Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-08-29

: probably be to-day province of th
, French empire, and Napoleon woul
have added TO his other titles of "Kin
of Italy," Protector Of the Swiss Con
; federation" Protector Of the Con
J federation Of the Rhine" &C., DC, th
eliminating climax of his power an,
glory, Protector of the British Isles.
Having lived through these excitin!
periods Of history. and known and fel
the national pulse of England wher
every school boy considered himself ,
match at least for one Frenchman, j
not two or more. j can compare the life
and-death struggle of England ther
with that in which we are now engaged
! in the United States.
1t is life or death for the nation. Il
we succumb. and make premature
and dastardly peace. to avoid a tax on
tea, coffee and sugar, and the creation
of national debt, what will be our
status amongst the nations of the world
thereafter? ri-
There cannot exist two rival and an
tagonistic powers on this continent
Sooner or later the strongest and most
civilized must be dominant. Scotland.
Wales, or Ireland could no more at this
day exist as independent powers than
the domi Mon of the Southern Confed.
eracy based on sissery could endure.
WITH all its concomitants in revenue
systems, custom-houses, and military
"douaniers," TO examine merchandise,
baggage, passports, de-, at the frontier
crossing Of every road, river. or inlet,
together with the standing army and
navy on each side, rendered necessary
by constant mutual jealousy and dis
trust Of each other.
Many Americans are frightened at the
thought that to put down this rebellion
and maintain our national existence we
shall have to create national debt
They look at England with her vast
debt and hesitate. But IL Englishmen
had lacked the courage TO expend such
great sums, England would to-day
have been 6ftb-rate power. il even
she had managed to maintain. her in
dependence at all which is very doubt
ful. II Americas are willing to see
the nation pefisb the banner Of which
they aresso proud hnmbled ID The face
Of the >world. and free popu1e, sfern-
roapt ,,,1a & f...<-:-t. :. .< Il "A = Il -.
they need not falI IN ds5i ikey ~;
acknowledge dsfeat snd save precioi1
dollars. - =
BsH national debt i&pot NECESSARILY
an unmixad evil. Let hpation sct1
rid. naI.ss ssises !; = ss ; sd
untarnished and unsuspected, and the
holders of the national script become at
once so many sureties for the nations
stability. They are not the people who
will want to secede and make revolu.
tions. Had our Davises. Floyds, and
Cobbs, possessed few millions, or even
few hundred thousands. of Uncle
Sans securities, we might have been
spared all the ruin they have inflicted.
The debt to be created by our nation
al war will be spent at home. The
money will remain in the country, only
changing hands. But who can mea-
sure the extent Of taxation, degrade
ton, and tyranny we may have to
undergo, if we tamely and shamefully
submit now to a despotism, by patch
ing up hollow truce, such as was the
treaty of Amiens, concluded in 1900,
between England and France, which
lasted only about ten months-just long
enough to give the enemy time for vigorous
preparations for another l0or, Which
lasted fourteen gears!
Let us profit by the lessons Of his
tory witnessed by living men, and not
prove ourselves degenerate sons Of our
noble ancestors. Does Jefferson Davis
tower above Napoleon. or are we in
ferior in pluck, spirit, and endurance OF
necessary burdens and sacrifices, to
our kinsmen across the Atlantic?
Napoleon told his soldiers in Egypt
that forty centuries looked down upon
them from the summit of the Pyra-
mids! Upon our actions will be con-
centrated the applause and the hopes.
or the scorn and contempt of two hem
ispheres. G. o.
New YORK, August, 1861.