Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02

I .s"3st atsi. ot1 ~ sii
I a9iitEc Fcrg nj ~7ld goE .t9ar
means Of bowie-kniyes, pistols, and even
by aid of cannon:. ,..-.s-.,,.. ,,.t ~ i 4.
+ That Lynch law would have found its
way into the Senate chamber; that II
would have superseded the provisions of
the. Constitution, throughout the Southern
States; that it would Lave. superseded the
civil authority in one Of the States of the
Union; that the right Of the States to
prohibit Slavery within their limits would
be SO seriously questioned warrant.
the .belefthat the day was near at hand
when it would be totally, denied; that all
the decisions of the Supreme Court. for
sixty years, favorable to Freedom. would
this time have been reveFsed; that'the
doctrine of constructive treason would be
adopted 10, Federal Courts; and that the
rights of, the citizen would be thus in
equal peril, from the extension Of legal
auth ority on one hand, and the substitu-
ton of the law Of force on the other: -
That polygamy and Slavery would go
hand -in-hand with each other; and that
the doctrine Of a plurality Of wives would
be publicly proclaimed by men holding
highly important offices under the Federal
Government: ~
That manners, morals or intellect would
cease to be deemed essential to the repre-
sentation of the Union at foreign Courts:
That religious discord would SO far
have grown, that the question of the pri-
yate opinions of candidate for the Pres
idency. in regard to matters of religious
faith, would be discussed throughout the
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That the discord between the Northern
and Southern portions cf the Union would
have reached the point OF civil war, at
tended with a growing disposition, in its
various portions, tolook complacently upon
the idea of dissolution: and, finally,
That Germany, divided and distracted
as it was before the formation Of the Zou-
Tersin, was likely to be reproduced in this
Western world, the Union tending steadily
toward a dissolution, the, result Of which
would be that the several fragments would
become mere tools in the hands Of other
powers. ''1
: This is gloomy picture, and yet it is a
true one. 3 Not one of these things would,
few years since, have been believed to be
of possible occurrence; and yet, with the
exception Of this last. they are, one and all.
now matters of history ,Tryau 10 Jeej
-Ca How they have tended to the production
of changes in the modes of European
thought is exhibited. Mr.. President, in a
recent British journal, in which, after
showing that the idea of the vote by bal
lot, of manhood auffrage' and of "house-
hold suffrage bad nearly passed away
the writer proceeds to say that
This revulsionsof sentiment and opin-
Iionsissins apgreats measure traeeable tozthe
spectacle, of the American Democracy =
We owe deep debt of gratitude to the
United States for the pregnant lessons they
have taught us, and the timely warnings
they have given. A few years
ago the substantial, deep seated, long de-
scended fabric of English liberty was in
danger from the blind but honest enthusi-
asm of the sincere friends Of popular in
stitutions; uoto, il we succumb to that
peril, we shall be wrecked with our eyes
open. The tide has somewhat ebbed, and
the rock is above water Let us inquire a
4 little more in detail what the warnings
that have come to us across the Atlantic
are .oi .fl sL, ~ .i ciesg..sYaa Ia
The time has been, Mr.. President, when
you and l, and all Of us, were accustomed
to believe that the great Republic of the
w est was to be the pillar of light, guiding
the oppressed of the world in their search
for freedom. Widely different from this,
| il has, as here is shown, become tie beacon
light, whose only use is that of ofwarning
the world against the shoals and sands
among which our ship is likely to be
wrecked. Turn back, Mr.. President, a
little in our history, finding the pages in
which are recorded the early efforts Of the
central power to obtain direction Of the
4 1curreney, and you will, as | think, find
the origin of all these changes. F,om
that day to the present one, with slight
exceptions, Capitalization has grownstead-
lily; and yet, strange as it may appear in
patriot like yourself, the whole tendency
1of YOUR Message is in the direction of
further centralization.a mFa~ i5s5 bro
The more perfect the form Of the ship,
the, more rapid viii be her passage through
| the water, and the more certainly and
speedily viii she, under proper guidance,
l,feach her destined port. The more rapid
and complete, however, will be her de-
structiob, should her pilot run her upon
| the rocks that lie in her co1rseAthe re-
action then produced being in the direct
ratio of her previous action. So is il with
nations. TIE. higher their organization,
the more rapid is the movemeutof society,
4 and the more instant is the shock thatsat-
tendsa stoppage in the circulation. The
passage of an invading army through Peru,
/ or Mexico. produces little effect beyond, a
small destruction Of life and properly; but
similar event in England would cause
tie closing of factories, the stoppage OF
mills and furnaces, the abandonment of
mines, the dispersion Of the people. and
the suspension Of all the ,machinei of 10
cal government. The power Of Feeuper-
Eation exists, however, IN the same degree