The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-12-07
The Crisis Past.

tian Advocate, III an able article, reviews
the condition of the Country the perils
from which it has escaped, and the i'm
mense results that will be reaped as the
heneficent fruits of the great and peace
ful victory of Nov. sth We append an
extract
LAS we approached the new Presidcn-
tial election, it was to be expected that
the enemies Of the nation would seize the
moment as favorable to their hellish de
signs. Vast conspiracies, carefully con
cocted, involving the release Of prisoners.
the burning and sacking of towns and
cities, the assassination of magistrates,
and bloody revolution itself, are now
known 20 have existed. All, too, under
the name of peacc-pcace upon the Pc
tomac and at Richmond-at the price of
blood upon the door-sills of every home
in Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere in the
North How much of mischief was con
templated, only the All seeing One
knows.
The sombre light of Tuesday the Sth,
broke upon us, and, had it been the day
of the nations doom it could not have
been more appropriately gloomy. No
man knew what was before us. Like
mariners upon the ocean. foaming break
but how near the keel was secret to all
but God We watched hourly for the
kilograms from New York, from Buffalo,
from Detroit, from indianapolis, from
Columbus, indeed from every point, for
no one knew from what point of the
frowning cloud the destroying lightning
might dart down like Il fiery sword from
its scabbord. The hours passed, AMI the
word was repeated, '.All progressing
quietly" We thanked God and hrcatled
more freely. We do not doubt that
much of this is to be attributed to the
through preparations of the Government
to meet the eXigency. Butler ut New
York, and Peek ut Buffalo, thoroughly
flanked treason in New York, who Their by
officials or their friends, while Morton
was at home in Indiana and Brough in
Ohio, with Hooker just within call of
either Every where it became manifest
we had a Government and yet not so as
to interfere with the freest exercise of
the electoral franchise a more peace
able election never passed i'll America. It
was wonderful. Who can fail to believe
that our defense, the invisible, was
mightier than Generals or armies. 1t Is
God that has brought rs through the
peril and to Him be all the praise,
Democratic institutions are now being
tested in their weakest point, and thus
far they abide the test. Shall our Coy
eminent he restored 70 its former extent
and powe +? then il will be long before
another attempt shall be ma lc t. destroy
it. We may hope that our children for
many generations will enjoy the blessings
we purchase for them at so bloody price
The present civil war is but the culmina-
49,
like poisoned arrows. at the great Wash
ington, and through him nj the Govern
ment of which he. and Hamilton, and
JAY, and Madison, and such like were the
founders. 1t is but experimenting on
the false principle of the possibility of
two independent and complete sovereign
/ ties within one Government. 1t IS an at
/ tempt to displace the Constitution by the
] effect ARTICLES of Confederation, or
+ that worse substitute for them, the Con
stitution of jefferson Davis, and al in
thei interest of goddess personal ambi
ton, and determination TO perpetuate a
4 cruel bondage at the sable sons Of Africa.
BRkvIrY rHE SoUL OF WIr-The com
mandant Of the Libby Prison issued a
stringent order that Union prisoners must
limit their letters to six lines. The fol
lowing is y specimen:
Ny DEAR WIFE: Yours received-no
hopes of eNchange-send corn starch
want socks--no money-rheumatism III
left shoulder-pickles good-send saus
age-God bless you-kiss the baby
p jail Cnl,,,,,hio'