The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-11-24

last gaze might be turned to aud rivited on
that glorious emblem Of cur country's re-
nown, Is it floats over sea and land without
one brilliant star obliteratcd orstripe erased;
such are our proudest hopes, to secure,
which, oh! how gladly would every true
patriot look calmly at the cbbing of his
hearts blood.
But may these things BET Can there be-
with war of sections, that at any moment
may expedite that dirciul event, the shed
ding of fraternal bloodl We literally
shuddcr at the contemplation, not at the
result to our individual person, but at the
inevitable consequences incident TO, and
inscpcrablc from, the blolting out forever
the last hope of civil liberty in its broadcast
extent, upon which Gods holy sunshine
will shed ray.
This article has extended (perhaps) be-
yond due limits, or we might repeat the
array of sad grievances we have already
endured, Of which we may so Justly com
plain, but to the intelligent reader it would
be n work of supcrrogation, their record
has been blazoncd 10 the world through
thousand channels, il may be said they
have been written in Gath and published
iii the streets of Askalon," hcthcrfore who
''rms may read"
Happily for lis could we point ont n
remedy while we rccite orr wrongs, but We
shrink almost appalled, from such task,
rather then, ihan incur the risk Of apparent
presumption, by offering our private views
as to the proper course TO pursue when
such momcntous interest are involved.
We for the present rcst contcntrd with the
feeble effort of calling attention to the dire
calamltics that brsct our path, leaving for
other and wiser heads to suggest a rcfncdy
and designate (ifpossiblc) way of safety.
We may be permitted to say, or give it
as an opinion, that mere verbal appeal,
or setting forth ourmany grievances to hose
Of the North, (thcir originators, authors and
abcttor,) o"r ~HrcicntjRg ycrSouioJs, would
continue rs they have heretofore proved
entirely futile, but when words of pcrsua-
sion fail TO reach the heart, when the con
science Gf any ever cxistc,D becomes
bluntcd, scared ~ with n hot iron, spurrcd
by the opprcSsor towards the oppressed,
then 0cf'oas are more powerful than words,
bccOmcs Tie last rcyoyi, ho,r shall IRE art
May God inspire some patriot heart to die.
tate. Surely there will not be wanting
patriot arms 10 execute.
FINAL Y we would add, that though in
times past we have loved the North much.
have been truly proud of many Of her
institutions and monuments that have
added largr Y to our grandeur as "a nation.
and would still love her, if for naught else,
than the sacred, the hallowcd associations
of the past, that must ever cluster and
form halo Of glory around Lexington,
Concord, Bunker Hill, and many other
fields of honor and rcnowm, where Northern
blood and Southern blood mingled and en-
richcd the soil, end instead of invidiou,
distinctions and anmositcs cngcudcrcd by
rival sections, the noble spirits of boh Scc-
ho"s was offered up on the sacred shrincs
Ola common country, for all thcscwe would
still, wW cr,r Iorc hcr, but still we must
confess to the weakness Off it be such) OF
loving our own affairs and frc-sidcs moro.
"Brcathrs there a man with soul 50 dead
as not unto himself hath said, this is my
own my native Land"
Drive Us not ihcn to the last extremity.
Let not your action continue to be- such aS
to sever forever the fratcrnal cords, that
should /oreccr unite US, even the more
when attempt is made to crush, it will turn
upon the head Of the opprcs,or. How
much more then will an Intelligent mag
aninous chivaIrous, tho down troddcn
people.
When drvcnh by mere force ofnumbcrst"
assert and maintain their rights; fight for
their alters and their fires, aye, forthc very
graves Of those whose bright examples in
fused into us the spirit Of resistance to OPP
preston. Let Us then at least be united
ONE, and all, in this the hour of trial, let lis
as did the patriarch's of old, say to each
other, ''thy people shall be my people, thy
God my God, D." and it after all, we have
borne and forborne; If after cXhauSting
every resource conpatablc with duty and
honor to ourselves, we are at last forced to
appeal Ia Hc /asT rcson. Let us take for
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