, 1865-05-12

A subscriber requests us to re.publish the
following from the Chicago TR1npsE of June
1G, 1864:
The war against the traitors has furnished
innume1ab1e examples Of patriotic devotion
to the mobiles. principles that can animate,
and direct, and control The human mind.
Not cnly hare principles been fllusastted aad
sealed by the best blood Of the.natiou, but
new ones have been cnunclated which will
enter into the permanent literature aud the
listt1y cf a1i time. Among the most impor-
tant was the following, by DR.. Breckinriise.
Tn taking the chair of the National E1stbn
Convention at Baltimore: :.
This fear1ul tznth Funs through the whole
history ofmankino, that whateyes elsc my be done
10 give stability to authority, whatever elee may
be done 10 give perpetuity 10 institutions-how-
eves glorious practicable and lust may be the
enduring. the only tmDerIshnble cement Of ail
fctc tnsututoEa has been the blood Of traitors.
No.Goyernment has ever been built upon taper-
LAID in the blood Of traitors. It is fearful truth
bur we bad as we1l arrow ltat once, ana every Hex
yon s1ke sna ssery ffos you k battle
II may be, a yesr-tt may be ten years-it may Be
. century-tt mny he ten ccntu1ieB to the life or
The Government and the freedom Of you chill
As these wordsfell with oracu1ar power from
the lips Of the venerable KentucRiau, he look
ed the very embodiment Of the wisdom and
the patriotism Of tue past. The war with all
lis ho:rors, In the minds Of the convention,
became the appointed means to fix firmly the
foundations Of the nation, on which might
securely lest our free christian 1ciYiliza.
ton in MI future nges. Illustrations of the
t1u'h Of this profound remark lie scattered
upon the surface Of oil history; but it has
not, to our knowledge, ever been 50 distinct
ly stated. It was received by that large con
venti6n OF able, earnest, patriotic men, with
the widest demonstrations ofapprobatton.
Our Owl revolutionary struggle forms no
real exception to the great truth contained
iu the paragraph re have quoted. Viewed
{ ON an English. stand. point, our patriotic
fires were rebels, and the necessity to fight
them was imperative md controlling. Had
England failed to do It, she never could have
held colony or commanded the respect Of
the civilized world. Far better WAS 1t for
her to fight on to the point Of exhaustion.
than tamely to submit to national disinteg-
ration and universal contempt. TIE fact
that The sun now never sets npon the domtn
ions Of Queen Victoria, is largely due to that
seyer yea1s' war, which, Id the end, gave the
latest and freest member to the fanlly of na-
lions. And 80, to fight this accnrssd rebel
lion for eeyeu, aye, tor scare Of years, snot
inly patriotic duty, It Is an absolute necss-
sl.y, If our national life Is to be Preserved,
and our free institutions are to be psrma-
neu,lY established upon the American conti-
lent. Let, Therefore, the bloA Of traitors,
mingled, ii II mnst be, with the purest and
The best that ever throbbed IN the heart Of
millions of our noblest pattlots, cement firm.
iy 1he Institutions founded BY our fathers,
That Amarfcan freedom May stand the adut-
iation and the refuge and The hope Of the
Worldln every succeeding age.