The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-06-23
The True Victory.

Kossuth and Napoleon alike de-
clare that political causes are now
tried before the public opinion Of the
world, and stand or fall by ia ver-
dict Mistakes are sometimes made /;
hasty and erroneous judgments pro-
nounced but such cases are sooner
or later reheard. We have ourselves
just escaped the danger Of such pre-
mature decision, that ''the contest was
Oh the side of North for empire. on
that Of the South for independence"
for which good counsel and skilltul
management had prepared the minds
of the court, and there need be no
longer any fear that the question will
not be heard and decided on what the
course of events shall prove TO be its
merits in the serious opinions Of man
kind. This contest has become too
vast to be controlled even by the in
teniions Of those who carry it on. 1t
is destined TO follow its own course
through hitherto untried condition Of
human nature and society. II will
have its incidents and episodes, which
il will be our difficult business to deal
with as they arise, but which will
hardly influence the main action or
the grand result. We must live and
act in our day and for our day as best
VIC can; and yet in order to shape our
action so as 10 secure that universal
and decisive verdict, which alone is
victory and peace, it is well TO fix our
minds on those conditions which will
be found to be absolute and indispen.
sable in obtaining it.
Nothing but some great good that
we have accomplished or attempted
can arrest the sympathies Of the
world, or will be accepted as compen-
-ation for the shock that has been
given to all its interests ard IDEAS
And The longer disturbance continues,
the higher vii be the demands which
We INST be prepared to meet, in or
der to justify the unprecedented and
awful occurrences of which our coun-
try is the theater. No selfish advan-
tage, bounded by our own interests,
will answer. That will still leave the
immense injury unredrcssed. Still
less will any reasons relating to forms
Of law or government, which however
our imagination or credulity may con-
meet with that substantial well being
| which is the aim of all social organi-
zation, the common sense and the
heart of mankind declare to be quite
a seperaie matter. Republican insii-
tutions, liberties and laws are deserv-
edly dear TO us, but men may be and
are thriving without them and it is
not by their excellencies or their de-
fense that we can attract TO our side
the millions upon millions who know
and care nothing about them. Abet-
ter thing and not better form, a real
benefit, an Improvement about which
there can be no question, happiness
instead Of misery. prosperous, well
organized community, in place Of bru-
tality and oppression, is what we must
offer to the world as the result OF the
sacrifices which We impose upon
them, as well as upon ourselves
Nothing less will satisfy them, or
ought to satisfy us. How il is done
is secondary question, which few be-
yond our own borders will ever care
to ask. All questions bu. the main
one fade away in the distance; and
the fearful price that we are paying
ought to bring US eyesight as clear
and wisdom Of US high character as
. more fortunate situation easily az
fards 10 others.
We are held, then, 10 establish il
/ tie southern states better system Of
society than that which crumbles be-
fore our advancing arms. Easy 40
this may be thought it is likely to fail
unless il is distinctly made an obi-ct
Of design and effort. For although
thu world is prepared to applaud the
extinction Of slavery, which il has IT.
revobably decided 70 be the worst
firm Of sOciriy, it i equally eonyinc-
ed thar any form, that hAs she shape
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