Smyrna times., 1861-07-25

ten rode into power, could no longer carry
them beyond given geographical line of ter
ritory, and that in truth this fact!ous and trea-
sonable agitation, on which so many Of them
had grown great by debauching aud denaton-
alizng the mind of people naturally generous
and patriotic, had run its course, and hence,
that from the national disgust for this dema-
| gogueing and from the mex xorable law of popu-
latiOn. the time had come when all these who
had no other political capital than this would
have to prepare fer retirement TO private life,
SO far at least the highest Offices of the coun-
try were concerned. Under the influence of
these grim discouragements, they resolved to
consummate at once-what our political histo-
ry shows to have been with them long cher
| ished purpose--the dsmemberment of the Gov
ernment.
Tney said to themselves -" Since we can
no longer monopolize the great offices of the
Republic as we have been accustomed to do,
we will destroy it and build upon its ruins an
empire that shall be all our own, and whose
spoils neither the North nor the East nor the
West shall share with US" Deplora6Ie and
humilating as this certainly is it is but a re
hearsa of the sad, sad story Of the past. We
had indeed, supposed, that under our Christian
civilization we had reached point in human
progress, when republic could exist without
having its life sought by its own offspring :;
but the Cataines Of the South have proved that
we were mlsta ken.
TIE LEADERS o? THE REBELLION.
Let no man Imagine that because this rebel
lion has been made by men renowned in our
civil and military history, that it is therefore
the less guilty or the less courageousy to be
resisted 1t is precisely this class of men who
have subverted the best governments that have
ever existed. The purest spirits that have
lived in the tide Of times, the noblest institu.
tons that have arisen to bless our race, have
found among those in whom they had most con-
hded, and whom they had most honored, men
wicked enough, either secretly 10 betray them
unto death, or openly to seek their overthrow
BY lawless violence.
The Republic Of England had its Monk; the
Republic of France had its Bona parte; the Re-
public Of Rome had its Caesar aud its Cataline.
and the Saviour of the world had his Judas Is
CARROT. 1t cannot be necessary that | should
declare TO you, for you know them WELL who
they are whose parricidal swords are now un.
shcathed against the Republic OF the United
States. Their names are inscribed upon a scroll
| OF lntamy tina. can never perish. The most
distinguished was educated by the charity Of
the Government on which they a re now ma king
war. For long years they were fed from its
table, and clothed from its wardrobe, and had
their brows garlanded by its honors. They are
the ungrateful sons of fond mother, who daa-
died them upon her knee, who lavished upon
them the gushing love of her noble and devoted
nature, and who nurtured them from the ve-y
bosom her life /; and now in the frenzied ex.
cess OF licentious and baffled ambition, thcy
are stabbing at that bosom with the ferocty
with which The tiger springs upon it's prey
| The President OF the United States is heroic
ally struggling to battle the Vaccinations of
these wicked men. have unbounded gratif-
cation in knowing that he has the courage to
look traitors in the ACE, and that, in discharg-
ing the duties of his great Office, he takes no
counsel Of his fears. He is entitled to Jealous
support of the whole country, and, may | not
add without offence, that he will receive the
support OF oil who justly appreciate the bound
less blessings of our free institutions!
THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES.
If this rebellion succeeds it will involve ne.
ceosorily the destruction of our nationality, the
division of our territory, the permanent disrup-
tIOn of the republic, 1t must rapidly dry up
the sources of our material prosperity, and year
by year we shall grow more end more impov-
crushed, more and more revolutionary, enfee.
bled and debased. Each returning election
will bring with it grounds for new civil COM
motions, and traitors, prepared TO strike at the
country that has rejected their claims TO power
will spring up on every side. Disunion once
begun will GO on indefinitely, and under
the Influence of the fatal doctrine of secession
not only will States secede from States, but
counties from counties, until universal anarchy
will be consummated in each individual who
can make good his position by force of arms
claiming the right to defy the power OF the
Government.
Thus we should have brought back to us the
days OF the robber Barons with their moated
castles and marauding retainers. This doc.
trine, when analyzed, is simply a declaration
that no physical force shall ever be employ ed
in executing the laws or uphclding the Gov.
ernment, aud government in whose practical
administration such principle has been intro
duced, could no more continue to exist than q
man could live with an angered cobra in biz
bosom. Ifyou would know what are the legi
innate fruita Of secession, look at Virginia and
Tennessee, which have so lately given them,
selves up 10 the embraces of this monster.-
There the schools are deserted; the courts O
justice closed; public and private credit des
troyed commerce annihilated debts repudia
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