Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-03
The Old and the New Year.


Eighteen hundred and siIi,-one has de
parird-gOns, goue, to be remembered IN the
long catalogue o. departed wears, and locked
up In the records OF the pas, Ia has been
an s,.a,fal year. especially to the Am-ri'
can PEOPLE rs, have commenced an entire
ne~ page OF history: one No had iondIy
horsA never would have been written. ~
far a. cor rs,ple ar, conccrned. We hardly
can bring ourselves 90 ryalss that shor,
wear IA. hroo shi ,ur,h. For the last for,y
year. -e have listened u ,he hcar.r nut
trr,nc thantcr Of d.gnion coming iron
Spathrru atmosphere. We have heard
threat. % the destruction ot this govern
rnen,: yet. 30 profoundly have we been i'm.
rre-.cd With the glory ani grandeur OF our
Tree iu.,tu,ioo.. that ~e were not prepared
Tor the outhur.ting Of the.tOrm. weeouid
not work our-elre. into the belief that the
,uieitl arm Of ,rc~'1n would lag IL. inur'
drrnu- hand upon the beet soTerumsn' The
world eVCr az.
Within the hrief pace Of single year
the nah Ia. fallen q. the tslusiOn h.
VAN ted Ike midnight dram. and the
rrgIfv suI..n Us One third ~ the old
Uur,i >'.t-. are ~ open ho.i,le. rshyllipn
agar, a., ,e-uusnt. rbry have teelsr
20 WAr august ,he constitutional authors
49,. and re on go t-li, armed 10 the
,e-,s " ,r,ir., ir.1 institutions
en- uur part. ~rai he's short year
sr5usht fo,th' The snsel Of reace 40
liie or. ~,ih d,coy wing, hOvcr' over our
oolrtcaI horiIsn. bat w.r--thc scry lemon
Of vAr-hlAeksts oar .sJ We haV. bad
~ chslo- "a the matter; war has BEEN
foro,ai aroB us. the ...cu,y ~ Uur home.
has Lesn yiOl.i~i Oat c,u~- have BEN
..ckci and burned oar railroads sni other
mean. OF cOmmonica,iOu have been destroy
r,i the soyrno.sat has been d"ted and 10
.ullrd. aud u. very si,.tepes pot m sop
arty BY the l.~ls-- hands OF ue.son.
Daring the PAS, year lie i'Hs OF PRO
slavery dyuss,,c- has l-eu broken en- up,n
the traitor. ba,. b.-a expelled from the
.ho,e il,uss. ard tho government IN IT Cd
IsiDsIr.tiOn r stored 10 tie principles
watch originally tnsusuratsi 1t. Treason
Ia, hc,a drsyua irOm the seat OF the GOV.
eminent b.cs u - native south. where.
- Ne hasc .lSe.dy sad. Z: has ripeneJ 'nto
Op-n rvbsllIJn. one year az. e'sry SOUTH
cru State nas Gsbuns against the govern
meut, NJ, IN he foil aud und i.surhsd en-
s.ym-EI 0i srs-y blessing that our excellent
institutions c'uli b.~tnw not single con
Siu,pnal rish' bad bSea denied them. anil
universal I-aes ant Prosperity evtry~hsrs
pry'ad-l ,belr b1rier-. and now none at
thee leader. ~ ihi. wicked var cali punt
g. . sIugls .uh-'.ntisl r-.-os - . JI.iihes
ton tor their tIea.opsb!e conduct.
Ma the seen. d. changed; their cite
are Ia ashes, aud the incuatiary torch was
spplci by their own hands. their work.
OF inpTnsl improvement destroyed; their
seld. 3 ISOLATED and f!o~sd up ~ tie sword
AMI the cannon all their bs..tfsl forests
laid waste starvation. With th. grin mes-
s-ng-r VI death. stands st ,hew DOOR. pee
ulsne. stalks abroad in the strcets hy night
sDd by day while uni~r.al horror and the
,sry terror. ~ he'll o,er,hadOw the uhOls
land. What . change m single var
Amid the .1llen gloom of the South there
ha. o,-n, since the Inauguration OF the re-
hell,ou. no, single ray Of sunlight. Not
- in the north. The pas: y,ar has brOush'
with IL a rich reward % the hand OF tie
hu,handnan. our field. have produced
mO.llyl.ntifully: we know nothing Of want
AMI the hand OF industry has re.pot rich
rewArd.
4, We turn our rejection. from the old
var o. the ne~. shat can ~e Say? Who
bu, CT ran tel what - in the dun vista Of
rrs future. When will southern nfatua
',pn. m,due... and 'an.,iei-m cease? No
human eve can 80 the ent hut ~ FAR a.
~e are p-Tmittsi 10 look into coising events.
-. 49, hut un- .t-rna,i1s-W, mra tghi
u a.i ~ re bite, >ad R-hsli,sn cin only
~ .a'ducd ~ force. The nfSri can only
end ths conie! agtin., the rights Of man
The nee YEAR ~ili unioah,ei eonsummaie
sA.t he DID year Ia. begun-the .uh.;an-
,,l overthrow Of the vile system Of African
slavery upon this eoniinsnt. What an
s'rn,'ul year Eighteen hundred aud siI
'y''So expect. ,rTy iOyd! oiiis'n 20 DO a"
sSiy--h'. whole duty To he eouLtry and
God. No man can sleep upon hi' pos, the
coming year sl,hOn, gro.s dsr.lisiIon Of
duty. We are passing through a terrible.
ssry ordeal. The coming year !. big with
events. Who eau look forward To the 10.
,ure with indifference? Who can rad With
prophetic Ken the pags that record. the HE.
tory Of 1902 lie, We oil bop. and pray Tor
the best, and never forget that our main
Soahdsuss should b IN God. the S0vsrsisn