Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-20


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Condition. of political afiairs GOV
pFeseutsd 10 the eopptss IS most anomais
pas. in the midst Of profound peace
all the rest of the world theleop-
.eIpsiou 81 e most abundant aarseat-sin
the fun enioyment sof. youth and igorr-in5
the 9Th year OF 1ts in the heighfh Of
nlechaajeal soeial and political prog ress=s
80 the possession Of still unsettled em--
piees--in ;rhe Very morning Of its career,
this county is like the "a noirtel Of Is-7
Eael, 2 xieed of sits lite, and aboutto fall
,pp6n is oR.u sword That 10 the matter?
ll:hosis ailipg throughout the laud2. Go
10 1iaine, al the larshest extremity 10 tue
soEaheas, and there is no trouble there.
Go 10 Galifpsnia, on the SHORES Of tue P'-
Is: aud there is4no trouble there. Gp
tosRt IL she SoutI least, aud tllere is
4 no sslustefiag tbere. Go 70 the boundaries
Of taej Pic Ssfepde OF the Gulf Of Galtfpr-
mia, add there IS tue same Gabfokep scene
OF plenty and psQspertty. u the people
are well. ''Rattle and murder and sudden
death ;. are not 10 all our ooEders. On tue
contrary, the nation, from its centre to its
circumference, was never in such q Pletho-
M Of health; never had such prospects
never had 80 much to live for. And yet
the sword Of DamocleF, suspended by
hair, hangs over il. a breeze to-day or
tomorrow may snap shat hair, aud dis
member us aS q people. We exist from
day to day, like The prisoners in the
French Gonceurge, at the sufference OF a
faa irresponsible revolutionary conspira-
tors aud de5pots. Let but Dantop, Robes
pierre and Murat give the word, aud the
government passes 4ndel the guillotine.
We are as France when the Estates Cen
eral" assembled, and re bid fair to be as
France when the t.stttes General adj
ippgasd,5 Atthe former tine, revolution
: 5sas imminent, at the latter time fl Was
sapep them, Are We 70 repeat those times,
With ali their ipternecins horrors Are
We 10 have the provinces OF Yendee and
Gironde, standing by the government and
beating back the FeYolptiouists of tie
Seine and the Rl1onG Are we to emerge
from the horrors OF civil revolution, with
our hands dripping with frQtrfctdal blood
-.sthe voice of Rachel" hoard all over the
land-our liberties gone, our constitution
gone, orr means of livelihood gone, our
properly pillaged aud destroyed, aud the
country rent into petty military despot-
isms, And all for what? That Eapo-
leon may reign oyer US? Or for what
Certainly not that we may enjoy more
liberty. Certainly not that we may be
more prosperous. Certainly not that we
will thereafter he more united, less
.secttoual; and more faithful and fra
tarual under the spirit and letter of the
Constitution, Certainly not, we say. For
this generation viii meyer see the same
measure of prosperity, aud ne doubt if
any future one viii see the same liberty.
We will have, .Pelopoaussus come again,
Anu for what, we ask again? History
viii write the answer, and that answer
viii be our epltaph, and we believe 1t will.