The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-30
The South Aiming at Monarchy Or Imperi
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There can be but little doubt, that the lead
ing men of the more Southern States have, fol
some years, been growing weary with our re'
publican form of Government, and secretly
casting about for the means Of changing it to
that of a monarchy or Imperialism. The most
influential political papers of South Carolina,
indeed, have several times, late years, ventured
openly to advocate a monarchy as better suited
Tor the South and the genius Of her peculiar
Institutions, than republicanism. And these
Southern States last summer, in connection
with the unexpectedly decisive stand of the
Democracy at the Charleston and Baltimore
Conventions, boldly assailed the doctrine of ma
jorities, the very keystone of republicanism,
and hoped soon to see it repudiated by the
whole South--which was but another and no
less efectual way Of reaching the same object.
And now we find even the Richmond Enquirer,
formerly the great oracle and advocate of the
most radical Democracy, earnestly recommend
ing the appointment of Dictator Of the South,
or in other words, of clothing jeff Davis with
imperial power, with which to sway the whole
Southern Confederacy.
Leading journals, as we'll as others, it is true,
sometimes advance doctrines and propositions
which will not be sustained by the people. But
when the doctrines and propositions thus ad
vanced are, as they have been in the instances
we have cited, either endorsed, or suffered to
pass unrebuked by the cotomporary press and
the people, we have right to infer a general
concurrence of opinion.
The Southern Confederacy did, indeed, adopt
nominally republican form of Government.
But they also intcrdicted the Slave Trade,
which the whole world knows was only SUBJ
terfuge to blind England, and secure the Access
sion of the border slave States; and we have,
IN view Of what has been advoca ted in both
cases-we have equal reason to believe that the
form of Government they set up was, like their
introduction of the Slave-Trade, adopted merely
temporary expedient to be retained only till
they had become strong enough to carry out
their original designs of eventually estab fishing
the one man power, as we'll as of opening the
Slave Trade.
The South know as well as the North that Re-
publicanism and Slavery are directly antagonstic
in principle-that just SO far as the true pric-
Piles of the former are made to CONTROL just so
far will the latter be made to submit and that
the full triumph of the one must inevitably re-
suit in the destruction of the other And be-
sides this fatal objection to Republicanism, I'M
less it can be corrupted more thoroughly than
they may be able to do, the South sec in the
rapid increase of their servile population, that
the time will soon arrive when their slaves can
not be kept in safe subsection by any rule short
of monarchy, or even, perhaps, short of mill
tary despotism. And for these reasons, which,
it they are to perpetuate Slavery, may be valid
ones, they honestly, no doubt, are now not only
fully prepared, but feel really desrous to dis. l
card Repu blicanism forever and in it's stead es-
tablsh the one-man power over the entire {
South.
Few, perhaps, among us here, at the North, {
prepared to receive this fact. But there is
much reason to believeit to be one, nevertheless
And this, perhaps is of the strongest of their
reasons for persstlng SO strangely in their pres
INT rebellion. But is not that an additional t
motive to induce us Of the Free States to strain 7
every nerve to put that rebellion down? Who
is prepared to permit monarchy to be estab t
ished by our side, and that monarchy too based t
IN such an element as human Slavery? This, a
70 those who think it best to let the seeded n
States go-ths, of itself, should be enough to V
,ause them to reverse their opinions, and Join n
leart and hand in sustaining our Government h
nd perpetuating the incalculable blessings of .
is free institutions to ourselves and our pos y
Gritty. n