The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-23
THE REVOLUTION.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGe-l

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xhspcr, one word which might tend 10 bring down
the impending avalanche upon the quiet homes u
me people. He would al The time speak as south
ern man, identified with all the interests of the South
would speak Western virgnian, and az the custo-
dian those who old enough 10 know the perls
20 which they were exposed by those who were now
riding on he crest Of the puar wave, but who wers
lheess destined 10 into the very trouge 81
the depth SO uDfathoUable that not faohlt
would ever rise TO mark the spot where they went
gnon iniously down Well might those who "A ,naurn-
rated the revolution which stall o1 over Inc
land cry out WITH upifted hands for peace aud deprecae
tine first victim and the d ~ .as No. far or
when they would find among their people those who
@tian wnom thoy had most cruz .nMy o. shat popa-
ceved. He had no; the he 1rt 10 enter into a
s Ssiapan en me os :, express the
after But before God aed IN his umost
he believed that slavery <ouM he cruci6cd should this
Union II not cruchcf Il would carry the rattle
ITS throat II rem Aimed be whether treason
ccald be carried op with the frsily with Witch
Il had been potte' There hSis courage among
s Se every slave state that mn sa asaS a. h ,U
slept and ere hng Inc wcai be rolled away IRON
Nc mouth OF e tors, they would witness all the
slores o. resurrection Il would not be forgotten that
be Int by cop.certed signals from crag to crng,
even it, own nerencss, ' and sinking .pT into
ashes tire faasos which had them were consumed 10
ssoh rscurc that mig be hkened rebellha such
s <slca lrders sometimes excite for brief hour but
the of rsoen bsrntcut with the iaggots and all
Acsld ard dark again. There striking contrast
/r~cen such move ment between such a rebellion as
10 ciucedo, and We uprising Of the masscs Of tho peo
yao in virdcaton Of violated rights. great die-
renee Is fnere was between snug joiner Bottom
the weaver, who 'could roar you fierce as on or
600 yonas gently as sucking dove" One stage
priok oil pohtigL HARLEQUIN the other living reai-
ay-thc liyd and htful lame, the other was a
prairie on Are finding every step its progress food
So its all nav. present emergency before
This political conspiracy It might be that he would stand
alone with h,s colleague Mr.. Mson) Let IL beso. He
no Of is
unfairly History would record the proceedings Of
arb,.er Of al things earhly-would decide the truth.
Upon that he would take his stand They lived in an
ssout9y had become diseased sentimenality Patriot
ISM had become starvelng birding, cnging with IN
wnss Inc ae bs Van and gye
up 20 party VIVA: was meant for mankind, but ne
mus, become as submissive as blind horse ORC IN u.
- hand the revolving shaft at the end Of which he
the Senate House OF his country and in the face
- forbearing people, glory in being traitor and
zion TO which he had sworn allegiance, and with the
grave stolidiy Of undertaken invite its citizens 70
their own funeral He must dwarf and provinciaze his
the State whose local passions he thrives
the country where he practses court to the city
where he fAuns in all the meretricous dignity Of Doge
Venice. He take oath TO support the constu
ton Of theuned States, but he can enter with honor
into conspiracy to overthrow it, lie can, under the
sanctity OF the oath, advise the seizure
sf forts and arsenals, dockyards and ships and
money, belonging TO the Union, whose officer he IS and
" allegiance He ready to laugh in their
faces they only told him that before the time when he
"muing and puk1g In his nurses arms'' there
Eved q very obscure person named George Washington,
who, before he died become eminent BY perPeatng the
immortal joke Of advising the people of the United States
that OF infinite moment that they should properly
estimate the immense value Of their national Union-that
they should cherish cordial haoiual and immovable
attachment to that they should watch IT, preservation
with jealous anxiety, dscountcnance whatever might
suggest suspicion that could IN any event be
abandoned, and Indignantly frown down the hrst
aawning attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of
hor tn bln tip1
which linked together its various parts Washington
the future and discovered that disastrous period
IN history against which he warned his country men
when he them 'beware Of geographical parties.
These parties North and South had at last met
Their differences had been created and carried ON by s
temat peryesions Of each others aims and objects In
the North had been represented that the south desired
and intended To monopose with slave territory all the
public lands, and to drive therefrom free labor,
10 convert every free state into common ground
who were free and to put the federal
government in all its departments under the control OF
slave oligarchy. These and all other stratagems that
could be resored TO aroused antagonisc feelings which
welded with turbulent passions As they planted
they reaped Now that victory had been won by the
republican party, and the government must be admins
tered upon national policy, the assures IN the ground
would necessarily be a large detection in its ranks
among the moro ultra Of its adherents, who
nd not practical men out Of actual power a party
npt to be radical Vest il with power and i became
conservative This was the ordeal through which the re
publican like all other parties, was now passing and he
hoped the peace Of the country and the triumph OF
cousssted the almost insuperabe difficulty OF coming TO
feasible adjustment upon the existing dscontents.
BY past record aud past professions. They were in
fact, thinking all the while " what Mrs Grumpy
wond say" The people themselves understood the
cause Of The difficulty, and they but once lnerered
the country would be saved. What was the difficulty
ultras North South thc.sLv holder had been used
ehuttledore, Who for purposes utterly dssimiLlr,
had been banded from south Carolina 70 Massachsetts
and from Massachusetts, back again 10 south earona
sniii now the last point OF endurance had
been reached Every violent word ut, uttered North
M the same spirit. The aboltonst himself had been
an audience eyer eIp,pen c ss
ing agraran speeches, repeated even IN the hearing OF
fess that the very people who would burn IN elgy II not
nj the stake, Postmaster who would dare to distribute
acopy Of abolition speeches. honor a. among Their chief
defenders the candidates who could quote the most OBJ
pcx,ous passages from all who had made Southern poll
tics vast hotbed for the propagation Of aboli-
tion sentiments The two great sections Of The ma
zion stood at that moment towards each other
Lke two encemped armies waiting the orders
70 engage The patriot Planned, dcpiored, and
appealed, but found little succor in tho only
quarter whence succor could come The aoolitionist
reveed 10 t Madness OF the hour. He the cracks
iceberg last To him the desert and the battle
neh Alike welcome lie had kneh down the desert
with the cames for seok in The FAR distance showed
that the simeon coming lie looked into the future
% into dark cloud in the morning when nothing but
the early lark was the wing. But soon history, like
The light Of the horizon, would curtain back
that cloud and paint bood's ruddicst tints field
and Forest hamlet and city, the very mountains 10
their pine crowned tops and the great itself,
ensanguned food where brother cQntsndng
brother should md nameess scpulchrc No anaconda,
with HIS nthy folds around the banyan tree, threw ont
the tongue and yearned with herccr for
abe crushed bone and the pupy flesh than he the abo
zionist expectant Of his prey yearned tais long
postponed repas. Wei might he cry that the day OF iu
bee had come Well might he marshal his bcss u The
last great sections aud Of races Defeated stlg
matized insued scoied AZ, osracsed aud gbbeted by
hs countryracn he gloated the most fearful OF
AL ratribntons Ills deadest focs tbc south had now
struck hands solemn league 81 kindred designs and
with e1ultaat tramp, stoliy marched, adorned, like
X.
u their eternal SOON NJ this moment when a sudden
frenzy had struck bnd The southern people, this picture
could not be realized IN all its horrors When he
booked his country and s present distracted and de-
solate condition. and its possible fate, he felt almost
ready cose the quick accents Of poe h. and allow the
heart sink down yoceiess IN its despair He would
refer The 70 the words OF Lloyd Garrison, and demand