The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-08
ERENSBURG:
THURSDA Y Y:::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::DECEMBER s
Our Country's Future.

1t needs no prophetic ken to look thro'
the thin curtain which hides the future
from our gaze, and behold the glorious
destiny awaiting this country. i thous-
and problems that have puzzled the brains
Of the wisest statesmen that have lived
before US, aud bewildered the judgment
of the living, have been solved in this
war. The rebels themselves have wiped
out slavery, and knocked away the chief
cornerstone Of their boasted confederacy.
They have done that which no human
foresight before the war could see way
of accomplishing. The rebellion has de-
veloped our resources, and shown US our
ability to suffer. 1t has brought to light
thousand facts relating to our natlonai-
ty of which the people never even dreamed.
It has astonished the nations Of the old
world. Our powers Of endurance and
ability 30 cope with the most gigantic re-
bellion the world ever saw have demon
strated to European monarchs that repub-
iican governments possess a vitality and
power hitherto unknown-stronger than
the strongest despotism. All these things
have been clearing away the clouds that
intervene between US and the future, to
the showing, clearly and distinctly, the
glorious destiny awaiting u.s.
When this rebellion shall have gone
under, we shall be the strongest nation on
the globe in military point Of view
The rebellion has developed the highest
order of military genius. 1t has thrown
upon the surface and brought to light an
old fact, almost forgotten, that the great
est generals oftentimes grow up from
among the people. Among our present
military chieftains, we have men second
to none OF those whose names are enrolled
highest upon the page OF history. When
did the world ever behold more exalted
military genius than has been exhibited
by Grant, Sherman, Butler, and host of
lesser lights who have figured in this war ?
With the rebellion over, we shall have
experienced, accomplished officers enough
to whip the world, if provided with COM
petcnt armies; while the men that will
have been trained to the dangers and re-
sponsibilities of the field and camp-sol-
diers acknowleigcdly the best the world
ever saw-will be counted BY hundreds of
thousands. In a word, we shai. be essen
tally a warlike people-a nation to be
feared and respected.
The higher Christian civilization of the
North, with its more progressive spirit,
which slavery has hitherto excluded from
the South, will travel over the whcle ter
ritorv south of Mason and Dixon's line,
and incorporate itsele into the habits,
customs, laws aud usaSes OF society. The
fertile soil of the South, no longer cursed
with the blights and mildews of slavery,
under the influence of Northern industry
will blossom like the rose. The agricul-
tural pro6 ducts Of the South will be more
than quadrupled within four years Of the
closing OF the war, while the change fol
the better in the manufacturing intcres,
will be eveL more striking.
The public domain will be divided uE
into smaller plantations, or still smaller
farms, and instead of d few rich slaveho old
ers owning all the soil, it will be distribu
ted in more equal proportions among th'
industrious masses. The land monopol,