The Portland daily press., 1864-12-31
WHOLE NO. IA


nowhere 40 We hear the purpose expressed,
even IN The iaintest whisper, 10 suspend The
conflict or Withdraw iIom II, or Cease to con-
iIent and beat lack the enemies OF liberty and
right, aud drive them to the happy NECESSITY
OF asking and accepting, on The Only terms 10
ne on red, an amnesty Tor past Offences, and
tne re establishment OF relations broken and
sundered by their own misdeeds. This sus-
tanned sentiment OF devotion 70 the light and
just, perVading an entire people, not lessened
y me least by ali their losses, but gaining su-
per-aooded energy and strength iiOm every
marty tuom 1t has occasioned, is but proof
tnat 'nls Is not a war, on our part, OF passion
out Of prlneipe--a war forced upon us and
demanded - lhe only means leIL US OF defend
ing The patrimony OF sainted fathers, and
guarding from pillsge and ruin, that temple Of
liberty which They founded on these Western
shorts. We could not DO otherwise Than lake
up The gauntlet cast SO contemporary al us,
by the friends and abettoTs OF social oisork an
ization and OF human bondage. When lhelr
evil purposes were SO SYSTEMATICALLY avowed,
aud when those purposes were followed up by
positive acts OF wanton and unprov0ked hos
ulty, there was no alternative left to n loyal
and liberty loving people, than to 10 lilo The
conflict and eOntiLue IN IL, ill tight had con-
queIed wrong, and The inleg Iity Ui cur Union
and the peTpetualion Oh q lice Re pubic had
been iriumphanuy secuted. Ibis persistsBey
Of principle aud purpose, ON The part OF peO-
pie covering 30 large terrlI0ry and having
such diversity VI local Interests aud pTsdelic-
lions Is amongst the remarkable pbeuomena
OF The age, ana cannot be accounted Tor, with
out devOut reference to Hin who can touch
the chords OF every human tart. aid aIlune
Them into haI mony with his Own de sigLs.-
From The partial evils resulting II ON The CLAN
destlLe and reasonable attempts OF despt RAE
and disloyh men 10 embaTIass Inc govern
ment, and cajole or ioIce il into dlshoDorabe
treaty with those in arms against The Stale.
we may conceive what extended con- usiOn aud
disaster must have ensu, d, had any consiosr-
able number Of the people North OF West ie-
used 10 second The policy o. The admlsualion
Or as their wolst eIeniss .desiied, taken up
arms gaiDst it. Thanks 10 him tho witness
ed those evil devices from their earl est
Inception and saw, unerringly, their diIest and
lalal tendency, they were not suffered 10 de-
ceiEe or delude any more Than mere traction
OF the people. God turned the devices OF the
wicked headlong. He brought 10 light their
evil Vaccinations, IN, such methods, by such
means, and at such opportune COZ functions, rs
almost to renew the history OF ancient times,
when, In the pillar OF fire and OF cloud he led
his chosen people through the wilderness,
when he repr0ved kings for their sakts, and,
in :nnumerable ways, made the wrath OF man
to praise him. These aborlive efforts OF COW
ert treason have but strengthened the de ter
mination OF loyal people TO finish the work
they have begun, to persist in cleansing the
Augean stable OF pro slavery abuses and then
only to sbeathe the sword and the spear and
return to the pruning-hvok and he pillow, when
the patrimonial inheritance shall be disincnm-
bered OF obtruders, when no enemy tort ign or
domestic shall dare to insult or 10 Cypress
freeman. whatever bis complexion, and when,
without any ambiguity, the Consul ulion shall
declare it as the voice OF all the people OF the
United States, that compulsory servitude, ex-
cept for crime, shall be known no more from
lake to gulf-from Atlantic to Pacific.
8. Again, the time has come when no con-
siderable or ineoBsiderable number OF human
beings organized into the form and semblanee
OF n nation, can be wholly Unaffected by the
movements OF every other similar community.
The future historian Of this rebellion will
have to tell how wonderfully the Ruler amongst
the nations preserved us, during all these ac-
cumulated troubles, trom warlike collision
with any other people than our own insuIIec-
tionary ieliow-eitizeDs,- how popular senti-
ment, in Scotland and in England laid an en-
barge on the sinister movements OF q heie di-
tary aristocracy, and forbade any attempt 10
embroil the two ireest nations OF the earth in
sanguinary strife,-kow Russia, heIseliFesting
on despotism nearly absolute, saw much to
frown on the iDsurreciion OF the South and to
rstily, by word and act, her pacific relations
10 the most enlightened and tolerant Of all
republics bow France, or rather Napoleon,
Tor The names are not and never will be iden-
tical) how Napolfob, despite all bic character
istic artifiee ard cunning, could ITame no
device Tor openly and saIely recognizing the
Southern Conie deraey, but, whilst secretly
plortiDg the acknowledgment OF our nation,
kept up, with ali becoming courtesy, his diplo-
matte relations with our Cabinef how Aus
Iria kept carefully in mind the lesson taught
her &c cothedrG by Secretary Webster, aud
never ventured 10 peep OF mutter against the
policy or interests Of q people whom, Il The
wishes Of the house Il Hapsburg could have
prevailed, she would gladly have seen en-
quilted In the maeslrom OF sanguinary Ievo-
lution,-hoW He OF Rome ksus DO "BulI'
against the portheTp heTesy OF p pulaF rights
aud universal freedom, aud only veniuTtd In
response 10 the supphcafory epsIle Of J, fer
son Davis to sugl est In tones and terms OF
guarded iatheriy advice, the expediency Of an
early peace,-hoW MaximiliaI, En ptlor Of
MEXICO, dared not 70 demand the dismissal OF
the republican Mexican ambassador from
Washington nor 10 hint even the Withdrawal
Of our trccps from the bar Ks OF the Rio
Grande,-how all icreien kings and princes
and senators and statesmen have b. en- kept 10
silence and restrained from interference with
rs, as really and a. e1eetually, as we're, Of old,
the lions nom iiJuriDg or even neuacipg
the statesman prophet OF Cbaldea. All this
the future American Macaulay will have 10
relate. And more than this. D0Ting the
whole period Of our intestine difficulties sew
eral-and we may say all European govern
ments have had oifieulIiesof their own which
/ have M QUE stionabIy helped 10 binder their
interference with the Cis-Atlantic troubles.
/ The Polish instruction, Tor example, d. man
ded the almost undivided attention OF Russia
and the fear Of. collision with France and
Britain and the const quent possibility. smount-
ing, for time, TO strong probability Of a
| general European war, led her 10 setk, In
our seas, a shelter for her ships which would
otherwise have been fiozen up In the Vinland
| gulf and rendered thus incapable OF action
had action been required. Scarcely bad the
| instruction in Poland been Quelled by the
| overwhelming force OF numbers, than misun-
| derstandiDgs arose as to the succession oil
rulers in Schleswig and Holsteln which speed
| lily embroiled Russia ard Austria with the
kingdom OF Denmark. and threatened, for 4
time, TO involve the generalpeace OF Europe
| Whilst hostilities were yet wsgiDg Detwixi
these central Kingdoms OF the European con.
tipent, the subjects of French rule In AiiicI
rose In furious though futile insure ciioD, re
| quiTing no small portion OF her military force
10 repress and punish the win attempt At de.
liverance from her sway. A still larger quota
OF her legions was sent over TO this continent,
to make sure Of the conquest Of MEXICO, and
thus prepare the way for coalition with the
Southern CoHifderacy and the extension Of
French commerce, IL not of French rule, ovel
some of our own partially dissneeted states
With 80 many irons in the FIRE, It was poliils
In Napoleon 70 abstain from what he doubles,
earnestly desiTed-a formal recognition OF the
| South, since this would not only have eDdsn
gered his, at best precariOus hold on Mexico.
but have possibly shaken his own throne by
I awskiDg the latent love Of freedom In tht
Empire. IL was necessary for bis purpofes
that diplomatic relations with rs should not
be disturbed, and that, In concert with his
neighbors, be should couflne himself 10 IN,
work Of aiding and abetting the piraiical expe
ditions OF our enemies, and supplying these
/ abundanilyywiih articles Of consumption ant
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