Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-01-17
The Political Atmosphere.

passed away. but what will be its et- e
fects upon the future destiny OF the /
people cannot yetbe discerned; wheth- s
er its influence upon society is to be J
healthful or otherwise, purifying or
corrupting, the distant future onl y can
disclose. It is difficult to say whether
the suspicious or the untavorable
omens appear most prominent at the
nresent moment. The existing state
Of things naturally leads to mutual
suspicion and animosity between the
two races at the South, and much cool
ness and jealousy between the TWO
sections ofthe country Whether these
Ill feelings are gradually to become
extinguished, or to be greately lncreas-
ed III intensity, depends probably more
upon the material prosperity OF the
South than any other cause. III the
negroes. or a considerable portion OF
them, proveindustrious and thrifty, ana
good crops and remuneratlng prices
are obtained, and commerce and manu-
\ features are successfully introduced
among the people, all will be well and
90 on improving. But if from the et-
fects of Incidence and disorder, power
ty is spread over the South, the cOnse-
Guences to the whole country will be
disastrous.
The wisest legislation, both III the
national and the State councils, can
avail but little to promote the needtul
peace and prosperity, because alter
all that governments can do, the tmal
result can only be worked out by the
good sense Of the people. The legls-
lation of the Spanish American Re
publics has mucn of the time been very
GOOD. and they have had many wise
rulers and sagacious statesmen, but
the people failed to cooperate with
them. and the good seed, falling on
stony ground, produced no harvest.
Unwise legislation may, however. ter
+ riDly aggrayate the tendency to evil
+ Ii is law Of our being that while good
J. works are reached only by slow and
t toilsome progress. evil is often but the
d deed OF d moment. A few pounds OF
+ explosive material and an insignificant
4 little match, applied by some incendia-
0 ~ hand, viii at any time suffice to
:. PROSTATE instantaneously in ruins. a
t noble ediice which it required the Ia
Dor Of hundreds Of men many years
to erect.
But the negro question Is not the
=. only cloud which is floating in oW
- horizon. When it is found. as it soon
-, will be, that the condition Of the negro
: can in no way be ettectua.Iy controlled
- OF fixed by national legislation, bu
!. that his destiny can only be decided
/, by the community where he lives auC
I, with which he is il close contact. othel
, questions which are within the reacl
/. OF the Federal government will become
OF absorbing interest. and We mus
=. look fora vigorous il not indeed a.
- angry controversy over them. Th
~. tariff and the currency questions vii
X. beearly In order as great and agltatIny
a subjects. and the former OF these vii
If largely part9ke ofasectioual character
ii We shall undoubtedly find SCI iona
IL quarrels will not be ended by the eA
tinguishmcnr Of slavery. If wiser AM
better men are not hereafter sent i
Congress than according to the preseu
M indications are now there, we are b
th no means yet out Of our Sectiona
nd troubles. Many issues which hay
Dl- been suspended during the war vi
Ie soon arise again, and new. serious an
perpIeXing combinations and compl
j. cations may be expected.
/. We have yet to learn whether til
! fiery tria! which has passed ovo
~ the land durin the last tou
~. wears was intended for cur purifc;
49,. ton. OF was only the first OF a serit
of calamaties ultimately to eventual
III our destruction as a nation. "
m. are fearful OF the boasting, proud ali
or arrogant spirit which is so prevaleI
III our land. Sacred and profane hi
tory both teach us that it is almost a
o' ways the precursor ola speedy downfall
a. Have We not had, both South an
- North, already a sufficient admonitic
w. to induce Us to be less confident.
oIi ever a nation was taught a lesson of h
ny mility, and Of the frail tenure and u
II i certainty Of prosperity and happines
ia 1t has certainly been taught here, an
= - yet we boast Of our power, our rich,
i, and increase of goods, forgetting til;
pa III single nj h all these t lin Q
9'- may pass away. We look with disa
%" probation at an individual who got
'u9 thorough the community boasting
d. his power and wealth, and can We e
pect TO play, as a nation, the part
such an individual, without ultimate
,u!- finding that every one will rejoi
IL when trouble comes upon US, and tn;
To- sooner or later powerful and success
an full combinations will be formed
1h' bring down our pride.-B0ston Con
the \ FEARFUL STORY OF HYDRoPHoB
nd DE TIL OF SIX CHLDREN.-Mr. He
'N ~ Drew, Assistant Superintendent
ng' Public Property, has related to us tt
the particulars of a case of hydrophobia
the the village of Waterloo which su
ma passes in tragic interest almost al
VS., story Of the kind we have ever reaC
'ol, Some six or seven years ago ms
'ed dog went through the village of Waite
'm- loo, Jefferson County, and bit nu
ia Der OF animals. Among others
snapped at the leg of cow belongi1
to Mr.. Babcock. The animal W;
o,1 examined, but no mark was found. az
eh' II was supposed that it escaped bel,