, 1864-04-02
A REBEL KICK FOR A cor.
PER HEAD.
Review Of mr. Dan. VOORHEES, Inv his
= Friends.


lFzcm tho Richmond Wig, March 1o.l
FANEEE LlNERTr.-Mr. VOORHEES,. pf (nd;-
ane, in a recent speech In the United STATES
House OF Representatives, reminded his .ael7-
ere Of fact which history has tirl1 i, ..s.,tcd,
but which appears to be alwas, i1..y;eea at
the ycrS moment when 1t ongl; 10 ,iriI the
most Impressive lessons. Hcsald that ssLit-
eEty, once lost, has never, III the history Of
the world, been regaiued by the same people"
Is useless to attempt to account for this
phenomenon, with any view Of removing its
causes. The fact remains indisputable. From
TIC days Of Philip to the days Of Napoleon,
history In this respect presents, If not identi-
cal, at least constmi1ar features. The death
OF public liberty has never been followed by
Its resurrection. The fallen temple Of Free
dom has never been reconstructed. After
ages wonder ut its grandeur and mourn its
overthrow, just as the traveller looks with
sad delight on the broken columns Of the
Pa5thenon or the majestic ruins of Palmyra.
But the goddess deserts the fallen temple;
and abandons her Worshipers to the fate
they hive invited. With some nations liber:
u appears to have been an cru OF transition;
with others, Of elimination. Some have en-
joyed 1t for ages with Others 1t has been no
foonc1 won than lost But none that have
suffered it to slip from their grasp have ever
succe eded in regaining 1t.
If then, history teaches Ms any lesson ut
*4is - t1aI A9 peuR4e, ~ ~ enjoy upeFty,
gu! nas efer lost H. HAen ~. foofhees said
Dying people he left rs the Inference that
they are people not fit to 1iye-that II they
have lost their liberty, they arc no, longer
Worthy to enjoy It, or capable Of winning It
back Mr voorhees, is right Ills speech
relteIates ~ that the Southern people hare
INSERTED Of tue conversion Of the North Into
q consolidated despotism Of the, anniht1a:
l!on q NO rlshts OF the States Z; OF the de-
stfnctlsn OF all the principles on which their
lepuDncan system was supposed to be found.
gao e.: NOT was thls result at ~ surprising,
has rannr o. syents n n Inc oh1tea states
nvtmMns1aualng, f",tsslso ns ne" ana rema5kaolo
.Maa.ufes-1ea'nfes aanane "meh represent deeper
aegeneracy, more sudden lapse
lnto 1espotlsm, than. haTe ever
cnalacterazeo te any natlon. ~ required
Eenstauons OF Gotruguon 70 oena @ Ino 70;
man a pe9pae 70 ne odlous yoke o. ilberius'
or or we qespicaole tJfanny OF Vlteuns b9t
NE Yankees plunge headiong from TIC hight
~ ~ uemociauc Incense ahIo lne Pfo1onnaest
aotsses o. tyranny. Historians nave dePiof-
&C. 60 US r. M . Of Ae Atnenian CommenWealth;
oas eaG 1taenM ~ Go4onMealta t.1 was snn
seI.ea py 5ne aplnty 2,, OF fhtnp and the gen1ns
" mieaaaasa Ing s Sam9rets M M o. freedom hafe
Vuinsu n.s. ~ vsc5 sae lat1 VI iog honan hcPuo-
i,.o. &c put aae homan Nepnonc YIELDED TO the
sf9atest staiesman ana inc greatest captain |
OF Lis age. In short, whenever, In preceding /
ages, rcpnoncs nave been overthroWn, or |
commonWcaitns snbVefted, they have sur
rendered to the ability OF tho statesman,' or
lnS enola 81 tne neTo-!o fef1cies, q CGsaf,
TT CromMei!, alN1e OF q Napoleon: tpt Tie Yam
;aaas hees saak az once mo ne deptns Of slavis9
su1mlsslon, ana giadly yield their rights and
thfa5 tGGI a.s Moe1t,es 70 !oqItflaIe IaM5efS anu
ena sa, soaalsIs, @ 70 Lincoln anu BURNSIDE,
"1n eenenk aue oIant.
oc,-sa ~ ans 3hstsaea Sn.t' melc neeaeo LOT INC
SpnIse 81 tne noqtn IN sepafatlng from tho
.,n, !suI.n, ~ "ou!u pe eu[n!sasa oy the cotem-
poianeo4s history o1 INC uhited atates. The
sa'ss.s "nleu Ieu 70 secession were STRONG
q enougn 70 eonstHute IN ample reason; but
Tue causes which forbid reconstructlon are
lnnnltely stronger. It tue Yankees, before
tht Haf, had shown themselves tito be our
associates, the traits that they have devel-
oped since the Tar prove that they are far
more unit to De cur masters Il NC we're
unHnilng 70 nTe IN Union With tue Yankees
Z nnen they enll Claimed to- be free people,
y most oe aosolately impossible for US to
'eturn 70 them When they have become the
voluntary subjects Of a contemplate hut re-
lentleas despot. We refused to be their fel-
NE can never consent to be.
come their felloW-s1nves.
=, Yet Mr. Voorhees,, representing rhose Win |
claim to be the tspeace party u Of The North. |
the old Democracy, the peculiar friends Of l.
he South, warns us, with d deIj~htfnI sim. !
p1icity, not to look forward to separation and
He commences by sayint.
hat nation which once loses Ifs libertY
aerer rcgaius It. he proves that the Yankees
nave lost their liberty, and then says that the
1ext Presidential election: will "put an end |
o war and death, and bring constitutional