Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-06
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should understand and dsfend with
resolution.
Amongst the noblest trophies which
were brought out Of the conflict, am.
which our fathers inscribed indeBIdy
on the shield Of victory was the rioLt Of
every man TO choose his ho ne and
country; and renouncing that allegt-
ance which the accident Of birth hveted
to the person Of the lord monarch ofths
State. The policy Of kings had ordain-
cd that the feudal bond Of fealty could
never be dissolved. The relations OF
protection on the part Of the prince, and
allegiance on that Of the subject were
supposed to DO reciprocal obligations
existing and interwoven in the very tex
ture Of monarchy. Tho claim OF allegi-
ance, therefore, followed the man over
the whole surface Of the globe. and TO
the end Of life. He might fly from
wrong and oppression In the land OF his
~forefathers, and seek refuge in any
quarter OF the round world; still this
claim was as o shadow from which there
wa no escape. Let him seek the re-
hottest North, or the islands OF the
tropic seas-whether he dwelt beneath
the palm Of the torrid zone or shivered
in the red glare Of the Arctic night, he
had in no wise loosed the chain which
bound him. to the service Of his king.
Not only was this claim held TO extend
through all space. but through all time.
Death only cancelled the debt; and the
Orientals in the refinement OF q super
stitious ~absolutism, required that the
bones Of the dead should be returned to
the Flowery Kingdom.
The natural right Of man to seek q
home among the free nations, and to
transfer his arm to the service Of the
country Of his choice, became at an
early period the most serious subject Of
controversy between these States and
foreign Powers. Once the cause OF 0
sa~nguinary war between the United
States aud Great Britain. II has again
and again Jared in discord upon the in
ternational relations Of America and
continental Europe. With the growing
strength Of our country. this monarchi-
cal eraction has receded step by step,
and whether given up or not by the cab
inets OF Kings, tho time is now when
the panoply Of American citizenship
must be o passport 10 those who wear Il
effective to protect all who conduct
themselves peacefully within the realms
Of regal p~otentates.
The question must often occur 10 the
patriotic mind, and all with solicitude
the hearts Of those who value the bless
ings OF Liberty and Union-How are
these institutions, 81 propitious to the
happiness OF men, to DO perpetuated ?
What methods are most preservativc OF
q free State 2 Can II be possible that
the intelligence and the nobility OF the
American character will sink TO that
slavish servility TO which the FREQ people
Of the most austere republics have de-
sccndedp
Civil war has been the most malignant
foo to liberal constitutions. After tho
disorders to which intestine connections
have led. men long for repose. Tho
masses OF citizens who covet the quiet
Of domestic peace are easily subdued to
any condition, so that they purchase ex-
emption from tho horrors Of sedition
and anarchy. The path Of the FIRST
bald Caesar" to the imperial purple, and
OF Napoleon to the scepter OF Franco,
show how liberty may perish, even among
the most heroic people. Surfeitcd with
horrors, drenched with fraternal blood,
any hand may rule which Is strong enough
at the same time to protect. Wearied
with the turmoil and dangers Of the
strife, sick Of bloodshed, men turn for
security, and seek II under the strong
arm OF one-a single despot.
The third Napoleon, in his life OF
that Caesar, who struck down that great
Republic which had fiourished in splen-
dor for seven hundred years, declares
that Caesar would not be a wolf, but
he found the Romans all sheep" They
had supped on horrors from the rise OF
Sylla to the fall Of Pompey, and were
ready for the master at the head Of the
legions. Faction had sown the seed,
and q bold and fortunate soldier reaped
the harvest Of his country's liberties.
II Is against the ambition Of those
entrusted with the question Of war that
the wise civilian must be ever on his
guard, and the people forever vigilant.
Among the happiost Of events, which
have favored the fortunes OF our land.
I place the circumstance that Abraham
Lincoln survived to see the American
conflict brought to o close /; and to
sound a single note Of admonition, full
Of good for the age. and to the glory OF
his country. Better had he lived 10
quell the agitation Of the times and
still the waves OF resentment.
II was natural that at the end OF o
great and p~rotracted civil strife, that
deep and almost inappeasable animosi-
ties should have been aroused against
those who lifted up the arm Of rebellion.
I an speaking Of men. and not saints
or angels. I am speaking Of man, with
NIL his noble instincts and all his pas
sions ; as we know him the world over.
from the earliest chronicles. / repeat
II, therefore, that II was natural for men
TO feel the impulses Of anger and resent
ment toward those who struck at the in
tcgrity Of the Union. / say this. be-
cause from tno peRinuiu8 VI Iinuop ~
every age and country. the cry and prac-
ticc Of man in all cases Ind becn woo
to the vanquished."
And yet, looking back over the lessons
Of history, what reprisals Of blood ever
brought peace to any State or gave its
Constitutions safety. The great, robust
heart and head Of the President meas
ured the dangers OF recriminaion, and
to his wise moderation Of temper and
clear Judgment wo are indebted for this,
that no blood was shed In reprisal after
the sword Of war was sheathcd, and that
the hands Of America are guiltless Of tho
life Of even her erring children. Was
that not better than the guillotine?
Marshal Ney, tho bravest Of the brave.
the hero OF the Beresina, fell q sacrifice
to appease tho anger OF the restored
Bourbons. It was q Bourbon blunder.
The fall Of Ney reopcned the wounds OF
France, and brought after II the eIpul-