Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-02-20

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( its public opinion to serve q political scheme
I agaiHs; which patriotism protests and which
the go=Ieianl humanity alike condemn.
/ "Grantei, - said they, "that the eoath /.
[ wholly IN tic wrong but, after al, she Is de-
/ terniGel to separste. She can no longer I've
/ with tie north. The var ITSELF, whatever may
I be It's origin, is a new cause Of disuuioa. Is
I what righ; can twenty millions Of men oblige
I ten millions Of their compatriots to continue a
dctestcl alliance, 70 respect contract which
they are resolved 90 break a; any cost Is Il pos
-.ble to imagine that two OF three years Of strife
and misery VIII make the conquered a-1 the
c.1 l.rla I've pescebly together Can =
country two or thrlc TINES as large rs France be
aliu-ltci Wculi there not Le always IN
blro.l between the parties? Separation IS per-
hap= = misfortune. hut to-day the misfortune is
.lrlfarshlc. LIT Il be admitted that the North
ias -le law, the letter AMI the constitution On
lcr -.ic. there remains slways an unbeatable
ru.t: the South wills 90 ll master AZ the S0u-h.
You have not tie right t. crush people ;hs;
feh'= So bri,,ly. Resign yourselyos.'
l. we were less encrvatei by the luxur;cs
u modern life and by the idlrns5s of a long
rcoc-, II oar hearts sill retained some rem
lsn, # liut IatIi1tisIE which, IL 1872, sent
0ur flrcfthers % the shores Of the Rhine,
o.. answer w5.ld b en- easy one. To-iey
! har we can ID longer comprehend il. If
t1-,au1Jw tie south Of France should revolt
aul demand separation, if Alsacc and L lsraine
Wi,h,d b. islllte themselves, what would be.
! d. Isot Gay our right, bat our duty? Would
we stcp ~ count votes, . know If g third OF
c h-E Of thu French people had right to
destroy the national unity, 70 snnihilats
Fahcs, 70 rend IN fragments the glorious
heritage bought with the blood Of our fathers?
No,we would take Up our musketssnd march.
Woe to him who does not feel q his corn-
tTy IL sacred, and that It is glorious % defend
it even AZ the cJst e all possible suferings
aud dangers.
'' Ameriel is rot France; itiss confederation,
3: IS not a nation
Who .2ys ih=t2 Tie South, to justify her
crime. The North says the contrary, and FOR
two years, az the price VI sacrifices without
number etifma that The people o. the United
Sts-ca -rs ons u--l.-, -li That their country
shall rot Be cut in ca0. his is noble This
is grand. and what astoHishes no Is. that
France en- isilain unmo, cd N view of such
Ic,rie-i>-a. I've df country, Is not that the
di.tinEui.h.cg vi.tue of the French pcoFle
What, .l.u. j. the south, and whence does
zla derive this night 1l s-Taratian, 60 loudly
proclaimed ? T. it O. Conquered Ielule that
sess- '7 l,clrer its independence, Ike L'n-
7-r-r i- lt 81 distinct race that wishes 70
longer Gu continue N oppressive alliauce2
~, t--g -r- communities ot Planters e--sl-
ii-l-- BY AueIl---. hands, Oh the territories
-- --- Ja!lc, wa1 rl--l- withou: s1y 0thcr
reason than their own ambition. LEI tus take
q nap e. the ni-ed states. L We except
Virginia. Tie two Car0lla-s and Georgia,
wll-l were orl sinaliv L-Ei,sl colonies, ell
the .-a' u the south is .,-Llel uI1l lands
bought and uaiI for 5J the Union. hat Is
o say, tl- N-.-a hs- iornc the greatest part
oi the expense Louisiana was SID 81 the
United states IN lso+, by the trsi Consul,
or h'- millions %! dollars Florida was
pureaassl IF Spain IN l,-e, fer about
wcnfy-hye millions. Ihe Mexican war, with
t- Get Of q billion o! money and It's cruel
l-sscs, was necessary % secure Iexas. In
s-0-., ot I'll the rich territories tHut border
the Mississippi ari he Missouri from their
source t3 their mouth, thcr. is not one ilrh
bag bus tscn laii iar W the Union, and
therefore ..i---- to &. lt is the Lui-n ,aat
bee driven e1t ar iul-uliLel Gle lll.'re. Il
IS t" lal. t.a- has lsl.- al the forts, the
dic.-, tac lighthouses a.d h7rt1rs. Il II thc
Jli.. t...- D.ate aa ,.,.c DESERT llcc,- @.
va .-.sI -, e-cl i..'i-n Ias-l -e.
N.-..a f-i a- -.'-ae..i ,ael-lled land
Tlu.,I --t-- lll., ana tal-. l-usi ilt,
'.,..i-.IaS s-1t.- t-e-' -rc-iie -lit-de-. Can
".. t.Ha-Ir, ~-e.. 1ui,y !. everywhere tsc
-..Hl aJ cug.r-t, --5' gs -itic O. proper
y af -2'r-i a- ,.is'-a country more cl-ire-
J.. t.r Common work %. g whole people! And
n f..H cd q. 4. !
-i-,. s. Territory which belongs % al, and
a. ah s1-e tlr themselves ;he tr-- pert o.. it,
Can @ minority 'c Permitted 60 destroy Jle
tuila and 10 impeIij its fast bene'actlrs,
without whom, indeed, j. could not exist!
Z, -ay tlst this revolt Is 10; impilus, is 10
ssy tlat caprice constitutes lis1t.
It's not, however, a political reason only
which opposes tre-epant.,n. It's geography,
the situation Of tie different portions. obhses
the United States to form one nation. Straho,
the vast country We now call
France, said with the foresight Of genius,
that bsholding the nature Of the territory
and the courses Of the streams, it was evi-
dent that the forests Of Gaul. then thinly in
habitei, would become the home Of a great
people. Nature had prepared our territory .
to become the theatre of 4 great civilization.
truth, only double valley with an imrer- /
ccpti5lc hcadleyel and two great water cours- I
to, tie Mississippi and the ST. Lawrence. No .
high mountains which separate and isolate .
peoples No natural barriers like the Alps
Out tie SIi-sissippi-to possess the mouth Of
that river Is for the farmers e the West .
question of life and death
Whst should wc sayif tomorrow, Nor
mandy. IN rebellion, should claim as her
lvn Rouen and Havre? And yet, what is
tho course - the Seine compared 70 that Of
The Mississippi, which extends two thousand
.vo hundred and fifty miles, and receives as
tributaries ali the waters Of the West? To
posse. New Olleans is % command Z valley
which comprises tro-thirds Of the United
States. I've will ueutralize the river"
they sa~. We al know what such promises
aye worth. We have seen what Russia did
rith the mouth u tie Danube The Cri-
mean war was necessary that Germany might
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