tles on her side,
--God--though he were ten times slain--
Crowns him victor glorified,
Victor over death and pain;
Forever: but his erring foe,
Self-assured that he prevails,
Looks from his victim lying low,
And sees aloft the red right arm
Redress the eternal scales.
He, the poor foe, whom angels foil,
Blind with pride, and fooled by hate,
Writhes within the dragon coil,
Reserved to a speechless fate.

V.

Blooms the laurel which belongs
To the valiant chief who fights;
I see the wreath, I hear the songs
Lauding the Eternal Rights,
Victors over daily wrongs:
Awful victors, they misguide
Whom they will destroy,
And their coming triumph hide
In our downfall, or our joy:
Speak it firmly,--these are gods,
All are ghosts beside.

* * * * *

OUR DOMESTIC RELATIONS;

OR, HOW TO TREAT THE REBEL STATES.

At this moment our Domestic Relations all hinge upon one question: _How
to treat, the Rebel States?_ No patriot citizen doubts the triumph of
our arms in the suppression of the Rebellion. Early or late, this
triumph is inevitable. It may be by a sudden collapse of the bloody
imposture, or it may be by a slower and more gradual surrender. For
ourselves, we are prepared for either alternative, and shall not be
disappointed, if we are constrained to wait yet a little longer. But
when the day of triumph comes, political duties will take the place of
military. The victory won by our soldiers must be assuredly wise
counsels, so that its hard-earned fruits may not be lost.

The relations of the States to the National Government must be carefully
considered,--not too boldly, not too timidly,--in order to see in what
way, or by what process, _the transition from Rebel forms may be most
surely accomplished_. If I do not greatly err, it will be found that the
powers of Congress, which have thus far been so effective in raising
armies and in supplying moneys, will be important, if not essential, in
fixing the conditions of perpetual peace. But there is one point on
which there can be no question. The dogma and delusion of State Rights,
which did so much for the Rebellion, must not be allowed to neutralize
all that our arms have gained.

Already, in a remarkable instance, the President has treated the
pretension of State Rights with proper indifference. Quietly and without
much discussion, h