Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-07

tANueHtIy occupied by the Normaus, the
ancestors OF the present ruling classes; or.
that England in later years has reduced
4Eeland to a painful subjection, in spite of
a'deeP-rooted hatred of race and religion,
and of the proverbial courage and gallant z
ry of the Irishman. Nor need we refer to,
the more recent instances of Poland sub.
lected BY the Russians, of Hungary sub
Jected by the Austriaus, of Iudia subjected
blythe English, and of Algeria subjected
by the French. Thetruth is, that the con.
| quest of a nation is. \ matter! of military
science and force, and though it may be
more or less difficult according to the topo
graphy of the region which is the theatre
tot war or the martial4euergies of the peo-
ple, tits still possible6 under every circum.
stance, if the conquering people be real
~ the superior in resources, skill and
strength. z" 5jai5yt1su ,H5a ~ G6l
1t has been shown by a thousand in
stances, indeed, that, conquest is possible,
even when there are almost iueradicable diff
Iierences of race, religion, language, insti.
tutipns and laws as there were between
the Romans and atheir many victims, the
Franks and the Gauls, the Arabs and the
liSpanlards, the Normans and the Anglo
IiSaxons, the English and the Indians. In
aithousand other cases, where the con-
liquest has not aimed at the objection of
the whole people,, but merely to compel
their submission to certain dynasty or to
a certain form of government, the success
has beenNn no less signal. No people in the
world s'byinature more irrepressible than
the French j none is more apt for war or
more brave; from their origin to the pre-
sent time they have won the highest name
for gallantry : they improvise powerful
armies more readily than any other people,
and
an efficient host than elsew here; and yet
the French, while the greatest military
genius the world has ever produced was
their commander, submitted to the dicta-
ton of the Allies, took back hated line of
rulers, the Bourbons, and for years lived
in patience, and even with a large degree
Dissatisfaction ,ander the government Which
had been imposed upon them by foreign,
ers. Are the people of the South better
prepared for protracted war or more res.
olute and spirited than the French? In
their own conceit doubtless, but not in
the estimation of the historian, the philos-
oPher or the impartial eyery-dAy observer
OF common sense.
But there is one consideration which
renders the problem of permanent con
quest of the South, suppOsing it possible,
III a military sense, much more easy than
THO historical examples to which we have,
referred. 1t is, that there are no vast po-
litical differences to overcome. The great
body iofethe peoPle-ufs the Same! linenge, 4
language. educstiop,s and laws with. our,
selVes-hqye no real grievances to allcge
against the government which we proHer
them. They have never suffered an hours
wong from it; theis statesmen, in sfdct,
have, pronounced it the best on earth
they are used to its practical machinery:
and lit requires of no man, woman, or
child, a submission thatlb any possibility
could be construed into humiliation or
disgrace.
Unlike the Irish, the Hungarians, the Poles
who are subtugated by another race 10 In
stitltions they detest, the Southern beo-
Pile are asked to submit to u Constitution
their fathers devised, which they them
selves have never been able to Seproach,
and which the very leaders who led them
into revolt copied, du pied ae Ia ititre, ID
their own organic law. Their aversion to
the North, then, is merely personal; pre-.
judice carefully instilled into their mindsbe
suPeriors; resting upon no deep foundations
of past injury or of present oppression;
and consequently not likely to endure the
pressure, the trials and the miseries of
prolonged state of hostilities, 1t must give
way In time, and particularly as soon as it
shall be discovered by theimasses that this
war has been made by class-the slave
Enthusiastically in their own class inter
ests, .,.g, f,q.. ,r ''l1'
In saying there are no fundamental
political differences between the North
and the South to be overcome, we do not
overlook tho one radical, pervading and
mOmentous difference of slavery. But
even that docs not appear to us an iTsu-
perable obstacle in the way 'Of an ulti-
mate reduction of the South to obedience
and harmony. On the contrary, it seems
to US an Instrument which, properly used, }.
may assist us greatly in the very process
of reduction. As the single cause of an
tagonidnn IN our forms Of s6ccity, our
methods Of life, our political aims and our
social tendencies and as the pTropellimg
m6tiYe Of the war, it can be 50 managed
! # the government and people of the
North will arouse themselves to the ne3os-
sity; as to BECOME cause for tho speedicr
termination of thewar and Of a closer reg,
onei4iation and friendEness than ever be-
fore obtained iI1et the principles of
the proclamation which declares the free,
dom of the slave be uarried out practically
in several of the cotton states Florida
and Texas, for instanceLan both objects
may be accomplished But our space to-
dhy will not allow us to dcyclope this
Thought IN the way we desire; II - T. %
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