Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-13
r nsAsrED FREEDOH OF
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AMEAAGAs
The poet has intimated that there
Il nothing In q name that a rose
would smell as sweet with any 9TH
8rnama. This may be true in theo-
y and may serve to round q beau.
ful poetic period, but in practice
his often found that in the name
consists everything. Fourth Of
July spread-eagle orators delight
IN depicting the grandeur, extent
and magnihcence Of the liberty
possessed by the people Of the
aland Of the free and the home Of
tie brave" The uuceasing reit-
Grafton Of this base fabrication !
has imposed TO q great extent up
on the intelligence Of the world.
Credulous men ali over the civil
ICED world have been induced to
attach credit to this declaration
and gulled and misinformed inno-
cent people, Ostensibly fleeing
from the tyranny Of monarchical
Europe, plunge innOcently into
the midst Of the greater terrors Of
licensed anarchy Of America. 1t
is time that mankind was set
Alright upon this question. Lib
erty here is a forgotten theory;
the name of which is hauled out
and Furnished up periodically as
the militia man in bygone times
took down the time honored mus
ket Of his father and polished the
barrel without regard to the inner
condition Of the contents of the
arm. We have from education
accepted the statement that ours
10 the land Of freedom and liberty,
without attempting to analyze
these terms. There is no doubt
that the trainers Of government so
intended 1t, but every thinking
mind has been long since con-
vinced that corruption and fraud
have made the efforts of a Wash
ington, q Jefferson, q Madi-
SON and others Of similar in
tent nugatory, and that they
have taken the declarations of
these Statesman and pure patriots
20 Be used as decoys whereby to
deceive. Can there be liberty
when such deeds as have dis
Rraced the nation within the past
i've years, have been equalized
and justified? We rush full Of
excitement and interest to the
bulletin board, 10 learn the latest
intelligence from the seat of war
in Europe, forgetful Of or indifer
ent to the fact, that a more serious
and destructive war is raging in our
midst. We fail TO observe that a
constant, persistent and never
ending war is being steadily perse.
cuted against every vestige of true
liberty, in this, our own home and
land. We have been so long the
victims Of oppression, wrong and
outrage, that we have become scar
ed and indifferent. Our sensibili-
ties have been calloused. We no
longer feel as freemen should feel.
The numbness Of approaching dis
solution Is upon us. The inditfer-
ence Of desperation has seized US.
And we sit quietly and silently,
stolidly blind, and witness an accu.
mutation Of events, the perpetra-
ton Of any one Of which a few years
ago would have draped the land
in mourning, and deluged the
country in blood. A surprising
tOrpidity has fallen upon us, and
we apparently no longer think or
act. The diabOlical scenes which
characterized events in Arkansas,
\ few months since, are forgotten
and we now look ct a repetition
Of them in North and South
Carolina, without manifestation
Of surprise or interest. In a
further consideration Of this sub
jeCt We subjOin the following from
the Columbus (Ga. Enquirer:
"Ithas become q question for
the serious consideration of the
people Ofthe South, win we ever
hayepeace again2 By peace, we
mean the cessation of unchecked,
arbitrary rule by those in power,
and The restoration Of the suprem-
acy Of the Constitution and laws.
1t has now been more than Eve