M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-30
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men remain ambitious, politicians cor
ruPt, or philanthropists meddlesomo
and indicative.
We Of the United States have lost
onr standi g in the eyes Of the world
as peaceful nation: ann with our
standing have lost our capacity for
peace. That respect for our inoffsnS
SlveEess III fact, which enabled for
Ielgn nations to overlook our buster
ing manners, and our rustic express =
lens 81 contempt at their presumed in
feriority, has passed away. The first
effect OF the war--in an international
point OF view-has been to open the
door for the entry Of the most garlike
of European nation upon American
soil, and to complicate our political
affairs with questions Of European
b lIances OF power We have broken
our way-or it haa been broken for
us-into that most inharm1nious of
all families; the family OF civilized
and Christian nations; and must take
for future centuries our chances in
that connection, which, Judging. by
past centuries, brings little good and
au abundance of evil to all who ara
90 unfortunate as to belong to il.
The officers and soldiers of our ar.
my are already looking toward Mexi.
co "a the noGt theater OF their exploits,
They propose e-to borrow an expresss
ion Tor some time out OF use-to Tre
vel in the halls OF the Montezurnaa y
There is a vast hordero of men in Of
fetal places who can not affJrd at
once to lay down their arms and their
consequence. AT first sight, tile pros b.
pect Of draining of, at some period
lot far Distant this huge collection Of
feculancy, is inviting, but the pro- .
cess may not be without its resulting
dAugers. 1t may expose us to trouble
iu the name of retaliation. The EN-
poror Of the French is skillful poll
tican-keener tnan both our Houses
Of Congress, with the President.
Vice President, and all the Secreta-
ries--and as INSCRIPTIONS as all of
them. What he undertakes he is not
apt to relinquish. lie has seated him
self upon this Continent, and here he
intend to remain. We may make as
light as we please of war with France:
but it is a thing which, we may learp /.
to our cost, is much more entertain
ing to contemplate, than profitable to
encounter. Tho draining of of our
army will be like the sudden discharg,
of a dangerous lmpostnume; it will
add to the preexlsting prOstration.
We shall never know how weak we
are unit the war is over, and allthe
tevers, gouerai and local, political and
economical, have sub5ided, Then
viii! be the time for hun who wills us
wrong, to act aggressively; and this
mono better than himself will under
stand. .. ..t lo .u..
Taking ell that We have done for
the negro, and all that be is likely to
realize upon our sacrifices in his be-
halt, and it is still question full or
doubt whether we have done anything
to improve our condition IN any re.
spect, or to increase the sum OF hui:
man hasppiness. We shall never un
derstaud the many changes which we
have undergone1zchanges pregnant
with dangers not to be mea sured iT
the anticipation-uatil we come to
realize their effects. OF all the peo.
plo in the world this was the most un
fit to enter into such scenes as those
which have filed up the last four
years OF our history. Politicians stan
ding outside and uninhuenced bv
those passions which have rendered
US as blind to considerations of ius-
tlce, as we are regardless of conse
quences, sec US better than we see
ourselves; and are more fit then we
are to read our horoscope. To them
We collectively present the aspect OF a
raDld mob, at once corrupt and intol.
Grant, hypocritical AMI cruel, whose
parts are dlvestiny themselves of a
moral aud physical over which other
wise would be dangerous to others.
and preparing the means for an abun
dant home qualification Of dangerous
aud bloody propehsities. f'na
ANDY JOHNSON AT THE INAU4ERA.