, 1861-10-10


ings of revolution OH is not the voice of God
lifted above the tumult to-day, calling us to re-
pentance? What duty is more imperative at this
hour than for us to come before our God with true
humility, to confess our grieyOus sins wit un-
feigned cOntritiOn. and entreat Him to return to
us with His favor and forgiveness? Say not that
II will dampen our courage to bow before God
II is guilt that will make towards Of US all and
that burden must be taken away If we would play
the men for our people and the cities Of our God
In all the troubles Of the times, hear the voice
OF God calling for reformation among us. Re
pent, ye people, IL ye would escape His severer
strokes. Ye who know how to pray should wait
earnestly at the throne Of grace, that Jehovah
wonld forgive and save us
In ancient times when the war note rang through
the tribes Of Israel the people ocEed to Shiloh to
ask counsel Of Jehovah before they set the battle
in array against the foe. Let us to-day initiate
their example Let us be assured that no better
preparation for the present crisis can be secured
than the divine pardon. and grace and wisdom that
come from above to guide and support us in our
future. The proclamation is a favorable Omen
We must be prepared to sustain the most vigorous
pol;ey of the government, and second the most
thorough plans Of operation. We must smite this
rebellion with giant arm. No halfway measures
will do. No feeble treatment will cure the malg.
nant cancer. Surgery-terrible surgery, in med-
cal languages demanded to cut deep around its
roots, and probe it to the bottom. Now is the
time to settle the great questions Of national rights
and freedom in the Union in such way that the
grim spectrcs Of Treason and Secession shall not
rise upon our graves, and shake their bones and
CORY locks in the faces Of our posterity. That
Washington, which bears the proudcst name in
history. will act well her part, have no doubt.
II the time comes that men are needed and can be
spar d from here, you may place me as chaplain;
and when il Is no time for preaching or praying,
can use the rife in sustaining Government in put
ting down this terrible rebellion. would at once
make il so unpleasant that all reasonable or dcubt
ful papers, like the Portland AdUeTtiSeT, would
cease to be.
In this contest. in the language Of one Of Ken
tucSys sons :" I wish sOlemnly TO declare before
You and the world that am for this Union with
out conditions, one and indvsible, now and for
ever. am for its preservation at any and every
cot Of blood and tpasnre. against all its assail-
ants. know no neutrality between my country
and its foes whether they lie foreign or domestic;
no neutrality between that glorious flag which now
floats over US and the ingratcs and traitors who
would tramp'c it in the dust. Ny prayer is for
victory, complete. enduring and overwhelming, 10
the armies OF the Republic over all its enemies
am against any and every compromise that may
be proposed under the guns Of the rebels" l am
against every compromise that will impair the
dignity Of great nation that has proclaimed as
primary vital truth that oil men have equal natu-
raj rights because they are men. / am opposed to
al compromises that will compromise the great
cause Of humanity. l am opposed to all cOmpro-
mises that will tend to call down divine wrath for
wrong-dOing. When God makes inquisitiOn for
blood, he remembers such.
IN io M lonUnR a uuagti0n nj SOuthnfn RIGHTS
which have never been violated. nor Of security Of
Southern institutions, which we know perfectly
well have never been interlered with by the Gen.
eral Government but is purely with us question
Of national existence. In meeting this terrible
issue. which rebellion has made up with the loyal
men Of the country, we stand upon ground inf
nitely above all party lines and arty platforms !;
ground as sublime as that on which our fathers
stood when they fought the battles Of the Revolu-
ton. am for throwing into the contest thus
forced upon US all the material and moral resources
and energies Of the nation, in order that the strug
gle may be brief and as little sanguinary as pos
sible."
Now the question Of Human Slavery is forced
upon us by its worshippers let il be settled by the
nation in favor Of Human Freedom, now and for
ever This is the question that has given us trOu
ble and will continue TO do so long as il exists
"The arbitrament of the sword has been def
antly thrust into the face Of the government and
country, and there is no honorable escape from it.
All guarantees and all attempts at adjustment by
amendments to the constitution are now sc0rnfuy
rejected, and the leaders Of the rebellion openly
proclaim that they are fighting for independence
In this contemptuous rejection Of guarantees, and
in this avowal of the object Of the rebellion, now
SO audacously made, we have complete exposure
of that fraud which, through the slavery agiiators
baa Nl,a nnl.io ernlnliNv of
the last fifteen or twenty years. In the light Of
this revelation we feel as one awakened from the
suffocating torlurcs Of nightmare, and realize
what baselcSs dream our apprehensOns have
been, and Of what traitorous swindle we have
been made the victims.
"They are fighting for their independence! In
dependence Of what? Independence Of those laws
which they themselves have aided in enacting
Independence Of that constitution which their
fathers framed, and to which they are parties and
subject by inheritance? Independence of that
benefcent government on whose treasury and hon
Ors they have grown strong and illuStriOusY'
ain government which recognizes the liberty
of the subject under law, there is no event so
dreadful as the dishonor of law, and no tendency
so pcrilOus as the tendency towards anarchy and
license. Next 10 the authority Of God over the
heart and conscience the majesty Of constitutional
law is the most sOsereign, the most glorious thing
on earth. The men who struggle in such cause
are patriots in the highest sense; the men who die
for i are martyrs; and they who contend against
Il make war upon the best interests Of humanity
and the awful decree Of God. But further: il is
to be understood that in this struggle our own pc
culiar mole Of government is equally imperillcd.
The interests Of free institutions are at stake at
this time Of conflict. This crisis has significance
in this republic, such as would be involved in the
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