Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-01-24

| HFq'eht ana retatiatoTy wars, and all these wars
from the peculiar circumstances OF the confeder
acies, would have the nature and character oi
cNlI war. Dissolution, therefore, is, for the
| ,"ple OF Lhis country, perpetual civil war. To
mitigate It, and obtain occasional rest what else
c'uld they accept but the system Of adjusting
the balance OF power which has ohttined in Eu
rope ia which the few strong nations dici ate
re very terms on WHICH all ihe others shall be
| content TO live. When this hateful system
should tail al last foreign NATIONS would inter
V1ne. now IA favor OF one and then in aid of an.
| ptheri auh thus our country, having expelled all
European Powers from the continent, W ,uld re
| apje ihto an a1gtegue firm of its colonial ex.
prrience, and, like Italy, Turkey, India, a q
CHINA, becpne the theater of transatlantic inter
! VentiOn and rdpacity.
| IT, however, We grant the new confeheracics
an exemption tom complications among each
| "ther aud Nj forei.n States, sull there Is upo
| much reason = believe that not one Of them
| 'ouli long mamGt a republican form of gov.
| ernIneut. I..s,r al suffrage AMI the absence
| "i stanung army are essential % the repuh't
| can system. The world has yet 10 see a self
sustaining State of that kind or even any con
Liberation vi such States, except our own. Can
| 4hA leans on Great Britain not unwIl inyIy and
! Switzerland Is fsguarantied by Interested monarch
lca' States Our own experiment has thus far
"eeh successful: becau,e, by the Continual addi
| tloh ol ne" State. the influence of each of the
members of the UnIon Is constantly restrained
aud reduced. No one, Of course can forefeiI
the way AMI manner Of travel; but history indt
'aIeS "ith uneiring certainty the end which the
several coniederacIes would reach Lic.ntiou.
| ueSS would render life inrolerahle and they
%ouid 500 Ter og later purchase tranquility and
"'ulo 1'c SAFETY ny tne surrender of Iin.rry and
I'e'd themselves up 10 the protection of military
/ de,p Jtism.
luiuige me, SIR, in one or Two details under
tha heal First, Tx hy sixty DAYS ainc, thi.
i'sUhIoh movement be gan already thn.. Vyb p,
he en2ag IA il have canva,sgJ with Dorreu
tods ireSd1sn the posi- lie reco nbinatons of the
States "ae4 discovered, AID the feasible ALLAN.
'eS ot IN lse TecOinb nations with European ma
| tions alliances a. unnatural. and winch wouId
prove ultiinat ly as pestilental to sorirty here
| - tnAt OF the IIascalaus WIN the SJaniard. who
| pro n'sed them revenge upon their ancient enc
mics, the Aztecs.
! Seeond'y. The isunion movement arises
| partly out vi dispute over he common dom ain
Vi iu' O"I.ed STATES Huh. rto the Uninn has
eO''H"et th.s controversy within the b1lnd1 o.
| yuILiSAl debate b. referring IT, with all other
nAtIonai Oues, 10 the arb'trament Of the ballot
| "o&. Does any one suppose that disuniOn would
'rah'Ief the whoie drm4in 10 ei'h@r party, or
'hat ahy o'her umpire tran war would. after DIS
| sJIuuOn be invoked!
| iHIrdiy Ihir movement arises in ano.he-
'l1"' oat oi tue rel'tionof African slaves to
/
! ion - " th IN, ds 10 all mankind the ch ef Oh
! Jrct ot IeaIre. Hitherto under the operation Of
shc C"ioh tney have practically remained igno
faht oi tue controversy, especially of ITS bearing
'n 'heih elves. Can we hope that lgrant civil
War shall rage among ourselves in their very
Piesrne eani YET that they will remain stupid and
'IIt Spectators Does history furnish u anY
satisfactory distraction upon the hrrrrr. Of civil
"ef ainJnS 4 peUp 20 brave so skilled in arm g,
- earnest III cJuv .ct,on, and so iufent in pur
p,se' as We are Is it mere chimera which
su5ses[s au a-graya'iOn OF those horrors heyoni
endurance when, on either 81 ie there shall &C
'uf tue intervention cf an uprising fcroci0nS
AIR cIn slave popu'srIOn OF tour, or six, per
Iap' "eut! Ihhiiuus
Ius optHion, Of mankind change, and with
t'em he p'.'ctes If nations. One hu9dr-d
years ago ali tn co nmr-eiaI European stat.
E~re eh-a- -ed rp Transferring ne .ro .lavcs ON
J ''hcA ~ tn's hc ni-pherr. To dty a those
@ ' Ell aTs a. M "y ~ ss, n"y 70 'he E, ,exseg;Ia@
lO II tikr- t"o ior'n-: pn- European, which j.
sin be-. direct ah,lrio rrirctr,i # ne # b.. ny
"i" ru.sfOu. m other American WAjrh Sre., To-
rest iht AIuraI >i,.ve IT ID =. aud r-isr me ru
traHeept IDn stlC slavery Iu,p Territories wh,r.
t Yet unkuDwu wniie /. caves the dI-po,s
ion Ut e1stu- i-yrry - the cpn>jderats &C
iDn OF the SAFES by which II i reieiued II Is
ta- CLlUn that restricts The opposition 10 slavery
in th5 country within these limits. If dl-,olr-
ttDu prevail, what guarantee shall there be
asaIust the iu development h. ct the fearful
srd uncOm promising hostility 20 slavery Nhsc1
-se here PerVaie> the world and OF which The
recent invasion 81 Fir ina VA an iilpStratiOn
hr President, | lave desi4nedly dwelt
l)nS on tae pro1tple etf:cts of df>uuon II o
lie ,afsly he Ara',i ~ people ~ 70 l-.ve
ue lutte time - cou,iier III other evil, whi "a
nlsl to.loy in its train Buf practically, the
'Jss of sI'ety involves cve-y o'her form Ot Tu1
hc calamity. When once tie guardian angel
has taken htg |, evryt'riug is lost.
Dissolution would not only arrest. but extin
.ul,h The greatness "f or country Even if
,ep.rdtc cbE.y leraCt-~ ,uli exis, sni endure.
Ihry could sev rally preserve nn share OF lh"
'nnitr.ou Pres''gs Il the Union If the en- SELLS
uDm l. 20 ne brJkc1 ~, the stars, W ather s"'t
cred widely apart or grouped in sm. er Gus
ter, w'!i O { 'ce'orih IN Il forth feeble glI nm
In4 and lu1d Ii hts Nor will great achieve
nenEs he pu~~ihle 'or the new cnHfe lerar'es
Dissolution woud sigma IL it, triumph hv ac's
of wIuIOnurs, which vonid shock aud a>tnund
th- wDr j. Il woul provi7cial'ze Mount We
20 AMI stye this IapirO over to de>ola'ion a.
the very nnm-nF when 'he dpme is r'inL over
pu~ heals that " - IA he crowned with the statue
pi Libsrty. After this there would rem tin tor
disullon no oct oi >tupend@u Us Intamy 10 he
mmltte /. No Tety cOnirderacy thTt shall
G,Ilu9 the United Siat.s can urolong. or even
new l'iE III Jt'ltC IFd'Ud O HtttlHdi NIlEEUsS
Perhaps It Is be rest'd because it, su1llm
'ty l. incapable of co Itin"Ance. Let II he s.. If
ge have indeed become degenera e. After
Wash ngtou, and the irh xibe Ada rs, Henry,
and The peerless Hamilton. Jefferson. and the
,ntj ->tic Clay, Webster, and the AGATE Calhoun,
Jackson. tie modest raylor. and Scott. who
r. in greatne under the borden of year aud
franklin aud Fulton, and Whitney, and Nnr'e
nave all performed their parts, let the curtain
fall
hile listening to these debsies, have some
times forgotten myself in marking their con
trasted effects upon the page who customari'y
,aadi qR ~ ta &h6 SITS h end 3" 3"' The Youth *
hibus intense but please emotion in the eXcre
nent while at every irreverent word that IL Ut
ten ed against the Union the ewes of the aged man
t-e sufu>ed with tears Let him weep no m"ir.
Rather rejorr, for yours has been lot "f rar.
felicity You have seen and been part OF all
re greatness of your country the tov ering ma.
tronal greatness of all the world. Weep Only
YOU and weep with al the bitterness nt angnsh.
who are just stepping on the threshold OF NE
or that Greatness peri@hes prem itureIy ana eN
r>ts not for You, nor for me nor tor any that
shall come a'ter us.
rhe untlic prosperity how could il survive
he storm lis elem, are indu try m the
culture of every fruit uiui"g of all The meta's
commerce at home and on ev"ry sea material
Improvement that knows 40 obstacle and has no
eud Invention thit ranges thfOoSnout luf ho'
MAN of nature Increase uf knowledge as broad
az the human mIrd can explore Perfection OF
art as high hum IN genius can reach and 80
cial refinement working for the renovation OF
the world How could our successors pro ecute
the se noble objects in the midst of brntalizing
civil conhict4 What guarantees will capital in
We ted for such purp have. that will out
weigh the premium offered by political and mil
itary ambition? What leisure will the citizen
fni for study. or inven ion, or arr. under the
reign Of conscription nav, what interest IN them
will society feel when fear ana haze snadi nave
,aken nosseSsion of the national mind Let
the miner in Californis take heed for its Rol
den wealth will become the prize OF the nation
that can command the most iron. Lsi the o1r
d.rer take care for the Indian will again iurk
around his dwelling. Let the pioneer come paeH
into our denser settlements Tor me i"iroH' tne