M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-11-19


all the bonds which hold societ
tog ether, and gave to, millions; th
means of showing their capacity, ha
produced no genius, civil or military
while the submission to o.eyery capric
of tyranny had been universal AM
habitual, aud never interrupted BY
single act of resistance to the mos
fragrant iniractions ofbuman freedom
The mischiefs of mpbsqprenacy hav'
been constantly felt; for,the calamity
Of rational and respectable men keep
ing aloof from the management o
affairs has resulted in theltYyanny o
the multitude. To this yrapt tn,
nominal rulers have never withheld
their submission and the Press, cat
enng for the appetitCs Of the populact
and pAndering to their passions, has
persisted In every Misrepresentation
which might most disguise the truth
as to passing events, exaggerating
each success, extenuating each defeat
often describing failure as victory ;
while tho multitude, if the truth by
chance reached them, were one day
sunk in despair, another elated ia
ecstacy, almost at the pleasure oftheit
r0lers and their guides. Nor were
the falsehoods thus prOpagate9 con.
fined to the event OF tae war they
extend to all things-to tho measures
of the Government and the acts oil
foreign nations. The public feeling
must not be thwarted; the people
desired to hear whatever gratitied
ther vanity or raised their spirits +;
anG in this delusiOn must they live as
long as the war lasts and the rule is
in the hands of the mob. The truth
they will never hear, because they
desire to hear what is pleasing and
not whatis true But it would be q
great mistake to charge on their false
guides tho fellies and tho crimes
which they chime in with and do their
best to perpetuate. The people are
determined TO their course. Far from
feeling shame at the cruel scenes
which modern ages = nay, which
Christian times-havo seen nothing
TO equal - a spectacle at which the
whole world stands aghaet, almost to
incredulity-they actually glory in it
as a proof of their higher nature, be-
lieve themselves to be the envy as the
flower of mankind, and fancy that
their process would triumph over the
most powerful States Of Europe. In
such illusions their chiefs may not
practically join, but the people are,
beyond doubt, prey to them, and
will continue 80 to the end
"IIear the just law, tho jut tgment of the skies'
They that hate truth shall be the dupes Of lies,
Audi they will becheated 20 the last,
Delusion strong as hell shall bind them fast"
The feeling toward England which
prevails among the American people,
though arising from tEe excess Of
national vanity, and its kindred envy,
is certainly in part the remains Of the
old quarrel that led to the separation.
We are hated and despiSed neither
feeling is at all reciporal, but among
our kinSfolk it prevails in degree
almost amounting to mental aliena
ton it can hardly. be accounted for
without recurring to the ancient
grudgeo of the American war; and it
illustrates the soundness of the view
taken by those who have most con.
sidered the great subject Of colonial
policy, that we must 80 goveen our
settlements as to- prepare for separa,
ton on friendly terms, always assum.
ing that sooner or later their growth
will bring about their independence.
Some distinguished men in the literary
as well as political world have lately
maintained the opinion that our colo
nies are only burden and that they
give US no benefits worth the expense
they entail. This is great error and
it is not now for the fret time that |
80 described it, Sixty years ago, while
residing here, l published a work in
which the whole subject was fully ex.
amined 10 all its branches, and q
demonstration given of the benefits
political, social and commercial--ot
colonial establishments, with detailed
proofs that their cost falls short OF
their benefits, and that the wars as
cribed to them had another origin.
The book was very soon ont OF print,
and have always refused to allow a
second edition. 1t might now, how
ever, be of some use, as the iniorna'
ton contained respe citing the colonies
of all nations ought to be more gener'
ally difiused. The laspof sixty years
has no doubt made great changes, and
the work is to be viewed as historical
with regard to facts; but the doc,
trines have been confirmed by all that
has happened; they are entirely ap-
plicable to the present state Of affairs,