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JULY 15, 1862. .XXX.—NO. 18. ; • l i f . .T; .#«■ ’.*■ ‘riftnBdb *v 1 \V ‘ S I O B ^ R D B T 7 S T E E D , E s q ; . , H U N T I N G T O N , L . 1 . . . * 'A ' L- +' ■' 7 - ■ ' ■ ' I r t r i d . a / y , c n x L y 4 s f e T a , 1 B Q © - W© **© to-day actors itt th© grandest drama o f r e s t fife, w e stand upon th * thr©ah*M ,7 !&, t w f w w l4 eW taglenwnt A w M T p w f W 'sustain t h e r e f t t lo n o f both the c o a M t e i t PWth*- 4 hijge minority on t h e o n e sid* ^ v e ihaawttated, a n d ar© carrylngon a w a r against fhaCoariftution aOd t h e lederai tJnloHi. a o d a ttem p t to X ^ b o n d t t c j h e o o a tW h e a h ieM o f « W a b l e reyolotion: foe this purpoj^ and w ith a view t o f f i* t not the e ld government, they hare organised rebel lion into a n a ppearance Of sovereignty, atta hare sent forth to t h e world an appeal to “ the inst argument o f Iflntf*” and a declaration o f hatred for, and mdepen- deaceoftheinriitatfoni o f th© United States o f Am©- \ o h the.other hand the majority o f the p eople, a tha- lority com peted o f th© hotter intellect, greater wealth, and more liberal instiacta, Stand np for tb e govern- moot, under which t h e natioh h a s grown t o b e a chief power In tb© ©drib, and by expression* o f individual claredthe^ unalterable purpose that there shall be no severance o f th© parts which constitute s one country.' T h a t, in the language o f instruction to one of their representatives at a foreign Court—there shall be o n a ll tlfo sbficirase©rated to freedortand baptised at the font o f American independence, or b y t h e Ame- rican p eople rince acquired, or hereafter, in the order of things a iid.the Providence o f God, by them to be acquired, “ o ftlf one nation and one Government, and “that there is not now, or has there been, nor will “ther© b e a n y , the least idea ofsuffering adisaolution «of this Union to take place in any way whatever.” ■ Just so distinct a re the view* o f the-combatants, ahd Just so irreconcilable the differences which e x iit Nothing is simpler than th e proposition that there Can b e no adjustment o f t h e quarrel, and that the abso- lute submission one t o the demands o f t h e other is the only method by which-the matter in dispute can be disposed of. , . Itis.o f ' .t h e utmost consequence to those immedi ately concerned that in so gray© an affair their cause shall b© just, and their m o tives and aims such a s to sanctify th© means .adopted by them to effectuate the ends they propose. This consequence is aggrandized by tb© a c t t h a t the 'American people hay© in charge the f u tu r e p f rational liberty, m ans equality, and true representative gpyerntniBfef. ^For th e /reservation of each of ttese w© *r© rmpTOri Wc to p l e n t y . AU ttMiakmih a a d ©specially the enslaved and op. pressed of m»nkhid,ar© o o n o ernedin thecivilstruggle into which tfaft nation b i t hefts pltrogedby the mad ness bf mahy.ahd the wickedness e f a few . As this struggle term inate^ w e m aintain national unity and power, or becom e separated into petty factions, con temptibly a n d puerite, the weakest t o be preyed Upon by th© strongest, and the strongest in turn tp be the spoil o f ahy .considetable foreign rival. A s it term i nates, w« a r e a nation o f bankrupts or unrivalled an tbe sources o f material and political affluence 5, a t i t terminnterthe m embjy and act oF our fathers Will be revered o r derided- God sav© thp Republic T In tbia connexiou I propose to consider, h q w t h e rrBUG©U? OUGHT i o TERMINATE, HOW IT WlU. TER- ; * ' 7 ,, 7 ' • 7 ‘ , J To present a sufficient answer t o th© first o f these enquiries# w f ll be, necessary t o exam ine ttfeirounds, upon which t h e contestant* claims succenPRouId of right croWn their particular design*. ;To this f t i s Hot t a -©-I. a Jy ^ At koow.Whetper tn© government 11 to pe maintained and by Whit means i t f t most likely thlsresult can be reached, . Colonies from England, o t whether these wer© snffi cient t o justify our revolutionary aricesior*. “ The logic o f accomplished r©Suits,” f t t h e completes!; vindi cation, t h e m en o f *76 -could .desir©. Judged by the standard o fincreased prosperity Snd g o o d to the racc, erettM © * ; H is 'fadftsoinbi© itt it©©Star©, s i i t is in tiae term s u sed to ©fcpre* its iueenarabJcnes*. It is «A c © t|o«ft,run n ing wfth. thft th© heft®, i f W k e iheinherltance, cannot a y o tdthe conditions w h ich t h e ir atksestors imposed upon it# enjoyment.— Th© aigreerttent ©snoot b© ©voided or altered except fts th© exprei# mantter provided, or b y th© concnr- rehc© Of i l l ih© parties i n interest. It i s too late for South Carolina to say t o Massachusetts ‘ I don’t like you and I won’t live w itb Vou.* I f the Palm etto s f t t e did not desire tb© asioeiation She should not h a v e en- t.eredintft the UnHm. Being in, by God’s h elp, she shall stay. Sh© shall neither bluster o u t, nor fight out, noy secede out, nor, skedaddle out. Now York, too, f t a joint tenant with Mississippi and Georgia, and it looks very much a s i f t h e Knickerbockers would enjoy the Whole e state o f the Tadpoles and Buzzards, by m e re right o f survivorship. ft ft asked, Is there then no power. Inherent in a people to ©hang© their governm ent? Ar© th e y for ever to remain stationery in their ideas, and So arrest the progres? o f th e mind, and its capacity for improve m ent? Certainly not. Np » u c h .e * « e n c e has occurred h e r e . ' The difficulty with rebellion that t h e majo rity o f this people do not'desire ohange, and when tbey do, the constitution I tself provides how f t shall b© al tered, or amended, or substituted for another. Con- ress, o a application o f two thirds o f th© members o f oth its houses, or o f two thirds o f the legislatures of the several States, is obliged to call, a conVehtion for proposing amendments to the ©onstithtion, and if these propositions a r e subsequently ratified b y the leg islatures o f three fourths o f the several states, or by conventions in tbree-fourths o f them, the amendments become^ p art o f the organio law.. Now it is a well known leg a l maxim ,— exprcssio u n ius est exclusio alterim ,\—the naming o f an express mode by which a thing may he dene, e x cludes its performance,in any other than the giveu maimer. And, in th e lan guage o f Mr, Madison, th© constitution “ being a “ compact among, the states in their highest sovereign “ capacity, and constituting the people thereof one “ people for certain purpose*, it ft not revocable, or “ alterable at the will o f these states individually as “ the constitution b f a state is revocable a t ito individ- “ nal will,” and no state' can at pleasure release itself “ therefrom, and set up for itself. The compact can “ only be dissolved by the consent of t b e other par it i e s , or by usurpations or abuses o f pOwer justly Sav- “ ing that effect.” V W hen th e g reat North, and the wise H ast, and the brav© W est,-get ready for inglorious national oblivion, th e vain supercilious and barbaric South, may-play the band o f empire alone, b u t until then, her boasted chivalry w ill be made t o m atch and keep step to the music o f an undivided Union, W h e n three fourths of our entire people shall' have approved the amend m ents to t h e constitution, which shall have been pro posed by two-third* o f their number,—tb e “ so-called confederate states” w ill liave a new constitution, but not until then. Gad hasten the hour! So l e t every lover of, liberty pray. So only shall w e eooapc the withering sarcasm w h ich taunts us with our boasted freedom w h ile ft points its scornful fingers a t four roiUiow o f , human -being* 1* bondage and - W b m © o w e * , the Genifls o f Liberty, herself; emancipated from th©s fetters o f a written ©ode, w ill shed » truer: light on the American mind. Then sh a ll our anthems to L iberty not be drowned- in the- dissonant cry of th e manacled slave. Opr incense wiil not b e driv e n before the hot breath o f an oppresied and ser vile race, bat rise to the throne o f God, an h o n est as Well a s grateful sacrifice. There w ill b e in the now constitution no saving clause, no ambiguous provision in favor o f roans right to hold his fellow man in per p e t u a l bondage f—th© Waters o f freedom w ill cover the face o f ihe whole empire, and'slavery find no rest upon i t for the sole o f h er foot. T h e source o f a ll our national misfortunes,—th e disturbing e lem e n t in our life,—the cancer in our body p o litic will be destroyed forever. Our cause o f shame and sin a n d sorrow will cease further t o affiict ourselves and exasperate hu manity. W e w ill then have a constitution a s w e ll a s a country, to which an American c a n refer with pride. W e wiithav© a consistent theory o f government, and a IJeclaration o f Independence concurrent in senti m ent and expression with the law o f the land. For o ne, 1 desire the;cbnnge. W h ile I w in o b e y and , . . . . . . . . ... .. » — coun. ery triumph o f constitutional liberty. T h e y need neither poetry n o roratorytp*oundthoir fhme. Every g a t h e r ^ t o v e i f t - ^ v e r y s i i o c ^ o ln d v e n t n r e —eyerv encrMftng sour©© o f national revem ie,—©very exhibi tion o f ©faulty o r Kellgion—each, in its turn, rings « poean f c t h S f t nr*i*e» T h e question o f c©nc©rn, as I have SuggeVted, is whether their work shall ho allowed t© remfiln, o rw jm tner a new state o f things shall fake Its place, and crude experim ent besubsti- tuted for ripe w p e r fen c e . - , , Nrdfaing f t nftr© certain than that the founders of the ftepnbUe intended t h i t i t should e x ist foreVer in copemt© * that i f should b e as iBcapabie o f incoherion Belhris Usisoo«v«Mftn o f t b t i a iem orable 7 th o f Oc tober, m » 5 , Sriken commHiUes from nine Colonies m et i&ftsw f m * t e ffisssns th© p tik » o f ftrcib ie resistance tpttqSriiD igA c t, tim .ldiftorsm indisM iBbleUnioiiss the- minds o f T O e e e o r itig-.w r o e t was clearly discerBibl©,^ Iw -ftM thM d n g sitfdeWs: pro, cfthneB. wrAll ABitmkfii 1* thrown tat© mm m n w - - knd-inarl«,-*-JoCf b o*a|»mto« -of ^hnctissft befiwi m a r e ' mil' t w b w * ''doWjn. T b n . d f t «*© Virgjoians,’ PenmylV«Bii«m'' Iftw sdoptiOL ... ___ ftsSeTtogether\ a sfriendly cobfcdo- m tttm lw eU k refthey » d « S © d t b b w f e r f < l« VnUed States o f America, atffi W i m k W t k i o iif iim ft l « « e declared that theft aWtWNimW h e iftriM ttmi ! r | f t i « i m • - N ine years f ^ v s r i t tkepeople p t th e U n ited S f t t e s - n o t the ..................... ' If Md©m m»t thsf direc . .„ji • t i ^ ^ l i o e m w k e m ^ I ftlft'hefisNMMte mdted* by ; IP ■■!»• miria ms ftr ihinr - w wqentew square might Shall be the law o f right.- A* t h e case now Btands, my moral nature shrinks while L yield to the command tbat i f the enslaved escape into a society w h ere freedom is not dependent upon Complexion, he shall b e delivered up on the demand o f h is owner, and so a stronger manacle put upon him for obeying an Irresistible and universal instinct I Men and brethren, ought such things be ? . , : <» CtotMoh tfilns* t*, ■ ■ 'And OT«i©Mn» ut likt a-tamtntt’S cloud . WittaMrftPtptcltl wondert” I frankly c o n f e s s ! want an amendment o f the con stitution on this subject, 1 b e lieve that i f this civil War, which the slave oligarChlstS have fomented, shall o f iiselfsow the death-seeds o f African bondage among ua, th© h arvest o f self-respeotthe nation will thereby reap, ahd the conriaeration i t will thereby gain, w ill b e worth m ore than t h e cost o f t f a e war. A m o it distinguished AmCrican. w h o filled the h igh, e s t office i a the people’s g ift, and who b rought t o the discharge o f its d u ties the a id of a blam eless Iff©, % cultivated mind, a comprebensive intellect, a n d a long experience, writing on tbis subject way* “ T h e impr©*. rienp r o d a c e d o n m y mhrf b v t b e jw o g r em d f this di*> enssion is, t h a t tfae bargsia b e tw e e n freedom end s i* v e r y contained in the cwastitation o f theU n ltedStatei is ttiOrally and politically viclousj Incomirtent with tb e priaclpies npc.n which alobe onr revolution can b e jtfttffiedi ornel and oppressive/ b f rivetlrig the ch a fcisofslstr'ryiB pledging t h e f a i t h o f f t e e d o i n t o saaiataio and pe petuate the ty r a n s y o f the m sster, and gfpssly uo- qfialAhd impoUtie, by admitting t h a t •laves at© a t one© 'eHmm; to be kept in subjogation, p& p triyi'io V© feeCored aad restored to their OWiieirt, *sffi ft«*© n * /n o t t o b e ’ represented tHemsei«es, h « ftMrwhmni their masters a r e privileged with, n e a r ly 1 -donMe AM feof representation. The consequence has th isrilfC tepre^ntatfon hai governed the ppim h e d above U s brethren, b is Por these, a n d m aw m a n d kindred eeathnents on this qnesrioa, I i m f t a llrom IIppancy,lgnoraDceor»io, boldft to viteth S se smfi ali liAqwn e 1 eeata ta ik 'ttis ‘ana’ think more, tto f t oomrtrj.aad thesentimenftaa© ©piaiepa ftfhee atSefteen, patriots wby it thouia «ucceed. im u i r t l e m llftn , , Nor. traitor, w r f f | « i h | esHlsy assign any fair, m m » - t t e h f ^ t a t l o B on o u r b e J o r tJ i rffep n lU o g i a its propotttffike f t Sw n lhed #8^ «**«»»* d e o f 1 ries, murderema^„ . T recrnitipr t e n t ! ,-Te oub norihman, who 1 armed fi»© h i s e x p i r e l l defiles, or o f comprOisI hospitals resound with? are damp with the de m e, you, sneaking, hffi land, with professlpavu lip , Und hatred and aff t , falser heart. T e ll m i , ! tues and base servitm?! parte, withyourproffeiNI quarrel. “ T e ll me, yq u ,i ten s and Floyd, wbat d e l. point where forbearaocej W bat had we o f the nwl you ? I inquire not ntftqs have said, Ji ch a llen g e non-slaveholding states bers o f the confederal *' W h a t had we don tt constitution had w© t h your declamation and i l state your grievances. '. You know, and wefku w e made no encroadiii as a party to the cornp, ours. Yon know, a ls* i at your reiterated thri and g eneral welfar©, th national concord w e 1 and state pride. Yon© •y mechanics, ’ until lift ©f its God-given digfift tives in the national 0« expressed the viewa e f i denied us freedom of|B and much else, before tn uncomplaining patiefioo” destined to learn, terrih\ tribution. But what had we d o n tt In 1820 you wanted a g C yopr peculiar institutioiftl as the Missouri compr' when it appeared that ! thereby, as it was supp the act. It was repeh for further legislation ! human beings, and tlie’; on th© nation’s statute f o f the horse lee c h ,, i! give.!'’ and we g a v e , . ' not an oat left in the I you the bin foe. . B o t- rapacity; you had resort Do you remind m e th caped slaves. This is;0 er you cam© after yoiir'i- ownership, wo caught iwft back to you, often At owt>q not think i t worth your s ‘ way i t was none o f om ■ among us, mdre o f a hth . suit, a n d better Vhrised i i ' Jaw o f the land, ai®gsKy, your.bopdman taeaCfp©. you hanged Aim f o r i t ! no authority Within a stat- to perform its conatitutior1 head. T h e contrary of tf taine A ^ Do you remind m e ll s n (would to God yours her known as th e personbl Hf actment8 were in Vieia\ true that they didj Oi^l warrapt for it.- But, ©ft the other side. N o t bn© enforce these law ftftft-i any instance pronoutto* several o f them ye; actments. - ¥t>dhg you p lunged n» intft im W hat e ls e have ite grievance have yen'j? breach o f onr diitv t©w I bearyougA V ftrift tional party o f declaration o f South C a roiioftyi a “ g eographical , .... . Union, and ©ft ftfttftiftft.ftftftsi united fn t h e ^eoG w i Bf. ' President, whose — 1 slavery.” This is false, coin was elected by Ties*, tire Vote Casti - Y * a \ won’t lie to help, yfl C. Breckinridge as a e wheedle the democrat!* support o f your seciioi its death throes, this < deem ed the folly and ex; spent in alternate f « r fused to honor yourtddl ganiration was gir©*t© , veraible “ dough-fac** age o n Breckinridgf; - Unite intheelectiow v f» , If Mr. Lincolnbe *©Mi tile to slavery, you b a v * yourselves and usj- T ’he. m a y perform ,hjri h e saved, ft m o r tlly t result o fhisom isriom iO * pise© * f m ercena Ms, that a n ew political party had succeeded in electing the aouthem raee o n tfaftcOntineift f R a v e n o t sotit h- ©WA lit© ©n© r is t q r w y a u d u iu f o r - V n e m r e t h e la s t JaW rthtAclblbod f it h e w w f t o f our i« f t h e mangleffi aud I f t f ther expiring* T e ll ©ean^envious Eng* .tftiijs on y o u r false .usueta t o f f s on y our fim ltatC r o fthe vlr- ricev e f th© Buona- jHm'-ftk © neighbor’s (Ifa v i* Pickens, Ste- ■Vov'eked y o u t© the i b e a v i r t u e ? ' 1 that belonged to n e a m o n g u s may ‘ usurpation by the W rights as mem- lihooutrCvertihte. lidttof th© federal for,©nee lay aside qberiyuiid truthful- © w o r idknow stbat fbuir reserved rights l» your. fathers and r© D©en *0 terrified k the .family peace ^©(aiie^r to preserve id personal honor © siift” and “ grea- tan to be ashamed t our representa- ers because they x t b e y ierved.' You jyoiir. borders. This Jenw h ichbroke our M-©, and, as you are Te;© ©nd deserved re- jdnned against you ? ' lim it a l ig n e d to d t h c la w known got rick o f this ©bt b© a gainer i-,ve«S©d. a1 repeal o f « you clamored .property- in iVelaW'Was p laced ftereth e daughter mliy cried “ Give, yiug until we had ©Ur'demand' gar© Cuid satisfy your le i w i t h u s . d, return your es- . truth. W b enev- 1th legal proofs o f Mm aod sent liim use. I f you did itnp-your run-a- im e tim e s .am a n hast * juris-e'on. . u e t y e t b a n tlie ftftsoisatiously, aided M f f r o w n d u l sq and ft© state^as such, and hesitated or refused lions t o you on this ftt truthfhlly main- sof our f r e e states jpakscd what are ; a«td that these en- titution. It is f t wholly w ithout t partem t R e a r tates atternpted to dieial tribunals in NrtiT validity, and tube obnoxious en- is o ’eVen rince sifw v bat ©ther cause o f ' o f a n y committed tft» t i B l 8 W a » e c •N r id e h ft' Tuyour - thb secession of Mr things, that iw ft across the pjhtn hav© been 1 W g ftoffice of t a re hostile to o f Congres* and the President e lect, for tw o years at least, could wield but a ritmninal sceptre- M e could ©ot e v e n distribute the spoils of success.' The South knew and understood th is: knew that the supreme legislature and judicial power were in its own grasp and interest, and y e t, with a duplicity e v en more re markable for weakness, than meanness abandons its post and flaunt* in th© fan o f an astonished age its ap prehensions that the guarantees o f the Constitution are In danger o f being destroyed and its rights under it trampled upon and denied; thon, with an audacity o f profaneness unequalled ft the annals of blasphemy, appeals to the Supreme Judge o f the Universe for the purity and rectitude o f ita intentions. Upon the election o f Mr. Lincoln, produced as T have shown by th e South itselft treason which had beep hatching iu seeresy and tin, exhibited a hostile front to the country a n d the constitution. South Ca rolina, fhehot-bed of disloyalty; ever vain, s e lf glori ous and troublesome, led the ©ay. The-national for tress erected in her harbor at t h e National expense and defended by a mere handful of our soldiers, was exposed to the murderous fire o f six thousand per jured scions o f chivalry, and the n ational ensign,—our hitherto Untarnished flag,—shot away from its atari, and a bastard rag run up in i t s dishonored place. The first o v ert a c t o f treason wa.8 com m itted! The bad exam p le set by South Carolina was im itated by other states, until step by step, armed resistance to the constituted tribunals o f th e country was substitu te d for obedience to th e laws o f the land, and civil War with a ll its attendant horrors was forced upon us. Enough has been showa t o prove rehellion disenti tled to success. It is not an appeal to justice, i t is a resort t o force . .nd fraud, and unless mankind are pre pared to confound distinctions between fair and foul, betw e e n right a n d 'Wrong, between good end bad; un less our liberties are indeed the sport- and a t the mer cy of unscrupulous and selfish demagogues, and unless this world was made ibr the Catalines, the Borgias, and the Machiavellis o f the race, surely this unholy crusade against an enlightened and paternal govern ment, should not be favored with success. But bow will the struggle terminate? W ill the treason succeed ? W ill it ' Oil, country marvel of tho oarth ! ’ Oh, realm to euildon greatness rrown t Th* ago tbat glorieS In tby birth, Sbalt it behold thoo o vet thro vn? Shall traitors lay that greatness low? No 1 Laud ot Hope and Blessing, No t •> Our humming merls, our ires ways, Our Hind-tossed woods on mountain crest, The hosrse ^tlantio, with his bays, . The calm, broad ocean of ths West, And Ulsslulppt’s torrent flow, Aud toud Niagara, answer, No t „ that i* M i id - p b f h t c f and, w ilfully-kill* Y q u p reteod t o l hostile purposes t o . you* And, ©mltuid t # ‘ w h icbyou knewwa©! election o f tk© mMt | sectional views-and * ’ But your want o f t kheft' th a t - l f r e U version s f the , alsvery. Yota kn*w l Illinois be b a d 1 self > s dlsfaVOrfttg * a * tiv s s la v e bur;;** « « f any more s l a t e siaUttt o f sla very in the Mats) hibiiion o f Ihe »!•»•* atatee. - Y o u k iieM i tiortfo? f o lly ! * ih l tftn o f a m a u p b li save b it M fab© sta {fixgraoe, * - ^ f f b c n e m U l 'f r t w h f t ^ q a p ^ '<i4 f to b©. Mr. Lin t-third o f the ©*• A ft true. Figures ►Yon. aet up John ritried t f t b u llyan d i-d e tMrtk Into th e eg aqrirasL In kM iitieal power re- ^ a k a d n e s s q f u li f e • f you^ It re- r*f this p arty or- V tod r d fB w itre- y theur M tron- t a fttes did not SfHHfMMaMhoa- M dataitynpon . i t s |» d o .a n act i-*f f tftiM low can le ^ t f ffiMtfa b e the t Ms© lie* In wait ftjM t*rtained lo l i r t s am ong H ftri Douglss, - t«i:pr«tant t h e ( . M f t e a t ftnmibi*©©*. You pjq g M d tfaotM h :. - * '* ... l con(e8t in r©eciar©dhim ©lofriM fugi la f t n f t s f t n o f 'h * abolition .F f t t h e p r o . ' tl© AHftMnt ~ ’i-'pstUftk- •rb t h s lo t m m ¥ IftMtreayou tattorly g^’-V ' !-f- \ f mWWw\. btrift*© • wer© In o t m ttls-M a riar its candidate, not by reason of Its qwn strength but,era races heretofore Asftbitshbd in America ahead because o f dissenslons wbich diitracted its adversary, melted away before th e stapSrior proweee, or m e ttl T h e opponents o f Mr. L ftcola and o f bis p olitical sen-1 or skill, or endurance o f northerners ? . Has not M ex- tim ents had a clear working majority in both houses h o confessed herself aubjeqt ,to’ Ihft .ftw ? D o .not ^ . . I^uisiann, and Florida, aiift T tfto^ fn jfi California at- test that, no matter by wbp»! ,S©tt?e& .©.©a- h j whom claimed, they must belong to the descendants o f north- er.?/.ace,s.- Who imagines that theft future history ffuj in tlus respect belie their past? , \ r •- T h e south has chosen to throw down th* gauntlet, and loog as we delayed, bitterly as w© regretted tb e necessity, the guage is accepted. The figlit is one t o which, unless nature cuntradicU herself, there c s s or* ly be one result. T b e cold steady determination o f the tem p erate zone, will, now as ever, be more than a match for the impetuous but transient enthusiasm o f those who come, from the regions o f the equqjor. , Snow cools f re, but fire never inflames toe. There are, however, other, and yet more material reasons, to predict a victory for the Union; reasons that oeed uO'philosophy of race nor historical knowl edge to aid in their discovery or application. T h e simple reason that Is told lu Bob Boy’s song, t h s t « Tltoy will take who Iwve Uio power, . And they will l.tcp who am,” Nations h a v e sometimes e r e now had: right o u their side and seemed <to fail. Exceptions may htfve been apparent though not real, e v e n t o the rule just refer red to; but i t hao been when t h e preponderance o f power has been so terrible that there was no r esisting it ; it was because a greater rule cam e Into p la n — This rule will help us now. W e Iftinlc we h ave Prov- . idence on our side: so perhaps the south think o f themselves, but w e know w.e have the heaviest artil- lery, and*“ Hercules him self must y ield to odd*.” T o back our confidence in our cause we have th e mightiest armies, t h e largest hosts, the best equipped soldiers, the most terrible engines o f war. It is a con test between twenty millions and eight millions, and of the eight a t least two are wishing us to succeed. __ It is a contest between those who a re strong in w e a lth o f every sort,—in capital and the products o f labor,—> in the results of skill and tbe achievements of philos ophy,—in the hardihood that domes from exercise o f every faculty, physical or m ental,—in the confidence that results from a knowledge of this superiority,—iu resources that, by a comparison with those o f o u r e n em y, or o f any people that over w e n t to war, aro in exhaustible. Supplies o f men and means pour in t i ll government is embarrassed to know what to do with them. W e have Generals instructed in the best schools,of modern warfare, and troops, at last pro nounced by competent and, impartial judges, w o r thy of comparison with the best, disciplined armies o f con tinental Europe. _ What does our enem y oppose ? N o t’ what did h e oppose a year ago— but what does he oppose now ?•— Large armies, doubtless, composed in port of d esper ate and brave men, who fight knowing that defeat i s ruin: but armies that can not be replenished. Their all is staked on the hazard o f a single throw; too e a n double our armies in ninety days. Their stock of o f fensive weapons was a t th© outset equal to ours, for t h e / stole the .best we had; but w e havo taken back the stolen property, a n d th e / have no more a rsenals toBrob;—no foundries w h ere th e y can, cast cannon' o n which they dar© rely;—no outlet or inlet now b y which foreign sympathies can supply the resources they have not f t them selves. Tlieir cities ar© deso late. Their country is in part laid waste; for n s ar m y, friendly or hostile, passes over a country w ithout devastating its fields, and spreading ruin among its in habitants. Its people i s impoverished. Its-currency is worthless. We are constantly producing new inven tions, increasing our power, infusing into our gun nery new principles and into our guns new force.— They, if by chance they hit upon a principle, have no means to apply it, and blow up their Merrimaca while w e cover th© rivers and seas with Monitors.— ■ They mass their armies only to withdraw them before yet greater masses, and throw up mighty fortifications , only to desert them before still g r eater threatenings. If in tbe field they attack us and fight well, i t ft y©t ever with one result: an unexpected m o v em ent m a y h us unawares and do us harm ; but our steadier and more resolute m en never fail to find their recu perative energy, and demonstrate their real courage by wringing a final victory from what at first seem e d defeat and overthrow. ' 1 T h e se considerations are controlling on m y own judgment as to how the struggle in which the nation is engaged should and will end. W h e n the struggle will terminate, w e cannot divitie. It is not in human foresight to adjust the hour. W e may however do much to prolong o r shorten it. I f those o f our people who remain at home withhold their active sympathies from the constituted authori ties—if, because they happen not to have voted for Mr. Lincoln, they are indifferent to his administration 1 o f the government,—if political defeat has soured their tempers and engendered hate— ifi in a word, they giv© up to party what was m eant for mankind,— the struggle will be prolonged in the proportion HP which such sentiments are bold and such conduct maintained; but if, as one man, irrespective o f e v ery lesser consideration, the people fling out the star; / banner to the breeze; i f they pray for it, talk for it work for it, fight for it; if they sm ile on those who do, and froWn on those who do not, the sound and tbov.v. o f war w ill soon coage in the land. Certainly there is no guilt so great as his, who. re. maiding at home, g ives aid.and comfort to the cti. 'nv, by prating o f peace or treaty. This is not tbe time for either, and who now talks o f either, I rare not who, or what his political antecedents, is an adversary o f ih e country’s cause. T h e proper place for e v e r y m a n ft nmong those with whom he fraternises, and onr forts were never so w e ll employed as garrisoning, in gu ilty • companionship, northern sympathizers with Southern 4 traitors. - J - L e t such a s theso talk of compromise, wfafte y b t'th# r smoko o f the murder that is being don© upon ©ft* iOdS sef•’ 1 heavily upon the fields where they ' p .11 v, whatever else is uncertain,r-wbatciver ia obt whatever is involved in, doubkrrtkia on e thing is qlear and settled beyond peradvettture.- tA pen of history will never write t/ie destriiction o f “ And w*, who wear thy {lorloua ruxop, Shall we, like cravens, staid apart, When those whom thou bssi trusted, aim Thp dtoth blow s t thy generous hourt.? Forth gsti ihe battls-cry, Aud io ! HostsriWlnlMraeWtSinuttoF, No-i\ '• It must terminate in shame and disaster to those Who so wantonly p a ltered witfa a llegiance and imbrued theiv traitorous bands in brothers blood. I t must so term inate because of controlling nioral and material considerations applicable to i t . T b e tim e has not gone by When the success o f a cause may reasonably b e esti mated by its claims on truth, honor and justice. T h e se are s t ill and e v e r w ill be cardinal t o success; their absenc© from any enterprise m a y b e taken as evidence that it w ill c o m e to nought. “ F tr right I* right, since God IS God, Auq right the' day must win: , To doubt would be disloyalty, To Halter, would b* ale,’* H owever delayed the final victory m ay b e : howev er impeded by repnise or intermediate defeat, the end is a s assured as though t h e last gun had b een fired or the last sabre drawn in the flush o f ultim a te tri umph. And this not a lone or so much because w e are numerically stronger than the foe—but because “ right the day must win.” The mathematics o f mor als have as much to do with armies a s the tactics of Scott or Uardie. “ Courage must be lorn o f con science,” and “ Thrice is he artued who hath his quar rel just.” A sense of right in m en enables them to achieve a cts o f vaior, which n o m ere physical capacity cottld ©ver accomplish. T h e purpose that i s begotten o f . patriotism and duty carries With i t aa energy, re sistless as th e lightning and c e r tain as fate. Coward ic e is the natural a lly o f crime—wrong doingaud fear ar© to each other as the cloud and t h e rain. “ The wicked flee when no man pttrsueth.” It is “ the thief doth fear e a c h bush an officer,” and i t is because o f th is moral power inherent in a good cause that the Union arms must succeed. I f the United S tates were prosecuting, this War to gratify the lust of em pire, or to satftle revenge, or t o deprive a people o f any s f th e blessings o f civilization, o r Christianity, o r to fasten upon them chaius o f servitude, w e. m ight w e ll have misgivings a s to the isssue. IVe are not fighting for these, or any of these. W e are fighting to conqtter a peace, to subdue a rebellion, to extinguish a treason, fo ’save a country and preserve its liberties. We a r e fighting on holy ground, for the ark o f copstitn- tlonai freedom. W e ar© fightiog for the lands which contain th© duSt o f our farthers—through which our broUd r ivers run, and o v e r which our towering moun tains cast their protecting shadow. W e are fighting to relieve liberty— beleagured in the bouse o f ita pro fessed friends, and firm, and free, and one forever, Jftve sworn “ By oor cWMrob’s gnldet faturt, By our fctbora’ stainlct* Shield: That which God aud heroes left us, We will never, uerer yield (>* W h e n to tbis moral asp e c t of tbe S t r ._ w e add circutnstnnces of material o r physical a d ..»itage, it does not require the gift c f ..prophecy, to f o r e ieil the end. And first, there never has been in history a n instance o f a northern rape permanently defeated b y a south ern one. T h e influences ®f cMmate, the traits o f |1 .... , . - character transmitted by race, or whatever other eub-lr/us government! Away down i n tHe ages.to c o m e, tie cause tnay b e assigned by students of nature or 1 millions of people will eboat- a n d ting for the Union philosophy, have been sufficient always to produce land its indissolubility, W hett H o m e and Greece, and the r e s u lt.. ( the glories o f Bom © a n d Gr«©ce, shall be musty m y- From the tim e ofAtHla, o r e v e n earlier; from tbe I tbo! ogy, the COflStittaftott o f our country will be th e d*y* wh©D th© monarch of Assyria over-ruo Asia, and text nook of ration©! Ubeity'throughoat the globe, and \** * “ * \ * * * 1 “ Ant* ©nlllliittn©* wht?Midk1tta?' the Pharaoh* of Egypt conquered Nubia ond Ahyssin. ft, (her© hqa been no grand exception to this general law . W henever the north was fairly pitted against tk© seotHt th©, south succumbed. Witness even the f*U o f the Roman Empire, when tlm incursion* o f G o thland Vandal*overturned the work ofth e Cseaars; ftitnes* th© expulsion o f the Moors from Spain;, wfi. a^w tho superiority o f the northern racCB AS iniDiftitji. to-tjbe crusades * witness jPoland swA!lowe4 t)pi!de* IPit© o f heroic resistance, by Bussia; witaeMtftta d©< featan d decline, both loag coothxttd, o f HMjCoftiM* ru le; witness 8p*io and Ital/, Ooi|qi*er** ftfkla aod again by France, and FrantS^helfiftf Mtftf*ftetM©*, iAen really matched a g a ftrt I f t s f t M . ■1 And will ih© stars tn .thrift crane© note A Sisera? WUl tb© *rtfcr «r ifttoAh© 1 . * : ■- “ our chtfdrenS’ childrens' posterity make the‘ blue ar©tt ©f.UekVen resound ©itb the anthems o f t b e free. . ■ • OfMaftrFWOS'rt b»un,r In triumph shall istre, ■ Ql#T th* tend ot Ui* frco uut tb* boMo of th* UruY*.1* nd. I* its folds, emblematic o f the liberty o f the T*,©ad (ftp unit/and power ft* the American people. 0,acefully tuss the wooing winds, the inheritors of it. glory, and th© defonders o f its honor, with hymn, and cbanW and song, and shout will exultingly cry :! , • * ' « F o r * v « f lu itU iat StAnOard ifttcit.' i $ST Four-character cannot be essentiaUjr ftivrcd b | jqftr'owta act*,' ' j » I : ' /• ' ' \ * v yi\'
