The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1861-08-03

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execute Ills Jnogmehes-'hey ate ms i'a''S
w%herewith on Gods great Southern tllreshlng
floor, He will pound rebellion for its sin.
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THE fRaTR1ciDA5.. WAR.
As the news from America flows in, the Ian
guage Of the Nortaerners and of their journals
tends more and more to disgust and outrage
all who hold the sacred faith ofhuman freedom,
aud to make them weep in poignant mortihca-
ton and deep despair. Well may we despair
of popular liberty in presence of the sight the
world sees to-day. A republican people, whose
liberties were won by a rebellion, whose indie
pendence was achieved BY a secession, parrot
rs ylibly as any minions ofthe old world tyranny
''the rebels and the rebellion as phrases Of
odlum and reproach :! Those who profess to
hold sacred the popular will, to reverence the
desire for selt-sovernment proceeding to drown
the popular willln blood. and to answer Tor
seIt-government by butchery and slaughter!
II What Is now passing IN America TOOK
place IN any OF the Old world empires, 1t would
DC ~ least lntelligio'e' IL Inc citizens OF near,
y hall OF an empire hive times as large as all
Europe with an ,'nan'nllty never surpassed,
ana rarely equaled' declared, by Tree poli' IN
open day, oy universal suhrage. 4lhat thelf
interests ana 'heif leelings demanded me SUD
stltutioh OF the Imperial Government, oy one
o. lheir WI cnolce; ana NE lmfeflai Govern,
n'ent marchea lts armies uoef'sh the mana
~ the o'ooo Of Inc "fepels, IL Wonia De Eo'n-
ing new among the aespolle systems: bat III
a great confederation of Republican, States, IN
u system oased on me WH Of me PeoPfs-oas
on Inc flghi OF reoeHfon-lhat all ms sho"la
lhat we now sec-'hat, no tyranny or
aespotism got OLD Europe ever Grew Inc swofa
more saVage'y TO put doWh "feoeiiioh ana
.fah,pie upon l'he voice OF the people; 'han ms
same .ehtral government OF q lsephi,l'can
Cohieoeration-lt Is enough 10 wiring me heartt
~ aly man VINO pelleVeo IN me greater hohnhi'-
ny ~ and !olera',on OF popular governments,
wen n1ay ..he aoyoch'es Oh aespoec moh"rchy
!ahgh IN oit'er mockery at 'nose VINO oeileve
.lia5 q people rulpg themselves would never
sp'ii oiooa III popnlar sno)ngatiol,, ana that
s.cn murders were done ny Kings and despots
VI ~ EUROPE.
: ~ Is a mucous sarensHi OF i.eP'oilcanhsm 10
near near me Journals OF NE 5Ner',ern STATES yel-
.lns lot lhe o'ooa o' lne "reoe's ior 'helf Ut
.er sooJaeailoh ana destruction we mean
10 conquer thein'@ says tue New \ ork tn
pune, mot mercy 70 asfeat, but TO COM
yohh' 10 ihem.' But when
'eoe1l'ous traitors are overwhelmed III the
ned, ana scatter IKE iea.es before the angry
WING, u must not oe 10 return 70 peaceful ana
cohteniea homes. '1hfy mua ind poverty at
Meif Dfes'des ana see Prluattoa IN NE anT'ons
eyss q molhsTs ana me rag Of children.
as ever more helilsh sentiments uttered!
!" mere, IN the Annals OF deSpotism or II g re-
VI 's Dutcheres, snail we seek Tor a
70 .nlsf Mne1e-eyen against rebels
Mno hau NOT y paftlcle OF Jns1inea'on III
'he subjects o. tne mosl ,esl1lalale sovereign
ma. ever heia a scepter mad aeied as The South
ern Slates nave done, would these sentiments
% ,.lamies II uttered on his part! iet,
Oh lnlahies are ,hey %hei uttered by
against ofother hepnbllcans-nt.
'ered ny Inc descendants OF the rebels OF t6
aga'nst men VINO With lnr greater "nannnIty
aow demand the seii-saMe right tho& rebels
ca,Med-self-governmeht.
we snail De told mat the South had no
t!'snt 70 secene, therefore ihe war upon IT is
hen England made war on her
American Colonies she said they
1au no rlsht 20 'secede,@ aug that therefore
.has war was )ast'tnole. we shall he told
.he noulh can exhibit no wrongs to justify
me same was ned by those who
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