Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-08

THE RESULTS OF THE CoNFIICT.--Fifteen months
ago, on taking charge OF the editorial depart
ment of this journal, among other positions
taken, in the face of infrxible enemies and OF
many weak and fearful friends commended
the forecast aud wisdom of Mr. Stewards ire.
pressible conflict theory, as applied to the strng-
gle On this continent between slavery and free
labor Without exception the enemies OF Tue
Administration and the friends of the rebellion,
Uhen bold and defiant in seditious talk,) assailed
MS with such epithes as &" "abotionlst," =" Niger.
wnrshipper," and the like and confessing the
full truth, hundreds OF those who were the friends
of the Administration and spoke favoraby of She
war. shook their beads in distrust, and lent us
only cold ana passive support. We we're then
in the beginning OF our irOubles; McClellan
was Just appearing the stage as the beroo
Western Virginia Missouri in doubt Ten
nessee was in the grip of the enemy ; the lower
Mississippi was closed by their batteries Ken
lucky was preparing to go out )" everywhere
save IN MeCielau's district rebellion was fear
fully in the ascendant. Treason then popn
lar in California. 1t was dangerous to be sus
pected as an aboltionist. 1t was deemed i'm
prudent aud impolite to advocate the rights of
free labor. The old slave ridden political hacks
who for twelve years had this magnificent State
in the hollow of their hands, were not yet dead
Their allies, the dOughiaces,' were as bringing
and obedient as ever. The loyal press was in
great part shaky and yacillalng it dreaded its
ancient masters; it was barely for the Union and
the war, but generally participated in the whine
against the abolitiQnists and Black Republicans.
All this was quite natural the generality OF
mankind seldom see, or seeing, appreciate the
final results of a grand epoch working in human
affairs. There were, however leo classes of
statesmen and politicians in the country who did
look straight toward results. aud only bonored
the victories Of generals aud the acts of minis
ters as they tended to the accomplishment OF
their res espective ends. The first of these classes
was beaded by Mr.. Seward the second by def
ferson Davis. They each acknowledged the cX.
istence of an irrepressbe conflict but each re-
cognized certain developments, as the war pro-
gresscd and The passions Of the nation and Of the
world became aroused, which they perhaps never
dreamed of before.
Seward and his school of thinkers had hoped
that the irrepressible conflict was to be decided
by commerce, art, science, education. Davis
trusted his cause to the sophjsries of false reli-
gion and corrupt politics. Revolutions 0utrun
the wisest and greatest of men. 1t has been said
that Mirabeau died just in time to save bis repu-
tatiOn and his head had be lived until 1893, he
had gone to the gulotiue The French reyolu
ton commenced by asking restoration Of the
people to their ancient rights uudcr the mon
archy it ended in trampling king and mobiles
under foot, aud humliatlHg the Divine right "
pretensons all over Europe. The American
civil war was begun by robbing the Federal Gov
ernment Of certain forts and arsenal8 in the
name Of States Rights and on our part by an
attempt to recover this stolen property from the
robbers. This was all the country saw for the
first half year. Gradually, and with not much
bloodshed, the forts aud arsenals were recovor@ :.
'Ine l'peopfe got glimpse OF The underlying
cause of the revolution. They discovered on
both sides that the line had come for settling
the accounts Of half century. The antagonists
in the rrepressible conflict we're at last face to
face with the drawn sword. Each was deceived
in the others power, and all the Ola World was
astoundrd at the courage aud grandeur Of the
fight Why not? 1t is 6ght vital to each OF
the combatants and Of the deepest concern to all
mankind San .4HdfeaS Hdependem