The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-11

ter ought to reeollect that rebellion
against us is very criminal, whilst re-
belliou against other people may be very
Well ana, Indeed, highly melitorions.-
In this country we have usually taken d
delight in all the rebellions that have
occurred, taking it for granted that re-
belliou against any Government, except
ours, was not without good reason
When the Colonies rebelled against En-
gland, their conduct shocked the sensi-
bilities, not only of King George, but
also those of the people of England
generally We rebelled against the best
Government in the world with not much
certainly of success, and no very fatter-
ing prospect of making better institu-
tions than we had. The Colonies did
succeed. So it was decreed why we do
not know The world, generally, agreed
that it was all right, and even old En-
gland has since concluded tnat the sue
cessful rebellion was produced by her
own folly. If she had shown little
wisdom and less self-conceit-if she had
made concessions instead of exactions,
she would have retained her Colonies.
In l77G the rebellion was shocking
very bad, indeed, although George I'LL.
owed his throne to revolution. The Col
MES might have derided the horror of re-
bellion felt in England, inasmuch as the
government of England was itself the
fruit of rebellion.
The fact is, as we have stated, rebel
lion against us is detestable. 1t is rebel
lion against right and justice; but a re-
bellion againt other people may have,
and probably has, good reason. Indeed,
our fathers asserted fatty that all histo-
~ shows that men are more disposed to
endure evils, whilst evils are siderable,
than to right themselves by abolishing
the forms to which they are accustomed.
According to their high authority, there
is always presumption that rebellion
has a good reason, and is therefore right,
and ought to succeed. Indeed, it is the
doctrine OF this country that no Govern
ment exists jre dirino; that no man or
party has divine right to rule other
people. Rebellion is conventional
wrong, not q natural or neral one
We can't, however, expect, any
Government to look thus coolly at
rebellion asoinot itSalf And after
generations may excuse the rebellion,
and even condemn the Government, as
the English now treat the rebellion of
i776 III their affirmation, which always
made presumption in favor Of rebellion;
but the rebellion South is an exception.
1t will be hard to find good reason for
it at the start, and the rebels theps elves
are not agreed, If they had good rea.
son, what il was; yet it is ,. fact that the
rest of mankind symp1thize with them;
regard them as Oh level with us, oreven
above us. Weare asserting despotically
our right 10 rule brave and earnest peo-
pie resisting an understandable assump-
tloA. So little IS erespect they pay TO
our superior virtue &nd righteousness.
The writer, thea. need not make mouths
al rs Tor being shocked at rebellion, if
e'e we're born Of rebels ourselves We
are only ike other people. If the States
had separated peaceably, then, indeed,
ae might nave narveled, for We should
nave been unlike the rest of mankind
Washington l. reported to have said,
when nc affixed his name to the Consti-
tuition: This Is the last time our coun-
try will change its Government without
bloodshed. notwithstanding our asser.
ton that all just Governments were
founded on the consent of the governed;
that any people had 4 right to alter or
abolish their form of Government and
establish another, and, of course, that
resistance 70 the exercise of this right
could not be Observation-Disclosures.
we say, al this, Washington gas too
wise a mar 70 believe that his country.
men wcdid b. able TO carry sach etherea al
doctrines into practice We could not
change paaccably, was his Judgment
We should follow, a.teI all, the old track
and repeat what men had done before us