The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-07-02

=" ~" VI 'tSei years INTO the aITnlos
OF france, had so exhausted her arms
bearing population, that in 1914 at Parr.
In 1873 at Waterloo, she fell a srey To
! Europe armed against her It was Bore
dIno, 1t was the Spanish war that sealed
her fate
1t is possible there may be ia the Uni
ted States some few persons Who believe
} IN God, and understand also the differ
ence between right and wrong Such
persons Will observe, in addition 10 what
nave sal / above that IL was the politIcal /
wisdom oil the great ruler or France quite,
as nuch'as the genius Of the great ca rtain
that made her the wonder OF the earth
during his rule, that it Is also true, tha: II
was precisely the two wars that were ur-
dsrtaken in defiance of right and Justice
that overwhelmed France, aud chained
the abiest man or either ancient or ne., -
ern time to the rock Of ST. Helena. i.
was Borodino and Spain that did IT,
say nothing in regard TO the sentiment
that makes the honor and glory OF cur
country, motive for deyoting ones labor
and lie 20 its promotion, fer as yet it is :.
sentiment have not di7coYered IN the
! United States, in the breast Of any man
who !s now engaged, in civil capacity,
in controlling the destnes Of this nation
ta6!Ishod truths, that no nation las eve,
! l0ag survived the extinsu.shmeut o.;
! that sentiment ! do not say that sentj~
ment Is extinct IN the breast OF The nation.
] OF the tinted States IUt to me il appears
/ that Tor The moment il IS stranslei be-
! meath the mad passion. the terrible .ilu-
sloHs, that are now controllingssur fate
Spain was not subIuel, Russia was not,
and France herself succumbed IA. the
. effort 10 subduc them. The statesman.
| ship Of her great Emperor had made them
a.!ies-had brought their policies into
. harmony WITH has owa-but when that
. great man thrcw down the p,n and took
up the sword. and said, by this VIII rule
, he was ovcr.Ay5wn, and France aloug with
him
IT, to these historical "reminiscences, /
/ add reference to the civil val O. Ia Ven>
/ dee, It sill be as much as the limits Of
( this article will adtni; Of
t The discretionary population OF In
/ eHdse. formed perhaps Eot more than t
. tenth Of that 2: France; yet the terrible,
energy. and the vas; zleass of the keyo-
iutionary Government utterly failed in
/ suLiugat.ng those brave but m.staa en peo-
pie When the Directory came in. they put
lioche at the head OF the army c! LaNea-
Gcc-!iocAe, whose genius was second To
nooo-y unless possibly to Nap0leou's and
NapCleou himself considered = eEtre-.elr
doubtful whether his own genius was su~
per.o. to lIocAc sand ilOcLe. with his
amp'e means and great genius, did indeed
ef-ct the dlsarm!ng OF the Nendeans
But he justly SAID, thFy wee not coEguer~
Ell, although they were G.sarmeI-tLat
Government Gagst coEqger their respect,
esteem. and affection, in order 10 subdus
tE,m-and This Hoc;c did do. so fa- as
lie Vas personally concerned, and would
nave ettrctul.ly done on behalf of tho
Government, if they would have permit~
ted him 10 adopt his ogE way--but they
would .o.-a1a that truly great man died
ct twenty nine gears old and when Ma
2,S S. Sas" t.. INTO 70 r9"sr syss year or Or. 'Wo
hands. amidst 4 . .-u@-al chaos which II
was rs business 10 bin; order out Of 1t
did not take him long 10 ret Ia EeEies
right He sent an army there indeed, but
he dill not allow them to fight. He knew
the NeAdeaus could not be conquered by
the s~5Id but lie knew that the sword
wo-,J enforce respect for what he had TO
say to them. = conquered them with 4
prie=t-the abla Be.r.=r, most able man,
whom he afterwards made an archbishop.
Teraier was perfectly able TO comprehend
materially aii him IL perfect:ng them
This mans pen and tongue did the busi~
ness, and it was sfiectual.y done, from
that time tlcncei0rih forever. The In
fercuces that arise from these reminiscent
ces are Obvious enough. Napoleon HIM
self could not conquer any body with ihs
sword alone. lie would not even Try !s
on La Ncrdee, for he had seen il tried and
fail. His sword and policy united, had
made him master OF Europe When ho
threw aside policy, and said, as he did at
BOrodimo and IN Spain, sly sword shall
stand Tor an argument, he perished by the
sword. The sword Is the only argument
we are using with the south, and il Will
not be a successful one. Arkansas overs
run Tennessee oyerrun. Mississippi overs
rur,-what better of are we there to-day
substantially, than 7Te were two years ago:
Are not the itai3nS on our rear, annulIIng
our victories, that Is, II we have obtained
any? conclude then. that the south
cannot be subjucatcd. Can the Union DO
restored? Impossible, as Judge, for L
see no one trying to restore il. The south
have an army of three or four hundred
thousand men fighting against it backed
by = unanimous public sentiment through
out her dominion The north have an
army of six or seven hundred thousand
men fighting against it, backed, at the
present moment by majority of the pub
lie sentiment OF that section over which
she holds dominion The north is adj
dressing 40 argument 10 the south, except
that carried upon the points o. her soldiers
5ayonets. And that argument Is not,
come back into the Union, with all of
your political rights and franchises as they
were, but it is, take such political rights
and franchises as it shall be our pleasure
10 give YOU That is but another way of
saying, you shall hold your political rights
and franchises at the will of the VICTOR
Happily for mankind, there have not been
in modern time, among civilized men, any
such yIctors. Why, you cannot control
even horse, Dy main force alone, much
less men. Yet these who are controls
ing the dcstincs of this nation, are ignor-
ant OF these laws or disregard them, and
carnage and corruption, ON a scale of mag
nituIe never equaIled, are paying the PEN
alty. Policy, wisdom. prudence, all for,
bid entering into development, az the
present moment, OF all the reasons, why
a discovered Government over the terri
tory Of the United States, will be fatal TO
the liberties. the honor the peace of the
whole people, north and south. The time
has not vet come for entering publicly,
into all these reasons. The most material
one oaght lot now to be discussed, and
never, If it is possible 10 avoid It, But
unless the course of events Is changed, 1t
will show itself fatally in less than tvo
years, thinl, in less than three. But one
reason, though not the most material one,
j. obvious. IN. computation Of the terrific
ry Of the United States strikes a fatal
blow at the whole system upon which our
political institutions rest. Our liberties
are bouad up with. and are protected by,
our political institutions. When these
fall, our liberties will fall with them. A
standing army, made necessary by such q
state Of things vii cousllumaie G the result