Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-08-13
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in the Newark Jssrsa' q democratic paper that &C.
cupies high position in New Jersey. and indeed
throughout the North, - well - in Europe We
give the whole articles: -, 49,. =
Napoleon once ssid-"America is fortunate
country, for she thrives by the folles Of oi,r Euro
pcan COUNTRIES" ". Bit alas! how she has reversed
her roiicyad iastea1fof thriving by avoiding these
fories, she aas 10. only adopted them. war; tixes
opprsss,ons bat she has gone step farther, and IS
endesvcring to destroy her owa Liberties, the lber-
ties Of white men, in Order to strengthen or secure
those Of the black race. The history OF mankind
presents us with many insane follies OF nations hut
none equal ia insanity T. this stupendous folly Of
Republican America, in this noon Of the nineteeth
cetury. A wear and half ago, the American Re.
puolic. with the motto 'E Rluribns Unum " fam.
ing in her beak, was developing her resources of
mind and body, with an external force, and an in
ternal freedom, that had never parallel in the
worlds history "a continent and two oceans,
said the London Times, care in the hands of this
people" With a most heroic past, we had the
promise of most glorious future. At peace with
all the world, aad with ourselyes-the terror of ma
tions-a career Of national prosperity was opening
before US unlimited in extent rival'ing in happiness
the tabled Utopias of the poets. Out of the once
unknown wilderness, in less than three centuries,
mighty empire had arisen. Upon the scarcely rot,
ted roots Of the primitive rest proud cities stood
tcemng with busy life and growing like the prairie
grass in spring. The boldest and most enthusiastic
SPECTATOR could have scarcely ventured to predict
the destiny of this country, if integrity had con-
tinued to govern her deliberations, and wisdom had
prevailed in her councils. Her worst enemy, as he
looked out upon the vast l6ertance of this people
stretching from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific
from its inland seas at the North to the Floridian
reefs, with all its tecming millions, and all its EVIL
dences Of prosperity everywhere, must have been
compelled to exclsin, with Baal, the son OF peor, IS
be looked out upon the tents OF Israel, whitening
all the plains Of Moab, who can count the dust OF
Jacob or the number of the fourth part OF Israel!
As the vales are they spread forth, as gardens by
the river side, as trees of lign aocs which the Lord
hath planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
All this prosperity and promise for the future was
the natural result of the constitutional policy OF the
democratic party which had ruled in the land so
long. That party held as the policy Of its creed
strict construction Of the Constitution; equal ana
exact Justice to all who are entitled to its privileges
antagnnlsm to all forms of sectonalsm based upon
hostility to institutions whose privileges were guar
aneed by the Constitution. Had such poiicy oeen
adhered to- this nation to-day would have remained
united and HAPPY people. But sectional organi
zalibn protesting for the basis Of its creed eternal
hostility to <.very revolutionary in its origin and
destructive III its policy, proposed to govern THIS
country BY usurpafinn to overthrow anu SET at
naught every gI.rantee OF the Constitution Ia reef
anct to fifteen States o the Enion; 10 shut 'taem
olt Of the IN ,icr',t territories acquired by tht
com noa blood an rrr.+ ii the U;.i,n; TO man
tain tins Union JAS g. Un"n .'etSreE Eagia'''
and Ireland Is mi;n:s,net; Is - 'ifcA: Britain
attempted To na,nta Ii u..c? ;sr,s:aen IT, 'no;
~ country and the american co.J.eS. u hen the
do, 49, ,,.l ,as ,,,r-l
the horrors of civil war ,et,actd, ,ev psrSstenty
refused all attempts &C cOncli,t;on compromise
and preferred the arbitrane,t Of var To that OF
peace and Cancellation. They refused CANCELLATION
and compromise, and when they did so lucy knew
that war would result from the reflat.
The war they invited-nay, longed for-is now
upon lis, and has brought in its train all the ru'n
lat has waited ri on It's blood stained ootSreps.-
livery fundamental principle Ut constitutional her
ty has een scattered I'd the wlids-ehurmous ex-
peuL,ures, the r,sult of Speculation and fraud, de-
aud Oppressive and exOrbitant taxes-whoe heca-
Combs of victims been offered up, and there is
hardly ho,se as in ancient E, sp, IN which there
is not one dead "a large proportion OF the proanc
tive industry is being turned from the peaceful Pur-
suits of agriculture, to where the reapcrs descend
To the harvest Of death everywhere individual and
national bankruptcy are staring US in the face.
In heegslatlve councils Of the nation every hour
makes manifest that the object of the war is not to
uphold the Government the Constitution, or the
onion, but to lit the artificial weights from all
mems shoulders" in the language Of President Lin
cnln-<o wage ian irrepressible conflict" against
the institution Of slavery-to the white man Of his
liberty, that the slave may enjoy it. Nne-tenths Of
the Legislation Of Congress has been this session d.
rected towards the condition Of the slave and how
TO alleviate that condition, while the awful situation
OF this Government, intended for white men, is en-
tirely lost sight Of In the meantime the nation
" reels and staggers to and fro like drunken man.
Democrats of New Jersey the hour when you
are to meet in council is notar distant. Upon you,
together with your contrerss in other States tests
the hope of the country. With bold, vigorous and
determined effort you can help to save it; but it
will not be by haJ:uay, temporising measures
You cannot save it by endorsing and approving the
acts of the present administration; by endorsing
the attacks upon the constitutional liberty of the
subjeet; by approving Of war of subjugation and
determination. The cunning, unprincipled promo
tiers of this war, who are specializing upon the
flood and treasure Of this nation, have no desire
II it shall cease. Under the specous and delusve
cry that the Government is in danger, and the Con-
stltuton must be upheld they are uprooting the
foundations Of the one and rendering nugatory every
provision Of the other. Read the history of the
past year, read the daily legislation of the men in
SouSiesS WHO are nOuIluNiS oh tulS Stre, and then
tell US honestly-do you believe this to be war
for the Union or the preservation Of the Constitu.
tion9 If yon do not it is high time you should
cry aloud and spare not T. ,..t ~
1t is time that you should arouse from the lethar
gy that enervates, and the false security that de.
ludes you. fyon believe that the further continu.
ance Of this war viii only entail untold miseries up
on yourselves and your posterity, you have right
by all constitutional means within your power to
endeavor to make it finality. If not you acknow-
edge a right and power in this Administration
whch only belongs to despotc governments that are
founded III force and not in the consent Of the gov.
erned' : i..A .7. i'sf2H =
Let this war go or in the spirit it is now being
%aged, and you ~l dig an impossible gulf between
Noftn and South. Remember what Senator Doug
las Sa'a IN the Senetc before dsease had damned his
eye ara paral yzed his mind "Whether the war
that these h-pnhiicars now clamor for, lasts one
year seven Years, or thirty yea $ the result must
oe the same-a Cessation OF hostilities when the
parties: oee9 pe exhausted and treaty of peace re-
cosnzng the separate independence Il each section.
Estermination, sa'y'aation or sepqrai;ou one Of
the three, must be the result Of s mar bef,osea the
Northern md Southern Sta'es.a ~ - ~
Now. the question is, viii yo,, wait until xar of
years has ,prostrxted every, interest, DESTROYED
sixth part Of your population II n,ie waste and
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