The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-09
With the Bur ems OF War Will come
q Sense OF Inc Necessity VI Union
ia am ON n Ourselves. 3" "E"vA

With the Bur ems OF War Will come
sense OF inc Necessity VI Union
among Ourselves. 's "'N"pA
| The present generation has seen nothing,
known nothing, and felt nothing Of the real
burdens Of war. The affair with Mexico
| was trivial matter, interfering but little
with the general commerce Of the country !;
not disturbing at all our interstate exchang>
es and requiring bat slight advance ia
customs to meet the extraordinary expense
which it cost the government. The pres
emit is quite another and different kind of
war. 1t has already seriously embarrassed
our general commerce totally destroyed
trade between the two great sections which
were mutually dependent on each other in
all business respects and its cost must fall
Immediately on the people, and be borne in
great degree by direct taxes. And this
cost, from the broad extent Of country over
which the conflict must be waged, and the
peculiar character of the contest, will be
vastly greater than that of any war, of like
duration, of which we have any knowledge.
These are considerations which we do not
now take into account. Nor do we consider
the effect which these burdens will have on
the temper of the people, when they come to
be seriously felt. We are now in the hey
day of military excitement and glory; pulled
up with extravagant conceptions of our re-
sources and proves. But when military
scenes have lost their novelty, when the
military ardor of the peoplelhas become SUBJ
dued, and the glitter of military life has
become furnished, the burdens of war, pres,
sing heavily on all, will excite almost uni
versal murmurings and discomfort. Out of
this discomfort will arise arguments and an
cry discussions concerning the cause of the
conflict, and attempts to shift and fix re.
sponsibilities for the calamities that all
will feel.
At such time will be realized, if not
before, the madness of partyism during sea-
sons of national jeopardy. For then, the
parties will be already organized to give
effect to the popular discomfort in its most
destructive form. Democrats will arraign
Republicans, and Republicans Democrats,
with the authorship of the public calamities;
the whole will be embittered by the remem-
brance of past antagonisms; and pending the
quarrels of political factions, the cause of
the Government will suffer generalization,
if not utter destruction.
We already see indications of this disas-
trous state of affairs in localities where the
old party spirit is nourished by the politi-
clans. No party has been so bold, thus far,l
as to openly oppose the Government but
the spirit which leads to that has been ex-
hibited in resolutions of conventions, CEN
surfing every technical violation of law
which the unprecedented condition Of the
country forced upon the Federal Admins
tration. The effect of even this indirect op-
position is felt in the abating ardor of the
people, and in the increasing difficulty Of
procuring volunteers. A month has
wrought great change for the worse in
these respects throughout many Northern
States and it is owing, more than to any
other cause, to the unseemly intrusion of
Partyism where Patriotism alone should be
thought of or heard.
Party is the parent Of discord in Repub.
lies, as Satan was the parent OF discord in
Heaven. Peace was not restored in Heaven
till Satan was cast into He'll ; and if we
would realize our patriotic desires, and see
again united, peaceful and happy country,
we must follow the celestial precedent, and
send Party to keep company with the
Devil.