Is enjoys an unquestionable superiority over tina
e of the South; and we do not see how any ration
! Ill or humane man can hesitate as to which is tn
! most desirable for anew region. If the ques
j lion concerned community already settled, i
!, which the habits had been formed and larg
i, amounts ofproperty were invested in the faith
!. definite condition in things, the determinatio
a Of it would be more embarrassing: but our ives
tern territories are primitive, untrodden groun
, no vested interests exist there to be disturbe
= no ancient prejudice to be aroused-and n
= | hoary abuses to be overthrow. All is tres
2 and new, and unperverted; nothing stands be
!, i tween the Judgment ofwhat is best for Their
n and the actual truths of experience and reason
! the institutions they take now will color thei
: destiny for generations and, in such circuit stan
: ces, to doom them for years to come, to an nfe
. rior social SYSTEM full of confessed weaknesses
full of hopeless evils, full of disastrous abilitie
J. and perils is to treat them with cruelty, whic
!. brute would be ashamed Of towards its young
= But, unfortunately, the politicians, ever disin
= cned to contemplate political movements il
= their larger and humaner aspects, always con
J. rive to somplicate them with divergent or col
!, lateral issues. They will not look at them in TIL
:, light ola sound political and social philosophy
as matters which may control the happiness ant
J stamp the character of unborn millions and t,
the decision of which man should bring no
J his selfish cunning but his maturest wisdom, an.
, his most generous sympathies: but they look q
Z them, almost exclusively, as they bear on tn,
;, distributions of power and their own prospects
: of advancement. II has fallen to this question
: Of the organization of our territories to be de
). :ided quite on these grounds. Among the poll
y .icians of the South, it has become q desperate
: struggle for the retention of their ascendancy
: and among those Of the North desperate gam
I BILE for success and, between the two, the people
3 of the United States have been cheated out Of
the rightful control of their dependencies; and
the people of the territories themselves subjected
: 10 series of the most atrocious outrages. In
the whole history of our legislation, there is no,
another so barefaced, flag tious, and reckless a
course proceedings as that whichinitiated, &C.
! companied, and has followed the repeal of the
Missouri compromise. We doubt, indeed, wheth.
er any legislation ofany civilized country, this
side Of the French revolution, has been marked
by such an utter want Of principle, and at the
same time SO pregnant with dangerous conse-
quences Wrestling from the representatives Of
the people, under false pretenses, and on the
ground Of mere abstraction, their long settled
right oflegislating for the territories, to confer
1t upon chance-comers; the authors and abettors
OF squatter sovereignty no sooner saw it in ex-
ercise than they fastened to suppress it by fire
and sword. Finging out the prize ola splendid
empire, to be won by scramble between the
| TWO parts of the Union, already inaamed and
Il uoStuc, NucS nave OtOuSut 10 W VIC SSAS VI a
fratcidal war. Inviting the settlement and or
ganzation Of the territories by the people of oil
the states, they have let loose the wild hordes
Of the border upon particular class of them,
and denounced the penalty of treason against
their action as feemen. Beginning in fraud,
they have ended in presenting an issue of force.
It is in tue power of Congress, however, 10
avoid this issue, and pass this crisis, by ready
recognition of the claims of Kansas, as free
state. Her action, like that of Arkansas Mich.
gan and California, which furnish appropriate
prccedents, has been somewhat irregular, but in
q no respect reasonable. Her people, provoked
by every Indictment to extremities, have depert
ed themselves with temper and discretion. They
are not compelled even to ask, that something
should be pardoned to the spirit of liberty but
are amply justified in resting their case on its
naked merits. Lett be treated with manly
and truthful independence, and let those, whose
duty it is to dispose OF it or to. act in the mat
ter in any way, remember the profound saying
& Of Emerson Never, my friend, never strike
sail to . fear. Come into port grandly, or sail
4 with God the seas $500