Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-07-05

or Two men, VINO, over all this nationsI rum
and despair. are preparing TO carvo will
the sword their way to seats OF permanent
power; I cannot but feel that they are ae-
cumulatipg upon their soil an amount Of
guilt hardly equallsd In oil the atrocities OF
treason and Of homicide that have degraded
tho annals Of our race from the foundation
Of the world. Kentucky may rest we'll A.
sured tha, ,hi. conflict. which s one Of sell
defence. will be pursued on the par. OF ihi
government in the paterna! spirit in whie''
Q father seek, to reclaim bis errins offspring
No conquest, no eirasion OF blood, is ssoughi
10 sorrow. not in anger, the prayer OF all !"
,ha, tho end may b. reached without loss Of
life or waste Of property. Among the mo-,
powerful in.,rumentalitics relied on for r..
establishing the authority Of tho Govern.
merit. is that Of the Union .sntimeu, Of a.,
South. sustained by . liberated press. IL j.
now trodien 10 the earth under . reign ~
terrorism which ha. no parallel hut in IL
wors, days Of the French Revolution. II 10
presence Of the government will enable it,
rebound and look its Oppre.sor' in the fac
AZ the present we are assured that in 81
seeded States no man expresses an opinion
opposed 10 ,h' revolution bat at the hssari
OF hi. life AMI property. The only light
which Is admitted into political di.cu-'io
!. that which flashes from the sword or
CLEAN. from the gli.'ening biyone'.. \
few days since. one Of the United stat
senator's from Virginia published a man
ic.to. in which he announces. with Oraculnr
.olemnity and severity. tha, all citizens
would not vote tor secession, hut were ~
favor Of the Union-not. should, or ouglt
,o-bu, "Nrsr leave the State" Thc''
word. have in them decidedly the crack 80
the overseer. whip. The Senator EVIDENT
treats Virginia a. great negro quarter. -
which the l'sh is the appropriate em5le'
Of authority. ana the only argument he vi.
condesesni TO use. However the lreemen -
other parts Of the State may abase then
selves under the exercise Of thi. in,olcnt m
proscriptise tyranny, should the senate
with III. .courgc of slaves. endeavor to dri'
the people OF Western Virginia from the
homes. will only say, in the language ol
the narrative of Gilpin's ride.
MAY IT,. there to .e-."
II would certainly prove deeply inier''.ir i,
spectacle.
IL -. true tha, before thi. dclSerance or
the popular mind Of the S,d,h from q
threatening. and alarm which havesubdus
Il can bc accomplished. the remorselc-'
utors who have made tai, revolution, an /
now holds it, rcin,, must be discarded alit'
,rom the public confi~ncc ani the publ
service. The country IN ~. agony i fcclin;
.hyr power. aud wc we'll understand hov
dllTtul, will 10 the task OF overthrowin; a.
a.cend,ney they have .ecu'ei. BIS ihr
Union men oi the S1uih-believei - bs 3,
the majpri,y in every seeded State eicep'.
perhaps. South Carolina--aided by the pre-
enee Of the government, will be fully eqa-'
to the emergency.
let US then twine each thrc,d osths glo'
riou. tissue Of our country. aas about OF
heart.trings. and looking upon our bom''
and catching the spirit sha, brea'he' up
us IRON the battle field, OF our lather',lei b.
resolve that como veal or woe, we will. -
lite and in death. now and forever. stan
10y the star. and stripes. They have aoa'
ei over our cradles, lct It bs our prayer ~
struggle that they shall hoa, over our grav
They have been uniured from the SHOWS 'l
Canad. 10 the plain, Of New Orleans, at I
to the halls Of the Monieruma., and am,
tie .oll,udes Of every sea /; and evcrywher
a. The ium nous symbol Of resi.,lcs' on
beucii,cu, power, they have lei ths bri''
anil the free to victory anl glory. IL tht
been my fortune 10 look upon this h,s -
foreign lands, and amid the gloom OF a
oriental de.poti.m. and rish, well do
know. by contrast. how bright are is .,aI
and how sublime arc its in.plration.' IL
thi, banner, the emblem for US Of all thu.
/. grand in human history. and Of all ths'
!. transporting in human hope. i.'o he s''
rificrd On the altar. OF a S,:anic ambi. lot.
and thus disappear forever amid the nigh
and tempest Of revolution, then will fee
and who shall estimate the de-o'a,ian oi
that feeling that the sun has lndecd been
stricken from the sky ofour lives. and ihs
bcneefor,h we .hall 10 but wanderer. anl
ou,ca,,., with naught but the bread OF pen
ury for our lips. and with hands ever out
stretched 10 fceblenes' and duplication. on
which. IN any hour. military tyrant NAV
rivc,' the fet,er' of a Departing bondags.
Nay God in bis infinite mercy save you AM
me. and the land We % much love, !ron.
the doom Of such degradation.
The End.
No con,e-, - momentous ~ this has arisen
in human history, Cor, amid oil the conflicts
Of men and Of nations, the life OF no sath
government as ours has ever been at stake.
Our fathers won our Independents by III
blood and sacrifice. OF Q seven years war.
and We have maintained i, against the a.
.aults Of the greatest power upon the earth /;
AMI the question now J, whether We are g.
perish by our own hands, and have th
epi,aph suicide written upon our tomb
The ordeal through which We are passing
must Involve immense suffering and lo.ss'
Tor u. all. but the expenditure Of not merely