Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-05-30

the endowment has devolved upon them the
sacred duty of preserving and perpetuating
these great blessings. Unborn millions are
interested in the fidelity with which the trust
shall be guarded. Nor is the interestloca
it is as wild as the world.
There is not an island in the sea, nor a
hamlet on the broad continents, that has not
stake in the ISSUE II is not New England
and the Middle and Western States, with
their manufacturing and commercial millions
alone, that arc to be affected but men OF
all clmes and through all time. fhe causes
at work go into history, and sooner or later
must be prolific of consequences over the en-
tire race. Great as present. effects are, they
are comparatively nothing. Who can meas
ure the effects of the war of the Revolution?
In the righting up of the nations God has
ordained that this nation should have part,
and it is no vanity to say conspicuous part.
We dare not disappoint the decree. Woe
be to the hand that attempts to arrest the
Fat Of Heaven
The hand has been lifted Men in the
South have proclaimed with oaths that the
Government shall be abolished; have band
ed together, that the Stars and Stripes shall
be stricken down; that, dishonored and de-
graded in the eyes of other nations, and dis
tracted and dcmoralized among ourselves,
our power shall be broken, and the hopes OF
the world blasted. To accomplish this they
hoist the flag of rebellion and sound the bu-
gle of war! With words of defiance they
come to meet us and execute their threat
The interests in behalf of which they make
war upon us are mamnon and slavery: they
offer US an overthrow that they may extend
and establish forever the enslavement ot
millions ofhuman beingsl This is the issue
There are two alternatives. One is to sub
nit, to bow down and make no resistance
to say to them, Gentlemen, have ityour owl
way we are men of poace, and do not be
lieve in boodshed. IF We take this course
we shall save the lives of our sons, and til,
immediate horrors of war! Dare we do it
With the eyes-of the glorious past upon us
and with the imploring gaze of unborn gen
erations looking to us, and under the awfu
gaze of the Almighty, who holds US respon
, sible for the part we act, dare we do it
The other alternative is civilized warfare
/, We must meet them and say to them, wit
/ the thunder of guns, and the CLEAN of bay
\ onets, Hands off! Daro we refuse? Adm
: that some, .perhaps many, will die; that on
n land shall bc filed with wailings, that or
!, wealth shall be con:umed, that most tn;
we love on earth shall be lost in the strul
: gle, still, with the awful responsibility res
n ing upon us, dare we refuse? Never Al
+ pealing to the scatchcr of hearts for I'll
/ Justice of our cause, impellcd by sense
| our obligations to posterity, We must accei
the challenge. We have done so. The n,
tion has risen up as one man from Maine
our Western border and said, Ready III
bridegroom has deserted his bride, weepr
blessings ON his bosom the son has tol
himself from tle arms of his mother pr
e nouneing benedictions on his head, and
if the standard aud Capital ofthe land. NJ;
in God be with them. and give us soon an no
rs orable peace !--[Chris. Ad. and Jour.