Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-11


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The Ere IN onr NationaT History.
l. t5..a-.-. go l-- -'s 3,
! Up 10 the great rebellion, the civiIiza-
tion of the United States has been mainly
u borrowed one. The early colonists re-
enacted the laws TO which they had been
/! trained, with slight notifications TO adopt
| them to their new surroundings. The war
/ ufthe revolution was not to change but to
maintain those laws, soughtto be subvert-
I. ed by the British crown. There WAS no.
thing new in the formation of the COnfOd-
/ erarioa of the Federal Government. This
! was simply the union of the several colon.
/ les for mutual profit and protection. Que
! has only to read the debates in the couyen-
/ ton for the formation of that constitution
and the arguments to which the PROPOSE
tiou gave rise. 10 zee how sedulously every
I precedent was examined TO furnish guidrs
( for deliberation and action. Up to
I the adoption OF the Constitution only
Slight divergence of sentiment had prevail
ed beIween different parts of the country.
y common necessity had imposed commau
/ occupations nud common objects To all
contests with savage tribes, and with It
I powerful nation which. for long time,
| held the larger and iairer portion of our
| country, and the incessunt labor necessary
| to. snhdue II continent, and TO provide The
| means for suppnrtiug life. The people
| were too poor to tie luxurious, and too
much engrOssed in their labUrS to plot mis-
4 chiet either against each other or the Gov
ernment. The white man worked by the
/ side OF the slave. The vicisSiiuips of from
I tier lite preserved the whole people in eH-
ergy and vigor. The only discOr'lant Gle
menl in the horizon was .SidUeFy. and it WIS
| be ieved that TINS blot would sonn disan-
pear before the working of those beueii-
cent principles announced in the Declara-
1 ton ot Independence, and embodied in the
! Constitution. .s l.u. 7it1i-
! In wide portion of the country there
sulfs anticipated have beun fully achieved
0nr domain has been vastly enlarged, but
the marvellous progress in the science Of
flVcomOIiuD. aud iu the transmission of in
| icliigence, more tlian nepir1,iizeCi these trn-
! denotes towards those differences which
{, naturally mmifi.st themselves among II
/ widely separated people. Chic'gU, To day,
IS nJJ 80 far ir1m the City uf New Yofkhs
/. was Altotny fi!fy ye,rs ago. The mutu'il
fdcprudence Oi our people was iucrea eli
rather than weakened, the more widely
they spread themselves over the continent.
The relations between the people uf Cali
fornia and W York are as intimate and
] ne essary as those between por6ious of nur
own STATE. Everything for time secned
:, to indicate that mutual dependence and in
ttrests. and the means of social and bust
ness intercourse would consolidate our
Government upon the strongest possi-
d. BILE bnsis, aud that we. should 10 the
pursuit Ut OuT industries alone, reach a
\ condition of internal peace aud quiet which
! other countries had only gaimrd through
q long course of wars and blood-hed, be-
fore the incnngruous elements in their
nationality could he reduced To snhjectiOn
aud order. But all such dreams have
\ been rudely dispelled. 'A1iusututiOntlOr-
Oughly hostile TO human progress aud to
free society, which, under the fostering
care of Government, had grown into col
lossal proportion, has sought to overthrow
! this Government. and establish itself in its
place. II is no Whisky IuSurrection, or
Shny's Rebellion. Six millions of people,
holding four millions more in bondage,
constituting one third of our whole popu-
laiiuu, are now seeking to overturn the
very institutions which have so long been
our boast and pride. #+ ~
With this conspiracy aud war cOmmen-
ces the great Grain the history ofonr peo-
iple. We can no longer flatter ourselves
with the axiom which has been pushed TO
such extreme limits, that our Government
RESTS solely upon the consent of tue COVER
ned. We are now striving by main force
to reduce One-third of the States to sub
mission to II Government which they claim
to detest. Respect and affection for this
Government is no longer n motive to obe-
dience. This is TO ba enforced by that
burden and curse of the Governments OF
the old world, and from which we tancied
we WIRE cxrmpt-a large standing military
force. In what manner, TO what extent
and with what cost remains TO be seen.
Here, then. is the real commencement o
our National career. In the past, every
thiug has had its precedent; but we have
none for the emergency now upon ms. Il
lcontradicts aillthezpnst; the future is en-
tirely shsouded from our gh5e, N'e may
have Ia rerRSt our whole system. We maj
leave Slavery as it is, but we shall never
cease to watch it as closely rs the autorrIl
of RlSsia or The Emperor or Frhnce witch
the slumbering elements of revolution il
their dominons. II will always remain /;
volcano beneath their feet. Administration
so Auti-Repuhlican and unnatural mus
always be magazine of danger. Foster.
ed and protected by, and controlling. TINT
out of mind almost, the National Govern
ment, it sought its destruction the moment
it temporarily lost its accustomed hold up
on power.
For the future the Administration ofthi'
Government is no longer in its beaten path
Its operations had become so regularly
estAblisbed that its own momentum WA
sufficient to carry II forward almost with.