M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-05-12

from time to time, the predictions OF
Napoleon during the past three sears,
but without MARSHAL Ney to say Il
see no end to this blsness."
But, MIR, Chairman, how do re
stand in the eyes Of the cIvilizod
world to-day, in waging a wal ofsub.
Ijugation and conquest against the
Confederate States, which have sece-
ded from us and sot up n govyturlont
Of their own I Are we not inconsis-
tent with all our former acts I Have
We not been early to admit this pro-.
per with regard to Others l-Ther,
nevel was a people on The face orrho
earth that demanded an independent
government that did not have tIto
sympathy Of the American people
and ought we now to shrink from the
doctrine we Lave been so willing 10
apply to others My earliest rccoI-
lection is the appeal made by Clay
and Webster in behalf OF Greece, in
1874, when they So eloquently de.
claimed in that behalf on this floor
and in the other branch of Congrvss
Whether it wasGreece or thoStates
of South America, or Poland, or
Hungary, or Italy, or Ireland, the fact
that a large country, for any cause,
demanded distinct and separatcGov,
eminent, always received the warm.
est sympathy and support of the
American people, irrespective of par.
! ty. Even as late Rs December, 1860,
after Mr., Lincoln WAS elected, aud
after the preliminary steps for seces
sion had been taken. the paper hay.
Ing the largest circulation Of any In
the Republican party, and having
mere influence than any other in tho
formation OF Republican opinion, de.
clared that it could cce no reason
why, if three millions of colonists
could separate from the BritishCrown
IN 1776, that five millions Of Sunth.
ernerd could not separate from MS in
1861.
/ have been as much puzzled as the
distinguished Republican editor, Mr..
Greely to find, looking at il as a rev.
oluticnary right, the difference in DO.
sition. Ought we to Shink from tho
application Of doctrine to ourselves
which we have been willing to apply
to other nations, such as Austria, Rns
sia and Spain, il We do, what will le
the judgement of impartial hiStoryg
How much better it woulj have been
tor us aud tho cause Of Democracy
throughout the globe. What a splen.
did trlbn'e it would have been to re-
publican government if we had ;rqr-
ted in peace with our dissatisfied sis
ter States, rs Mr.. Everett recon
mcnded as late as February, 1861,
sustained BY snch leading Republican
Journals as the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, New York Tribune, Indanopo
lis Jonrnal, Chicago TrIbund, New
Haven (Connecticut) Pa lauium, Co.
lumbus Journal, and Salmon p.
Chase now Secretary of the Treasury
and many others oftIrat school. What
in monarchical countries had rsauir
ed a long and bloody war, would hayo
been accomplished by Democratic
principles and republican sense. What
splendid proof it would have affor.
ded of the capacity OF the people for
sell government.
What n Valuable lesson It would
have conveyed to the whole civilized
world rhe fact that we could riso
superior to all prrjudices and passion
and to have conquered ourselves,
would have been the highest triumph
that we had ever achieved. [ regret
as much Mr. Chairman as any geptlo
man upon this floor that any Of our
sister States should have desired to
cut assunler the ligamonts that bound
them to us. None would be more
willing than myself to make any rea.
sonahe sacrifice to induce them to re
turn to their partnership with us, but
still recognizing the truth OF the doc.
trlne taught by the fathers of the Re-
public, and 20 fairly expressed BY J,
Quincy Adams, that our Government
was, after all in the heart. Il would
be better. severe as would be the pano
OF regret, to part in friendship, rath-
or than hold sovereign States pinned
to us by the bayonet, as Mr.. Greely
expressed it, in 1861. What advance
have we made in the science and prin
cipleS Of government, Mr.. Chrirman
il we can not be above the Austro
Russian principle of holding subject
provinces by the power of force and
coelciona What becomes of the Dec
laration of Independence, an I all our
teaching for eighty yearsi
After all, Mr.. Chairman, it is not
the extent Of territory which should
be the object Of our desires. Better
sacrifice evcu nine t,nths d the terri.