The Portland daily press., 1865-07-06

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And so when the rebel cannonading Of Fort
Sumter BEGAN shot of which said
@The povernment shall fall, because it is
founded IN tbe false ideas of democracy and
eunaIifv the Union shall be broken up, for
the reeson that it does not rest on the true
| corner stone of Slavery,"-the non-slavehold-
4 mo nortion of the country rose instantly, and
4 nv 4 common impulse, to resent and crush the
Giant treason, exclairning 'we will fight, we
will die for the Union p g 7e 81 e
\ From that moment the fate of the rebellion
was virtually sealed-for although there were
many who in the first flush and glow of the
time were brought to their feet as defenders
of the nations life that fell hack into attitudes
/ of indifference and disloyalty. the uprising
was SO general. so splendid and so grand. and
the number, who remained faithful was SO
| large. the mower of the demonstration was sd
manifest, that there could be no doubt in the
| mind of any man of ordinary saoacitv and
| genuine LOYALTY AZ to what fine end wol,ld he
But how inadeouately did thew calculate what
! it would cost to reach that end. how poorly did
| thev annrehenfl the magnitude and duration az
| the war through which alone IL wac tn he an,
nroached how numerically did thew fore see the
trials and losses. Of this war it's imbeciities and
infideities its TRAGEDIES and farces. its naneless
barbarisms. its sorrows and heart wastinos, its
yicissitudes of foyf11ne its shinwrecks of rar,i
l n
ces of fraud and greed its loathsome nTisons
IT. m;ddia assaaaS IF 5,mtaltv ;ts hioaLbolas
of starvat;pn ;fs monntains ~ evnendit,,ro
;ts ;1,orS % hiood ;ts tLo,,so,,d hdttia ;S,s
ito half miIj;on of Ioval and rebaI ;t
desolated fields and deserted homes. and its
Cismantled citiesf And as feebly did thev
presage its examples of valor and heroism. Of
devoted patriotism. sacrifice and faith. of love
| stronger than death. of endurance. patience.
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inextinguishable hope; or picture the multi
| tudinous armies that would be nlarshalled in
| the nations cause. the vast moving columns
| and immeasurable lines of 9listening steel the
| bright and countless banners shining like stars
! in the azure ornament below, the girding for
! the battle thousand times repeated. the ar
raw. the onset and the sbock-the charge the
| shout and "the earthquake voice of victory; .
| the "battle-cry of freedom" let us hone forev-
er1norel How little did thew understand the
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Al',.l''is oiiSiso'cf u iiouefh 'lilles.
hut may not occupy your time In rehears-
ing the events, transactions and experiences Of
the last four years. They are so recent and
OF such supreme interest that their leading
points and most characteristic features are fa-,
mi tn oil T1,axy c.fo 20
sadness and JOY, OF defeat and triumph, sOf
gloom and glory, such as the world, in many
centuries, may not witness again.
Ill That they were not unpEofitable years
altogether, but bore fruit in some proportion
to the vastness of the issues at stake, the mag
nitude OF the efforts put forth, and the extent
and character OF the sacrifices made, a glance
| at what we may regard as few of the more
| important results and enduring consequences
Of the rebellion and war, may, hope, con-
vince us. saa II .tsa
as the rebellion was the work of the few
against tne many-a reDeiion OF privileged
class against the people, (tor such was its
anomalous cnaracter,) SO IN Its subJectlon and
deteat u may be expected to happen that the
cause OF the people VIII gain new strength and
come INTO ltne pLacucal enjoyment OF rights
previously withheld Inc Ollgarchy OF slave
nolders designed, In the end, 70 enslaVe the
poor whites, but instead OF this they wrought
tended to rear government upon an aristoc-
racy of wealth-the most odious of aristocra-
cies-of wealth, too, consisting largely in the
minds and sinews of human beings-a wealth,
if such it can be called, of the most disreputa-
Bile kind, because founded in fraud and theft; !;
and yet, so far from nrnnaoting their cause,
they ruined it altogether, and gave to that OF
equal rights, and to the government which
stands as their representative, aids and advan-
tages which they could not have reasonably
looked for In hundred years. gia
After the preservation OF the Union, and
placing it upon foundation of increased
strength, the most immediate and obvious
gain Of the war, is, perhaps, the emancipation
stamping upon the soil of every State and
Territory what Daniel Webster said the Ordi-
nance of 17S7 stamped upon that q, the north