The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-03-13
BenJ amin a Type Of the Southern
COnfederacy.

X, ''The thing that hath been is that which
m shall he and that which i. done is tina
which shall be done and there is no new
thing Under the SUM-" This is emphatical
" true OF the rebellion now existing in oar
3 southern States; its counterpart was enac.
TED more than three thousand wears ago,
when Benjamin rebelled against the author.
. % ity of Israel. See Judges. chap xx.
-. Between the events which transpred du-
90 ring the rebellion of Benjamin. and those
"a which have already transped since the
-. breaking out OF rebellion in our Southern
90 States there exists a striking analogy.
90 LIST. Be/ore Ike breaking out ofthe rebel
hon IN either nation there existed Jetweeu
90 tie Americans and AyaelttiM peoole seeeraI
90 points of analogy In both com m on wealths,
:. al the commencement of their nationality,
70 1ne land was occupied by thirteen colonies,
lie WIN popul ,tion OF between two and three
le millions Of Inhabitants. In each nation. the
is people OF the different sections of that ma.
uoh spoke the same language, they wor.
L shipped God under the same forms of re-.
IIgion; they possessed common history
they were descended from a common par
o entage, and were under the same form of
e 9ovefnnent-a government in which, whilst
eaen D'ate was seperate from the others, in
asmuch as 1t regulated its own internal af.
prince or governor, it W as united in the
closest OF bonds with all the others, SO that
.ne several states in each land formed a
redeIal Government for the CONDUCTING of
'he auaiis OF the nation in general and the |
prosecution OF wars offensive and defensive
Iach haiion, thus constituted, began to make
'or iiseI a name among the nations of the
earth-by some they were feared, by all
respected Within themselves they had the
elements OF prosperity. All the circum-
stances IN which they wers placed were
caiauiated TO promote the welfare and hap
P'ness OF their citizens both in public and
private life They each possessed rich
country--a land OVERLOOKING with milk and j
honey-and that land was a unit, being d
evidently designed by God to be the home !
OF one people. for 10 neither territory are Il
there any great natural barriers to prevent j,
national unity. And in each nation a re. f
oeihon broke out In the eighty.6fth year of v
lis nafionaliiy--that being the De, iod which o
in'eivened' 10 the one case. between the re- A
cePtion OF the Law. I491 B. c., when Is- 81
raei passed from bondage to independence, al
rom Deing family to begin a ration, and b,
ne rebellion OF Benjamin. l4O6 B. c.; and de
the other, from the signing of the Dec
araiion OF Independence. I776, to the firing see
n Fort Sumter, 1861. IN
z. attic breaking out of Tie rebellion. Be
moot hnmiiaftng Disgrace oas 6rought sci
pom each nation by portion of the inAab. Gi
ANS of that nation. On Israel the ieno to
'iny Was brought by the brutal, hellish con- va
nct OF the men of Gibeah, CITY of Ben CHI
amin, toward the concubine Of a certain ar
.ev!e. VI that deed: and dshs--maaass-i.--ti>.
There was no such deed done, or error.
rom the day that the children of Israel mi
anne out of the land Of Egypt until this Ga
lay: that is, during the period OF the'r w
nationality no such infamous conduct nau
previously been witnessed in Israel was - :.
,ot this. also. the verdict of the American III
,eople. when they heard of the insult which ne
had been offered to our national ensign, as II z"
aoated on the ramparts of Ft. Sumter? 4
Sd In each nation there acas a grand ne 70
upr;sing of the people. AT the call OF the "a
injured Levite, :" ali the children of Israel i
went out, and the congregation was gather. :,
ed together one man. from Dan even 10 a.
Beershebs. with the land of Gilead, unto u
the lord in Mizpeh.'' Four hundred thous- u ,
and able bodied men freely volunteered their :. !
services to vindicste the national honor
So, to the call of President, at least g g
seven hundred thousand men have freely :,
offered their services to vindicate the honor
of our flag, and maintain, unbroken' our
national union. And have they not come Q
free North, East and West, and from the
land of Gilead the States of Delaware, !
MARYLAND, Western Virginia. Missouri and y
Kentucky? :,
Ath. In both nations The national author
i.ies 0etore proceeding TO the s.f'efton 81
co.dien punishment, gdre assurances tadt " /
,ras rot their purpose TO injure he m"oeent
IN the reJeilious territory. bit only to p"n's"
the guilty. "The tribes of Israel sent men
through all the tribes of Benjamin WHAT
wickednesss is this that is done among you
Now, therefore. deliver us the men. the
children of Belial, that we may put them TO
death, and put away evil from Israel
Was not the frs, proclamation of our acting
President in langus.e omewhat similar to
thise Aud was not this also the language
of Congress, when they voted for placingat
| the disposal of the President both men and
/ money for the prosecution of the war!
| & In neither nation did the rebefs o6eg
the proclamation put forth By the national !
out5aitiss. The children Of Benjamin
would not harken to the voice OF their oreth' 1
ran. the children Of Israel" They took
no steps toward healing the breach which /
the men of Gibeah had occasioned nor did
they seek TO prevent the consequences which
ensued. With q strong sectional spnit ihey
determined to stand by the men OF Gihean.
To the national forces their conduct wouid
seem to say: I'VE will stand by the IN
habitants of GibeSh in what they have done.
Yea. we would ourselves have scted the
same part had we been present. Ihus
the whole tribe of Beujsmiu did in effect,
,rpost facfo make themselves par,skers OF
~ act of the men Of Gibeah. Was not
such ALSO the conduct of the cotton states
Did they no, acknowledge as their own the
naf.,,ous act of South Csrolina'
6. Il. both nations. the rebels Preparea
d to resist the national forces. :" The eh'a
=, rem of Benjamin gathered themselves to-
rether ou. Of the cities unto Gioeah. 10 go
ou, TO battle against the children 81 Israel
L In this purpose they were as unanimous ana