The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-05-15


ity, and the neighborhoods that allow it.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
A. E. BURNSIDE,
Major General.
Commanding Department of the Ohio.
Object and Intent OF the Rebellion.
There never has been a fact more clearly
established to our mind. than that the great
object of the origina,ors Of the Rebellion
was, to change our entire system Of govern
ment from that Of a democratic republican
form, TO an oligarchy or monarchy.
We adhere TO the declaration that slareyy
was the mere pretert for their operation. for
we have the proof from Calhoun's own pen
after the failure Of his attempt to accomplish
his object by means OF the Tariff question
in which he explicitly declared that. in
consequence Of the impossibiity Of inducing
Of her great sugar interest being protected
by the Tariff. the conspirators would be
obliged to forego that question. and fail
hack upon that of slavery. Gen. Jackson
also prophecied that slavery would be the
next pretext to accomplish the end for which
that of tie Tariff had failed.
But, whether by the Tariff or the Slave.
the great object kept continually in view was
an aristocratic form Of government. differ
ing from that v hich our fathers established
by the revolution and the leaders Of the
conspiracy had this ever in view, with the
addition Of negro slavery as the great cor
stone Of their system. il
The Southern Literary Messe, ger, pub
lished at Richmond, the leading political
and literary journal Of the South. known to
speak tie sentiments of the chief conspira-
tors in the rebellion. in its number Of Feb
ruary, thus boldly proclaims their intentions
in the establishment Of new government :
1.-The South is now engaged in death
struggle with q radical democracy, the will
ing instrument Of consolid alton in the hands
Of an abolition oligarchy. That benign in
stitution of Slavery, which it is now the
p1,de and glory of the South to ascribe to-
Divinity, and which war has proven to be
next to the devoted patriotism and undanut-
ed resolution Of her sons--the great element
of power in the Confederacy--willp prove
in prev enting too heavy influx from for
eign shores of that class of population de-
voted TO mental pursuits, another bulwark
against the encroachments Of those tenden;
cies to democracy, which have been the
Pandora's box Of disinteragation and ruin
to all republics. Confederate ia form may
our government be Confederate in fact
Republican in name, let it not be democrat
ic in reality. First of all we should ever
keep before US, as the essential feature in
the image OF perfect government, the States
Right theory. That rigidly adhered to,
will avert the danger of Capitalization OF
power. Secondly, let us seek at once 10
eradicate every vestige of radical democra
cy, every feature tending to make ours pop
ular government. making it subeject only to
the intelligent and yirtuous, and those who
are interested in It's successful administra-
ton.
One among the most important sub
jec's claiming our attention will be the stan.
dsrd Of citizenship. When the struggle
for Independence is finished, the door of our
Janus closed in token of the ;ermina; ion Of
the bloody strife, and the laure.s of victory
en,wine the brow of the youthful Confeder-
aey. We cannot forget the duty OF gratitude,
and deny the fullest privilege of nship
to any OF the noble heroes who have res
cued US from the chains os Seryi,ude. The
gallant foreigners who have sustained Us in
this pioas struggle are all entitled 10 the
common boon Of liberty. But no foreigner
who comes among US after the struggle Is
over should ever enjoy the elective fran-
chise. 1t we cannot check the spread over
our territory Of that spawn of ignorance and
crime which flows in endless issue from the
prisons and dens OF corruption in the marts
OF Europe, We can II least shut out its can
xering effects from the vitals IL our body
polite. We sadly need, too, = property
qualification for native as well "a foreigner.
Its hardly necessary to repeat the triie ar
sument OF the greater iaieIested6ess of the
property holder in the successful admins
traiion OF government, than of him VITO
/ has nothing al stake - We should
have t~o additional qualifications of charac-
ter tor office Offices are TOO easily obtain
ed There is too much room for dema-
goguism. fraud ami corruption. Extremists
! in politics should be stunned as the orig.na-
tors of partisan rancor and sectional strife.
Finally, We should curtali the number OF Of
fcers elective by the people. These, aad
We might suggest others, are some OF the
features In our social organism which have
occurred to rs As sadly needing alteration. :"
- Gen. Curtis has been supsrced by
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