Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-26
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In which NC are cncased, while sourte
Of sorrow and regret TO every loyal ci;i
zen, should not be looked upon as at all
disconiasias, in view of the future
Tho history of civil government fur
nishcs no instanse of nation which has
stood the test Of time, without passing
through the fiery ordeal OF Revolution
The misguided passions and the inordi-
nate ambition of unprinciplcd men, tie
weak ness, inlhcviii'v, or the vi kedness
ead tyranny of government itself, have
never failed, at long intervals, to put
almost every nation in state of revolu
tion.s In tho very nature Of things, We
cannot always expect to be exempt from
the evil consequences of human passion
uncontrolled by sense Of justice, patri
otisn and right, SO long as our country
is peopled with the human specics.-
Il tman natuie is the same now that it
was when Caesar crossed the Rubcon. to
strike down what little remained of the
liberties Of the sercu billed city-oncc
the proud g mistress Of the world. -
Fundamentally, men DO not change in
the progress Of ages; cniy surrounding
circumstance = the outside, the trap
pings, SO to speak, Of actual life, are d.f,
tarent now from what they were when
Socrates drank the Hemlock, or Tontius
pilatc gave way 20 the demands Of the
ruthless mob who cried: ''Crucify him!
cruelty him.
1t is not unreasonable then, to expect
occasional ebullitions Of human passion
wild. unreasoning, insane, even -
which shall at times seem to threaten
the entire destruction of ths social fab
ric-perhars seen, to dash to the ground
the cup of fondest hopes just touched by
longing lips. Such, We say, may seem
to be the result; although not in reality
SO. The wrath cf saan will God restrain,
and the remainder shall be made to
praise him. This ever has been and
ever will he truth in matters relating to
the destinies of nations, as s,tch, equally
is much as IN those peculiar to religion
itself. The train Of events which goes
to make up the great drama Of human
history, furnishes constant exemplii-
cation Of this idea. Since our own Gov
crament was organized, France has
passed through three rcyoiutions--ono
Of which was the most sanguinary Of
any in history-yet France is now a
prosperous nation. England, commenc-
ing no further back than when the Bar
ons cxtorted from ohm the Magma Gtur-
ia, on the plains of Runnymede, has also
felt tire effects Of three revolutions, be-
sides the loss Of the thirteen colonies
in 1916. Put to-day, except our own,
she is the strongest government in the
world. Revolution is at times an abso-
lutte necessity; and although attended
with evils, because Of the circumstances
which render it necessary, nevertheless
it is not of itself evil There is no evil
in the commotion caused by the boil
ing waters; the evil is in the impuriiy
whic h renders the process necessary. And
ns the scum raised to the surface of the
heated fluid, purifes and 6ts it for use,
SO the excrescences clipped from the
body polite in times Of revolution,
leave it purer, stronger, and better
adapted for the end in view in its crea-
tion.
We do not wish any one, however, to
understand US as jussifying those now
in rebellion against the Government Of
the country. We detest it, certainly, as
much as any loyal citizen can; and yet
we have full faith that it will be only
temporary evil, which, by means Of those
who are true TO our institutions, shall
result in our lasting good The fact is,
the rebellion is an attempt to impede
the progress of hun,anity-ot' moral
and po!iti :al revolution. II is an effort
to hold by force, what nature has de-
creed cannot be held by numbers. Un-
der such circumstances, while the re-
tellion may seem to check, It cannot
sop the progress of events. The COM
plete establishment Of This .Jact, by the sue
cess Of The Government IN this contest, is
the great good to gro,c out Of ii. 1t is,
however, not the only benefit we will de-
rive from it. The further fact will be
placed beyond douot, that all changes
in the structure of the Government
must be made according to the forms, of
the Constitution itself, and not by their
rio7atioa. The first is vital in the pro-
gress Of humanity, the second, vital as
to the existence of the Government
Combined, and they represent all for
which an American sl.oul! struggle, in
regard to public affairs.
Let US unite, then, and sink or swim,
survive or perish, stand by the govern
ment, never doubling for a moment our
faal triumph, and fully convinced that
she.cup of apparent evil is not unmixed
with good. t