The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-10-31
The Northern Rebellion.

questionable. 1t ought to be circulated among
the radicals, and though we probably have
/ but few readers of that persuasion, we may
4 give it small shove. The Journal says:
/ In the course of an interview that we had
with Jeff. Davis in January, 865, the subject
of the terms Of peace was introduced. Mr..
\ Davis asked us what was the chief objection
Of the north to the recognition Of southern in
dependence. We answered that the north
knew perfectly well, as unquestionablv lie
did, that, if she should lay down her arms and
consent to division Of the Union into two
cOnfederacies, she herself would very soon be
dissolyed-that State after State, States singly
and States combnedly, would secede and the
whole north be split up into petty powers or
no-poWers, all OF them contemplate in the
eyes Of mankind, and not one of them willing
or able to contribute to the payment Of the ma
tlonal debt. Mr. Davis replied, with his char
acterlsuc calmness, that this was certainly
true, but that the same thing would happen,
and probably happen all the sooner, if the
north should continue to prosecute the war.
We thought at the time that Mr. Davis was
greatly mistaken, and told him So We still
trust that we were correct in our estimate Of
the character of his opinion, but Just now we
can indulge no oyer-contdence that we were
The north continued to prosecute the war, and
the south, after the brayest and most despe-
rate resistance known in wars annals, was
conquered. But now comes the norths trials.
Now we are to see the test Of her internal
strength. If, out of the dreadful war between
the north and the south, northern civil war
arises, if northern armies march against each
other, vengeance before them and blood and
death and desert behind, many northern States
viii very soon weary and sicken of the horrid
work, and will probably adopt secession as the
quickest and surest remedy, fully relying up
on the mighty troubles and perils of the fed
eral government as a perfect security against
coercion. Most likely the northwestern States
will go off first repudiating of course their
proportion Of the public debt, and thus pIing
higher the monstrous financial burden upon
the shoulders Of the remaining States These
will have neither the will nor the ability to
bear up under the crushing weight, and 50
others will secede, till the whole north shall
be divided up into such poor little non-debt-
paying, feeble, mock nationalities as a citizen
Of one OF the Mexican States or of one of the
South American republics, or of one Of the
petty, miserable German principalities, might
look upon with contempt and scorn. Jeff Da-
yls's declaration to US as to the consequences
Of the war to the north, if prosecuted, will be
amply yindicated, and whatever resentments.
if any, lie chershes against the north will be
abundantly satisfied.
We tell the northern fanatcs-as lover of
our whole country we solemnly tell them
that, unless madness has seized upon their
hearts and brains, they will not insist on push
I'M q hot IL, II
congress to the fghing point They NAV rest
assured that II the fight comes, it will be to
them, such one as they have no account Of
in either history or tradition. They will find
it an infinitely different thing from the war Of
the rebellion, dreadful as that was throughout
all its annals. They will find themselves d.
yided people, divided almost equally, divided
and mutually hostile, whilst the whole popu-
atlon Of the south viii be unit, able to strike
for their friends or to stand afar from the
flash, the crack, and the roar of war, as may
seem best to them. The thick cloud now en-
veloping the south may be partially lifted /;
but night and storm, surcharged with bloody
rain, will close over the north.
We say to the people Of the north that a
very large proportion Of them have acted and
are acting most unwisely, most madIy. Theirs
is "the very error Of the moon" They seem
incapable of profting either by the souths ex-
perience or their own. They initiate and fol-
low the south in some Of tie most unhappy
acts she ever committed The south, in 1861,
undertook to break up and destroy the federal
constitution. She rebelled against it, She
set at naught its provisions, and attempted to
maintain her attitude of hostility to it by force
Of arms. She failed. AS gracously as she
could she recognised the result. She bowed
to the arbitrament Of war, and has been using
whatever power and influence she possesses
in support of the constitution she stroye SO
iercely and desperately to subyert and an;hi-
late. But 10 the radical party of the north,
claiming to be an overwhelming majority Of
that great section, are now violating and de-
flying the constitution even as the south VIC
lated and defed it. No sooner does the south
give up rebellion, than the northern fanatics
lnaugurate it. 1t is as true that there is
northern rebellion now, as that there was
southern rebellion five years ago Rebellion
has simply changed its locality. But just as it
failed in one section, it will inevitably fail in
the other. 1t can have no other future than
future like its pasta future of blood, and
humiliation, and misery For years we in
Voked all the patriots Of the whole country TO
put down rebellion in the south-wc now in
woke them to quell rebellion in the north.
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A Man HIS Own GRAHDFATHER.-T fol-
lowing has been translated for the New Ha-
ven Register
A European friend Of mine related The fol-
lowing story; married widow who had a
grown up daughter. Ny father visited our
he { very often, fell in love with my step
daughter and married her. So my father be-
came my son-n-law, and my step-daughter
my mother, because she was my fathers wife.
Sometime afterwards my wife got son-he
was my fathers brother-n-law, and my IN
Gle, for be was the brother Of my step-mother.
My fathers wife, e., my step-daughter,
had also son, he was Of course my brother,
and in the meantime my grandchild, for he
was the son of my daughter.
My wife was my grandmother, because she
was my mothers mother. | was my wife's
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