Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-13

t;on must be indefinitely intensined ana
extended far into the future.
II may be true that revolutions never
90 backwards" but il Is also true that
tbey are frequently attended By s1bse-
nuent commissions, revolutions and re-
actions. sometimes for heightened peri
DDS. They also always tend to excess
The victorious side il apt, in the hnsh, Of
success, to be too confident; ana
when, In overcoming presumptious,
unwarranted, and aggressive DISPOSE
tious or tyranny it. often falls
into the very error or errors from which /
il had been aroused into resistance. 1t
often seeks to maintain and propagate
its own views, By the very principles OF
action and the precise measures which
had Induced it to enter into the contest.
The reformers were remarkable exam
pies of the truth of our remarks They
fought for civil and religious liberty, and
tbs right of private Interpretation; yet
in despite Of their principles they be-
came intoleranL They adopted the
same means and measures to propagate
the reformed ideas, which they had en-.
countered all the woes of revolution and
civil war 10 overcome. The truth was,
the habits Of thought and action under
which they had been educated, and
which were the habits of the civilized
world, were too much for their princi-
pies Happily, they soon-soon IN the
life of nations-renounced the old err
roneous methods again without reserva-
ton or return. But they, in the mean
time, degraded the nameof the reforma-
ton, retarded the progress of liberty,
truth, and Justice; forever stained. the
reputation Of their high, noble, gem
erous, manly, their God-giveu princi-.
pies, which are also those Of an uncor-
rupted nature,
The successive French revolutions
have been but the repeated overthrow OF
the hereditary despotisms, with the I'M
purposed establishment Of new orders of
noble tyrants Their philosophers could
proclaim liberty, equality, fraternity,
but they knew not how 10 establish
them. In undertakings to do so they at
| tempted to force liberal ideas at the
point of the bayonet, and became as in
tolerant as those whose former place
they occupied The people, perhsps,
we're incapable of sustaining free insti-
buttons, but the philosophers seemed to
be unaware that the practice of freedom
ana free municipal, as of all those
species of GOVERNMENTS can gradually
only arrive at easy working order. Ii 10
process requiring time Ii is growth
and must be by natural means. None
genuine are the hot-houae growth of a
day. None genuine, assured, and fully
developed, are the coercive results of q
day of cannon and bayonets Free i'm
stitutions may be ordained and set
a-going, but time alone and practice
can secure and perfect. Natural causes,
if the peoples principles are not funda-
mentally erroneous, will then edu-
cate the community to the silva
tion.I by the assistance of the
ordinary law and police department II
not thus, then the idea of establishing
what we understand by freedom among
| such q people is fallacy-by coercion,
an absurdity. To be worthy Of freedom,
people must themselves be free in
mind, and profess free principles.
Look the world over-where are the
freest governmental Certainly they
will be found according to where the
minds individually and in mass are
freest, and according as the population
does or does not scorship tyranny and
| tyrant-msking principles. The South
ern people are wrong By habit, Dot fun,
damentally. 4s.n
The revolution by which William
of Orange, became King of England
4 yasths shortest successful one known
to the history Of Europe, as it has beer
the most endufing and progressive
William was bred in the best school o
| liberal ideas, and moderation known Il
those days; that of the Netherlands
He did as much as in him lay to modif,
and control the viruIence of parties il
Il Great Britain and Ireland. He was Blu
partially successful, particularly in thl
latter unhappy country, but the granC
results of tbs policy which he supported
IL aot initiated, are witnessed to thii
| day. The sdage of nnone so blind al
those who will not see" account in SONS
degree, for what failure there was
i The wise moderation Of the victorious
hero, King of the Jews, on the suppress
sion of rebellion is not unworthy Of
notice. - AAA
It would be an incalculable mis-
q fortune if the ultimate results of thu
suppression of rebellion should be
change IN the chief acknowledged az
IONS and practice of our Government
Signs of imperfection in the praclica
workings of all human systems and IN
situations must ever be obscured. In
Il deed, nature herself is not without ap
parent irregularities and cIRHhing law
and interests; so, though our organize
ton of State and General Government
may seem sometimes at cross purposes
aud often interfere with the pei
lection of justice, still we maintain
that the sacredness of each within it
sphere, with the undoubted suprsmac,
of the general constitution ant
the laws deduced therefrom, is the bes
safeguard of common liberty. Il al
, lows freedom of action, of experiment
Of improvement, and of expansion
which can be obtained under no othe
system; and this without danger of con
vulsion thereby ensuing. The vagaries
: idiosyncracies or sbsurdities of section
. may be INDUCED freely without danger
ns ssv1' aAo0's HAse P 'ne Etea
Against intetference with the imme
diate Internal affairs of States by genera
Government officials or courts, whel
.nas was 70 enIorce wuae connlcseu WY l:,
our sen.,menss as we were, we are SUI
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