, 1863-11-24

will fsrayer prevent the 1eataratIo1 Of the
Union, aud tbe Ictnr1 Of harmony betSeen
the two g1eat sections Of the country. This
opinion take entirely to be without tounda-
tion. =.
No man can dep1are more than do the
miaeries Of every kind, u1avoidab:J incident
u war. Who could stand on this spot and
call to miEd tho scenes Of tho lst to Sd Of
July with any other feeling. A ead fetebsd-
Ing ofwhat would ensue. II war shonid break
me th1eugh life, sud led me perhaps too long
to tread ii the p4th of hopeless compromsse
In the fand endeavsr to conci1iate those Who
were predetermined not to be concit1ated.
But It Ia not true, Is pretended by the rebels
and their tymptthfzeTs, that the war has been
tire regard to those temperaments which arc
senjci1ed BY the law Of nations, by our mod
crn civilization, and by the spirit of Christi
anity, Il would he quite easy to point out,
in the recent military history Of the leading
Europcaa powers, acts of violence and cr1sl.
ty, in the protecntIon Of their wazs, to which
when NC. consider the peculiar bitter
ness with which civil WAITS are almost In.
7ariably Wuged, nc may Justly boast
81 the manner in which the United
States hare carried on the contest. It Is Of
course impossible to prevent the laniess acts
ofstraggless and dessrters, or tho occasional
on distant stations i; but I do not believe there
il, in all history, the record ofa civil war Of
such gigantic dimensions, Whero 80 little has
been done in the, spirit Of yindicsiyeaess as In
this war, by the government and comm andera
OF the United States; and this notWithstana.
ipE the proyocatfon given by the rebel GOT
ernmert by assuming the responsibility Of
wrstches Ike Quantrell, retusfng quarter to
colored troops, aud scourgfng and selling
into slavery tree colo1ed maA from the North,
who faQ into their handle, covering tho sea
With pirates, and starving prisoners Of war to
death.
In the next place, If there are any present
who believe that in addition to the effect Of
the military operations OF the war, the con-
hecation acts, md emancipation proc1ama-
1lons have embittefed, the rebels beyond the
possibility Of reconciliation, would request
leaders and rebel press was just as bitter in
the first months Of the war, nay before a gun
WAS fired, AZ it Is now. There were speeches
made In Congress IN the very last session be-
fore the rebellion, go ferocious as to show
that their authors were 1nder tho influence
Ia any discrimination made BY the Confcde.
rate press in the Infected scorn, hatred aud
contumely, With which every shade Of optn-
ion and sentiment In the loyal States IL treat
ed, the bltteTest contempt is bestowed upon
those ut the North who still speak the Ian
EusRt u EpUqluulEGs AA0 WIZ Ctn4oA12
those measures Of the administration, which
are alleged to have rendered the return Of
peace hopeless.
which oyerrules all things for the best, from
seeming evil still edncing good, has conssi-
tuted eur natures, that the violent excite
ment of the passions In one direction Is gan"
orally followed bY reaction in an opposite
direction, and the sooner for the violence. II
It were not so, II anger produced abiding an-
ger, If hatred caused undyipg hatred, If 1nju.
lies afflicted and retaliated Of necessity led to
new retallatlons, with forever accumulatfug
compound interest ofrevenge, then the world,
cd into an earthly hell, and ths nations Of the
earth would have resolved into clans Of furles
and demons, each forever warning with Ills
ne}ghbor. But 1t Is not 20; al history teaches
different Lesson. EThe wars Of the roses In
England Lasted an entire generstion. from the
worth Field In 14s5. Speaking Of the former,
Hume says: "This was the first blood spill.
ed In that fatal quarrel, which Haa not finish
ed in less than courea OF thirty years; which
! was signalized By twelve pitched battles i;
which opened scene Of extraordinary 1erce-
| ness and cruelty; is computed to hare cost
almost entirely annfhilated the ancieut nobll
| fty Of England. The strong attachments
which, at TINT time, men Of the same kindred
bore to each other, and tho vindlctige spirit
| which was considered q point Of honor, ren.
[ dated the great families tmplacAbla in theft
| resentments, and wldened every moment the
breach between the pa1tfas.n Such WAS the
'state Of things In England, under which an
| entire generation grew up; but when Henry
| VII, ii whom the titles Of the two house.
we're united, went up TO London after the bat.
he was everywhere receiTed With joyous ac'
clamations, "as one orda1Red and sent from
Heaven toput an end to dl4sensionsn which
had 30 long afflicted the country.
The great rebellion in England of the seven
tenth century. sftsr Long s sna angry pfemo,
calling of the long parliament ia 1640, sud to
have ended With the return Of Charles II in
1GG0-tWenty years Of discord, conflict and
| civil war; Of confscatton, plumber, hatec; a
| proud hereditary peerage trampled In the
! dust . national church overturned, its clergy
| beggared, lis most eminent prelate put to
| death; military daspotism established on
the rnins offs monarchy which had subsisted
| seven hundred yeara, and the Legitimate soy.
c1eign brought to the block tho great tamil
lies which adhered to the king prosecuted, i'm
poverlshed, ruined prisoners Of Wat sold to
thing that can emhltter and madden Contend.
Ing factions. Such was tho atate Of things
for twenty years, and Jet, by no gentle tran
sition, but suddenly, land when the re.tors
ton Of affairs appeared most hopeless" the
son Of the <heheaaed sovereign was bsough,
such s.unexpsessible and universal joy" rs lee
the merry monarch to exclaim, ttpe doubted
It had been his own fault lie had been absent sl
lorg, for he saw nobody who did not protest
he mad eyer Wished for his return" *'Ii
this wonderful manner," says Clarendon
put an end to 3 rebellion that had rage6
near twenty years, and had been carried or
| With aQ the horria circumstances Of murder
devastation and parr1cide that fire and sword
in the hsnds of.tas most, wicked men in TIL
world lit 10 roy aliet that is speaking, } coult
be snttrumenta of, aluost to the desolaAo1
of two Kingdoms, and the exceeding defacing
| and deforminE Of the third. By these remarK
able STEPS did the hand OF God, in this shor
space ofhue, not only bind up and heal al
these wounds, pat egsn nade tae ssar "a oo
discernable, rs, In respect to the deep1ess,
mas possible, which ~as IA glorious addition t
the delIvezance."
In Germany, the wars Of the Reformation
ard of Charles Y. in the 1Gth century, TIL
thirty years. war In the 17th century, th'
Beven years war In the lSsh century, not t.
speak OF other less celebrated contests, en-
4 tailed upon th<tcountry all the miseries Q
intestine strif7 for more than three centuries
At the cloee OF the last named Whr, san of1
ccr," says AschenLoIz, 'sEode through se7e1
villages In Hesse and found in them but on
human being."' More than three hnudre'
municipalities. comprehended IN the Empire
fermented With the fierce passions Of prou
and petty States; at the commencement q
this period tho castles Of robber Count
| ftowned upon every hilltop; dreadful secre
tribunal ftoze the hearts Of men with terro
throughout the land; religious hatred ming
led Its bitter poison IN the seathipg canldro
Of provincial animoslty-but OF al thes
deadly enmities between the States Of Ge1
. many, scarcely the memory remains. Tael
Is no country In the world in which the sent
ment Of national bothrerhood Ia stronger.
In Italy, on the breaking up Of the Roma
Empire, society might be said to be resolve
whose only movement WAS that Of mutual II
pnlsion, Ruthless barbarians had destroye
The old organizations aud covered the Ian
with merciless fsudallsm. As tho new ci1
Nization grew up, under the wlog of th
Church, the noble families .and the nalle
the eeecnlsrfeud ofPope and Emperor scourEe
. theland; province againet proyincB;city again:
. city; street against street Wagod remoIseles
war against each other from father to son. Il
, Dante VAS able to I'll his imaginary hell wit
, the real demons Of Italian History. So fsre
, | poet exile himself, the glory OF his nativ
:. city md Of his native languagge, mas by d
:: cree of the municipality, ordered to be burr
+; ed alive il found In the city Of Florence. B.
these deadly fends and hatreds yielded to p.
> liticA Influences, as the hostile caAes wei
: grouped into States under stable govern
. ments; lingering traditions Of the ancie1
nnimosities gradually died awAy, aud no
+ Tuscan and Lombard, Sard1n1an and Neapol
tan, aa II to shame the degenerate sons
:. Ameriea, nre joining In one CRY foz an unite
: Italy.
:. | E-,rd q n tho 17fh, mt tn EraaE nf fhe irp1