Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-02-22
TERMS OF ADvERTIslxc.

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the time OF our struggle for independents.
Though the iDsurgent States had not q shin
~ an open bArbor, II invested them with oil
the rights OF Q belligereBt, even on the
ocean and this, too, when the Rebellion
was not only directed against the Rsntlest
and most benefcent Government on earth.
without shadow Of justifiable cause, but
when the Rebellion was directed against buL
man nature itself for the perpetual euslsye-
tneht OF a race. Aud the effect of this rccogL
nition was that acts in themselves piraticsi
iound shelter in British courts of law. The
RESOURCES OF British capitalists, tbsir work
snops, their arinoIies, their private arsenala
their shlpyards, we're N lengue with the in
surgenis, and every British harbor in the
vide world became a safe tort for British
ships, mannel by British sailors and armed
with British guns, to prey on our pesceful
commerce; even on our ships coming from
British ports freighted with British lpro-
duets, or that had carried gifts of grain to
the English poor. The Prime Minister in
the House OF Commons, sustained by cbeers.
scoffed at The thought that their laws could
be amended at our request, so as TO pre.
serve real neutrality; and to remoBstrabces,
now owned TO have been just. their Secre-
tary answered that they could not change
their laws I'D jntnitln - :,
RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND. .I.-'f
The people 0f America then wished ps
tDey always have wished, as they still wish.
friendly relations with England and no man
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strongly than [. This country has always
yearned for good relations with England
Thrice only in all its history has thar yearn.
ing been fairly met-in tho days of Hafnpden
and Cromwell; again il the first ininistry of
the elder Pitt, and once, again. in the min.
lstry OF She!burne. Not that there have
not at all times been just men among the
peers OF Britain, like Halifax in the days of
James Ii, or Granville, an Argyll. or, n
Houehton in ours; and we cannot be indif-
ierent TO country that produces statesmen
ike Cobden and Bright; but the best bower
anchor OF peace. was the woiking-class of
England, xho, suffered most from our civil
war, but who while they broke their dimip-
ished bread in sorrow, always encouraged
US to persevere. ..... ....... --. ..
FRANCE AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The act oil recognizing the Rebel beljiger-
ents was concerted with France: France. so
beloved IN America, on which she had con-
ferr!d the greatest benefits that one people
ever conferred on another; France, which
stands foremost en- the continent of Europe
for the solidity of her culture, as well aslfcr
the bravery and generous impulses of her
sons France, which for centuries had been
moving steadily IN its own way toward intel
lcctual and political freedom. The poliev
furrhar
hy European powers, known commonly as
the doctrine Of Monroe, had its origin in
France; and if it takes any mans name
should bear the name of Turpot. Il was
adopted by Louis the Sixteenth. in the cab
met OF which VergenHes was the N ost i'm
portant member. 1t is ,emphstically the
policy OF France. to which, with transient
deviations. the Bourbons. the First Napo-
leon,. the House Of Orleans, have ever ad.
hered. ~ - -,
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND MEXICO.
The late President was perpetualIy har-
assed By rumors that the Emperor sNapols.
on the Third desired formally to reEoguixs
the States in rebellion as an independent
power. and that England held him back BY
her reluctance. OF France BY her traditions
OF freedom, or he himself by his own better
judgment and clear perception of events.-
But theiRepublic of Mexico, on cur borders,
was, like ourselves distracted by rebellion
and from a similar cause. The moharchy
OF England had fastened upon us Slavery
which did not disappear with independence;
IN IKE manner. the e2cle,iasfical} policy
established ~ the Spanish Council,, of the
Indies. 10 tbs days OF Charles the Fifth,
and Philip the Second, retained its yipor in
the Mexican Republic. The fiity yeats of
civil war uuler wlich'she had lanruished
was due to the Ligoted SYSTEM which was
the legacy of monarchy, just as here the
! inheritance OF Slavery kept alive political
strife, and eliminated in civil war. As with
us there could De no qniet but through, the
enl OF Slavery, so iD Nexil there could he
no prosperity until the crushing tyranny of
intolerance should cease. The partv of
Slavery in the United States sent their
emissaries to Europe to solicit aid and so
did the party of the .Cl rrch in Mexico, as
organized By the Spanish Council of the
Indies, but with different'resuh. Justas
the Republican party had m ade an end of
the Rebellion. and was establishing the best
government ever known in that region, and
giving promise to the nation OF order, peace
and prosperity, word was brought us,,iH ihs
moment of our deepest sffliciinn,. that tho
French Emperor, moved by desire 10 erect
in North America a blttress tor impcriss
ism, would transform the republic of
Mexico into a sccundo- grniturs for. ths
house of Hapsturg. Am rica might com
plain; she could not then .interpaso. and
de'ay seemed ju1tifable. Il was seen that
Mexico could not, with all its wealth Of
land, compe in cereal producs with our
North West; nor in tropical products with
Ciba; nor could it, tnier a disputed
dynasty. attract capital, or create public
works. or develop mines or borrow money;
so that the imperial system Of, Mexieo5
which was forced at oncs to FIcpRnns the
wisdom OF the policy Of the repubiieS BY
adopting it, could prove only an unren.nnef;
ating drain on the French treasury, for the
support OF an Austrian adyenturer.5 sJI
THE PERPETUlTY OF REPUBLICAN ISsTE
| g. TUTIoNS. .rl -:
! Meantime, a new series Of nome Gtous
questions grow up, aud force tbea,sslyes
on the consideration Of the thoughtful -
Reputlcauism has learned how to introduce
into its Constitution every element of order,
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