The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-11

tigipated The conflict which be meant
was moral one, 70 be fought out nv
books. newspapers, and speeches But
the conflict which has arisen Is one Of the
bayonet and the bullet, and may Of any
moment, aud from the paltfiest prOycea-
tion, become n war, more fragrant and
veHomo1s than any recorded IN modern
history The beat thing that North and
South can do Is TO shake hands and part !.
They never have agreed They never
will agree. They never can agree. Their
differences are irrcconcilable Their In
terests are conflicting. Their very tenn
permanent and character are antagonistic,
and are made 80 no less by the Institution
Of slavery in the one case, and lis absence
10 the other, than BY the slow bnt certain
ELECTS Of q hot climate npoh the brain
and nervous system Of men Of north
European origin settled for generations
in . region 81 the earth for which thsy
were not originally adapted. The people
Of South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama,
and Texas are as little like the people Of
Ohio, Massachusetts, and Michigan Us
Greeks are like Dutchinen. And every
generation but widens this divergency Of
character as well 6s Of interest. II Is
better for them 10 part, now that the
struggle has begun. Were they 10 re.
unite, il would only Be 10 quarrel again,
with even greater bitterness Tho world
is wide enough for them both; and the
North, so far from regretting the separa.
ktion, ought, ifit were wise, 10 regard il
rs q happy consurnmation, especially II il
can be brought about without the shed.
ding Of blood, In the meantime Mr..
Ilincohl's wiscst course is 10 do nothing,
and to await the action OF national
convention Any other course which he
could adopt would lie fraught with present
and future calamity
THE DE ATH or THE DUCHESS or KENT.
The Duchess Of Kent, whose death has
just plunged the Royal family in mourn.
ing, and touched those sympathetic chords
which nnita every heart in these realms In
affection to.tbe Queen, was daughter or
Franz Friedrich Anton, Dnke Of SAKE
Coburg- Saalfeld. She sprung from a
remarkable house, which has been rising
in Europe these fifty years; and adding
crown 70 crown, while other Royalties, to.
appearance far more powerful, have been
slowly or swiftly fading out. The physi-I
cal and mental qualities Of the CobnrgsI
seem to have peculiarly fitted tIicul To-
succeed Ia M era Of decadent Royalty.
Their blood was new and wholesome; y
they were substantially able, and they
had no febrile taint Of ambition 10 pre-
clude their accommodating themselves To-
the circumstances il which they happened
10 DO placed. They hare given kings,
queens, royal princesses. prince consorts,
and arch-duchesses to Great Britain, 10
Belgium, TO Portugal, 10 Prussia, to Aus.
tria The Duchess Of Kent was yonng-
est daughter Of Duke Franz Friedrich.
The Prince Gonsort was son Of her eldest
brother. Her younger brother, Leopold,
$ King Of the Belgiaus, and was husband
Il thelamented Princess Charlotte. The
Duke OF Kent was second husband oil
Maria Louisa, The departed
Duchess, The sole issue Of their marriage
vas the Princess Victoria, now on the
British throne. The Duke Of Kent died
light months after her BIRTH, and The
Duchess made IL the task Of her
lie to educate her daughter for q consti-
.utioGal queen. I'll. tt. 52 &.
II was q task particularly suited to d
C0burg. Having risen 10 distinction at u
lime when peoples play at least as impor-
tant part as the dynasties, the coburgs
have had diseerIment to perceive and
sense TO accept the fact II has been for
them no disgrace, as oil hereditary Royal
lies seem to consider it, TO rule by and
with the will Of their subjects. What, in
other Royalties, is pretence and con-
straint, Is in them sympathy and spou-
tahelty. In two cases their talent for
Constitutional Government has resulted
in superb success, 10 that Of Belgium, and
in that Of Great Britain. To the DLch.
ess Of Kent, acting on the fine natural
capacity and noble heart OF Her Majesty,
the success in Great Britain must IN large
measure be Escribed. >. y, ,. r. ri. N.
II Is indeed a new species Of Royalty
which We behold in these days, and most
illustriously Of all in the branches Of the
Co6urg Kindred lis Royalty deprived,
TO a great extent ofpower, but encircIed
with new attributes, and lowered with
new happiness 1t combines elevation Of
rank. and the sincere homage OF nations,
With those eGjoynents of n private station
which we're deemed incompatible with
klngsiiP. II brings the sound maxiws Of
private hfe---that marriage ought TO be
founded on affection, that happiness is Of
the hearth and the heart, that virtue is
sacred, and eGeminate luxury: contemp-
tible--to warm aud fresben the traditions
Of courts: tits sovereignty which does
not retire IN baI6arie pride aud pomp and
isolation, but comes forward and unites to
itself by sympathy, and makes its own by
enjoyment, all thar is highest and most re.
hnsd IN the cultures Of civilization Ii is
. sovereignty, which deems il nobler to be |
the hrSt Of q iEss psOpls than Ihs isses-
ponsibte ruler Of slaves. Its 4 sovereign
w 6caeath the purple Of which are sound
feelings and robust capacities which conld |
ensure happiness il the purple were laid
aside. Such sovereignty is that of the
Royal Daughter Of the late Duchess Of
heht. Our sympathy with her may in
deed be deep, Tor her sorrow will be pro-
Iouhd. But the same warmth, and natn.
ral freshness of feeling: which make the
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