The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-01-11

The Rising Flood of Fdeedom.
Since the insane monarch placed his chair
in the edge of the oceans tide, and with eX-
tended sceptre forbade ii to flow to its aecus-
toned level, there has been no more vain
exhibition of human power than the attempt
to bolster up and perpetuate rotten social
system which God has evidently determined
to wipe'o and to stay the tide of events
which, in its irresistible sweep, is to carry the
blessings of liberty TO every soul bearing the
image of its Creator The present dregs of
the once powerful and honorable Democratic
party, now all demoralized and without unity
of action, aud with no leadership competent
to inspire any considerable degree OF popular
confidence and with no unity of purpose ex-
cept to regain lost power and in some way to
do so by opposing the law of humanity and
thwarting the designs of Omnipotence, seem
determined To make farther demonstration OF
impotence and imbecility by striving to up
hold in symmetrical form, what is disintegra-
ting aud falling asunder like the separate
grains of decomposed sandstone, and by re-
sisting the tide which, in all civilized nations,
is setting in one direction.
They see the salvation of God" but recog-
nize it not they see their idols topping from
their pedestals, but they will not understand
the cause; they see things becoming beings,
property becoming intelligent, chattels be-
coming men; they see shackles dissolying,
whips falling from the hands of impotency,
and in their confusion and bewiderment they
fancy that men are only trees walking, and
that all this change is the fruits Of fanaticsm,
the work of radicals, the result OF madmen's
designs. They do not understand that it is a
work which, though man may aid he cannot
prevent; that instead of being the offspring of
radicalism il is more properly the parent of
radicalism, and that to-day thousands and tens
of thousands of men who but a few months
since were among the most unreasonable
"conservatves''-are made radical by areaza-
ton of the fact that events are not only de-
termined but are being shaped and consum-
mated 10 spite Of human effort; by a hand,
unseen perhaps but nevertheless omnipotent.
We have been led to these reflections by
reading the reply of the Chicago Tribune TO
a suggestion OF that singularly conservative"
paper, the Louisville journal. The Journal is
troubled lest the radicals" should get posses
sion of Kentucky as they have of Missouri.
1t winds up lachrymose article by saying
With the very substantial blessing OF the
/" Administration, and the help Of the Jaco-
bins of Missouri, the radicals of Kentucky
are on the point of striking openly, as they
have long been intriguing secretly for the
mastery OF the State
To this the Tribune replies:
The radicals are bound to carry all the slave
states - including Kentucky. The sensible
policy for the Journal to pursue, is to submit
to fate with the best grace possible. The rad
icals began their operations in Western Vir-
ginia, and it did not take them long to make
State and obtain the mastery of it. 1t is true
they enjoyed the very Substantial blessing of
the Administration" while engaged at it, but
that was right.
Next, the radicals laid siege TO MARYLAND,
and in the first campaign they overthrow the
secessionists. In the last campaign they routed
horse, foot and dragons, the combined forces
OF the Kentucky platform men and the Sc
csssionists, and now have quiet and comiorta-
BILE possession of that State. The next attack
was made on Delaware. but the resistance
there was short and feeble. Admonished by
the fate of the Commercials OF Maryland the
Kentucky platform men came down and sur.
rendered. like Cant Scotf,s coon w;thout he.
ing fired at. The fourth slave State to which
the radicals laid sjege. was Missouri. Here
the battle was long and desperate. The @sub-
stanti,l hlassi,,ys or tha Adn;p;stra,ion ), ,nos,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS were given n the consarva-
tiyes. who double Named with The conner
heads and under the leadersbin of tho Rairs
Rates Schofleld and Gamble they ,yithstood
the attack of the radicals for some time
However. like the rebels al yicksburg. thev
were ohl;aad AZ last 10 c,n;,ulate Their VA
raaicai Is assigned 10 MS place, aud the Jac-
which tay 80 gaiIa,iy won ava 'he
will eojoy the every substantial blessings Of
the Administration" To the victors belong