, 1863-07-11
GljIcago Urlbnne,
SATURDAY. JULY. II, 1863.
nr- Oliver. W c11t1cls GEolmes,
Urs11i0 on 11ae -Akh Of Iu1y.

~E1Ae1oA VA <AAE ALI OA ~ 7Kye
The grafton delivered cn the Fourth, By
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, at Boston, .was
probably the best CT the whole crop Of Orb
tlons. We select splendid and telling pass-
ago: 49,: o'o -
Do the citizens Of harrisburg or Phflads1-
pbia quarrel to-day about the strict legality
Of IN executive net meant In good ialth for
their protection against the nader? We are all
citizLus OF Harrisburg, Ill cttizens OF. lAlla~
delphia In this hour Of their peril, aud with the
Gin to understand tho difference between a
good and bad citizen; The Hhn that helps and
the man that h1n1ers; the man who, while
the pirate ie IN sight, complains that our
anchor is dragging In his mud, and tho man
who yiola1cs the prophecies, like our brage
tie flrs1 steamer they could reach. cut her
cable, bore down on the corsair, with a habsas
corpus act that lodged treusy buccaneers in
Fort Preble before sunset!
We cannot then, We cannot be circ1ing in
ward to be sWallo@ed up in the whirlpool Of
national destruction. If our borders are III
yaded, it is on1, as the epnr that Is driven in-
ing mett1e. II our property Is taxed, 1t is
only 10 teach Us that liberty Is worth paying
for as ell q: fighting for. We are pouring
out the most geucrous, blood ofour youth aud
manhood alus! that is always the price that
nils t be paitAur the REDEMPTION of . people.
RES are choking with plenty, whose streets
are gay. with shining robes aud glittering
equii,sges, whose industry is abundant
enough to reap all its overfowi1g harvest,
yet eure Of employment aud It's just rexard,
the soil Ct whose mighty valleys Is an inex-
haustAb1e mine Of fertility. whose mountains
cover up Ench stores Of heat snd power, im-
11r1E IN mi 1n1t fra1
warm all the inhabitants aud work all the
machinery If our planet for uauulnberad
aget, whose pocks pour out rivers Of oil,
whose streams run yellow over beds Of gold
Have We dcy5ene1ated ffum our English
fathers, SO that we cannot do md bear for our
national salvation what they have done aud
borne, o2cr sud over again, for lheir form Of
government? Could England, IN her MARS
with Napoleon, bear IN income tax Of ten per
cent, and must we faint under the burdan Of
an income tax OF three per cent? Was she
content 10 negotfate loan ct fifty three for
the hundred, and that paid in dcpreciated
paper, aud can We talk about financial ruin
with our national stocks ranging from one to
eight above par, and the "Nve-swtniy'' war
1oan eagerly taken by our own peoplo to the
amount Of nearly two hundred lnillisn@, with.
out any check to the f1or Of the carreat press.
ing inward against the doors Of tbs Treasury?
ExceEt 10 those portions of the country Ehic:i
rrc the 1mntd:asd seat 1t var, or liable II be
made SO, ard which having thb greatest in
tercst lot 10 become the border States Of
hostile nations, cau best afford 10 suffer uor,
the state Of prosperity and cumfort is such as
tt astonish those who visit rs from other
countEles. What are war LAKES to nation
which, as VIC are assured on good authority,
has more men worth million nuw, than 1t
had worth ten thuu :and dollars at the clus.
Of the Revolution !; whose whole property is =
hundred times and whose commerce., inland
and foreign, Is five hundred times what 1t w4s
Bank Note Reporter, to show rs what We
know well enough that SO far from having
occasion to trcmole In fear Of our impending
prosperity. For the mul :itudes who are uu-
Fortunate enough to be taxed for million or
more, OF course VIC must feel deeply, at
tue same time suggesting that the more
largely they report thelr incoMes to the tax
gALherer, the more consolation they will find
try. But-}et us saT plainly, it will not hurt
onr people to be taasat Tint there are other
things to be cared for beside money making
and money -8pend1ng; that the time has Come
wltn manhood must assert ltse!t by brave
deeds and noble thoughts, When wonanhood
must assume its most sacred Office, ITO
VAIN, to comfort and, If nsed BE-, TO COM
nland" :" tnose whose services their coun-
try calls. for. This Northern Sec
ton Of the land has become great variety
shop, of which the Atlantic cities are the
lopg extended counter. We hare grown rich
for Hhat. To put gilt bauds on coaeamso's
hats: To sweep The foul sidewalks with the
can send us To 1ook through pla.e-glass
widows aud pity lhe brown soldiers, or sneer
at the black ones7 To reduce the speed Of
trottipg horses aseeond or two below It's old
minimum. To color mcer<chanms? To fauut
in laces and sparkle in diamondss To dredsa
our uaidens' hair with gold dust: To float
through life, tue passive shuttlecocks Of fish
ion. from the avenues to the beaches, aud back
again from the beaches to the ayenuess Was
1t for this that the broad dom3in Of the Wes.~,
ern hemisphere was kept 90 long unvisited by
civilizations tor this, that Time, the father Of
empires, ue1ound ths virgin zone Of this the
youngest Of his daughters, and gave her, beau
tjful IN the long vel of her forests, to the rade
embrace Of the adventurous co1onla:? All this
is u hat We sce around us now, now, while We
are actually fighting this great battle, and
supporting this great load Of indebtedness.
WHIT till tie diamonds 50 bach to the Jews
of Amfterdam; till the plate-g1ass window
bears the fatal announcement, For Sale or 10
L<t: till the yoice OF our Miriam IL obeyed,
as she sings:
'sWeave no more silks, 80 Lyons Ioomsit'
Till the gold dust is combsd from the golden
1.cks, aud boarded to buy bread; till nc fist
driving youth smokes lis clay pipe on the
platform of the lorse~car; till the music
grinders CEASE because none will have them !;
till there are no peaches in tho windows at
tu enty~lour dollars u dozen, and no heaps OF
ba,'apas and pine-alples selling at the street
corners; till the tcu-hounced dress has but
three flounces, and 1t is felony to drink cham
wgne; wait till these, changes chow them.
stises, the signs of deeper wants, the pfeludes
Of exhaustion and bankruptcy; then let us
not be towards with our puracs, while brave
mcn are emptyipg tcc1r hearts upon the earth
for Us, Let Us not whine over our imaginary
ruin, while the reversed current Of circ1fng
erents is carry Ing us further aud farther. every
honr, beyond the influence Of the CREST falling
which was born Of our wealth, and of the
deadly sin which was our fatal Inheritance.
cAurER1zA11oS OF THE corrERuEAps.
There are those who profess to fear that onr
government is becoming . mere irresponsible tyr
Amy. II there sre sny who really brlovo that our
ior himself and family-that coup d etaf Is In
preparation By which be is 10 become Abraham
The First, Del GratIa,-they cannot have duly pom
de1ed ie letter Of June 1eth, in which he unbosoms
hf1asclf with the simplicity Of rustic lore called
upon by an anxious parent to explain his inten-
tions The force Of his argument is not at all in
jured By the homeliness Of his Illustrations. The
that their liberties will be usurped An army Of
1cgtslR,orsf 10 not very Mf'g 10 throw away Its po
cs 1Hd r. idsa H IT, e HI .! 5Gs
Hill monument bni]t on the waves Of Boston har-
bor- We know pretty nearly how much Of SINGER
aid how Ia they are found In company with IN:
compromising hostility to tue armed entmiee OF
the natiou.. We hare lcarnsd to put trno vasae
hs bs ssfsss dss S 81 Bic e hs who bars the
The men wlo arc 80 busy holy. .atoafOg the quar-
ter. decI, while al hands ire wanted to keep the
clip aoat ean no doubt sh9w r. snots fa npGn ~.
thoroughly loyal nan. however, need suffer from
auy arbitrary exercise OF poTor, such as emeFsen.
es Il. e5casg IF dss
tar az to become obnoxious to the pe.emptory
Justice, which takes the place Of slower forms IN
al eeptcra Of fconlasratlon there is no sympathy
1isea, fer III perhaps there 10 even more sat'stac
ton than when an arowed traitor IL caught and
punished; for OF 81! mcn who ara loathed by gen.
| or the Union-none arc so thoroughly loathed 81
the men wio contrive to keep just within the !ul
| its OF the law, while their whole conduct
I'm Consists in stopping an inch eholt oi tsea-
| son, and whose polittcal morality has for It's
safeguard, a ]ust respect for the 1aifoE and the
ju.tee citiscn M aRi' Is uEry | to M aslisr It the %
hands Of Government which In its ncsd and haste
must Of course commit many sEzoza, IL TO takecast
| Il enemy OF rhinder the Government. In carrying
On the war. When the c1amor against usurpatiol
| nndtyranny comes from cftlze1s who can c1sizr
this nrgut;ve N r1t, it may be listened to. Whct
1t comes from those who have done whnt the1
could to serve their country, 1t will Eccere the At
ttntiou it Gceerycs. Doubtless there may prove tt
be wlopgs which demand righttus. but tho pre-
tense Of any plan for changing tic essential pstu
ci2le Of onr seltEosesnins system is q dgGaca
with its contrtTere laugh over an,osE them res
Quarrel today about the etrlof legality Of an e1ecu
tive act meant In good faith for their protection
! a. aiuet tAe invader: We arc al citizens of Har
ri>burr I'LL citizens Of Philadelphia, IN this hou
Of their pesil. And with the enemy st work in GU