The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-12-16

The o5uidiou ol tle ua'ion, 10 many
81 is aspects. seems 70 call rather for
humiliiy, repentance and seli-abase.
meni before God. For the evils
which many q d have almost fore.
seen and deprecated a. possible, have
aeiaally come upoa u.s.
IL former years We baye seen many
lhings ia tie state of lhe pubic mind
aai ll,e political condition Of ,be dif-
fsrenl sections u the country, that
threatened ! 10 tic collision al soae
future tina Fcw men, a. the Norlh,
expected i % soon. Bu. there las
been not only a series Of event. co :
cnasins i'Ea tendency loa serious rup-
iure Of the two sections OF the com.
try, bot there Is DO doubt thal many.
N lhe South, had been c posting il,
desiring i, and hate prcipilateI L,
by measures carefully devised for III. I
purpose, 50 as to gi,e them what lhey
we're only waiting lor-an occasion
for raising the banner Of revolt, and
bringing % the contest.
do mol care, on this occasion, 10
20 into an inpassioned description Of
tLose proceedings at the South, which
resulted in a disagreement in the nom
ination Of a candidate for the Chief
Magistrate Of lie nation, and finally
in the election Of him who now holds
that important Office.
II the proceedings Of those men
who have since shown themselves to
be leaders in the revolt, we're not in
tended to introduce measure that
should furnish them with something
that might be used as a new plea, and
ralhyag cry for secession, il certainly
looks very much like il, and easily
bears that interpretation. And now
uprises the loud, violent complaint
that a man was called by the vote Of
the people 81 tie Free States, to oc-
cupy the chair OF the Chief Magistrate
Of the nation, who would disregard
their constitutional rights, and be sus-
tanned therein by a majority Of tie
Northern people. II was time TO
strike, therefore.
1t would have been more truthful
to say that the indications Of public
sentiment in the Free States, aud
some portion Of the South, was he
coming more decided in their dislike
Of the sla,e system, more convinced
Of It's inconpaibiliy with tie safety
and improvement Of the people, and
.he proper development Of free insti-
Iutions, and felt constrained, while
every constitutional right to
he STAKEHOLDER, 10 resist, by all prop
er means, its extension TO any Of the
new States and territories. The lead
srs of the slayeholding interest fore
saw, indeed, that the extension OF the
area Of slavery was not TO be expect
d by the consent of the millions born
rec, and determined to remain so,
and that they would become more and
more straiiened by continuing their
relations 10 the North, than by re-
golting from it. And so they Weld
d to the pressure Of evil counsels,
and in their desperation broke the
,ond of Union, AMI rushed into all
hose mad schemes Of rebellion which
nave issued in the bloody strife which
: raging now, which la- spread des-
'lation over large portion Of tbeir
erritory, and ridged il up with human
,raves.
Yes, it is the slave power in the
Southern States that has done this.
Whatever may be the extent Of pres
mt evils, and whatever greater may
'e in store for the land, till all this
alamity be o,erpast, TO the Stare
'oiser we are indebted for it all.
What, then. is this power7 What
5 its nature, aud what is 10 be expect |
d from il, that we should resist its |
ncroachments, and stand up manfully |
gainst it
In the language of the Westminster
1erie,r, The Slave Power, whose
haracter and aims are the cause Of
be American contest, Is The most for /
lidable antagonist 10 civilized prog.
ess which has appeared for many
representing a system Of .
ocieiy at once retrograde and aggres- (
i've, system which, containing in it +
alf no germs Of Improvement, grayi-
ases inevitably towards barbarism,
'hile i i impelled BY exigeneies in
ercnt in It's position and circumstan-
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