Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-15

Men may say this Is mere faBatcism; but what
does the country care for the saying- of men whom
it rejects as unworthy of being trusted with ITS
destiny in - great crisis The country re-
solves 10 perpetuatc the union OF these Statrs..-
They who are fnithiu 10 the Union bad better take
up the same great parable they who are not ought
in the Judgment Of the country to be indlscrni-
nately crushed. The country determines that
is prote slant civilization Is its most precious
and it's most vital Inheritance; and believing II II
hay. been betrayed, ii purposes to surround IL
with adequate safeguards. They who participate
in these opinions will applaud tins profound pof-
pose: they who consplre tn destroy mat ifotea'
iant civilization or who abet, or sell themselves
Il those who do. must abide the political over
throw which SO Justly and permanently awaits
them The country cherish"s lis glorious ma
tinnaty. and believing il to be cndtngered,lt has
ri sen M in its majesty-to assert. To vindlchie,
aud 10 devclope still more powerfully the nation
aiy without which the country itself has no des-
tiny-no mission on the face of the earth lhty
who are So lost to every exalted lnshnct,aS 10 lie
iusentible to the grandeur of such hopes as tod
has set before Us, may also despse all the efforts
by which those hopes are to be realized. Aey-
erthcess the country will guard and assure its
nationality in spite of its recreant children, rs
well ms it, omen foes. This is my version OF this
grand movement; one point of view from which
its rse,its progress. aud lis aims are distinctly
manifest. Let the country execute such work
in such spirit; and she will be launched ahew
upon her high career.
1t may he Of less Importance TO determine by
what means this great sprit has been aroused
and concentrated. Yet this Is not difficult Man
ifestly whatever those means were, they must
have worked long and worked deeply. WAS II
nothing that in all parts of the country. aud Tor
years together, and upon the most opposite pre-.
texts the dissolution Of the Union was constantly
threatened Was it nothing, that political cor
rnpton grown gigantic in the land, had shocked
all honest men Was it nothing that stream Of
foreign paupcrs and felons flowed ccaselessly IN
TO tho bosom of the Repuhlicl Was it nothing,
that millions OF foreign Paplsts and lnhdes, III
nndatng the country Ike Il Hood of locusts we're
openly organized into political powers directed
against the liberty, the religion, and the nation
atty of the people, Was it nothing, that poiti.
cal parties openly boughtand sold the support OF
these fearful powers, contracting always Tor such
payments, in return. as were the most Illuminating
and the most fatal1 Vas it nothing that the
voice of patriots, the power of the press, the I'm
portunites of the pull pit were directed each III
its own sphere and for years together against
this frightful and enormous wlckedness! Was II
nothing, that at length, men conld neither vote,
nor speak, nor preach, nor pray, nor teach, with
out being liable to insult and violence unless
they would do all in such a manner as suited the
tastes D' ttlpl9H HHpDSi pilIostu VI i'ItieH
dels aud Papsts! Yea, verify, they were deep
causes and they worked long. which wrought the
American people to that earnest and tervd but
vet calm and settled enthusiasm, which peryades
the nation.
No doubt religion is an element of this wide
spread excitement. But it j. not the only element
nor, with all men, the chief one Either Ct the
other elements, by itself-or this one by itself
ought to have been sufficient to have saved the
,,o which Jnrpnp1- thn
power of all three to avert It,
Because it is an element at all, they over whom
long delayed retribution is impending scream at
the bare mention Of it, us the demonacs did when
they saw Christ approach them. 1t is persecu
ton for conscience sake in their view, that we
hesitate to surrender our country, our liberty and
our religion to the guidance of corrupt men banded
with foreigners; and what makes it persecution
Is. that these foreigners happen to be PapIsts and
nfdels. If they had happened to he Chinese, or
Mabomedans the nation would have revolted
much sooner And yet without reason;for we and
our fathers have unsettled account with Popery
many centuries old. AT first il was the Emperor
and the Pope who trod US into the dust. Then 1t
was kings and bishops, who burned some at the
stake and drove the rest out OF all lands into this
Wilderness Now it is priests and mobs aud dem
agogues, who have followed US into our place OF
refoge-nay, our last place OF rctuGe-to renew
more degrading and etestabe and more likely to
be fatal to Us than in either of preceding forms
Shall we he driven into the Pacific! Shall we sue
cnmhl Or shall we turn upon our relentless par-
snprsl They have followed the lion to his last
den. and brought him to bay! Did they expect him
to die like stag in his lair!
The revolt of the country was wholly unexpec
ted by those who supposed they had already Sc
cured its final suhjugation, and like every other
great retributon, it takes those it falls on by
surprise. 1t is not therefore, to be wondered at
that they execrate with peculiar horror the sPe-
cial means of success against them, which Their
own perfdy and ferocity had rendered absolutely
Indispensable. The country organizes ltself tor
the great conflict, which, to those who first en-
harked in it, seemed well nigh desperate, in si-
lence and without observation, That is the way
in which all grand movements occur; even the
Kingdom of Heaven does not come with obserYn-
ton. Bat the dcmagogues the priests, the mobs,
the foreign papists aud infdels, are shocked be-
yond endurance, because the handful of devoted
men who first combined to save the country if that
were any longer oosible, did not call the whole
of them into council For what! In order to
be murdered; or if not murdered. traduced, and
the very end for which they were willing 10 be
traduced, and, if necessary, murdered-utterly
defeated Were they called into council when
their enemies bought and sold them. Were they
notified, when corrupt bargains struck, in
which the liberties of the people were put up at
an infamous pricel Were hty consulted when
the atrocious schemes 10 break up the Union of
these States were concoeted!
Were they advertised when the overthrow of
our nationality. of our institutions, and of our reli
gon together was deliberately undertaken by the
Popsh despots and prelates Of Europe! Was
counsel asked of them by foreign Papists and inf
dels. when throughout the whole land, they CON
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