The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-18

How forcibly are certain oldpopular adages
being illustrated In this war. "Whom the
gods wish to destroy they first make mad"
Il was sheer madness that drove the slave
holders Of the South to rebellion, without any |
Just cause, and the destruction of slavery is !
now beyond all manner Of doubt The
naughty and insolent assurance which char
acterized all the Rebel Leaders sa;s, and did
in the beginning 81 the wei, the contempt
they everywhere took occasion to show for the
power o the Government and the loyal peo-
pie of the North, their unscrupulous dishon-
esty and audacity in Selling and appropria-
ting the property of the Government in the
South-all mark the madness which thcn
ruled tho hour at the South Every thing
was carried with high hand. S6berness
and moderation, which, with determination
and frmness Of purpose are always Necessary
to carry through successfully great revolu-
ton, were wholly unknown in their counsels.
We all remember how the intelligence that
President Lincoln had issued proclamation
calling out $4,000 men, was received in the
Rebel Congress, then in session at Montgom-
cry, Alabama. Whatmerrmentitoc casoned
among the members of that grave and august
body, and what coarse jests it was mado the
subject Of How different were the feelings
of the loyal people of the North, with the
prospect Of the country being plunged in a
horrible civil war. Every loyal heart was
deeply impressed with a sense Of the awful
ness and magnitude of the crisis.
Nearly three years Of war have elapsed,
and the confident Vaccinations INDUCED in by
the Southern leaders of the speedy triumph
of their cause, have net and are not likely
now to be verified. The so-called Confedera-
cy has been bisected by the valor Of oul
troops, its armies are now hedged in by loya
baysnets in less than one-third of the terri
tory Rebel leaders set claim to, and the fna
collapse of tse rebellion is undeniably neal
!, Of hand. The heart of every loyal man il
= rejoiced now at the certainty that the old fla
. will soon wave over every foot Of rebel terri
3 tory, while the rebel leaders must now feel il
q at ease, as every day now brings nearer tn
/ grasp of the avenging hand Of justice.
/ Revolutions never go backward" RevC
10 lutions always produce great changes, an
IS these changes are always favorable to hu
e mainly and liberal ideas. No great civil wa
u has occurred for centuries that has not re
= suited in beneftting humanity, by correcting
:, old abuses Of society, or, at least, mitigating
= the evils of it. How very little do we find i
the newspapers published three or four year
=, ago which accord with the IDEAS prevailin
a now respecting slavery. Even what wer
called anti-slayery journals then were file
c. with protestations that there was no deslg
IN on the part Of the people Of the North to il
r terfere with slavery in the South-that Il
Sc Government had no power to iGtcflere vii
T. it, &c. These journals represented the mo
IN advanced anti-slavery sentiment in tile Mort
&c at that time, if we accept the handful OF Ga
N RS man Alb litioniats in New Engllnd.-
y How far behind the spirit Of the times a
Sc such sentiments at this timel
ar The great civil war in this country, viii,
We is now fast coming to an end, will net pro
les an exception to the rule that revolutions
IDS ways result tavorably to humanity. I
ch Shareholders rebelled in order to s a. sh
IN government, with slavery as its "corn
ed stone," that they might forever perpetue
IT. their peculiar institution, which they felt W
lai repugnant to the spirit of age, and their ]
ur bellion will certainly cad with the destrl
ad ton Of slavery and in giving freedom to 70
'as millions Of bondmen.- Cincinnati Times.
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