Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-07-26
Mr.. EYerett'N Grafton.

We give this week the concluding part 5
of Mr.. Everetfs mastery oration against
the southern rebellion -
WHY SHOULD WE NOT RECOGNIZE THE
sECEDDING STATES
I And now let US rise from these disregard
ed appeals TO the ruth OF history and the
wretched subtilles of the secession school
sue before US, in its solemn peaclical reality
why should we not" it is asked, -..dnl
the claims of the seeding states, acknuwl-
edge their independence. aud put an end to
the war at once Z" why should We not q
l answer the question b, asking another,
''why should We z" What have we to hope
f,om tiepursutu fthat eours e Peac. But
we were at peace before. Why are We not
at peace now The north has not waeed
the war, ii has been forced upon us in self
defense; and il, while they had the consti-
tuition and the laws, the executive, coneress
and The couIts, all controlled by themselves,
the south, dissatisfied with legal projections
and constitutional remedies, has gr:,sped the
sword, eau north and south hope 10 live in
peace, when the bonds of the union are brok-
en-, and amicuble means of adjustment are
repudiated Peace is the very last thing
winch secession, if recognized, will give Us /;
it will give US nothing but hollow lri,ce-
time to prepare the means for new ourages
Ii Is IN IT'S very nature perpetual cause of
hostility; an eternal, never cancelled letter
of marque and reprissl AN everlasting
proclamation Ut border war. How eau
peace exist, when all the causes ct dissen-
sion are indefinitely multiplied; when un-
equal revenue laws shall have led TO "a gi-
gantic system of smuggling; when a gem
along the border, with no thought of reud-
lion, and all the thousand causes OF mutual
irritation shall be called into action, on a
frontier of l500 miles, not marked 10y nat
ural boundaries and not subject to a COM
mon jurisdiction or medialing power p
We did believe Ia peace; tondly, credulous-
ly bcliyed that cemented by the mild UNI
piiage of the federal union. it might dwell
forever beneath the folds OF The star spang-
led banner, AID The sacred shield OF a COM
nationality. That was the great arcaaaas
Of policy that was the the state mystery
into which men and angels desired 10 ok
hidden from ages but revealed TO Us -
Winch kings and prophets vsited for,
Aud sought, but never found
Il family Of states independent for local con-
Germs, united und,r one government for the
Of common Interests and the
prevention Of internal feuds. There was
no limit TO the possible extension of such a
-ystem. ii bad already comprchended half
of North America, and it might, in the
lapse OF ages, have folded The continent III
its peaceful beneiicent embrace. We iondIy
dreamed that, in the lapse of ages, il would
have been extended till half Tie western
hemisphere had realized the vision Of uni-
vefsal perpetual peace. From that dtca n
we have been ruJely startled by the array
of ten thousand armed men in Charleston
harbor, aud The ruar Of eleven batteries
raining a storm of iron hail on one poor
sirge-worn company, because in obedience
TO lawful authority, 10 Tie periaflnanee of
sworn duiy, the gallant Anderson resolved
% keep kiy oath. That brave and faithful
band, By remaining At their post, did not
hurt a hair Of the head uf a Carolini;.a.
bpnd or free. The Uuited States pIortlseJ
not TO reinforce. but to feed them. bot the
headers would not allow them
eyen The pooT boon II beins starved into