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MldI DUTTEs OF THE GOVERN.
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eesyplaons ofssn more horrible than those which
hays alrsady occurred and which psrpstuats hatred
aad rsvsugs and bloodsAsd from age 10 ags should
~ essqusving povsu ersrciss thsir present great
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). Words ftly spoken are aptly said to be
like apples Of gold in pictures Of silver.
Those in the extract were written expressly
for the instruction Of the combined Powers
Of Europe, whilst in the fiush Of their victory
over NAPoLKox at Waterloo and before they
revised the map Of Europe at Vienna.
"Not with too signal or mortifying a tri-
umpA," wrote he, "over the legitimate in
terests or avowable feelings OF numerous
body Of men; nor with those retaliations
against States or parties which beget new
convulsions often more horrible than those
which have already occurred, and which per-
petuate hatred and revenge and bloodshed
from age 10 age" should any conquering
power in christendom, least Of all our great
Republic, exercise their present great ad-
vantage" r.. .
ID Edmund BURKE felt all this when, in respect
to the American colonies. he said hedid not
know how to draw up an indictment against
people clothed with the immunities and
powers Of State. Secretary SEWARD up.
preciated oil this when he indited his instruc-
tions, In 1861, to our ministers abroad and
advised them to remind the governments to
which they were accredited not only that no
State in the American Union had fallen or
would be permitted to fall from its sphere,
but that, Notwithstanding the rebellious con.
duct Of their people, every State must be re-
garded as an honored member Of the Repub-
lie; and also when, in one Of his speeches
delivered during the war, he intimated that
it was the endeavor of the Federal Govern.
ment to conform its action toward the rebels
to the highest standard Of Christian philoso-
ply existing among civilized nations. While
the msddened populace was crying out:
Cruelty them, cruelty them Release unto
Us BARRABAs las il it would do in this en-
lightened age to fall upon the rebels after
they had laid down their arms and wreak
public vengeance upon them-the helm of
our Government was, blessed be God, in the
hands Of statesmen who had far more exalted
ideas Of public duty in the hour Of triumph.
But the great trouble in all this has been
the difficulty Of educating the masses of our
people up to the comprehension of their sub
Unity. Even the men of God had allowed
war-thoughts to get such mastery over their
minds that they found themselves quarreling
not only with the ethics Of this, the highest
order Of craftsmanship, but also with those
Of the Lords own prayer and the parable Of
the prodigal son. Future historians will
write that the masses Of the Northern people
became 80 greatly demoralized during the
war that they fell away from MOSES and the
Prophets not only, but from those maxms
Of Christian philosophy which they had
Heretofore very greatly admired; that de-
piorable lapse Of general morals so far
blunted the sensibilities even of professed
Christians as to render them incapable, for
the time, Of understanding the exalted prin-
ciples upon which the policy of the Admins
trations both Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN and An
DREW JOHNSON were predicated. The blood
Of the martyrs in all ages has not been more
the seed Of the Church than have been retail
ations against States or parties the seed Of
subsequent hatreds, revenges, and bloody
outbreaks upon the peace Of society. They
always perpetuate, never stop trouble.
As IL seems to be impossible for the radi-
Gals, in or out Of Congress, to raise them
selves up to the proper level of this great
and pressing subject, we deem it to be our
duty to call upon our contemporaries and all
persons engaged in the responsible duties of
public instruction to make it specially in
their respective spheres until the people of
bho oo-Soiou ioyoi otoIco ouhii pc DTOuRnt
up to q healthy tone concerning it. The
rebels, to be sure, acted very unwisely; some
Of them acted very cruelty and ferociously.
They levied war against us; plundered the
repositories Of public property, ravaged the
country, burnt some Of our towns, and de-
stroyed the lives Of our citizens. They starved
our prisoners and undertook to spread pesti.
lence among us. They did all that and more.
But they finally succumbed to the national
power, and laid down their arms. If the
pride Of any Of them restrains them from
making humble acknowledgements for their
great error, we haveNo inquisitorial rack
with thumbscrews with which to compel them.
An abandonment of their cause and renewed
obedience to the Constitution and laws are
all we can require of them as communi.
ties. This all men ought to be wise enough
to know.
Let us not be- misunderstood. We have
no reference now to the punishments which
have been or which may hereafter be inflicted