Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11
Generalization.

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despotlc Government
T4E NORM FOR THE FUTURE.-If the indi-
| cations of purpose from sources which many
regard as influential are to be taken as posi-
| BILE of fnlfilment, 'the Union" will be brought
to an end by the policy of the North, whatever
may be the issue of the contest with the South
And we have presented a matter for the most
serious consideration of the people everywhere,
in the projects, halfconcealed and halt-dls-
closed, which begin to attract public attention
in the Northern States. The Importance OF
this subject induces us to bring it at once and
prominently before our readers, and to en-
ter upon it's examination with profound con-
Germ.
We have observed intimations OF the same
design elsewhere, but the boldest and most un-
reserved exhibition of it we have hitherto met
with is contained in an article which recently
appeared in the New York Courier and En-
qatirer, one of the most rabid of the Black Re
publican journals, one of the most malignant
haters of the South, and one of the most un-
conditional supporters of the ADMINISTRATION
The article in reference appeared with the usu-
al character and significance of editorial mat
ter, but was qualified by signature thus 1t
was given to the public with the amplest edl-
torial sanction, while the proprietorshlp re-
served under an anonymous signature, the
right to discaim the sentiments so promulged.
1t is little to say Of the article, that 1t is the
conception of an arbitrator to the Union, and
that the treason it foreshadoWs is OF the most
infamous character
* After expatiating upon the wonderful change
which was wrought in the public mind Of the
North in ten days, in which il says ''the chain
of party melted; the organization OF party
shivered the. leaders Of opposing opinions
were as brethren; Seward, Douglas, Dix, even
Caleb Gushing, wrote full acquittance Of past
political strife and declared that the life Of their
political doctrine was the preservation Of their
couetrys honor" After illustrating the trans
formation of the people from their bondage to
the exchange and to the warehouse and all the
Incidence Of prosperity to the camp of brave
and united soldiery," and dilating at length
upon the exhibition of unity and power IN
the North, the writer says:
"The war may soon pass away-we may
have quick and vital battlefield and the
North proves its prowess, as certainly it will !;
but the truth Of national unity and pocer
that these events have given, endures-com-
bined-c cOndensed-c0nceatr0ted IN drn1y dnd
naty
times that 1t gives to years the labor winch
was the burthen in other times for ages; and
the sudden rushing into one bounding artery
Of al the life-bIood of the North-na0y n0r
create Us. We shall ask the question Why
all these St0te lines? Nhy all tht$ needlcSs,
cumbersome, intricuto entangIen1ent Qf 0Ittr
mt p0mers to maize Iua0 aHd to decree judg-
n1eAt? Ue cu1 q1oyd n0to to EFFACE the old
CoLoniat Gc0grapHy. 1t is tie admitted poec
crS Gf' states WITHIN THE NATION that las been
the s0urce Of all orr trouble. Nor 2rW the
REMOVAL OF STATE POWER, AND THE CREATION
OF a NATIONALITY, be q tuSh so f0rWidG6fe-
1t has been done even in the instance Of Eng
land and Scotland, educated as foes by centu-
ries of warfare.
"The conflict of jurisdiction over the border
is settled, and the nation of England is virtu
ally one-with one arm of defense-ofe word
of command for army and navy-one flag
from the Crkneys to Lands End,
"T&is artificial dID}c41ty q State rights IL
~ot 0n jHSH!U.0HHtadle one. 1t must yield to
the greatest good Of one power-We are not
strangers and strange to each other Massa-
chusetts and New York, Vermont and Penn
sylvania Aesl not be i.3jeiduGljtie8. They are
rooms in the same house and require the same
front door. Even commerce is wearied with
the conflict of decisions. lre need not all these
LCgtszutures, all these s0r6reigAties We are
0Ae and to move as one.
eve need the guidance Of one aw-making
power declaring principles, and regulating US
! by wise rules of broad hope. The memorable
! sentence In the Federal Constitution which Sc
cures the inyiolability of contracts is type Of
the rule For all minor legislation, districts
can easily be formed a mayors court is or
ganized at Albany. The North never before
knew its strength. It already sees the end of
this appeal to arms. 1t has the brain, the
arm, the gold, and recognizes the rule of "Our
Father who art in Heaven" This makes of us
! at once a NATIoN-and | only ask, in the midst
of all the cang and crash of war, to point to
that which ought to be the great end of this
most wonderful union of all our strength--Our
| unity u m0ti0n."
These passages are pregnant with meaning
and no need to wait for the moment of
partuliton to determine their absolute charac-
/ ter. The idea is first presented that in the
| creation of an overwhelming military and naval
organization, the opportunity presents itself
| 70: the establishment Of HdtiaHdI unity and
p0acer;; in other words, for the subugation of
| all political independence; the sweeping away
of all the guards and restraints of State sove-
reignty and State rights and the Inauguration
Of government supreme, and, as an almost
necessary result of the premises, irresponsible.
The cool and insolent proposal to eradicate
Estate lines, "to efface the old colonial geog-
raphy,' to ''rem0re State power and create a
nationality" must suffice to open the eyes OF
some whose credulty has really encouraged
such Infamous and reasonable propositions.
1t is worthy of remark that the project is never
by any chance referred TO tie pcopIe, rever by
any chance left to the State; it is simply a
daring proposition in which the centralizing
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seems to eliminate. But it is one which, if VIC
mistake not SO soon as it is attempted to be
put into execution, will bring the State of New
York into collision with all the rest. "Massa-
chusetts and New York, Vermont and Penn
sylyania, need not be indivdualities, says the
writer. Of course not; they can be all tribll-
tary to New York, if they can only be induced,
not to surrender their sovereignty and State
rights, but kindly submit to have them taken
away from them. Yes, to have them wrested
from them for this writer, in the flush of his
audacity, contemplates no other process. He
says deliberately, 'Why all these State lines
Why all this needless, cumbersome, intricate
ENHANCEMENT of different powers to make law
and decree judgement? We can afford to Il:
tacs the old colonial geography. Nor will
the remor0t of State poacer, and the creation Of
a nationdtity be task SO formidable, 1t has
been done even in the instance of England and
Scotland" &c. And the intimation is direct
that tits to be done in the same way here, by
force of arms. Indeed the thing is distinctly
implieed, for Immediately afterwards we have
this climax of audacity "This artifcidIdif
r.