Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-17


y are socially their equals: = Let ther
5 teach them they relieve the SAM
Bible, worship the same God and tina
; the, are rellgiously their equals i
chorch fellowship and Grsce:-Le
/, then teach them that the citizens Q
the several States are politically thei
EQUALS. and teach them to love ant
respect their governmrnt, 10 suDmi
to its Constitution IN good iaith. an(
wherever and whenever it enJoin'
an active duty. TO perform it: L.
them teach them, while 1t Is ihel
will not to own slaves, 1t IS th'
consti tutionai privilege OF others t'
own them, and il slave tleS TO then
to be h,r bored. to exhort that slave
10 return. MS the Augel Of God ad
monisaed he fugitive Iagar to return
and submit herself to the han! o
her mistress - Let them teach then
that it Is both christian and ro'
lirical duty, to submit themse Ives
10 all the civil authorities. where
they are not uscd for the destrnc-
ton of their rights: Let ib' m teach
them to view our whole country as
but rre vas, faIm, seeiioDec of ln-
to different fields FIR cultivation By
4iff-reut members of the same iamiiy,
and that it is no cause Ot quarrel
If ore cufivates grain IN his held,
another tobacco in his, another cot
ton in his. another rlises stock In
his. 30 tha, one does not invade the
rights of the other, and that there is
harmony of interest, in diversity
of labor and production. These
things our fathers agreed to. aud
bourd themselves and their posterIty,
in the solemn covenan OF the con-
10 perform.
When such an era shall dawn upon
the co nntry, the roar OF iac;Ion
will be silenced: d:-N0rthern and
christian brethera will again
rush into each others arm $, re-
unite their sundered bonds, and
again take down lions Harp from
the willows, AID make it pesl out
such strains as have not been heard
since tie days OF David:-The song
of harmony will break from all oar
hills, rotr along all our valleys, roll
along ali our streams. swell in all
our marts aud all will blend into
The loud dip s'n OF a N atoms jay,
such as nt,,r slook the realms be-
lore. And ills is not al. Hope
would run along down the future. and
swing out errtplenished mp from
some Pisgnh height, aud give Us a
Wis ION Of our national apocalypse--a
nation tie most ia!ry. The most
powerful. the most enlightened, The
most prosperous, and the most p'Wer'
fnl that ever existed on tie globe.
Bat whether our government can
worry out the s.ige Of finatIclsm and
achieve such Sabine destiny. j
confess. it is a darkly prohle matIc.
If 1t can, patriotism should ennure
the contest. We wall become more
lalient aud hopeful rs tie govern
men, gins n ws sroir.ts Of vantage
ground in the conflict. Al least IL
is patriotic duiy, when oar govern-
ment is about to take wio-lIfe
eight toruiu, to hang upon It's wheels
until we see that the fatal plunge
is inevitable.
/ reluctantly confess that ] can have
no confidence in aHy Congres sioual
compromise based on abolition faith. F.
1t is already hard ned in the vice OF
covenant breaking 1t has broken
all former compromises. broken up
all lis church connexions. broken up
and demoraliz-d all the Old political
organizations, aud even spurned and
broken the constitutions If the con-
stiiutien caunot restrain 1t, can Sut
Gistrust any new covenant 81 ia'th,
Cougtess u'ay purchase an ephemetal
truce, bat not permanent peace ny
cofaprom,so. I see bu' little chance
Of ampl.f,ing the powers and reme-
dies Of the constitution by amend
ment. The voting stregth OF the
enemy destroys this hope. know
Of no remedy bat in the power oil the
Government as it is; and even 10 that
| would despair, but for the Christian
faith, that there isa God who rules
| IN the armies Of Heaven, and amongst
the inhabitants of the earth, and al
though the Black Republicans may
cover the North as the armies OF the
aIidianises and Amalekites, like
graiss-hoppsrs for numb =, before @