Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-09
What History VIII Say.

The future historian will recount how
a nation of thirty millions Of people
were living in state of fraternal con-
cord, under Constitution and system
of laws devised by themselves how
they were in the enjoyment of a liberty
so large and perfect, that no wrong WAS
perpetrated upon the citizen which the
law could not ayenge-no political
privilege enjoyed by the rich, that was
not also attainable by the poor how
our power as a nation was feared and
respected abroad how our population
was rapidly on the increase, and the
sails Of our trading vessels whitned
every sea; how the North and the South,
the East and the West, enjoyed equal
rights in the Government, which was as
perfect and bencfcent in it's operations
as human wisdom could devise how the
ambition Of a few desperate Adventures.
led them to plot treason against it how
by false teachings the reasonable utter
ances they alienated the feelings of one
section against the other how they re-
sisted President constitutionally elect
ed, broke off from the Government under
a pretence that they feared being OPP
pressed-seized upon the property of
the Government-its forts, arsenals GUS
tom houses, ships, arms, amy
and everything belonging to it which
was likely to aid them in effecting its
destruction how in their zeal to pre-
cipitate a quarrel, they assailed and re-
duced Fort Sumter, thus inaugurating
bloody conflict: and how, after all this
had been done, and more, of character
too fendish to relate, the authors of the
infamy wished to be considered the
,cronged parties and then whiningly
asked to be 'slet alone. y
This is the story which will be told
by those who shall meet in after years
to recount the many battles and their
fcarf | work and the curse of humanity
will be upon those who inaugurated the,
civil strife 1t was a war commenced
without the shadow Of justification
conducted by its authors in spirit of
tho most venomous malignity- for
which all future generations of all ma
tons viii hold the infamous traitors of
the South responsibilities.
1t is likely enough to be so if the
Southern Coniederacy do not succeed in
establishing nationality. The nations
of the world are a good deal effected
BY success, let success attend the put
ting forth of this Confederacy and it will
applaud itself, and it will be applauded
bv others-some others 1t is likely
enough that the Federalist-those whose
faces are set against the South may ex-
ecrate and denounce the thing, butshould
the matter, after all, accomplish its OBJ
icct there will be found historians who
will make it appear noble-a glorious
achievement. This sort of thing is
found to be the rule in past history, and
is applyed even in the case Of indlvldu-
ais Some man commences a desperate
nefariors scheme, he fails and his fail
ure brings anathamas upon his head
some one else goes into a scheme equally
as nefarious, he succeeds and he is APP
plauded 1t is not a sense of honor
of right that the world is disposed to
applaud so much as success. Success,
IN the idea of the world, supposes geni-
US, and genius is worshiped-and many
a time worshiped at the expense of yir-
tue and integrity. And ''the story
which viii be told of this rebellion in
after years viii depend on what end of
the horn it will come out at.-Ed.
Asa The ORIGIN Ofall mems the same.