Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-01-23


Wars may not always be suce essful in securing
the objects for which they are institutedand car
ned on, yst in many instances unexpected bene
fits will grow out of the horrors and desolations
which are the usual concomitants of a struggle
between two great and mighty nations. The
present rebellion, which for three years has des-
olated the land, carrying sorrow to tens " thou
sands of firesides, and leaving record which
centuries cannot efface. forms no exc ption to
the proposition. From the carnage of the battle
field, and the sn0uiderinp hr6 OF ruined Cite,
a glorious benefit has resulted-unr which we
may not Prize at it, true value now, hut to hich
the historian of future generations will point as
the second err, of human freedom in the Westu IN
World
For thirty years the American nation had been
silent and patieE: under the workings o. sys-
tenn which every M. of intelligence an3
knew to be All urmitigated evil. A syst n hich
could have but one feet if allowed t. r, N il,
unchecked-to rake the rich richer III tlu "".r
poorer az ! to fcet. in our r. rrhlirar ..nuttrv
gfowin" frlin' vf rist,rlcy v hirl, N,h,l 4
last culminst, in n ,nt-rt.t to th,rthrn4 tLr
wise AMI ls,trivti f.r,t ',f Gao, rtmrnt t,tnde |
by patriot rra a,ul rer'r nl"'n it rims l".~l'
aristocrarv. t.,rhimpNI Att,r lsilt,rh fut III the
Old World tn,,iri,n, i,.t t...-lir,- ,ts+nrl "a
men, and tn, lie sire. r,tl,- all cNtrilt 1.nutI
manifests it-'-lf IN c.,rlv life. II il trn Na.
der that children re rel in the milst If hundreds
of others who tanrht ~ obey tIu.ir ,livtt'at
behests, who look upon those By whom tuv ore
surrounded as but chattels subject to their Will
should have the /. cling of ar bition Qauda'lr
when in pursuit of a worthy object,) stimuli tie
to that degree that desire to rule over whit"
men as well as black servants should BE- engen-
dered. To this phas of the :! patriarchal insti-
tuition - may safely be attributed the bombast ic
pride of many of the scions of chivalry.
And yet, although the evils of the system even
at early day were such as to cause sad mis-
givings among statesmen, South as well as North,
it has grown up in our midst with scarce voice
raised againstit. We have stood t. igue-tied,
and if, perchance here and there word has been
snoken in opposition to the evil by some one who
but speaks the sentiment of the age, the speaker
would be prescribed ct once All else was open
to discussion, banks tariff. everything bu'
that, which ust be let alone from olives of
policy.
There is no such intolerance now. The blood
of n hundred battle-fields has gone far towards
washing out the stain of this rreat national sin.
We have bee taught lesson bitter but instruc-
tive-never to sa ction wrong through ,tives
OF expediency. And now that the ball is fully
in motion, the reaction commenced the good
work bids fair to go until not vestige of the
- peculiar institution - shall be left T. lot the
pages of national history. We longer
look to the Border States to know if they
vet true to the Union, but to see how the cause
of Emancipation progresses and the result is
such as to sat " tn most ardent friends of the
are even more radical than in the North. Louisi-
ana, Tennessee and Arkansas have caught the
spirit of freedom, and ere another year has pass
ed we may look to the vacant places of their
States in the National Councils filled by the
representa- YES of free constituencies.
So may it be with all. Then shall We be free
in reality as well as in name. The only stain
upon our proud escutcheon will he effaced, the
only blot uponour civilization swept away. Our
land will be truly the @ land of the free ~ and
with each return of our country's natal day the
thanks of q .teful people will ascend to Heaven.
no longer mingled with the appeals of the bonds
This is one of the fruits of this war, and
it is amp, recompense for the sacrifice made.