St. Mary's beacon., 1861-10-17

1lNING. OCTOBER /
b - 6f fhe battle ef lIauassas.
r. ~ bad cnoueh--or Of its second
IA near Springfield. in Missouri,
ii inflicted almost as great . blow
nil1tary character. for Hhesc ore
e. is Il i in its poKss. tare-
q; r. 1crse than fhe lossa sktlec
per day, Is the loss Of liberty, that most
IN s:imablc privilege of rcople, and
which, up 30 the outbreak If this unh ~
py dispute. every citizen If the United
States has faacicd bis iuai enable birth
right. Liberty no longer 'xists in III,
Northern half of the republic. Military
law. by stern and inviucible necessity.
rides roughshod over the civil law when
ever the two come into collision. Con
grcss IN panic, which it mis-. kes for
.igor, votes away, withcu, nent. the
dearest rights of the people; ovcrtLrows BY
Tote that is almost unanimous, and that
would be entirely so we're there not .
tow secessionists still left among its mem
bers, all the securities that formerly guar
doi the purse and the person Of the citi-
zen; squanders money with "A recklessness
that !i:'~ never been "qualed in the wors,
wars OF the Old World; and in all its
-1ings gal!ops ut such a pace as to sug-
gest to Americans, as well as to Euro
pesns, that the day of dictator is at
haEd--of u dictator who will make per-
nanent that deprivation of liberty which
is now alleged to be Temporary.
The Very prcss-of America-that un-
chartered lib'rtine. whose liberty sue-
ge>;ed license rather than law-.has ac-
tnally. under the fatal spell of this u,,-
happy contest. suggested to the generals
in command that It's own wings should b.
clipped and tina, il should not be- allowed
to throw the full light and glare of publi~i-
II upou the events Of the war and the con-
dition Of the country Such is the blight
ing influence of the struggle, that the
people uf the Northern States srrm per
f,ctly willing to cn>!avc themselves. if
they can bu, euslave their Southern broth
cr. They throw ,;;scrcdi, upnu dynocrs-
cy, aud are doing their utmost to roe, nut
repullicanisn. from the New World, as
IA - su,lly as i: N. J-~a :-u.cl cut Of tn.
O.d.
R;puh'icanism in Amcrira may Lc des-
tined to last hut no, if tn. frarc:,lal war
be not speedily brought to a close Mill
tary dusro'i>lns inevitably grow OUT Of
such sccus As are now sowm broadcast over
he land. The North, whether cvnyu r.
ing or conquered. will feel the grip of the
"ppicssr arouhl its neck, and awake. too
late, to the sorruwful cuuvic:iol, tha, it
omcc plsscs-cd thc substance of trec,om..
and let it slip out nf its grasp when catch
ing At shadow that shadow being the
separated from them BY necessities grow ing
out oi climate. character and material ia
:crests, anI not out o. a.ntitiou or desire
Ut domil:in,I
And it thns" two noble brothers could
hut be induced 10 shake hai,ds anil part
AK tricnds--if the George III. (withnut
hIs right divine 10 govern "rvng', of
the While House couid but he allowed
hy his people to recognize the Wash
ingt"n Of the South. btorc ton much
humiliation and defeat shall have been
accun,ulateh upon the Northern cause,
ihc North would gain very mcnor4-
hle victory. 1t would lose nothing hy
the defrciiou OF the South. with whici,
it might easily conclude treaty. by
which the two light be- separate in
their internal relations. bat one AMI in
diyiSible as agaiis. the rest Of the world
while they would have the noblcr part
cf continucut on which to thriyc--
Better than all. i; would recover and
establish on a solid basis it's fast van
ishing liberties and would he able
/" prove to now incrcdulous world.
that military despo'ism is net the ne
cessarv end of a democracy founded upon
universal suffrage. The two must sepa-
rate sooner or later: and better. to-day
than Tomorrow. The longer the result
is procras:inated. the greater the bur,h-
en- that must be fixed upon the present
aud all future generations Of Americans,
and the greater the danger that freedom
itself will perish in the struggle. We
know that the words OF counsel will fall
u,heede.. upou the Northern people,
who have not yet suffered enough to
learn wisdom; but We feel certain that
the day viii come when every Ameri-
can now living in the Northern States.
and aiding and Hbeting III the suicidal
as we'll a- frasricidal war, will rue the
day when the Southern secession WIS
mt recognized aud accepted as the bes,
thing for both, aud incompsrably the
bees. for The North. When hundred
millions stirling shall have been added
To the pubiic debt. snd the int,res. of
the sum '.a. to DC betrayed by AN in.
cnrne anil property tax. how long will
cslifnrnia' and the rising States "n tI,s
Pacific soa-board c"nsen, to remain in
the rniun i! Nj day longer than
they ser reasonable chance of effectins
their secession.
'ihe South can act or the defensive
y iihout "a ruinous money cost the Moth
cannot act on thc offensive without in !
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