The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-03-28
rae Aris1ocraazc Republic.

that can he done Is that which viii be
done, II North or South have any wisdom
left TO guide It's counseis. As the Lmon
cannot BE e-estabiishe6-and could Eot
continue If it were--the only course left
is to make the inevitable separation as
peaceful us equitable. and as b!oodless
rs possible. Neither the North nor the
South can desire a civil war to settle their
differences aud the South, more espec-
tally, in the existence OF the black taint
OF slavery, which has brought about the
North to deprccate the firing Of a gun, or
the shedding Of drop OF blood in the
conflict The Provisional Government
of the South which las just been formed
under the Presidency Of Dir. Jefferson
Dayis-whose name has at last emerged
out OF the chaos as the Washington or
rather as the Calhoun Of the movement
has but to declare to the North, and
to the several states Of Europe TO which
t Is about TO accredit its ambassadors,
that it desires peaceable separation and
equitable division of the common proper
ty, as well as a fair share Of the common
debts and liabilities Of the defunct Union,
TO enlist upon its side the good wishes OF
all sensible and practicable men. The
North has only to refuse the proposition.
and insist upon settling the dispute by
force Of arms, to incur the djsapprobation
OF the world, and put Itself out Of the
pale of ordinary sympathy, as utterly un-
reasonable and impractica5ie. Slavery or
non-slavery is 70 longer the question:
The quarrel has outgrown It's original in
centive, and the South, strong enough to
Go as it pleases, takes its stand upon It's
inherent right to retire from partnership
that has become intolerabie. That Dir.
Buchanan, if he had been neither pusil-
luminous nor in collision with the South,
might, by an adequate display of vigor
at the very first murmur OF secession have
prevented all the mischief that has since
occurred, may be quite true ; but 1t is no
answer to present requirements, or TO the
logic of circumstances. The disruption
Of the American Union is as much a fctit
occompli as the English revolution of l608
or the coup detat that set Napoleon III
upon the throne aud if there be any
craftsmanship in the North or South, tue
only wise policy is to acknowledge it, and
make the best OF it.
it may hereafter have to settle with the
Free Democratic Republic Of the North
and West, the Aristocratic Republic OF
the South has entered upon Il career OF
much perplexity and peril. las adherence
| to the great economic truth that free trade
is the best and only profitable policy be-
tween commercial communities, and the
! dependence of Great Britain upon the
progress Of its cotton fields viii make ii
many friends in this country. But our
friendship will do it no particular service,
it viii have many foes to combat within
and around it. 1t Will have, moreover,
to pursue a course Of conduct toward It's
next neighbor, Mexico, aud Its near neigh
| Dor Cuba, so aggressive and grasping as
to render it highly probable that the first
years OF It's independence will be years IN
which the services of great generals will
be more acceptable, i: not more absolutely
necessary, than the services OF orators and
statesmen. Should there be an insured
ton of the slaves, It will doubtless, be
| quenchcd in the blood OF the unhappy
negroes and what shall be the reward OF
| the able general who shall deliver his
country from the calamity? Should there
| be war against already lettering pre-
| doomed Mexico for the annexation Of new
States in which negro slavery may be
planted, and cotton or sugar grown for
the consumption Of voracious England,
which reward Will be too high for the
great captain of the South to ask at the
grateful hands Of the white aristocracy
Caesar will make his appearance, and take
| his chance of the Brutuses and Cassiuscs
that may oppose him by word or dagger.
And more than all, if Cuba be annexed,
and Spain conquered in the attempt to
retain it, may not the ambitious general
who shall do the deed ask and obtain what
he pleases from the aristocracy Of col
| or?
1t is obvious that Mr.. Calhoun's doe
trne, carried to its legitimate length, con-
tains within itself the germ Of the down
fall of Repubicanism. Already the slave
holders costitute an oligarchy, and from
an oEgarchy to a despotism the gradua-
tons are not ve"y slow or painful, even
in times Of peace, while they are facile as
the deScensus aUesRi in periods OF public
danger, when war, offensive or defensive
opens the career of victory to an ambi-
tious and successful soldier who has auda-
city enough TO snatch at a crown and
sceptre. There may be nothing positive
ly new under the sun but III modern
times, or within the record of history, the
world has not seen such Republic OF
such a system of government us that which