Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-01-13
The New Year.

The year is closing peacefully after the wild
storms of war; and the Christmas that is coming
will be truly festival of peace and goodwill.
The passions generated by civil war can not be
rapidly quoted E: and for many month and year
the country must toss and heaye like the sea
after a tempest
Yet, what North Carolinian said the other
day is very true, that there is apparently no III
feeling, no vindctive wish, in this part of the
country. There is great sobrety, there is a
profound conviction of tie dangerous falacy OF
the principal upon which the rebellion pro-
cceded, but there is an equally sober wish that
all trace of the difference may disappear as
swiftly and as surely as possible.
The result of the war is a misfortune for
nobody. 1t has consumed human life, it has
wasted property, but the gains for each side are
greater than the losses The principles of ma
tional unity and of equal rights before the law
have been indicated in such q way that they
are not likely to be again questioned, and the
advantage Of such result to the peace of the
country and the welfare Of wankind is incalcu
liable.
For the present of course, some Of those who
heartily supported the rebellion do not admit the
truth of these principles-thev merely acquesce
in the superior force which has asserted them.
Such persons may even maintain Il suien atti-
tude Of resistance. and cherish secret hope of
once more trying the Issue by arms. But these
are not the men WHO fought, they are those who
were content to snuff the battle afar off. Soldiers
are practical men They depend upon force,
and they know when they overpowered.
Soldiers submit, orators do not.
That there is a feeling of intense hostility at
the South toward the men who are supposed
especially to represent the principle which has
prevailed in the contest is not to be denied.
Those who denounce Slavery, for instance, are
I1,- lint to hat
SHAREHOLDERS. But they do not They may de-
plore its effect upon public interests and private
character, and expose them as plainly as words
permit, but that is quite independent of any
manner of feeling whatever. They may claim
that all men have inherent rights, but that is
not TO be the enemies Of any man or class, but
the very reverse. In this country we demand
equal rights for all men, because the denial Of
them imperils the peace and rights of every
man. No man, or class, or community here can
seperate itself from any other. What is any
mans business, so far as rights are concerned,
is every mans. The factory system in New
England for instance, is the business of Georgia
and Arkansas, rs of every other community in
the country. For if that system fundamental
rights should be disregarded and ignorance and
crime fostcred, there is not citizen in the re-
hottest corner Of the land who would not only be
justified but morally bound, to protest and ex
pose the iniquity. The MISREPRESENTATION
kind Of craftsmanship is the best the worst in
the world. Il is the worst. if you think that
nothing but your own immediate personal bene-
fit is your business. 1t is the best, if you under
stand that no man in country can be insulated
from any other, and that all 60 up or down
together
There is a necessary difference, but not neces-
sary antagonism, between the various parts OF
this country. Climate and soil are subtle influ-
ences, affecting both character and commerce.
The people Of New England of the northwest,
of the Middle States, and of the South, will Al
ways have local characteristics and what will
be the task of q true craftsmanship but to modl-
fy them rs much possible, and prevent their
development into alienation?
The freest communication and the freest de-
bate will level the lines and bring US all more
closely and amicably together Whatever tends
to separate us, physically mentally, prolongs
jealousy and hostility. And in this sense, rail-
roads and telegraphs and newspapers become ac
tual ministers Of national peace. Neither side
should ask silence or timidity of the other.
What we all want is the truth stated as forci-
bly, as the pen and tongues can utter it, The
policy that each earnestly believes to be essential
to the national welfare each must earnestly adj
vocate and perpetually appeal to the great final
tribunal-the people at the polls.
Ii this could be the spirit on all sides, the pa
ciication of the country, even with profound diff
ferences of opinion, would not be very long or
difficult process.-Harper's Nagaz'ne.