The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-09-27

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| ed Austria lay AT the mercy of Napolc-
on. The Prussian army wac conquered
! at Jena and Anerstadt and consolidated
| Prussia was almost oblitelated from Eu-
rope. The Russian army was struck ut
Eylau and overwhelmed at Fricdand,
and Russia submitted TO the dictation
of peace. Gar and Napoleon divided
the world mt Tilsit, and with seven hun
dred thousand men at his command the
French Emperor turned to the conquest
of Spain. He inveigled the royal fam
lily to his camp and kept them prison.
ers. lie bought the mobiles. He seized
the fortresscs. He declared Joseph
King, and sent three hundred thousand
men to place him on his throne. Men
called Spain weak. 1t lacked unity.
Its parts were loosely coniederated
through the Crown. Catalonia and An
dalusia and Aragon and old CASTLE re-
tained their separate organizations and
manifested Jealousy, even hostility to
each other. Vet when Napoleon reach
ed the capital aud sent his forces to
overrun the country, these provinces
called their troops together, acting
Cacli FOR Itself, drove back those veter-
ans who had never paused in their vic
torious march from the Minco to the
Nistua, and hy the capture of Dupont
shattered that prestige of success which
iiftO llltlblt. ItN ttil
Us We Democrats will cling to dead is
sues. The integrity of the Republican.
government, the preservation of liber-
ty, the maintenance of our Constitution
and government, the happiness of man
kind Are these dead issues ? Our love
for them may be dead, our fidelity may
be dead, our worthiness for them and
our enjoyment may be dead, but the is
sues vii! live till they are settled in
their full fruition and the principles
which underlie them are as durable as
the eternal throne. They tell us that,
like the Buurbons, we will not submit
to accomplished facts. 1t is mistake.
1t were wicked folly to resist the inev-
liable. We would bow revcrently in
its presence. But who shall open the
book of fate and say of any course of
events, or of any condition of things,
it is fixed forever. Who shall with pro-
phetic power read the secrets of the Al
mighty, and repeat in another connec-
ton the words which only once uttered
throughout all the ages reverberate
along the course Of eighteen centuries.
IN IS fhished." The human mind has
no power to discern the Interchangeable.
The decrees of destiny are hidden from
its view, that its aspirations may not
be checked, its efforts may not be palsi-
ed. When William Pitt came back to
the ministry, he formed with incredible
energy and eXertiOn the continental
Alliance. 1t required the labor of two
yeaIs. Napoleon broke up his camp at
iIouiogne, marched his heroic legions
to the Danube, and in one hundred days
captured an army at Ulm, and shattered
the coalition on the bloody field of Aus
terlitz. The great statesman was bowed
to the earth-his hope was gone-his
,nYt l,r,,ls h;c
Broken hearted, he exclaimed, "Roll up
the map of Europe for half century,
and died, believing that Napoleon had
attained TO universal dominion. Aus
tria was despoiled of her larest pos
sessions. jena followed, and Prussi,
was humbled to the dust: Friedland
followed, and the monarch of the North
bowed his naughty head before the i'm
ptri;d eagles. Napoleon was mighty
His fiat vacated the throne of Naples.
lie pronounced the sentence, 1.-THE
House Of Braganza has ceased to reign"
and that family went fugitives from
Portugal to Brazil. Loui, was King of
Holland: Joseph was King of Spain
Murat was King of Naples. The con-
federation of the Rhine guarded his
frontier. The Dukedom of Warsaw and
the Kingdom Of Westphalia were the
! props of his throne. Here seemed to
be an accomplished fact. But England
refused to "acccpt the situatiOn,n and
in less than three years Austria was in
arms, Prussia was recupcratcd, Russia
lad become hostile and in less than siA
years the empire of Napoleon had pass
ed away-the fabric of his power had
been Europe was re-estab-
lished within its original limits, and he
himself languished Il prisoner in the
island of 1T. Helena. In 1890 the COM
promise measures were passed. The,
consisted nj the admission OfCaiifornii
the amendment of the Fugotive Sla,
law, the establishment of governmel
in the territories. They commando -
the support of the leading statesmen
both great political parties. They We
declared to be an honest, honorab
final settlement of the issues of slave
rs connected With the federal goveI
ment The national conventions of IL
both approved them. The people tn
oughly indorsed them. Bui Chase, 8,
summer, and Hale, and Giddings
fused 10 ''accept the situation" and
the repeal of the MissOusi COmprOn
they recommended the agitation, VIII
ended IN war, and has oblitcratcd fr =.
the statute book not only those |. B.,
but the very principle on which tn
laws were based. Who shall dare
say what facts are accomplished Y
shall predict the ways which are
finding Out:' To accept the 81
tion," if II be wrong, is tie cowar,
Ola tlmid spirit, or the weakness { 81,
Wcaricd one. Error Is never ii,
wrong Is AeVcr established, the COu
Of evil are never accomplished Tr
wages against them perpetual war.
never WearicS. Its strength never fa
Its spiIlt never flags, and ii is immoI
"lhe eternal year, Of God are her
Let Us be her soldiers and emulate !
virtue. Let Us accept nothing as acco
pIishcd unless our judgments and CO
sciences approve the result ~ right. L
us stand by our Constitution which \
believe To he right, and maintain
FORM of government which we ha>
found to be benetcent. Let Us acce
no result aS final which accomplish
their overthrow. Let III be unWcari
in this contest, and believe we sh
save our Institutions to bless our cl
dien even us they have blessed
fathers. III we fail, we shall ut le
have deserved well OF our countrymC
aud shall have done that which, Ii
the seed after being hidden in the fros
and SHOWS, and darkness of winter, sha
bear fruit; and if this land and COVER
ment must follow the footsteps of IT,
past, we shall be able than to comic.
ourselves with the reflection that if N,
tions, like individuals, are not destine
to immortality, and if in their virtue.
equally rs their vices, in their grandeu.
as in their weakness, they bear in theig
bosonls the seeds of mortality, never
theless, "in the passions which elevate
them to greatness equally as those
which hasten their decay, is to be dis
cerned the unceasing operation of those
principle, at once of corruption and of
resurrection which are combinal in hu-
manlty, and which, universal Ia COM
munities as IN single man, 'u.Hprnsat g
the necessary decllnc of u. ,oJ- by the
. vital fire which hats giN,a ,..dC.,ing
youth to the human race Lou. and