The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-01-14
The suIcIde on NatIons.

of bygone ages, recording the transmutatious
and changes that have taken place in the
varied governments of earth, showing how
nations have sprung into existence from the
mere segregation of few families, or from
races rising in power, reaching the summit
Of luxurious opulence, then dwindling
gradually to decay or disintsgration, too full
ly sustains the truth of the above assertion.
Egypt, reared meath the fostering care OF
the shepherd kings, has left upon the WON
drous monuments of her skill in science and
art the record of her rise to power, and the
cause that swept her into national oblivion.
Assyria, Babylon, the mighty. prosperous re-
publics Of Tyre aud Charthage followed in
her wake, reached the high piunacles of
wealth and power, became effets, their
powers passed away, and on their necks the
Vietors placed the woke themselves b &C
worn, and left few traces of the splendid
balls wher N onarchs had trod. Now come
the proudest era in the history of the hu-
man race; with Greece's governing form,
political liberty, heretofore unknown arose,
developing the highest, noblest energies of
the human mind, in art, science, wisdom
and morality, spreading the seeds Of those
in her circle of civilization, these traces
have never been obliterated; but the race of
him "who mourned that be had not anoth-
er world to conquer" are base, degenerate,
sycophantic slaves. Her power passed
away, as Rome's to splendor arose-th at
mighty mistress of eIrth who swayed the
destinies of the world, at whose rulers nod
nations rose or fell. The star Of her glory,
Of her governing power of earth, and he
who to-day stands mid the ruins reared by
the centred wealth of conquered provinces,
spent in embellishing the woudrous works
enrich ed by wealth Of art FROM a subiusat-
ed world, traces her pathway from glory to
effeminacy into that night of gloom which
for thousand years o'ersh allowed the earth,
left her the conquered province to a vandal
horde, the mother OF nations, retired in the
womb of bygone ages.
Four centuries have passed away since
through the gloom burst forth the CLEAN Of
light, radiating the pathway of those new
nations to power that pay govern the des-
TIMES of the human race, and confne the
commercial prosperity Of the world to stated
rules.
In 1892, when Spain held an undisputed
sway, aud nations bowed no the proud Mi
da1ges' power, came the discovery of New
World) continent to revolutionize the NOR
al, physical and sec al aspect of the human
race, developing the physical aud scientific
skill of nations, Vieing one with the other
in the lust with luxury, opulence and pow.
er. She has paved the pathway, reached
the goal enriched, and fallen by her own
proud, polite, suicidal course. she plumber
ed her own colonies of all that was rich, I'M
til the people, tottering meath the burden
of her taxation and restrictioDs-their for
tune the pirates spoil-sunk into imbecili-
ty and productiveness, for want of q
mothers fostering and protecting care.
IL -. -
revolu ton, like that bright star to Israel's
shepherds given, a harbinger of peace and
hope to prosecuted man. The period of SUI
perstition and intolerance passed away
Political liberty centred and confined to
select circles of wealthy and landholding
classes in the different forms of governing
power, were destined to be forever exclud-
ed from the revolutionizsd land. The
voice of the people, that for countless CEN
turtles had been held in strict obeyauce to
dictatorial power, would take its place and
mark to tyrant powers a line defining its
metes and bounds, where man became shell
tered in prosperity and happiness beneath
the vine and fig tree reared meath his fos-
teriug, industrious b and around his home
paradise, where once was desert
wild. There, with the nurselings of his
love, no tyrant's polite ban could rob him
of his god givea heritage.
Bold brave, good men were they, who
some score years agone, laid the broad basis
of that social equality which, by its privi-
leges of citizenship, m akes the poor peasant
equal to the kline. Upward she few, and
threw her consolidated banner to the breeze;
nations viewed with wonder her brilliant
rise to power, aud tyrant's listened to her
voice with awe. With scarce 8 600 600 !
population IN her domain, she took lead |
ng place among the nations, her wealth |
300 100000, since that time hath grown |
81 900, 100000, and 100000 population |
axes the place of 100000. But alas! as
to put curb upon the onward march to
wealth and power, she treads the path that
,ther nations trod, aud left but shadows of
heir departed glories. Must wealth, in
reasiug as il gives us place aud power, de-
,enerate our sons? Must moneyed oligarch-
es rise, usurping power place on our necks
gain slavish yoke? Must freedoms star
hat for so long hath brightly shone, dim
nd decline before the usurper's power?-
las the spirit of our revolutionary sires died
ut; has the altar of their political liberty
rown cold. Have we forgotten that our
aihers framed this government for white
len and their posterty forever. Shall
,naticism rule and ruin our hopes for count I
,ss generations unborn! Has wealth so ;
ccumulsted within our borders that our {
manhood has decayed? God forbid! let {
OF old Israel's fate be ours; let not this
tightly vine, brought from the far off lands,
lanted by our fathers, hath taken such
eep roo:, watured by their blood-eover-
g the mountains and the plains like good
cellars, sending forth the boughs and
ranches Of It's com merce into the sea, and I
s distant rivers; let not the hedges be bro {
en- that tyrants may pluck from Us our {
Ope. Alas! to-day it is cutdown; it burns l
lie mighty branches are Topped, our com {
lerce divided. and our enemies laugh and
'joiee over the war, the strife now raging r