The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-05
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III. Blaine, after "a full statement Of the
relations between the United States and
Mexico, proceeded: To the younger gene.
ration, who constitute the larger part Of my
hearers, the war with Mexico Is merely q
i dim tradition; but the elderly and middle
aged will readily remember that the final
act which precipitated actual conflict be.
i tween the two coun tries IN the ssnfin s 81
1876 was. not so palpable nor so menacing
j as that which is now being foresh adoWed
over the map OF q o y, nations t future
! from. the same disturbed quarter in the
/ ndlit;eal. heavens; and III eScot1rse OF our
Goyernrnent Shall now be guided, or even
i largely influenced, by the men add the .in-
iterests that stand behind this movement,
some OF them masked and some OF them in
sight. we NAV find ourselves misled inteta
war recurring indeed but q petty faction OF
our military strength, yet Involving a seri-
ous drain upon our treasury, to- be re-
Eimbursed in the lend by cession of
TERRITORY acquired at the wrong time, 10
Gated in the wrong place, inhabited by
an undesirable people, adding weakness
where we want,strength, discord where we
need peace, andsa lack Of patriotic inspiFa-
| ton where most OF all I'VE require the de-
voted spirit OF q true American nationality.
We are passing through an era OF test and
trial for the Republic. The war OF the re-
lbellion is long since oyer, but the political
questions resulting therefrom, the new ad-
iustments renderedSnecessary by: the issue
OF the conflict, the permanent status 81 ssite
races brought into new relationsy have, not
yet been settled upon basis that gives ade-
quate guarantees for, peace, harmony, and
security in the future
| do not wish to eXaggerate these sources
OF disquiet, nor do / wish to underrate
them. They present the grave problems OF
craftsmanship for the present generation.
It yet remains to be seen whether ,ouT wis
dom in peace is equal to our proves in war.
Nor would it be just to ignore or befittle
| the grave difficulties which the States lately
| in rebellion lave upon their own hands md
within their own neutrality-suspicious. which
they alone can adjust, but which are: as
suredly rendered more difficult to them by
their jealousy and distrust OF the National
Government. r..5, ,ss
|: And in certain aspects these questions
are being continually complicated and rem
dered more embarrassing by the action OF
these States themselves. When. alter the
close Of the rebellion, the States en-
gagged in it were readmitted to a partici-
patton in the government OF the Union,
they; all came in with Constitutions
recognizing and distinctly affirming the
paramount authority OF the National Gov.
eminent and the paramount allegiance due
to it from every citizen OF the United States.
Several of the States thus reconstructed
have since changed their Constitutions. and
in every instance. save one they have struck
out the paramount authority OF the Union
and the paramount allegiance OF a citizen
to the National Government. The latest
example is that Of Georgia.; that has just
voted for a convention to- revise her
Constitution, on which She was re-
admitted to representation in CoS,-
gress, and her distinguished senator,
Mr.. Hill, is creditednbYt the public press
with declaring, that AMONG the prime mo-
| tives, for, changing the Constitution OF
Georgia is to- strike from its pages the asser-
ton that the lnte.war was rebellion; and
further, to erase and annulf that, majestic
gi,, QQ6 pnntinp
| OF the HDeclaration Of Fundamental Prin-
ciples,n which expresses Inorefrue patriot
ism than =.was ever before proclaimed aon
| the soil of Georgia. It is in these memora.
| Bile words : * Thee State OF Georgia shall
forever remain member OF the American
Union, the people thereof are a part of the
/ American nation, every citizen thereof owes
paramount. allegiance to the1 Constitution
| and Government of the United States, and
| no law or ordinance of this State in e0atfa-
vention or subversion thereof shall ever
have any binding force''l = .". ~, ~ :,
| Mr., Hill is,,reported as saying that this
patriotic provision should be, struck from
the organic law Of Georgia, and he con-
| cluded his speech by assuring his hearers
that the. full power of the South is just
dawning, and that the day Is not far distant
when it will control the Government OF the
limited States. in view OF these significant
| facts, and still more significant tendencies,
| in the southern part of our country, l ask
men Of all parties, here assembled to-day on
the soil of Connecticut, IL! they think it
wise to provide now, by the acqlli-
sition OF Mexican territory, forjathe
| erection OF additional States holding
these views Of tire National Government,
as inevitably they would hold them by
/ reason of proximity OF location and, by the
| character and creed Of the men who " ould
naturally inbabit and control them, In the
States north Of q certain line countless ma
jority of the people OF oil parties believe THIS
paramount allegiance to be due to the GOV
ernment Of the United States, 80 that
conflict between q northern State and the
United States is practically Impossible. In
| a1ma3ority OF the States south of the same
lihe the great mass Of those who term
themselves the governing class believe in
an i: allegiance to their respective local
governments = superior Z to that which
thew" owe e to i The /. Government Off. the
Union.rr7It Il s' the same >heresy that
hurried, tens Of thousands OF brave and
honorable men into o conflict with the Gov
eminent in 1861, and now sixteen years
having elapsed, with their frightful record
of war and Of blood, OF. cruelty and Of car.
maze, the tragedy ends in one important
aspect Just where it began with the men
who ,precipitated the conflict in solid power
| from Maryland to- Mexico, resolute in pur
nose, and holding with tenacity the Greco
| that underlay the rebellion-a creed that i;
utterly irrecohc ifable with alasting duration
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