The weekly intelligencer., 1864-04-05
ANORTHERN NEWS,

3Uelpnla IHcTcNy:
| Two incidents have recently}occurred, and
been ds|y recorded in the newspapers. which,
}aIthough they have elirited but little interest
and remark, are fun of peculiar. significance,
in the fact that they give signal indication
that the American people are growing resent
ful and restive under the "reiyn of terror" to
| which they have submitted for the last two
years like mauy abject and crouching
| slaves.
We aIlude to an occurrence which trans
pired in San Francisco. California, where a
Government official obtruted himself upon al
meeting called for the purpose OF protesting
sgainst the passa &c of law by the I.egisla
lture Placing greentacks uporla par with gold
in point of valus, but was forcet tp SEED safe
lty in II. ght from the popular indignation that
was aroa<cd against him On account "f his
unwarrantaule i,,terference3 and t. another in
Lancaster, Ohio. where the establishment OF
the Eagle, paper devoted to peace princi-
plies and.te Democracy, was destroyed by sol
Ier. insti,ated by AlolitioElsts, in retalia-
zion for which outrage the Democrats arose,
and attacked and guttcd the dwellings Of the
leading fanatices Of the town.
There, we reiterate, are very significant de-
monstratQns. 1t is the last hair tin It breaks
the camers back The Americans have al
ways been patient, law-ablding people: The
-Anglo-Saxon element, SO largely infused into
their veins, makes them slow to anger, and
to forbear " oent and bloody resistance to
| wrong and oppression while a peaceful rem
I edy lies any where near their grasp. But this
very characteristic makes them, when once
aroused to fury, and under the g,'adins s'>ur
O. heated and ungovernabie passion, "tsrri-
Ole As an army with oannes.."
| Possibly it would be we'll for those mos
directly Interested to study this featureoto
our people, ana not count too largely and 20
surely upon that federation whic, :. we con-
fess, has already shatned the American char
acter abroad, and provoked derisisn and
mockery all over Europe.
Nobody would deplore moro deeply than
ourselves the reign of anarchy and social
chaos in our midst. We have the example Of
| France before us, that in the wild maelstrom
of revolution and popular phrenzy humanity
blreds At every pore; and tnat no dove comes
from the ark that Heats upon Its heavng and
turbulent waters; that the good suffer with
the bad. the innocent with the guiity-thxt
all ALIKE are wnellncd beneath ITS ysasty and
rcmorSelcsS waves. And yet there il some
thug more terrible even than this to contem-
plate. 1t is the paralysis of a great people
struck dumb and u,otionless in the presence
Of gigantic despotisin-fearfult to speak, lest
some hired minon OF the prevailing and a.
bounding tyranny shall strike the audaciow>
! \
thought, lest press and writer fall under the
ban Of mai.ed and gauntletcd power-feartul
to move, lest some tate-bearing infortner shall
whisper a suspicion of disloyalty and treason.
Oh! what mental agony to live in such a
rayl-Ss and stariess night IF bondage rs this j
to one who has once tasted the Sweetness of
refined and enlightened liberty!
| 10 break such bonds whole hecatombs of
liv,s have been sacrificed, and the worlds his
tad l~
Of those who have died in n,artyrdom to the
holy cause of truth and djustics.
What has been may be again. History
is philosophy teaching by example" Hence
We say, let those most Interested profit by the
warnings Of the past, and beware how they
tax too much the pa ience and forbearancs
OF this people. Even worm will turn when
trodden upon; and is less expected of man,
If shioned after Gods own image. aad bcar-
ing about him at least Sulne OF the >insifAh hl..
at,4lbutrs of his Maker And may We NOT
nope that the rctaliatory incidents We have
ci,e.t will haze their due effect III checking
those dISgracttul exhibitions Of lawiess and
uSurp,d authority which have become almost
chro. c. and teacn their authors that it i'll
alnt 40 20 play with that vol canic fire v hch
flames III the popular hcari, and IS constant
H., fed by thc-nj"y ncnt and luxury Of popular
liDcF,y.
POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS =
SPEECH OF HON. D. W. VOORHEES,
The Hon. D. W. Voorhees,. Of Indiana, in
his speech in Congress- recently, said:
But sir, the sa'ideSt question embraced
within the scope IF my retr rarks remains to be
answered as draw them close. Has the
policy pursued for the last three years result
ed in the formation Of more perfect Union?
No language that the tongue of man Can
! utter would form expressive an answer to
such Question AS silent survey of tine
,lrt adtul seen. winch res before US. A gull
: OF blood and t. ars and all of human agony Y
i which the afflicted ia, Of man Can know this
side Of the dread abodes of the damned. di
vides the suffering and miserable sections o.
a once fraternal an! con ID people. S;ates
men OF Chris,l faith, imbued with tie los :
spirit OF Him who gave His blessing to the
. merciful, could again span this horrid -cilasTt
: and bind together the torn andbleeding lga
!, me nts of the Union. But evil star is rag
! ing in our sky. and under its malign power
the legislation Of the land appears as the fren
z cd mur'ierous, dis"inted dreams of u mad
MAN IN his Cell. =.
Such penal code as ROW stands in tn,
way Of the return Of the men, women, ant
9 children OF the South to their allegiance, ha.
o no parallel in the annals of the human race
: 4 tho s,,.d miles ai eIDbets with the danglin;
halter and tie ready execulioaer; universa
confiscat tior of property to the remotest pelio,
Of an inn"cent rostsriy; the absolute extel
: rnination OF wiioiss people and the appro
priation Of the dep"puiated country to th
unsparing demands of u more Norman Con
quest; the utter extraction OF every vestiSc 0
our present form of Government by States
4 all this and infinitely moreis coptaned in tn
enactments which already stat the record
i Of Ameracan legislation. But why need
d dwell upon these evidences Of Jisuntonp Tn
great leader of the Administration on thi
floor, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, (M1
Ssevens,) has deliberately here announced
! after AL our satrifces, sorrows, and loss, tina
the Union of our fathers IS dead and he VIII
attempts its resurrection is a criminal instca
l. ola patriot. He goes further. and admits al
these seeded States have ever claime,i-thei
nationality. They have sought in vain III a
J. the four quarters Of the earth for recognition
;. They find 10 at last in the hands Of those wi
. speak for the Administration on this floor.