, 1866-09-02

q not our mother. We haye . mother Eng
and, and never 60 much as now did wo love
,er, and aympathfz With her In her struggle
o free herself from the bondage which pre-
rents her from taking tho foremost place,
which belongs to- her, In tho movement Of
mankind. But that woman, who In tho
,hlld'a hour Of peril looked On with indIfIs.-
.uee, saying "let 1t be neither mine nor thine,
but divide IT, let her not claim to be our
mother. Tho true England Ia that muto
people who sympattlze with rs, the England
Bhlch 1s-tu be, and lsto a.grcater. .thau-E
and ever. WIS., That England we do .n9t hate,
nqr can her onr riyal::. She s. ,onrs mother,j
and We will teiolce II her increase.
: But The longing and The fear of toryism IL
brought ont In: the conclusion in two sen-
lencea, which are remarkable rhetorically,
is examples Of tic harmony Of lang1age with
shought, The first Is this ''s1f Mr.. Johnson
q carries tho iiay, supported by the people
= ut tbs November elections, the Union Is
4 practicable, and: the United States may be-
i cofne what the majority Of the English 4
+ people, and all'the he true friends Of hamani-
t'ty desire them: to. ;ba-happy, respect
table, prosperous, and unaggressivc."'
From the ,limpid low OF this sweet
dream of Samson, blind, and bound, and:
grinding In the mill, the dreamer passes
suddenly Into the troubled night mare lnco-
hc1ence Of such sentence as this ."But II
!" Congress under the leadership Of Stevens /
= and Sumner; snatch the. victory, the Union
!" IL gone, and something else takes its place,
"-perhaps strong nation; tsrros to the
" world, but most-certaiu1ya despotfsm, let
"it assume what name It viii, or hidsIts
"naked ..hideousntss under whatever gor-
'.gcous t1apptngs OF, power and splendor
!" may be to the taste or the fancy, Of the de-
!" ceived people, who, in spite or warning,
- and of the principles which urged their
!" forefathcrs to revolt successfully against
:" Great Britain, allowed It to be established.
:" over them. to panper their pride and con.
:" ceit, aud deprive them OF the liberty which
y" they viii have shown themselves unable to
e appreciate" Compare that with this from
John Milton, who represents the. England Of,
the Eenerntlon from which We sprung, and
see what It Ii worth to have q soul, and to
keep. It In tune. with the hopes OF man
,"MethinkB ! see In my mind u noble and
."puissant nation, rousing herself like .,
strong man after sleep, and shakIng her in
~ ssvInciblc locks: mcthinka see her as an
!" eagle renewing her mighty youth, and
:" kindling her undazzled eyes at the full
!" midday beam, purginE md unseallng her
"'lopg.abuscd sight :. at the fouutaIn
"iself Of heavenly radiance ;. while the
;s'whole noise Of timorous and dockiug birds,
"with those also that lore tho twilight; fut-
."tter about amased at what she means II
This from John Bright viii show Us that tho
true English heart still beats to that same
great and clear measure: II should say That,
i"if man had great heart within him, he
l:"would rather look forward to tho day when,
s.from that point Of land which is habitable
"nearcst to. the Pole, to the shores Of the
j" great Gull, the whole Of that vast CONT.
"ncnt might become one great Confederation
!" Of statcs-:without great army, andwith.
'"out a grcat navy-not mixing itself up with
"thc cntanglcmcnts OF European politics
".wlthont custom.house inside, through
"the whole length and breadth Of Its terri
Htory-nnd., with -. freedom everywhere
/ "cquality everywhere, law everywhere, peace
everywhere. Such a Confederation woult
"afTord at least some. hope that man Is moi
"forsaken of Heaven, and that the future O
tour race might be better than the past" =
Whose vaticination. Ia best respecting th'
future disposition Of this Puritan nation
when It comes to It's power p VIII the grea
Republic which Is to be-Toryism may taxi
that for d settled point-wiu it be rapaclou
or peacenlq Did New England make tn
war Of ISL, or the Mexican war, or the grea
rebellion3 But does the dauger II
in the character Of Democracy Il Th
writer before us thinks that the dream 9
universal dominion IS as dear to Democratic
a. to Kings and Empcrors..: He Is think,n
: Of the old Republics o.. Athens and Roms
which were alaveholdlng oligarchiet as th
South was, and their aggressiola we're th
fruit of the despotic spirit nursed Il ever
family. Napoleon III. says: 'eThe Expire
peace.n, The saying is interesting Id Its al
: surdity, and the world smiles, but does nc
disarm. The very word Empire mea1s mil
tary command, and an Empire Is a} organ
r zation Of mar. But Republic is |onmo1
+ wealth, and that ID peace :; -,
: II, however, Toryism will be frank nought
! own that It 1ears not the physical)bnt Il
! moral power Of AmerIca, thoroughI3ftee ar
i united .under the; principles Of the peclar
+ tion' OF Independence, we shall not b so we
4 able to reasaure IT,. That thing ID Som!n
: Our aueuir reckons thus: .tAt this sta9aef Il
|, | !: conflict with : tho; "a Copgress :: and Il
] "{anatics, philosophers. .reyoluttossisss, Al
accntralizcss of.the: North and East pm o.
; "side, Nj. johnson, the South, and tie Co
:: Mser7stiyes of. the North aud Wesh upt
!; "the other, ~ is as impossible as Il won
n "be idle 10 predict which Why th9 bait
q twill turn.' There Is the same &.or
!. counting foices which the: South 1hde
4 the outset Of the war. Both sec tlat t
u West decides the day. II Toryisu' ric
9 In counting the. West as Conscrvatire!it 1T N
J. bavo hope; but If the West is mon pat
a. otic and Democratic than even NeI Er
- | land. what thenr - - ! .