The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-08


{ rriisiou--in a common government
and IN the very structure Of our do
main--in is rivers and indyisHble
lines Of territory, has signi6ed that il
is made for one country aud no more.
We admit that il is & large domain ;
We admit that apprehensious may
arise, from tie idquiry, can
q peoI le covering so large a cuun.
Try, stretching from the frozen North
to the Sunny Souih--from the Allan
/ tic 10 The paei6c--a country eaIabl
Of supporting its hundreds Of millions,
/ be made homogen, Gus, and so elevated
and purified that they shall sitld to
! the sway Of the one government at
WashngtonS say we admit that
/ apprehensions may arise in our minds
sometimes, as this same inquiry is star.
/ ted, aud yet, when we remember that
We have the same essential relegiou--
I the same language and in love with the
same form government and bound
i together by bonds OF common and
reyered ancestry, and that the iacili-
+ ties for trade or commerce arc so easy
and rapid that the extreme ends OF the
land may be reached inca week and
/ by electric wire in less than minute I;
nay, when il is considered that there
is no wisdom on earth adequate 10 the
task Of settling TO nm enlire satisiac
\ tion, where the dividing line shall be,
/ it there is 10 be one, or which party
shall hold the grave Of Washington, or
/ the outflow of the Mississippi nay,
more, when we consider the fact that
/ already 10 those portions Of the Union
where the factions OF secession has
/ ragged with the utmost bitterness, yet,
wien overcome by our army, there Is
found az heart deep love for the old
/ Union. rising above, even the love for
! their domestic institutions (Atiicsn
Slayery,) have we moi reason 10 be-
licyr, amid our fears, that are
evolved from a knowledge Of dcprav-
I'd human nature, and the known and
/ bitter hatred Of the Yankees, as all
loyal men are callcd--that what God
las joined together" He has not pur
posed that man shall put asund,r,
rather He has designed this country,
now occupied by the Anglo Saxon
race and within the sweep Of the old
/ Union, to be one and lndivisible now
and forever. And especially may we
believe Ibis, as the rock against which
our bank has struck, and split US well
nigh asunGer is out Of the way. Al
all events we cannot live in peace a,
divded-where lhe rebellion would
cut US asunder and as IL does H. We
talk about war, but who does not know,
that even if the Independence OF the
Southern Conicderacy should be es-
lablisled any where, that as the chill
dren Of Judak and Israel were ever in
quarrel aud at war, after the re-
b, lion 10 the two Govern.
ments. The dividing line 10 the flow
Of the great Mississippi cannot be
found and fixed.
You may as well talk Of findin. the
proper line OF dividing the jugular
vein, or the great arteries Of the body,
80 as 10 produce and prolong life a,
the above. This country is one and
we love it as such, and, we are thank
ful that kind Providence has sctlled
this question for us. We desire no
farther cxpansion-N North or South
East Or West. Ii is large enough We
admit. And here ! would enter aH
humble protest against the argument
found in the North British Review
the organ Of the Free Presbyterian
Chuic eli, Of old s;cotand-an argument
TO prove that llIc old Union is doomed
10 be broken in asunder. And why /?
Among the reasons assigned is, "that
the love of the Union, and the Prime
/ object to restore il are to the end, ilai
a mighty conception Of universal En-
pire may lie realized" that our Gov
ernment is dazzled with the same ob-
ject that led an Alexander 10 conquer
a world and as all Universal Kingdoms
have licked the dust, so ours MUST
He says that the fundamental idea
that inspires the Federal Contest, i
that America belongs TO Americans
that Canada aud Mexico are 10 be
governed at Wasbington--thal the
British are 10 be expelled on botl
sides and that Russia even is to BE
driven across Behring'S Straits and
hence he Federal Government oughl
to give up tie contest apd the mac
ambition Of the people be crushed, aDd
viii he. Now this. | imagine, is new
idea. ! never heard il OF saw i. We
know that as a reality il docs not *.
/ ist. Il Is the yainest chimcra Of the
writers brain.
The people friendly 10 ono Union
Of states are not in favor Of expansion
1t has been the desire of the Sirrt
holders alone to annex tropical ieritor-
les to our national domain, while his
tory is clear, lliat no important mum.
Der of he northern peopie erea, erer de.
sired he dU,eratioa u Canada 70 rs
no oue erer deared Il as matter 81
coHqRea we 10 noi love our country
because We hope for or desire her en-
largement. He Lore Il as Il is-ne
moreno less. The people are op
posed 10 division, and they are equal
ly opposed 10 expansion.