Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-10-25

tne Destruction VI half o million but been wilt
OF the slaughter. Their object being TO re-, OH
Il great name among nations for their exten
of territory. they exulted In the Wholesale
bloodshed by which 1t must be accomplished
because others were unable to mako such O
sactlfce. The struggle Of above two years,
which lo0aened all the bonds which hold society
together, and gave to millions the means
OF showing their capacity, has produced no
lgeniua, civil or military, while tho submie-
sion to every caprice Of tyranny had been
universal and habitual, and never interrupted
BY slpgle aob of resistance 10 the most
hagFant iniraclions Of personal freedom. The
mlschletsy OF mob supremacy have been
Consistently felt, for the calamity Of rational
end respectable mon keeping aloof from the
msnage IN iat of affairs has resulted In the Tyr
amy OF the multitude. To this tyrant thenom-
inat rulers Ihave never withheld their aubmis-
sion and the Prose, catering for the appetites
of the populace, aud panderiDg to their psealopa,
has petsisted 10 every Misrepresentation which
might most disguise the truth as to passing
events, exaggerating each success, extenuating
each defeat, often describing failure as victory;
while the multitude, If the truth by chance
reached them, were one day sunk to despair,
another elsted to ecstBcy, almost at the plea
sure of their rulere and their guides. Nor
WS'V euo huhbOuoouu tnup ptOphHuhCu bpuhuuu
to the event of the war they extended to all
thlpgs-to the measures OF the Government and
the scts of foreign nstioDs, The public feel
Ing muet not be thwarted the people desired to
hear whatever gratifed their vanity or raised
their spirits; and In this deluoion 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 what is true. But IL would be
q great mistske to charge on their false guides
the follies and the crimes which thoy chime In
With and do their best to perpetuste. The
people are determined to their course. Far
from feeling shame at the cruel scenes which
modern agee--nay, which Christian times
have seen nothing to equal-s spectacle at
which the whole world stands sghSs,, almost to
incredulitJ actually glory in itss proof
Of their higher nature, believe themselves to
be the envy as the flower Of mankind, aud
fancy that their powers 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 10
them, and will continue 80 TO the end
"Hear the Just law, the Judgment Of the skies,
They that hate truth shall be the dupes OF Hes;
, And II they will be cheated to tho last,
Delusion strong 90 hell shall bind them fast. l
The feeling toward England which prevails |
among the American people, though arleing |
from tho 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 deepised; neither feeling is |
at all reciprocal, but among our kinsfolk IL |
prevails In degree almost amounting to men |
tai alienation; II can be hardly accounted for |
without recurring TO the ancient gFudge Of the |
A m faar ,was nd nluatraka n
of the View taken by those who have moat |
considered the great subject Of colonial policy,
that We must 30 govern our settlements as 10
prepare for q separation on friendly terms, al.
ways assuming that sooner or later their growth
will bring about their independence: Some
distinguished men In the literary as well as po-
litical world have lately maintained the opinion
shat our colonies are only burden, and that |
they give us no bsnefts worth the expense they |
entail. This 10 o great error, and Is is notpow |
for the first time that ] 80 describe it. Sixty |
years ago, while residing here, published q
work In which the whole subject Was fully ex-
amined in oil It's branches, and demonstration
given Of the -political, social and com,
mercisl-of colonial establishments, with de-
tailed proofs that their cost falls far short Of
their benefits, and that the wars ascrlbed to
them had another origin: The book Was very
soon out Of print, and | have always refused 10
allow second edition. Il might now, how
ever, be Of come use, as the information coa-
tanned respecting the colonies Of all nations
ought to be more generally diffused.. The
lapse Of sixty years has no doubt made great
changes, and the work Is to be viewed as hIa-
torlcal with regard to the facts; but the doc
triles have been CONFIRMED by all that has hap
pened; they are entirely applicable to the pres
ntstate Of affairs, and are most worthy Of at
tention from the promoters OF social science.
His lordship then briefly passed In review the
progress made by our colonies In tho last eixty
years, and what has been done In the way Of
emigration, and then turned to the considera
tion Of topics Of general interest only, III