Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-01-04

tee Of France and England, and gets the military
roads built, then let her Northern and Southern
army close up, and take Cuba as dependency.
and carry out the Monroe doctrine. We want
more room.
We are getting cramped and crowded. and we
must have an outlet for the rush of emigrants
that will pour into the country when we declare
peace. Put discriminating duty on, shutting
ont English goods if England continues to side
with the rebels Don't get alarmed gentlemen.
you know it is all in fun. You know you call me
eccentric, and | must keep up the illusion Eng
land has slept in the middle of the bed long e.
nough. The times are changed The speck on
the horizon is already bigger than an OK cart
The fires Of free opinion have been smouldering
i'll Europe for nearly fifteen years. Poor Poland
is in sackcloth and ashes. Hungary sleeps ava
kingly, and will shortly spring upon the enemy's
camp, when Caprera's chief will land in Venice
France groans under disordered commerce
and diseased finance. Europe has enough to
look after without troubling herself with Amer
ica. Let America lock her gates for while
economize-buy no foreign fabrics-live within
herselt-manutactur her own cotton, and take
the profit we have so long given to England.
Our strength is shown by this contest Six hours
of such rebellion would have changed a dynasty
in France: six days in Austria or Prussia, or
Spain. Six weeks without Ministry would cap
size the English Constitution but after six
months preparation America begins to show her
strength 1t was clever move of the President
in this great national game of chess to give up
Fort Sumtcr-always give away a castle to check
mate your opponent.
The Cabinet have done nobly-Seward upholds
our foreign relations and proved himself the man
we knew he was. SO has Chase-and Welles,
with his five hundred ships of war, armed to the
teeth and Cameron, too, with his million of
fighting men. | don't believe the reports of cor
ruptOn in the Departments they are circulated
by rebel spies aud enemies of the country. |
have faith in Seward and Cameron, and Welles
and Chase, and know the President is an honest
man. | like the strong measures OF the Admins
tration. In times like these one cannot do things
too irmly-strain point in the Constitution if
necessary to save a nation-over with spies
down with the tratorous women-down with the
vile hordes who infcst the country with their
lreason-macadamiz Fort Lafayette with the
best bones of the land if they have chrystalized
into PARTICLES. The civil power is nothing when
Il country is to be saved-give us martial law
overheard with the habeas corpus act and COM
mand obedience with the sword and gallows.
Yes, gentlemen. to put down treason, would
put on the thumb screw. Out with the guillotine
raise the nqnsiton, and enforce the law at
whatever cost of men or money. Break up the
pIllltlup- pTtSS--Suub lue lHOuiH tuu1 h"iS w
breathe against the " Army of the Constitution"
Who thinks of saving brush and comb, sponge
and towel, when the house is in lames VINO
stops for overcOat and carpet-bag when the snip
is in the breakers? Who thinks of wearing White
kid gloves when shells are exploding in the draw
ing room? Let the Administration save inc ma
ton and overlook any little things that may nave
been omitted. Christians hate lseariot-homalis
despisc Cataline-Amercans loathe the name OF
A 20 will Gnuthprn nitrate CnelttalnS
in their exile be marked with contempt by the
patriots of the Constitution. Separation is I'm,
possible Annihilation, absurd. Who ever heard
of twenty million being annihllated
America must change her policy BE more re
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. our mod
esty, and not be too religious about forms A
merica fights with her own men-Our soldiers go
to ba tile for glory, law, iberty-Europeans !'gh'
for pay Ours is volunteer army we have nc
lIessians or hired battalions. Our thirty million
loan, so readily taken by our people, is nothing
to what we can do. England spends that sun
every year on army and navy. The days o
Perry aud Decatur and Paul Jones are to b'
revived. The fleets are ot-a new set OF tao
tics-take IIatteras send back the North Car
olna troops, telegraphs the Governor. Take
Savannah !-send back the Georgia regiments
teegraphs the General in command to Beaurc
gard take New Orleans-scud back the Louisi
ana contingent aud shortly Beauregard is lett
high and dry, without an army, having reduced
Virginia to desert like vineyard destroyed by
locusts. Where is Beauregard ?-alone. uncarec
for, forgotten. Where is Davis?-ill il mind, il
in body, the shattered frame battling with the
diseased brain and the scared conscience. The
North nourishes amid the clash of arms-stocks
rising, bullion increasing ships launching, facto
rles building, corn shipping, while the South is
paralyzed, aud England aud the world wondering
where it will all end Why do consols drop day
after day unless there is some terrible secret in
Downing street? Why does France borrow two
millions from the Bank of England unless France
is about to send an army somewhere verify
the times are changing, and it may turn out that
America is not only the richest country but
POSSESSES one half the common sense, three fourhs
the enterprise aud seven cghths of the beauty OF
the world.