Year: 1867

We observe in the True Lntler, published
at Petersburg, Va, the article given below
|, on the situation Of things in tho country. II
appears to US to contain a vast amount ol
truth and it will no doubt strike many Others
, in the same way. The following is the arti.
Gle in question


WHAT Is TO DE TIE RESULT?


This is question asked us every day, and
as difficult Of solution as was supposed to be
the riddle of the Sphynx. The more siren
uous and rapid the efforts OF the dcstruc-
tionists in Congress to tear down the pillars
Of constitutional liberty, the more complicat-
ed do their schemes become, and speculation
is lost in doubt and uncertainty, and nothing
seems assured beyond ga fearful looking
for" of some dire national calamity which
threatens utter destruction to the prosperity
of the country. Apart from the action now
being taken upon Stevens military force
bill we can get but general view of feeling
and sentiment at the National Capital, de-
rived from the opinions of those who pro-
fess to be posted as to the complications of
the situation. There seems but little doubt


in the minds of Southern men who have
been in Washington in psuedo representa-
tive capacity, that terms, however degrading,
may be had or the party in power, and that
it is hopeless to look for help to the Demo
cratic party of the North. 1t is further
more asserted to be the opinion of the little
band of Democrats and Conservatives in
Congress and out of Congress, together with
Influential! papers not Democratic, but which
are battling with the Democracy in behalf
Of Conservatism, that the South can place
no reliance whatever upon the promises and
pledges Of the Republicans, and if she does,
she will not only be deceived, but will be de-
scrtng the only party which even prctends
to uphold and stand by the Constitution.
The rapid disintegration which the Consti-
tuition is now undergoing at the hands Of
Republican f;,naticism, it is thought by clear
thinking Conservatives, must inevitably lead
to strife and civil war. The cxcitablc class
think it will be precipitated at an early day
in all probability by the impeachment of the.
President, whilst cooler heads believe that
no resistance will be made, until the new
form Of government begins to bear opprcs-
sivcly upon the people at large, and that the
day will not be far distant when such is the
case Dodge, of New York, together with
many of the leading journals of the North,
even including Republican ones of u mildcr
stamp, agree that the commercial interests
of the country are now on the brink Of ruin,
that Il crash is imminent, nay almost incvi-
table, which has no parallel; and yet in such
Il crisis, and at the moment when the Su-
premc Court is seriously threatened there
seems to be no tendency to rise in the
price of gold such as would be supposed to
result from an anticipated panic.


And strange feature Of the times is
that whilst Democratic and Conservative
Members profess to believe that the Repub-
licaus are destroying the Constitution and
undermining the liberty of the country
erecting an odious dcspotism and paving the
way to untold civil troubles, they are, both
upon the floor of the House and socially, Oh
terms, not only of courtesy but of intimacy
and personal friendship with these same
would-bc assassins Of public liberty. This
is an anomaly in the present state Of affairs,
from which our readers will have to draw
their own conclusions The Democrats are
at the same time said to be an earnest aud
determined set of men, and fully alive to the
perils which menace the Republic, and in
the last degree anxious to preserve the Con-.
stitution without the shedding of blood, by
combining the Conservative forces of the
whole country. This combination, however,
the Republicans are bent upon preventing,
cost what it may.


With regard to the position Of the Presi-
dent the most reliable accounts we have,
state that he is not alarmed nor shaken, but
full of hope and sanguinc of the ultimate
peaceful solution of national affairs. His
immediate followers are equally sanguine, but
the party which has hitherto and still sus
tains him, seem to have but little trust in
him, and none of that warmth which should
recognise in him great and fearless leader.
They do not look upon him us a leader and
what is worse have no one upon whom they
can rely us the Moses of the age to lead
them through the wilderness to the promised
land of national peace and prosperity.


To sum up in word, what apart from the
struggles in Congress over the PROSTATE
body of the South seems to be now the pop
ular tendency of Northern feeling, every one
is pying court to General Grant, as court
was never before paid any military chieftan
of the United States What the result OF
it all MAJ be, time alone can decide. AS
for ourselves we can make no speculation,
nor suggest solution which may not be de-
stroyed by the unanticipated developments
Of day.


Bsy- While yet we were enemies, Christ
died for u.s. Did you ever attempt to i'm
agine what must have been the state OF
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