Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-03

remarked that ''the end of the war no one
can tell--it is certain that we shall not
como out of it asNwe go in" What did
ne means Simply that his hopes respect
ing the abolition Of slavery would be re-
allied? or did he mean that we 90 into
the war with a Republican form Of gov
eminent, but shall come out with some
thing else? This latter question would
not have been asked here had not the
writer heard leading Republicans assert
| that sour government is not strong enough
we ought to have strong government
like that of England" That many desire
such result there can be no doubt, but
they will most assuredly be disappointed.
Whether the present war shall terminate
entirely i'll our favor or not, the great mass
OF the people are too well pleased with our
form OF Government to consent to any ma
terial change.
One question, however, Of considerable
Importance, will be decided The present
administration, the Republican party gem
orally, and perhaps majority of the
Democrats in the North, take the ground
that 'the several States, by the Constitu-
ton of the United States, are deprived of
al the rights Of independent sovereigns,
and that the national government acts not
through Stale organizations but directly
Upon the citizens Of the States themselves"
Thousands of Democrats, however. and
the writer with them, regard each State as
a Republic in itself; which, although it has
surrendered some rights TO the general
government, has reserved 10 itself Others
with which the federal government has no
when they accepted the Constitution, de-
clared that it was their prerogative to re-
uounce all The powers coded to the general
government, whenever they saw fit to do
so. The constitutional convention left this
matter little in the dark--perhaps on
purpose; as our government, in many re-
spects, was an experiment, they may have
preferred that experience should direct the
people to proper solution Of this prob
lem. This question is now to be decided;
and perhaps it will be better for he whole
country to decide it in accordance with the
views of the present observation-disclosures
pecially as far as the power of State to
resume the rights it has once coded TO the
general government is concerned. And if
it is SO decided and the administration sue
ceeds in subjugafing The South, that will
be an end u secession troubles; such a
thing will never be attempted hereafter.
The direction of the campaign is in good
hands; General Scott has not bis equal in
the world as military man; and all his
movements show that he will studiously
avoid the error committed by the English
in the Revolution. Their army was too
much divided; snail attachments were
sent into different parts of the country;
these were harrassed and frequently cut off
by the provincials, and finally the .snole
army defeated. General Scott will do
nothing hastily nothing by the halves"
he will send no small detachments into the
enemy's country; when be strikes it will
be with face that will tell upon the OPP
posing army and secure success to the
troops under his command.
In conclusion, the writer wishes it dis
tinctly understood that he has no sympathy
with Northern disunionists nor with South
ern secessionists; he is now what he was
when he first became voter, 20 years ago
"a State Rights Democrat. He is de-
voted to the flag of his Countrywide
stars and the stripes" be never saw any
other flag; be has no use for any other.
The "palmetto flag" is not favorite with
him. His only wish concerning it Is that
the main standard of the Southern army,
bearing it, may very soon be surrendered
to the veteran Lieut.. Gen. Scott, to be de-
posted in the archives of the nation, la
beed, "the folly Of Yancy. Benjamin,
Wigfall, jeff. Davis d Co."
Yours for truth and justice.
Eli G. JONES.
Montfort, June %. 1861.