The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-09-28

kind has been perpetuated. The mistake Of
Rome was that she aimed to inaugurate and
did inaugurase An intensely military spirit;
the error Of Greece was, State pride, Gee.
tioaal strife and consequent disunion: that
of England was her '.s,rong government
of the Fsudal Tenures. aud the jsre diriso
dogmas OF some Of her kings and nobility;
that OF France. that she permitted and per-
mits her institutions to rest upon the volca-
mic passions Of Paris; that Of these United
States is and WAS that. whilst With one hand
she waved aloft her declaration" with the
other she brandished the cowhids.
The military spirit Of Rome produced her
own des,rue,ion; the State pride Of Greece
wrecked her power and laid her PROSTATE At
the feet of the crafty Phillip; the despo,ic
dogmas of ''merrie England have created
nobility. who. on account of the influence
of the United States. hold their position bv
concessions which have bsgotssn and viii
continue to elaborate spirit Of popular in
quiry which will result 10 their displacement
sooner or later; the mobocracy of Paris has
elevated over France. over Europe. . man
who can say with truth. l. es0s e'ess moi.
CT am the State. but the tenure OF whose
power is about q. precarious as that of Blon-
din would be upon a rope of sand.
Our country has reaped the fruits Of her
mistake in the mobocracy Of the South. and
al Of snte oil p~hx
through that mobocratic tendency. Well is
it for her that in moment Of frantic rage
the viper which SO long has been warmed
in her bosom. has sPysag has rattle in time
for her to make some hasty preparation for
the coming stroke. THE wages Of sin is
DEATH" but Ninsveh sinped. yet not unto
death. for she repented in "sackcloth and
ashes and thus her ''degeneracy" was
checked and she wss permitted to exist and
flourish for ages. on account OF her reform.
A great calamity will sometimes prove, il
rightly used, an incalculable benefit IN dis
guise.
The Press; too, is destined to be reform
ed by this civil war. At first. the guardian
of our liberty, VIC cherished it with pleas
ure in our heart of hearts. Its vagaries were
overlooked and its sins forgiven. Like other
human devices, however. it has degeuerated
in this country. Digni6ed and courteous
criticism has been exchanged for gross per.
sonal abuse. and coarse libels upon individ-
uals. sole and aggregate. In place Of the
temperance, soberness and chastity" which
was its youthful won't. its maturity is over
ripe even to rotteuness, and it hangs upon
its native branch. fly blown and corrupt.
injecting the surrounding atmosphere with
its malarious exhalations. There are trees
in the orchard, it is true. which are not yet
infected, but If the rot is allowed to spread.
these must eventually become corrupt.
Every tree is known By i,s fruit. every
tree .herefore. which bgiasstb., not .o fg IL
Ere" What is true Of all thing. nu.. 5.
true OF the prsss.
But how ought the corrupt tree" n -
"hewn DOWN." There re. several ~.
At some future period it may BE- ON, 49,.
and inclina,ion-neither of whica !. go.
to he at present--to point out thu go.
opero"di. Suffice it to say tha. one % =.
great advantages which will certainly accra'
from this rebellion. will be the disenthrall-
ing Of the people from the noxious out.
growth OF printed RIGHTEOUSNESS and unmisi-
gated trash. with which the pub ic has been
SO long afflicted.
The Southern and the Northern Press
must and will be. in the ordinary course Of
things. purified from the corruption which
have so long infested both. The former
will pass from the hand Of the oliaarchy
into the hands Of "she people, aud the lat.
ter no longer deriving pabulum from South
ern States, will be overpowered BY healthy
reaction in the public opinion of the North.