, 1863-02-24
WHAT THE LEADING EEB.
Ell PAPERS SAY.
They Sheer at V0lIandfshamss CpucIl-
lAtfon and Peace Ideas.
From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. IL

From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. il
This section Of the alien enemy which is
now cndeavoring to reduce our country, by
fire, tamine md s1aughtcr-eyen the best of
tl.em-haye no idea Of making peace with us,
except on the basis Of reunion, that is, sub.
mission. Val1and;gAam is the best aud most
peaceably disposed, and in his ''great speech"
We can find not one single practical idea, ex-
eept Plan for getting rid Of The Republican
and putting in their place the Democratic
sharks, who swallowed. 1t before, NIL by
the help Of the South, in reconstructed
Union.
Mutual forgiveness of injuries is beautiful
Was It We who erected that "worst despot-
ISM under which they suffer? Was it we
who shut them up in Fort Lafayette, and ar
rested their editors, and seized their letters
in the post Office? =" But ehall We break up
the Gnlon?'' cries the Democrat. Just as
sir,"crles he, "let us expcl the usurper!'
Mr.. Lincoln is no usurper; you have regu-
larry elected him; VIC wish you joy Of him.
We can not ally ourselves with faction. Iii a
foreign nation to displace Its regular Govern
to the law Of nations, and we have great re-
spcct for the law Of nations.
| AZ for tile "old fag," We presume Mr. Val'
landigham means the flag which has been
waving over the rut1ans Of Butler, the bri-
gands Of Mlroy; the Tag that has symbolizcd
! to us burning towns and households DESC
lated, tho flag that we have seen flying before
us on every battlefield Of Virginia, the flag
| thnt'Ee have torn and trampled within male
| diction, into the mud Of every swamp between
| Yorktown and the Rappahannock! The Dem
ocrats will excuse US; We can never again
| hoist on sea or land that dishonored banner.
We have no objection to Mr.. Vallandigham
| md his Democrats dethroning 'the usurper."
On the contrary, we encourage him in that
enterprise; but he mnst expect no political
alliance with US, and may as well drop the
subject Of that old flag. >.
From the Richmond Dispatch.1
| 'Mr. Vallandigham makes great mistake in
| surprising this to be ci,tl war. It is not a,
| civil war. It is sectional WAT. 1t Ia q war
l between two people who ore as distinct rs the
Russians and the Danes, or the Saxons and
the Dutch. Nor do we speak the same Ian
guagc. The language Of the South is the
English language. The Language Of The North
is English, Dutch, German, Spanish-a COM
pound, ofevcry known language and dialect in
the world. The population Of the South Is
| homogeneous. That Of the North is more het-
erogcnous than that Of the Austrian Empire.
tions have fallen asunder at last, bnt that
they held together 80 long. It would be al-
most as rRional to form the whole continent
Of Europe into single State, mud then expect
1t to continue such.
Mr.. Vallandigham takes up the old geo
graphical argument on which Gen. Webb used
to dilatc with go much unction, and which
was adopted by Lincoln In his last annual
message Nothing can form tho boundaries,
| it seems Of States, but great landmarks. All
the communities living on great river must
belong to the same Government, Certain el.
eyatfons, or natural watersheds, control eve
ry-thing in the direction in which the water
from them flows. Any man who knows any.
thing Of hist0rT and geography, knows that
this style Of arguments is perfectly ridiculous.
How many nations are there on the Rhine :
; How many on the Danube? How many on
the-Pos- Where is the grand natural division
between Spain and Portugal? Between B.'
), var3a and Austria? Between Germany and
Russ}as A. for the watershed argument, il
is sufficient to know that Switzerland is the
. watershed Of all Europe. :.
The lines Of demarcation arise from The
character Of the people. II they are hostile
r | to each other they do not want waters OF
t mountains to separate them. If theY arc not
waters and mountains cannot keep them rs
| under. The idea that this whole continent
: is to be occupied BY one nation is simply pre-
: posterous. In FIVE thousand years the worlt
) has never seen such a thing as 2o0, ,00o, 900 o
7 people speaking the same language aud enjoy
, ing free Institutions, nil under the same go1
cr7mcnt. II Is 4 dream Of Utorinu folly t,
suppose that it ever can exist. The separa
, | tinn has begun, and 1t will continue Ameri
ca, like the Old World. is to be settled b.
= many l,ations. Such isits destiny.