Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-03-19
STIRRING Appeal for the Union.

Necertainly cannot be mistaken in
suppoeirg that such an appeal as the fol-
loving 10 behalf of the Union will be read
Win 'rierest by no. only those to whom il
Is aQdfessed. but be the readers of this
paper generally. 1t is taken from speech
recsntiy delivered by Henry Clay Dean,
OF lava. Read it:
appeal to the Methodist people. whose
foupofr commenced his church coeval with
tni> k'vernment, whose power has been the
outgrewth of the American Union, whose
practIeai good has been to the slave and
the mister, as the church of my forefathers,
the meme Of my youth, the idol of my man.
hooo the bore Of my family, to retrace
your steps and divorce the pure virgin Of
Meturdism from that atheistical debauche,
AoeI!tnnism. appeal to you to stand by
toe tr,en, and d. justice, land as you
"oui@ have mon do unto you, do you even
so un>4 them."
! appeal to the patriotism Of the Presby.
fer'@1 Church, to continue the good work
~ sustaining the civil government of the
cou''T7, without which your religion
~ooH would be as sounding brass and n
tsrll 1i.g cyn5ba' - - 8 4i-s-s,-,r
! appeal to the Episcopal Church, the
religion OF our British ancestors, who
planted these colonies, the system incorpo-.
rated with Its early government, to stand
by the Union, and never suffer her forms
OF devotion 10 conform themselves to trea-
son OF southern rebels OF northern fanat-
les.
appeal to the venerable old Mother
of all churches" whose zeal, missionary
labors, self denial, the endurance of poyer-
ty, shame ard persecution among all men
have characterized her for all ages, whose
humblest members have found hospitable
homes In tue United States OF America,
whose priests, bishops and prelates have
signalized their patriotism Ms net inferior
to their deyOtion-that old Church whose
horny handed members have built our rail-
roads, oug our canals and fought our
battles to rally in the strength which God
has given her to bring all tho memories of
the past, the present and the immortal
hopes OF the future to bear upon her COM
municants to rally to the Union and
preserve peace. that we may be united.
appeal to the Baptists to every Chris
tian name under Heaven, tn come to the
rescue IN common cause. appeal to the
Atheist, whose blssphemy is tolerated, to
assist IN the preservation of the govern
ment which not only tOerates a Christians
belief but suffers HIN in his refusal to
believe at all. appeal even to the Puri-
tan who fled from oppression. who has
himself been always an Oppressor, who
claims the position of patron of learning,
yet unacquainted with those great laws
upon which true liberty must be forever
based the advocate of free labor who him
self never !abcrs: we hypocri,es, now that
the Gay of destruction has dawned upon US.
cease your agitation unwilling yourselves
to minister to the peaceful sentiment of
the dangers which now surround us,
allow the christians, patriots, soldiers of
the country, once more to seek the solid
foundation of the rock of peace.
appeal to all Christians, without regard
20 name, sect or persuasion. Our Savior
suffered on the cross. The gospel of Jesus
h, been buried in the superstition of ages.
Whilst the heather were following the
dim star light of idolatry through the ma
zes OF gloomy superstition, American free
dom har been The pa'ron angel of the great
missionary work. The Methodist with
his discipline, the Presbyterian with his
confession of faith, the Baptist with his
immersing gown, the Episcopalian with his
prayer book, the Catholic with his cross.
the great field together. Science minis
tered to the protection of religion learning
became the handmade of piery; education
the servant Of the evangelical church but
the Constitution projected, in freedom. the
religious rights of man. Will you aban>
don you" missionary principles? Will
you..giye up the trophies Cf hundred ages.
or'will you teach the world a lesson of
Christian forbeurance When angry sec
tions come in conflict and mercenary men
gamble for thrones, minister to corruption
and yield to power, will not We, the ser
wants of the living GId, teach bad mer
that they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness OF the armament, ard they that
turn many to righteousness as the stars
forever and ever" Is not the honor Of
Offering peace and salvation to mankind
hereafter, under the guarantee Of civil and
religious liberty, worth preserving? Will
We not add The love of country to the love of
Goo, and save the Bible and the Constitu-
ton together, to preserve his liberty and
secure his salvation. / appeal to all men
of every age, and sex, and nation, and
kindred aud tongue, who iuhabit this great
country in the infancy of its civilization, to
turn away from the contem 2lation of its
rum, anu lOok ratner 10 the increase OF our
population, the progress of our improve
ment, the elevation of the low, the comfort
of the poor, the education Of the ignorant.
the protection of the weak, the salvation
| of all, until five hundred mill, ms shall sit
beneath the boughs of the tree Of liberty,
and the whole land be filled with its fra
| GRANGE, and the whole people be fed by its
fruits, and instead of civil war, this vast,
varied and happy population shall be
bound IN the chains os blesscdness and
love, and the whole people shell reDd the
heavens and the earth with their sbouts of
peace on earth, good will to man, the
Lord, Omnipotent reigneth."
REMARKABLE LAKEs.-On the top of a
ridge OF mountains in Portugal, called
Estrella, are two lakes Of great depth, es-
pecially one of them. which is said to De
unfaihomable. What is chiefly reua-ka-
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