The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-09-17

readers with its political platitudes and ma
lignant Misrepresentation, has called to its
aid doughty champion, who, under the ii.
tie Of "Americus" undertakes to demon.
strate the thesis that ''THE STATE or THE
WORLDS AoAISsTTHE SOUTHERN REBELIloN. .,
This demonstration consists in sundry gra-
tuitous assumptions, some harmless proph.
ecy, and large mass of that blatant senti.
ment, which, with shallow minds, passes for
religious philahthrophy, but which, in real
ity, Is nothing but hypocriticaI sanctity, veil
ed under the guise of Elusive progress
and whining puritanism.
This philosopher Of the Sentinel asserts
that mo one, even Of moderate information,
can doubt that Europe has been for some
time, coming out for free Institutions. ~
The true meaning of terms is oiientimes du.
bious, and sometimes Of impossible compre.
hension. Now we may possibly mistake the
meaning of An,ericus, He may predicate
his assumption on the condition Of the freq
institutions which exist for example, under
the mild and paternl government Of Parson
Brownlow; or the peaceful aud benignant
rule which, in the South, binds ten States
in the chains OF military deguotism. Or he
may reason to the political aud social neces
sity ofcentralising all thcpowcrs Of the gov.
eminent in the Congress Of the United
States, to the end, that the white race in the
South shall be governed by the brutal igno.
rance aud 6endisli sayagery Of semi civilized
negroes. If such be the meaning Of this
wonderful eNpounder Of social ethics aud
political science, then we may find some
common ground to rest upon. II is precise
ly this centralising force that is now domi
mating in the European family Of nations.
1t is just this absorption Of the individual In
the government, that keeps Europe in hos
tile military array, and menaces society with
the shock and commissions Of armed con.
fiicts. II is precisely this habit Of tyranny,
submitted TO by the people in their weak.
ness, which makes tyranny necessary, ia
order that governments may enforce taxa,
ton and restrain the aspirations for peace
which ever swell from the hearts Of the mas.
SEES Of the people. IL Germany more free
now that Prussia lords il over 70 much Of
her territory, and is seeking to antfy her
separate states ~ one grand central despot
ism p? is France freer now than when ander
tie domination Of the Bourbon or ofleans
family2 II go, does such freedom end i,s
expression and complement 10 the iaci that
her present imperial ruler can call from the
sweet ayocations Of domestic life million
Of her sons, and hurry ,hcm, ut his caprice.
10 the carnage Of the battle field? Are a
muzzled pross aud siiacd tribune typos Of
true libcrty2 l. Italy now more free be-
cause, at the instance Of her rulers. she was
forced to peril the happiness Of her people
N iighlin the battles Of France and Of Prns
siay Il she freer nov, that her territory r.
ovcr.run with brigands, her people crushed
down by the burden Of taxation, and the
moral and religious suscep,ibilties Of her
population wounded and paralysed by The
coniscaIion aud destruction Of her religions
institutions? In n word, Is political unity.
superndded TO exhaustive taxation, hope.
loss toll and social corruption. the test II
progress" and the goal Of libertyg If 10,
then indeed Is Europe, like America, 'd,}yf
ing strongly 10 free inffitufions p Surely
the world will not lack for wise legisa,or.
and efficient instructors, as long a. mothers
give suck to such intellectual giants A.
Americas.
There are some minds whosc inslincis are
80 groyelline, whose hahi,a Of thought are
so contracted aud bigotcd, that everything
they assinulate is given out IN uniformity
OF dulncss, stupidity aud malenancy We
are constrained, in sheer Difference 10 truth.
to place dmsrieas in this category His
prophetic vision beho!ds the "foiiegj,ig
fope indulging IN unayailing lamentations
over the destruction Of "IopiSh tyranny -
aud like the Pythoness Of old, Ap,ericu
fairly wriihes in the agony Of prophetic IN.
splra'ion, IN announcing that the ",Iorology
Of tie Rope rM be raiioi before Iona. i'..-
There is the veritable ring Of cAe,e Know
Nothlngism in his spitefui railing agains,
the Pope and his instincts aud apliludes
would make him glory in the return to the
soeial, political and religious prescription Of
that dead monster.
We cannot know whence dmericus de.
ri'cs his claims to prophecy. We are lib
e-al enough TO imagine they are selfassamed
and spurious. Our observation has shown
us how widely great minds may differ in
their deductions drawn from similar facts
and principles. Ameicus, therefore, mas
be allowed to differ with Macauloy as the
pigmy may differ with the giant. Speaking
of the Catholic Church, Macaulcy saws
NOR do We see any sign which indicates
that the term of her long dominion Is an.
proaehing. She saw the commencement of
all the governments and all the ccelesiasti
cal establishments ihat now exist In the
world and we feel no assurance that she
is not destined to see the end Of them ali
and she may still exist IN undiipto
ished yigor when some traveller from Now
Zealand shall in the midst of a vast solitude,
take his stand on a broken arch of London
Bridge to sketch the ruins Of st. Paurs.
= when we reflect on the tremendous as
saulls which she has survived we find Il diff
iicalt to conceive in what way she is to per.
n
ISL Americns will excuse our bad taste
IL we nraEer 10 dncidn VIII ~ ...l.l ~