The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-06-14

Advice Gratis.

we wish that some SnreWd morailS
would give US a treatise upon national i'll
humor, with extracts Illustrative from
the more doleful and responding article
upon American affairs which appear il
the English newspapers. To this class o
croakers the return ofpeace to this coun
try will be a Godsend. 1t will be thei
part to teach us that victories may b
made valueless by subsequent want o
wisdom. Nothing could well be NOR
impressive than the sage laundering Il
which we are treated. 1t may be impiou
to doubt the bottomless sagacity Of th
London oracle, but to us (saving thei
tone, which is really impressive we mus
declare that the reverberations seem
triae commonplace. "You have exhib
tied your valor," cries The Times, "bu
how are you off for wisdom You cal
fight. but can you legislate /? You car
conquer, but can you conciliate! Ye.
can abolish Slavery, but what will you
do with your negroes? You have done
many things but are you sure that you
can do great many other things? How
will you dispose Of your army just
tellus how you expect ever to wipe out
your mammoth debt? You may crow
loudly and triumphantly. but please re.
member the depth and the darkness Of
the woods from which you have not yet
emerged" A fair answer to this would be
that having proved equal to one occasion,
we may possibly not be found wanting
upon another, The presumption Of these
cheerful writers is that individually and
collectively we are a nation Of madmen
or idiots. Five years ago we were pro.
nounced grossly ignorant of the arts ol
war. We pleaded not guilty. went to
trial and the verdict is recorded. Now.
it would appear, we are deficient in the
art Of peace. Five years hence we shall
be charged with some other wickedness
or weak ness. The Lord only knows what
it will be
These acrid doubts would I'll us with
the gravest appreheu sions were we not
able to count upon the intelligence oflhe
American people and their capacity for
the wise management Of public affairs.
Why will not foreign observers once for
all admit this element into their COM
putations? A people at once poor fierce
aud ignorant, guided by animal instincts,
prone and obedent, as Sallust has it, to
the belly, not accustomed to judge. and
therefore not likely to Judge wisely; bar.
barously intolerant of restraint and con-
temptuous Of law, regarding rulers simply
as agents holding letterss Of attorney re-
vocable at pleasure--a people whose very
virtues are the vices of nations more
advanced, may wander from bloody bad
to bloodier worse through the labyrinths
Of anarchy and doubt to the desperate
refuge Of despotism. The timid talk
about a fierce democracy,
thinking all the time of democracy in
Athens. in Rome or in Paris. They will
not remember that we are quite as likely
10 sci up temple to Juggernaut as the
guillotine. They have forgotten the
year of our Lord. They know (sone Of
them) that we do not tattoo ourselves and
are not given to man meat; but they have
an indefinite notion that, if an opportu.
nifty should present itself, the Ameri.1
cans would all bite off each others heads.
Tie London Times thinks so. Poor old
Punch, with the rheum of age oozing
from his google eyes. thinks so. Mr..
Omnium Bullion Of the Stock Exchange.
who dabbled a little in Confederate
thinks so. Lord Runhymede,
who predicted death and damnation to-
the British Lion when Golden pro.
claimed the gospel Of Free Trade, thinks
so, and hens and haws out his contic4
tioa- to an audience Of patient peers. AL
these gentlemen are Christians besides
bsing civilized, which we are not and
Of course, their thoughts are no. the chill.
dfsn of wieked wishes. We do not
chargs-thsm, with doing us willful iujus-
lice, For, nearly a century they have
predicted that the United Stats would
go to ruin-for the last Eve years they
have rejoiced (stolidly and soberly. we
admit at the near prospect of an accom-