The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-01-07
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
[From the National Intengeneer.1
Fo those Who Expect Peace Through
SubjuGAIiOn.

Do you fatter yourselves that with the
overthrow Of the organized military DOW
er of the Confederacy we shall have peace
and harmoNyS This hope is a delusion.
They who would cause you to trust there
in point you to the histori, al examples Of
England and France as illustrative of the
facility with which the ravages Of war are
obliterated after ITS termination.
It may be true that during the civil wars
in those countries, personal animosities
,x&sAAs bitter sNd-Na. iOtNNe;eNA - -
now witnessed by US, and that these feel,
ings soon subsidized after peace was once
established. But you must recollect that
ia those cases the antagonist parties we're
not separated by geographical lines, but
were intermingled throughout the entire
country.
We have often witnessed more exasper.
alton between opposing political parties
IN Presidential elections than was exhibit
ed in 1860. Bat in previous cases those
parties we're interspersed throughout eve.
~ State and neighborhood in not very
unequal proportions The political hurri-
cane was succeeded within few days by
q calm which left scarcely trace Of the
recent cOnvulsion. Intelligent men un.
derstood this difference then. We can all
appreciate il now.
Examples moe pertinent and suggeS-
tive than those above referred to, might
readily be found in English history. In
che year ll72 Henry II succeeded in es.
tAblishing, by force Of arms his claim to
the sovereignty over Ireland The indie
pendence Of the latter country was thus
"crushed out" as it was then thought,
forever But the two parties to that con.
test were geographically separated. and
for more than six hundred years has the
fury Of national and individual hatred
sometimes blazed aud sometimes smould.
cred, but has never been for q moment
extinct
Time and again has rebellion reared its
head in that devoted country with TEN,
porary success, and as often has England
vindicatcd the right of oppression by
the sword. The people have shown them
selves ever rcadyto cooperate with for
eign foe for the overthrow Of n power
which held them in unwilling subsection,
but the military and naval power Of Eng
land would at length prove triumphant
and Ireland would be again quellcd though
unsubdued. Every cXpedlent that ven.
geance or ambition could suggest has been
exhausted - Devastation and cruelty and
starvation but all in vain. Colonization
has been attempted with view Of sup.
planting the whole population by another
h..lH ban h..iE f.ll IN
cOuntrymcn on the other side of the chan.
mel no ''irrepreSSible conflict" Of religious
opinion should exist. but all to little pur-
pose, until England, de>paiIing Of success
through measures Of meie force, has final
" reearted 10 tl.at uf liberation AID JUS
tce. But even now the traditional mem
orv Of seven hundred years If wrong still
lives in the bosom Of her children. whtr
ever scattered on the earth, and the eve
Of every bod carrier and ditch digger viii
still sparkle with treasured feelings If
hatred unavcngcd, at the mention q a
name which hc always couples With the
idea OF nat onal wrong AID individual OPP
preston.
But the example Of Scotland is still
more pertinent aud analogous, ina>tnuch
as the two people Inhabited the same
country, and IN point Of population, wealth
and power, stood more nearly towards
each other in the relation Of the two beii.
gerantS here.
Towards the close Of the thirteenth cen.
fury Edward of England claimed to be
the Legitimate sovereign of Scotland
holding all those to he traitors who resist
ed his rule. His claims were S,outly re
sisted by the "rcbc,S." under the leader
ship of the celebrated William Wallace
In 1899 they were defeated at the dcci
sive battle Of Falk RI Their mi itary
power was crushed" and Scotland was
suhjugated and loyal
Three years later Wallace had become
again as formidable as before, and Edward
had TO commence his work Of conquest
anew. lie moved northwari with the
whole military power of his realm, accom-
panied by his navy, wDich had the entire
command Of the sea. After \ war Of two
years the Scotch were entirely ovcrwhelm
ed, and Wallace taken prisoner aud exc
cuted. The conqueror marched in tri
umph from one end Of the country TO the
other. All Wed in their professions Of
allegiance; all bowed to the sceptre of the
couqucror. He attempted to abrugatc the
Scottish customs. to abolish the Scottish
rame, and even TO substitute English for
the Scotch inhabitants Of the Kingdom. -
All seemed peace and security.
Two years later the rebellion broke out
afrcsh under Robert Bruce. In 1907, at
the fatal battle Of Mvthvcn, the organized
military power Of Scotland was again an
initiated, and Bruce became a fugitive
and a wandcrrr. Eight years later he
found himself at the head Of another ar.
my. The battle Of Bannockburn was
fought, and Scotland was again free.
Under the weak successors Of Bruce the
domination Of England vas again claimed
and enforced. For three Anndred years
ocorinIu often raised the standard Of re-
beiiion, and seized upon every opportunl-
ty that presented itself for CO operation
with the enemies of England. The two
nations came to be regarded as natural
enemies until James VI Of Scotland at
length assembled the English throne. The
more powerful country thus united itself
to the weaker, and national animosities
became ex,inguished by peaceful nppli,
aaces which would never have yielded to
force. The lapse OF more than two hun
bred and fifty years has seen that union
constantly growing stronger, which cen.
turtles of war and mutual injury had
seemed td1fender wholly impossible.
These teachings of the history of the
past are confirmed by the lessons of our
own experience The State of Missouri.
once reduced to quiet and held in con-
strained loyalty by military power, is
again rising in successful rebellion, and
must be conquered anew. The same may
be said of great portion Of Louisiana,