Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-07-26


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. structed, South Carolina niscliming liz
: protection Of courts aud of congress. whicl
: had re,cr been withheld from her has in
6 ongnra ed a ruthless civil war. III, for ia,
iriso'ons reasons assigned, The :, cedin:
! states have chosen 10 plunge into this gull
while all the peaceful tempcramens ano
constitutional remedies Of the union wer,
within their reach, and offers of further
compromise ard additional guarantees were
daily rendered them, what hope, what pos.
sltiliiy OF peace can there be, when The un
ION is brken up. when IN addition 10 al
other scources of deadly quarrel, general
exodus of the slave population begins, Gas
beyond all question it willy and nolI,ing bul
war remains Tor the settlement of coniro-
versies! The vice president of the new
conederaey states that it rests on slavery,
but from MS very nature il must rest equally
on war; eternal war, first between north
and south, and then between similar frag-
ments into which the disniegraled parts
may crumble. The work of demons has
already begun. Besides the hosts mustered
Tor the capture or destruction of Washing
ton. eastern Virginia has let loose the dogs
OF war on the loyal citizens of western Vir-
glna thsy are straining at the leash in
Maryland and Kentucky; Tennessee
threatens TO set a price on the head Of her
noble johnson and his friends; civil war
'ages in Missouri. Why. in the name of
heaven, has MOI western Virginia, separated
iiom eastern Virginia 10y mountain ridges,
i,y climate, by the course of her rivers, by
the chalacser OF her population, and the
nature OF her industry, why has she not as
good a right to stay in the union which she
Inherited from her Washington, as eastern
Virginia has 10 abandon it for the mush-
room conlederacy forced upon her from
Montgomery? Are no rights sacred but
those OF rebellion; no oaths binding but
those taken by men already fores worn are
| liberty OF thought and speech, and action
nowhere TO be tolerated except where laws
are trampcd under foot, arsepals and minis
piundefed. governments warrei against,
aud their patriotic defenders assailed by
terocious ai.d murderous mobs?
SECESSION ESTABLISHES A FOREIGN row.
ER ON THE CONTINENT.
Then consider the monstrous nature and
expected to acquiesce which are nothing
less than that the United States should al
low a .foreigaa poscer, by surprise, treachery.
and Violence 10 possess itself of one halt
OF their territory. and all the public prop
eriy and public establishments contained in
IL; for II the southern contederacy is recog-
nlzed, II becomes a foreign power, establish
ed along a curiously doyetailed frontier of
1000 miles, commanding some of the most
important commercial and military posi-
tlons, and lines of communication for tcavel
and trade; half the sea coast of The union
the navigation Of our Mediterranean Sea
(the Cult OF Mexico, one-third as large as
the Mediterranean OF Europe } and above
all, the great arterial inlet into the heart of
the continent, through which its very life
blood pours It's imperial tides. say we
are summoned to surrender all this 10 "a for
eisn power. Would We surrender it to
England, 10 France, to Spain? Not an
inch Of it +; Why then to the southern con-
federacy! Would any other government
on earth, unless compelled by the direct ne
cessity, make such surrender? Does not
Franee keep AN army of 10000 men in Al
eeria 10 prevent a few wandering tribes of
Arabs,-a recent conquest,-tiom asserting
their independence Did not England
strain her resources 10 the utmost tension
TO prevent the native kingdoms OF Central
India Civilized states two thousand years
ago, and while painted chicitains ruled the |
savage clans oil ancient Britain, from re-es-
iablisliing their sovereignty and shall be
expected, without a struggle, 10 abandon a
great integral part of the United States to
a foreign power.
Let 1t be remembered, too, that granting
10 the secedins states jointly and severally,
the right to leave the union, We concede 10
them lile right of resuning, if they please, |
their former allegiance 10 England, France
and Spain. 1t rests with them, with any
miied, asaiu TO plant European govern
meit side by side with that of the United |
States on the soil of America and it is
by no means the most improbable upshot of
the ill-starred rebellion, if allowed 10 pros
per. The disuniUn press in Virginia last |
year, openly encouraged the idea of !
French protectorate, and her legislature
has, believe, sold out the James river ca
nal, the darling enterprise of Washington,
10 company III France supposed to enjoy |
the countenance of the emperor. The Sc
cediug patriots of South Carolina were un-
derstopd by the correspondent OF the Lon
don Times, 10 admit that they would rather
be subject TO "A British prince, than TO the
government Of the United States. Whether
they desire it or not, the moment the seced-
ers lose the protection of the United States,
they hold their independence at the mercy
ot the powerful governments of Europe
If the navy OF tie north should Withdraw
lis protection, there is not southern state
on The Atlantic or the Gulf, which might
not be recoIoiiized by Europe, in six months
after the outbreak Of IA foreign war.
IMMENSE cosr OF THE TERRITORIES
CLAIMED BY SECESSION.
Then look at the case for u oment in ref
-rence 10 iheacquisifion ofterrtory made on
his continent within the present century,
Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and the entire
coast OF Alabama and Mississippi; vast re-
.ions acquired from France, Spain and
Mckee, within sixty years. Louisiana
;osi 5 l5,0Do,e00 when our population was
100000, representing Of course $50 GOO, $
200 al the present day. Florida cost So,
100000 in $50, when our population was :
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