Bombs.
Affairs at the
North are rapidly approaching one or the other of two conditions: that of
France under the Reign of Terror and of Robespierre, or that of
Italy under the object despotism of the last, the most imbecile and the most disposition of the Boursons. If
Lincoln had brains, he might institute an overwhelming terrorism and play with success the
role of Robespierre. But he lacks brains, and seems embarked upon the career of the royal fool of
Naples, the late King Bomba.--It depends solely upon himself what career he will pursue, for the
Northern people will endure any sort of ‘"strong Government."’--They are too besotted in their hatred of the
South to care what becames of their own liberties; and even if they had the instincts of freemen, they have so completely lost all ideas of free politics as not to know the policy of a Bomba from that of a
Washington or a
Madison.
Infinitely more tyrannical acts have already been perpetrated by
Lincoln than by Bomba; more tyrannical in the fact that they have been committed in a land consecrated to liberty, rather than in one surrendered for ages to despotism; and in a community supposed in theory to be jealous of their liberties, and ready at every moment to defend them, rather than among a populace long hopelessly immersed in the night of absolute despotism.
The fact is, that the
Northern people never felt in themselves the capacity of self-government; and their whole history during the existence of the late Union proves that they never possessed the faculty of self-rule.
The result has shown that
Alex.
Hamilton was a wiser man than he was esteemed to be in his lifetime; that, so far as the
Puritan race is concerned, he was correct in his belief that the experiment of Republican institutions must fail; and that his policy was eminently expedient which looked to a gradual transformation of our government into a monarchy resembling that of
Great Britain.
Whoever has read his plan for effecting this metamorphosis, usually denominated his ‘"Thorough,"’ will at once confess, in the light of subsequent history, that it is the mildest system of government that could possibly be adapted to the giddy, the treacherous, the self-seeking, the rebellious
New England race, whose ingrained cowardice is equal to their conceit, and who only need a bold and tyrannical master to be the most abject slaves in the world.
If the question had been left to the statesmen of the
North, the
Federal Government would long since have usurped and consolidated all political power on the continent, and been transformed into a monarchy — limited, possibly, in theory, but possessing all the powers necessary to an energetic rule independent of the people.
The ‘"black cockade"’ Federalists of 1798 were all as good monarchists as
Hamilton himself, who was their leader; and though
John Adams was an honest Republican in feelings and principles, he was so actuated by
Pickering,
Walcott and Mchenay--the crafty tools whom
Hamilton kept in his Cabinet — that he left the
Government with the alien and sedition laws in full force; with an army, regular and irregular, of nearly a hundred thousand men, organized and under the command of
Hamilton as
General-in-Chief; and with a political organization ready, but for the tremendous uprising of the people in the election of
Jefferson, to carry out their plan of consolidating and monarchian the
Government.
If the
Northern statesmen who, at that time, hold control of the
Government had not been ignominiously banished from power, and the
Government placed under the control of Southern men — where it remained until the accession of
Lincoln --the despotic measures which have been inaugurated in 1861 would have been put in force in 1800.
It is difficult to realize the truth of those statements; but whoever will turn back to the history of American politics during the
Adams Administration, will find that the ‘"black cockade"’ Federalists possessed no confidence in the republican experiment of government then making, and were laying deep and sure plans for essentially changing the character of our political institutions.
Another four years of popular deception, another term of a Northern Administration, would have consummated the plans of the arch-conspirators, and given them power to defy the people and their great Southern leaders.
At last, the same
New England counsels have again obtained control of the
Federal Government; but the power is held, not by great men capable of vast designs, like
Hamilton,but by the merest drivelers and clowns, of the stamp of
Bomba Lincoln, who live from hand to mouth, floating upon the surface of events, incapable of divining or preparing for to day the events of to-morrow.
The South has but to maintain a formidable belligerent attitude for a year to bring about at the
North, by means of the power which the
Northern army will place in the hands of a few, the same state of things which prevailed in
France during the sway of Robespierre, or in the Kingdom of
Naples under the stolid despotism of Bomba. Probably the state of things will assimilate to the condition of both
France and
Naples; for while the imbecility of Bomba will reign in the seats of authority, the despotism of a swarm of military captains will spread terror over the community.--The South has only to bide her time, and all the tyrannical and evil passions which rankle in the bosom of the
New England race will be fighting her battles for her in six months at the
North.
