Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-05-17

+ centered II their hands the whole gov
E ernynept Of the South, aud had mainly
n & gsssrasd the country. W
: Unon this polished cultured, chceed-
: iagly capable and wholly unprineipled
class. rests the whole burden OF this war.
;, Forced up by the hottom-heat of slavery
r the ruling class, in all the dislcyal states,
5 arrogated 10 themselves C. superiority rot
f compatible with republican equality, rcr
with Just niortals They claimed rlgh:
Of pre- -efninence An evil prophet arose
! whe trained these Wild and luxuriaut
shoots of ambition to the stapely form OF
! a political philosophy. ;,
BY its reagents they rrecipitated
druGsery to the acttom CT society, and
left III the top what they thought to be
clarified fuG In their political econ
omy. labor was to be owned by capital
In their theory of government, lew
, were to rule the many. They boldly
; avowed, not 10 the fact alone, that. under
t all lorus OF government, the few rule
! the many, but their right and duty to &c
So Set tree from tie necessity ot labor.
, hey icouceived :. contempt for those who
fell, It's wholesome regimen. Beiie71g
themselves foreordained to supremacy,
they REGARDED the popular vote, wher it
failed 70 register their sish =. IS an lCtrE-
son aa9 a'uuisance. They we.e barn IN ]
garden, and popular liberty, like fires bets
ovcrswe Hing ,heir banks. but covered
their iauty walks and flowers with slime
. aal nud-of democratic vote-s.
" hen, with shrewd observation, they
saw tue growth OF the popular element
in ahe Northern srases, they instinctiyeiy
took IN the inevitable events. 1t must
be controlled or cut off from a nation
: governed by gentlemen Controlled, less
: and less, could it be, in every decade !;
and they prepared secretly earnestly, and
with vide conference and mutIal conni-
vance TO separate the Sog:h from the
North.
We are to distinguish between the pre-
r teuses and means, and tie real causes Of
this war.
: TO iutiaWe and 1nite .te great middle
{ class OF South, wte had no interest IN
q separation aud no business with war, they
alleged grievances that rever existed,
and employed arguments which they, bet
ter tnsc all other men, knew 10 be spec
ions ard false. Slavery Itself was cared
\ fsr -eriy AS an tmstran,en.sor powers or OF
d excitement. They had unaItera5sy hxei
their eye upon eupira, and all was good
s which would secure thGt, and bad winch
1 hinGered it,
Thus, the ruling class Of the Sonth-
:. an aris;ocracy IS intense, proud. aud IL
flexible as ever exSfed-not limited Ell
e ,her by customs Of institutions, not rec
;. ognized and adjusted IN the regular order
; Of society playing { reciprocal part in
Il, ii machinery, but secret. disowuing its
r own existence. pti2ed With oS5entatious
h uawe1 Ct democracy, CbSsjuiou, % the
Il people FOR the sake ~ governing them !;
= this uamaiess lurking aristocraGy, IL II
d ran in the blood of society ike 4 rash.
/, NJ, yet come TO the skin, this political
4 tapeworm, that produced nothing, but
Q lay coilel in ,hy body, feeding on its nu-
= ;rlmeut and holding the whole structure
to &c i s1rvJnt Sc; up 20 ncurish it--thiS
y aristocracy CT the plantation. with firm
] aad deliberate resolve, brought On the
sar, tGat they might cat the lam Sa twJ,
ami, clearing themselves from .ncorrigi-
. bic tree scclety, set up 4 sterrer, statc.ler
/ empire, where slaves WORKED that geat.e-
IS men pigft live 1t case. Nor can there
q be any doubt that though, at first, they
a meant 10 erect the form Of republican
!. government, this was but cevice a step
# necessary to the securing Of that power
ny which they should be able tc change
d the whole econemy of society.
. That thy never dreamed Of such q
a war. we may well believe. That they
5 would nave accepted It, though twice as
;, bloody, il cnly thus they could RUE,
n tone can dorb; that knows the temper Of
a these worst men OF modern society. But
: they miscalcuIated They understood
i the people of the South; but they were
C totally incapable or understanding the
0 character OF the great working classes nf'
|. the Ioyai states That Industry which is
/ tie foundation Of independence, an4 Sn
e equity, they stigmatized ss stupid drGds-
e cry, or Us mean agaFice. That general
S intelligence aud independence of thought
E which schools for the common people aud
newspapers breed, they rs"i.e;l rs the lu-
. citement of unsettled zeal, running easily
e into laaaticism.
e They more thoroughly misuadersto9d
t the profound sentiment OF loyalty; the
/ teep love oi country which prevailed the
t common people If hose who them best
h had never suspected the depth and power
IF that love of cnuntry which threw it
e into ar agcry Of grief when the Tag
was here humbIei, how should they cou,
ceive Of it, who were wholly dlsJolned
f from them in sympathy? The whole
: land rose up, you remember, when toe
e flag came down, as 1t inspired uncon-
T sciousiy by the breath OF the AimiSnty,
e aad power Of ownipotenoo- 1t was as
{ when one pierces the banks Of the MS
s sissippi for rivulet ard the whole rag
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