The Goodhue volunteer., 1862-12-17

: The, Peace,at ,.he End Of, ,ths War.

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The Peacelas she End offthk War. d
The ssg6atiermzists, rov:z l4 has an
able article from the pen Of Dr. Bacon, clear
ing awava the imaginary diaacaHy Z n the
way Of 4 permanent pacifcationoof the
! South. After the rebellion is effec.uall! :!
put down, there viii be for the first time in
the South,aa good and effective government,
atfording actual security for life, liberty.
and property, By The suppressiontofs The ter
ror;srn incident to the South. The right
of secession will beb for ever set aside. and
all men wifi know that their allegiance is due
to the United States, The leaders, of.rebel
lion will altd:sappear,by death, exile, or pop
ular olium. And the eventsofths war,con-
Gscation, sales of lands for slebss or II: xes,
exIinctioa Of. families, etc, wilf bring iaean
entirely new set Of land owners, nrena fron!
the North. and from Europe. i closes as
follows "a Il" i na We io r. q.
If we assume that the rebellion is to he
conquered, a new civiizaio ion will be gintro
duced into ell the Southern States. The
old arissocracy sai!l, have passed away. The
soil; instead Of being partitioned among few
will oo diygii,iel among many colnpsra..vely
small pr"prietors. Free labor will begin to
assert it," dignity. Free speech and free
thought, free pulpit, a free press, and free
schools; will begin to make ali things new.
Christianity, at last having free course in re-
Sions where it has SO long been restrained
bg violence, will be gioritied in the achieve
nent Of new victories over barbarlsm and
wlckcaness. |Apostatc Churches Of all de :
nominaions-aposta:e from the most els-
meu'ary principles Of ri<5h'eous"ess-apos
;gte; in consequence OF judicial blindness
inflicted upon them for their cowardIy re-.
fu>al to testify against grossest wrong
apos;ate to the ex ent Of an i.np:bus and os-
,entalious subservIelcy to the most hid-ouS
of all hose works Of the dcvii' which it il
!
reformed or removed ont Of the,rrplaces, and
new chu! ches-testify,ns that what the
Lord requires of men is not merely tradi
tional orthodoxy, nor a tn .opathet1c,o senti-
men,alsm, but to TO justly, to love mercy
and 10 walk humbly with Goodwill dffuse
re generating influence through society,"
Emigration, not only from other states, bu
from every Christian county will turn to-
wards 'llese regions hercs ofore so "nhvitin. .
Industry. freed from tee dead weight Of sla
very, and protected by justice, will conver
possibilities into realities, and +. natural re
sources into positive wealth. The sea is
lands and ,sasast, wil! yield their rich pro
due, Of cotton and rice none the less freely
.nd the cane will flourish on the alluvia
margins Of the river. none the lc IS luxurient
I]y,for the social order and ere long the vin'
and the oli:s, adorning the hillsides as il
> Southern Europe, and ,c culture and th'
mauu'acture OF silk, Will be among ,he out
ward and visible signs that the era If libert,
is the era Of progress. Let the rebellion b.
crushed, and aolsw years Of freedom, Of in
dustry, Of growing prosperity: and Of aa'anc
ing civilization, wall re 'onciIe, not therebels
but the S1uth to the Union and the Consti
tuition. The, North and, The South tho Eas
} ami the West, win b. Inhabited BY one peo
pie, sharing in the benefits Of one nationa
self COVE etimeyt,, ,,.rcjoic'ng in common lib
erty, and bounisto each other by all TIL
ties OF common Interests and Of mutual de
, pendencc and mutual hclplu|ness. - "
Any mole offending this war otherwis
than BY, = thorough conquest OF ther ebellion
will leave rus and our .posterity m intcr,niu
able entail Of strife aud mutual hatred wit
the South Peace, other than q temporar
E,ruce, ..here canine VERDE ill the entire are
Of American barbarism shall be effsctuaIl
, opened to .he renevatins influence Of Amer
: lean civilization" 49,.