Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-17
1.-THE Union as IL Was"

The Union as IL WAS
Thi. has h-eome a art II catch phrase
With old fosis-. The fs--il remains of whig-
gerry and modern d.mocraey lisp Il with
gree, aippancy. They fancy there Is some
thing remarkable about THAT they can
throw out an empty hook aud there will he
fool. enough 90 bite At u. With these men
the world never moves. and social rro:rv-s
ssd pOlsical reform - a humbur. The
man VINO has carefully watched the rro:re..
o, event. since the commencement, IL ,hi.
war. must he coavinred that the - Union as
o. -a.." in the sense in which il Is used BY
the r,rson. We are .reakin: OF. can never
be restored. That We shall save the terri
tory originally belonging 20 the Union a,
the commencement Of thu. war. !, ,ery PRO.
babe. We DO no, believe peace wi. ever
patched or, BY the term. 81 which a single
foo, Of territory will be gwen or to the
rebels.
Revolutions, II successful, change every.
thing; II not successful, they always work
ere,, changes WeA sk how Old Nirs MIA
can again he a. Z" she was? This rsael-
lion IA. virtually divided her territory. and
. new State has turned Up west OF the
mountains, with Governor, a State Gov
eminent, and a Representative in the senate
and lIOuse OF Representatives IN the United
State. By admitting two Senators from
fraction OF tie State &" a. II wa.," Congress
hes taken .tep ,rom which Il never can
rsceds Western Virginia - 90 fariO STATE.
ju.t a. much a. Name. NJ York, " OHIO.
ylrs,n,. i. not only di'II-d m her public
domain. bat her .lcial relations have been
radically changed. slavery IN the new
State .. doomed institution. more than
the. IL Is dead now. Missouri may not. lake
Virginia. become divided. or Ter boundaries
changed We, che never ssaln can - MIS-
souri "ss IL ~as" The institution Of
slavery i. doomed within her horier.. and
the stern logic Oi events will make 10 a free
State. Without .ny PROCLAMATION the bor'
der slave States will som BE- free territory.
Ten. o! thousands OF slaves ate already Trac-
Geally free. Their master. have no control
over them, and never can have.
The war must, in another respect, work a
great change IN the political and social re-
i.tion. OF the entire South. Eli rhaycr's
theory Of {" Colonization " /. no humbuc.
Wuhou; the AID Of tie machinery which he
proposes TO attach to IL as a pr0peliiug Pow.
or. IL will work itself along; sith u, in
hvOrab.e localities. it will Propel with eian,
s,rli,s Whenever the war clo-ss. tens Of
thpuands Of Northern men nov in the
Army will never return 10 the States from
which they came. bat ~ill settle IA ihe
South. By thi. proec.s whole communities
will be changed. including their habits,
manners. customs and domestic Institutions
Another grca, change will inevitably
take place in SOathsrn -1cisty. asa lrciti'
mate result Of the rebellion. Social dr.tinc
,ion. in society will b. comparatively broken
do~n. The slave arisiocracy will lose its
power and luauence. |, will never ugain
b. the dom,neeripg. all eOn,rOllin: power Il
hs. been in time. past. With the downfall
Of the arl-,ocraey. large LANDED estate will
Be divided up. never again To BE- united.
The wealth Of the South will SEEK a more
equitable distribution. There will De fewer
prine,ly estates, and asa natural con-e-
qgenoe. the m,dd!in. classes will De elevated
in the scale Of influence and property. There
will De les very rich and les very poor men.
And this revolution IN the social ins,itu.
tons OF the South, inaugurated by the re-
b-llion. wall travel on. - Revolutions Hsrer
20 backward" Aud great changes in Other
matters will follow IN the wake Of those al
ready limited at Northern men will carry
With them. into the Southern States, the
arts and sciences. the inventive genius. the
morals. the learning. and the mechanic art.
OF the great North.
With these signiscan, events before our
sye-. flashing their light into the futore,
Who bg, mad man or fool will under
take to say the e. Union " can be restored
"s q vas IL Is an impO.-ibility. The
rebels. by inaugurstins the reb lion. have
blo,ted out the - South as IL was" u, ).
% act Of their own. for which the North Is
in no manner responsible. Neither the
demagogoes OF the North. or the rebels OF
sbs South have any power to roll back the
tide Of time, or stop the swelling current. Of
passing events. They will sweep along,
huryins beneath their wave. every hIndrane.
10 che complete fulhllmeni Of their manifest
destiny.