The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-30

ana fragrant Hover out of niosome soil.
u perfect Union of the States.
HAVE WE THE OLD REPUBLIC.
But we are told, sometimes, that the
government Is changed--that the war
revolutiOnized our institutions--that the
Republic IL no longer the Republic OF
Washington and Jeiierson--that we have
III Its stead a corrupt dcspotism. The
imagination of the evil birds of omen
who sing this song of woe, might call 10
our mind the picture Dante paints OF a
conflict In the doleful regions Of Male
bolgc between serpent and spirit
IN human form, and say to us that it Is
,ypicaI OF the results of the war between
me serpent OF slavery and the Spirit of
but a. looked
toward thcm, 10! serpent with six feet
7p'Hgs ior'h on One, and fast-ns fill upon
And then n Transformation
Each melted mtrsothcr, ninglina hue. -
The two heads became one. and the ljp-
ures We're blended into one torn, in which
pom OF them were lost. Thus.
" u said By some. In the battle
melted INTO the othcr-the two were
blendedi nto one form-thc form of Cen
traliLed Despotism-in which both were
lost. and that we have therefore neither
the Republic OF the early times nor that
OF the days of the domination of slavery.
These doleiul singers sing an untrue
song. Freedom was not lost In the con-
ilict. but was triumphant. A political
~. George. he placed his foot upon the
Dragon. and in his victory was found the
contamination of the Republic of the
fathcrs-strongcr OF limb somewhat.
| sicrncr 1t may be. proudcr-cyed. but still
the same Repnblic--tlIe boy grown into
the man.
EVILS.
But we cannot hide from our.clycs Tho
tact that the results of the war have had
u marked effect upon the government
and the people. Wealth has been con-
centrated into moundcd heaps and
money has obtained undue power. The
men oftlc bonds and stocks have step
ped into The domineering shoes of the
old-tinc shareholders. and monopolies
have assumed the right to rob the people
and crush all who dare 10 question The
wisdom ofnot permitting them to con-
tinue IN possession OF dangerous
-
the public shoulders--a heavy globe it l.
true, but strong ~ those of Atlas are the
shoulders OF the American people. Cor
ruplion, like noxious weed. has grown
III rank luNuriancc out of speculations
that resulted from the financial policy the
war rendered necessary. Economy is no
longer the rule. Ignorance has been
made an element in our politics. and the
idea of the Capitalization OF power has
become familiar to the people. There are
many evils 10 be deplored. but in what
nation and in what era of the worlds his
tory was this not true : Whatever may be
said the, tact remains that
the Republic still exists-not i'm
paired. but strengthened and beautiiicd.
BLESSINGS.
Still. u when Bancroft wrote his first
volume. we may boast that the SOW
ercignty of the people is with us n con-
coded axiom. The laws, established upon
that basis. are cherished with faithful
patriotism. Prosperity follows the exc
cution of even justice invention is
quickened by the freedom OF competi-
ton. Oar national resources are devel-
oped by dn earnest culture of the arts OF
peace. Every man may enjoy the fruits
OF his Industry every mind is free to
publish its convictions. Even the enc
mics Of the state are tree to publish their
opinions uudisturbcd. Religion Is
neither prosecuted nor paid by the State
And now. also, We can point to a govern
ment no longer In peril from the attrac
tive but dangerous doctrines of Calhoun
to q government against which ca
not be thrown the reproach that IN
Union under it is rope OF sand and
\ M ttns NJ A.
without the color or shame upon on
cheeks. and point to Il land untainted b,
human slavery, In which the Declaration
OF Independence has been indicated
and ali born in the Republic are equal IN
political rights. We might with profit
have lost more than we have To Sc
cure from war more perfect Union
and the destruction of slavery-that & cd.
cursed and man-eXccratcd Institution OF
inhumanity and injustice.
TO THE GREAT BLESSING
Of Il free country we advanced slowly
Wharf.-The war in which fell the brave
men who sleep In this cemetery-iorced il
upon us. At first. in the language OF the
Crittendcn resolution. with general voice
we demanded the Union as il was
with slavery undsturbed. President
v.
"What good." he exclaimed on one oc-
casion, "would proclamation ofcmanci-
patton from me do ut this timcy | do not
want to issue a document the whole
world will see must necessarily be- inopcra-
tive, like the Pope's bull against the
Comet" But God was wiser than the
patriot, Crttendcn, or the leader. Lin
coin. We were led along by the arbitrary
power of "A Higher VIM ont of the crime
of slavery. What am y said the Pres
ident. THAT | should contest the will of
God:' And he was compelled to be-
come the Great Emancipator. Tinidly
he advanced. His first word was a threat
to the government of the South, prom
Use 10 the slave. 1T the arins of the reb-
els are not laid aside By the lst of Janu-
airy. 1868" he said in September, 1862,
II will take the sword and knock the
shacl,lss from the limbs of the slaves of
the South
WHAT WAS II:
On the night of December 81, 1863,
those of the slaves of the South who knew
the matter, il in their squalid cabins time
was marked. watched with awe-struck
gaze the hand upon the dial until II told
the hour of twelve. and the new year was
born rs they experienced Tor the iirst
time the sensation of freedom. They had
ii, but what was IL; The simple mind Of
the negro could not comprehend it. lie
had dreamed of it-had built often the air.
castle of libcrty,--a gorgeous castle. full
of splcndor and happiness, through
which roamed angels with golden crowns
upon Their heads, shod with slippers OF
silver, harps in their fair hands and songs
upon their lips. Freedom to him was
Sold--a California of wealth, a Paradise
OF rest and enjoyment; and, as the first
moment of the Great Day was marked
upon the dial. and he grasped the longed-
tor prize. he wondered that light did not
hnrst mon him in a food. and glory did