The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

1HA AWHILE Ut EANAs w WV -
" part Of the thirteenth century, when
civil war r1ged throughout the Italian
Peninsula, and every State was arrayed
in hostility against its neighbOring State,
there Was a man sent from God whose
name was John" He was . Monk OF the
illustrious order Of St. Dominic, . man oil
the purest morals and most fcrvid elo'
Quence, and his mission was one Of the
hottest that could fall to the lot Of man.
1t was to reconcile waring States, and out
Of these jarring elements to evoke peace.
His success in this gigantic undertaking
was almost miraculous; citizens, soldiers,
magistrates, mobiles, all Hooked to hear
and be guided by the inspired words Of
the "the healer of brecchcs," and even
the laws were submitted to his revision,
and he was entreated by the authorities
to annul all those statutes which might
give rise to future discussions 1.-THE
preaching of the peace" as it was called,
was more effective than the famous LON
hardy League"
The nobleSt assembly that ever this
world saw was the great Peace COnvcn'
ton convoked by John Of Vicencia, and
held in the plain Of Pagnarra, on the
banks Of the Adige. Never had nobler
enterprise been undertaken than that of
recOnciIing twenty iRiMieal States by the
simple influence Of Christianity, and the
unaided power Of elOquence and never
had an appeal been so irresistible and
successful. The populations of the differ
cnt cities assembled under their national
standards, and the mobiles and bishops
appeared at the head Of their vassaIs,
while from an elevated seat in the middle
81 the plain, ana heard distinctly by every
indiYidOe1 = IL H. 80 -. :...-<-.,.,S, &SAeuc
the voice Of the preacher, and his text
was" My peace | give unto you--My
peace | leave unto yvN." Wc =ss3 ;!;z1
ne preached with an ei0YOeDce ill then
unknown, and concluded by debating to
them a treaty Of Of universal pacificatiOn,
which contained scarcely any other con.
dition than the mutual forgiveness Of
injuries.
Can we not emulate the past? Is
there no "healcr Of breaches" in our day !!
Will all the lessons Of history be thrown
away upon us Where are the superior
civilizing agencies OF our boasted nine.
tenth century that can arrest this de-
struc;Ive civil war raging around us?-
Would that the spirit -0( S'aace A2d Ter
giveness that ennObled the thirteenth GEN.
fury might he cultivated throughout this
Japds a99that The stacUxsHsn OEGee4.;; )
tons Of our country, emuIatinG this no.
blcst episode in history, might arrange
all differences in a grand Peace Conven-
ton, and raise aloft the olive branch as a
token that the angry waters are subsiding
" !. Metropolitan Record.
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HISrow Is PmILosOPmY TEACHING ny
ExANPLE-The abolition Of negro slavery
in the Southern States is simply the ruin
Of the country. The same results would
follow there that took place in the British
and French West Indies when they de-.
stroyed negro slavery. Look at the light
of history. For Jamaica, tables Of i'm
ports and exports show as follows:
Imports. Exports.
1872 E5 ,06s ,s79 LOS, ~
lesS4.......'............. %oS, JO w, SlO
The following is statement Of exports
for St Domingo, now Hayti. where slavery
existed in 1889, and was abolished in the
wild lunacy Of the French Revolution
Cotton, pounds T,OOO,OO JUO,OOa
Coffee, " .... r, ON 100 3l,N, OOO
sugar, .........ljOUOO,0OO none
Indigo, ......... l,OOO,O0 none
OF the condition of the IIayticns, a
writer, quoted 10y McCulloch, in his bic
tiOnary Of Commerce, says:
"This country has made. since its
emancipation, no progress whatever. The
population partially live on the produce
Of the grown.wild coffee plantations, REIN
nants Of the French dominion. Ilsyti is
the most beautiful and fertile Of the An.
titles. But the Incidence Of the negroes
has brought the once splendid plantations
to decay"
This is the fate the AbolitioniSts would
bring upon the Southern United States.
Mr.. Bigelow, discerning writer. now
American Consul in Paris, and formerly
an editor Of the New York Eccming Post,
strong Abolitionst, visited Jamaica but
few years ago. His testimony in this
connection is valuable aud instructive.
And this is what he says Of Jamaica as
late as 1880:
Capable, as it is. Of producing almost
everything, and actually producing moth,
ing, which might not become staple
with proper application Of capital and
skill, its inhabitants are miserably poor,
and daily sinking deeper and deeper into
the utter heIplessness Of a!ect want.
Shipping. has deserted her ports, her mag
niticent sugar and coffee plantations are
running to weeds, her private dwellings
are falling To- decay, the comforts and lux.
uries which belong to industrial proSperi-
ty have been cut of, one by one, from her
inhabitants, and the day, I think. is at
hand when there will be none left to re-
present the wealth, intelligence and hos
pitality for which the Jamaica planter
was once distinguished. - Cincinnati
Enquirer.