Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-06-28
POLITIC A l..
Review Of the Rebellion.
nY .. LornRor NOTIFY.

Br j. LOrHhOf hoILtr.
Mr.. J. L. Motley. has been striking good
blow for the Union in the London Times.
Ill. Impeachment OF secession 10 contained IN
his communications to that paper. aud We
have tho synopsis in the Liverpool Post Of
tho Goth ult.. with the comments Of that
journal:
II Is scarcely possible to conceive moro
headlopg and unfoundcd statement than
tha, made by the Times OF yesterday. to the
effect that tho rule of law is not generally
respected in America. There is no country
where reverence for the law and the Con',i.
tuition has uniformly been carried TO 80 eI.
treme an extent. The ratiocinations Of pub.
lie men and the ruck Of popular parties
have cmulated each other in even pedantic
devotion to the p,s and TITLES Of con'tltu'
,ional authorities. and in srduous efforts to
prove themselves strictly within the pale OF
the law and warmly animated with It's spir.
10.
Even now. in the midst OF warlike pre-
paration'. when each pasty scems TO have
lrrevocably thrown away the scabbard, legal
argument, minslc their dull and drowsy
hum with the din Of mastering regiments
and tho sonorous defapces Of the opposing
hosts. jefferson DAVIS sits down IN the
midst OF his military preparations to pen M
argumen.. weak !, is true. and not even log.
ieal enough to Be called .ophl.,ical, but
probably sincere, TO prove himself and his
people legally IN the right
And among hundred. Of replies comes one
from an American, Who i.at present an
honorcd .ojourner in England, and who this
week ha. received a, Oxford, along with
Lord Elsin. the highcs. honor the UniSer,i.
~ has % bcstow.
AZ the momen. when his brethren are
rushing into unnatural combat. and when
we nigh, suppose all ar;umen, to be eSclud.
ed by the appalling character Of the crisis.
Mr.. j. l.. Motley, the famous historian Of
the Netherlands, fills in all SIX columns o, the
Tines with an able. an eloquent, q eumulh.
tive argument. in which he unansworaby
hIcs upon the South the whole responsIbIli.
iy Of the war and the dcepes, political guilt.
It's our pre.cn, purpose to coniensc that
argument I, may ai once be epitoml'eI IN
very few words. Mr. Motley is 'iunr. as
oil sound United States men must b.. by the
epitaph wicked war which has been -
freely applied to the con'es, without that
discrimination Of moral responsibility which
the North has righ, TO claim. or with an
unju., discrimination which does the North
u cruel wryng. Those wounds. "recei'ed
in the house OF his friends" have impelled
Mr. Motley to show that the North. or
rather ihe constituted authorities. have
something tn Gght for, and would be recrc-
an, TO duty Il they did not fsh, ior IL.
With u contemp'uoas feeling tha, doe.
him credi, he lays ldtle sirr-, on the South
having struck the FIRE, military blow; he
speak. Of the sumter affair rs the most
astonishing kind OF siege recorded n hIs.
tory" Hut, as an expression OF defiance OF
the Constitution, 1t filled up the measure Of
the treason OF tho South and Mr.. Motley
jus,iGc, the PrssIisnt's subsequent, deter
mnation TO commence hos,ilitles n yust
and necessary exercise OF the penal powers
u. governor OF the na.iOn.
.hnd here !. the key. note Of his whole ar.
eument the United States are u nation;
they are not q confcderacy at all. From
thi. main artery Of thought Mr.. Motley
branches Oh into staiem2ni that. II IL had
been coniedaracy, 1t would have been one
expressly made by Washington, Madison,
and others. % avoid the very evils which So
ce-.ion entails, and Ito an explanation OF
the real rish, Of revolution. which We shall
presently notice; but the oneness Of the ma.
,ion. and the fact that the Federal authori'
" has only to DO with the nation as one. or
with individuals As traitors 10 its unity. lle
at .he basis OF and perneate the whole.
The other hypo,h hesis has been tried. and
found mi.cs.bly wanting. For years i.
threatened to DO fatal to the destiuies OF the
youn, republic. From 1888 10 1856 every.
thing in the United States tended to 'mPo'
tepsy, imbeeility, and decay. There was
no nation, no acknowledged laws. Few
debt, w.rc collected. and none were paid.
Instructions were plentiful and unchecked.
Great Britain recognized tho Independence
oi the States, but not their COMMERCIAL re-
sponsibility, and refused to ma'oa bust.
ness treaty with them Day. long alter NC
knowledging their Independence, che KEEP,
possession Of the military posts within their
frontiers. The currency was 20 degraded
that Lex Of mutton vss cheap q, a thou'-
aud dollars. The national debt had hardly
even nominal value. The DEGREES Of tho
Courts were waste paper. The army Of the
con!oderey consisted ofsish'y nen. "fIon
this condition." says Mr. Motley, "'ho
Constitution rescued US"
That it did - completely and aSundantly
tina, order and Law soon reisnei-that
bankruptcy Was exchanged for unqns-,'Onsd
.olvency and high mercantile ropu,e-,hat
Epela,d made u splendid commercial treaty
with the newborn nation, and surrendered
possession Of her forts-snd that till now.
through oil tho ,ic'dtudOs Of prosperity
and adversely, the United States has Seen
name honofed and laudOd throoshOu, the
world-all this was owing to the fact that
in 1887 the peop'o Of tbs United States