New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-14
CALM WORDS. AND TO THE POINT.

To IA, Edit5ref The " u 7r5Bne
SlG: Itis amusing in respects, painfulin Others
and ultimately disastrous in I'll respects TO wiine- the
spirit Of the Democratic press at the present day. With
the utmost comp aceucy theytura round and charge the
parry in the aseendency with all the calamities which
;hey themselves have brought on the country.
Brethren, we waut cal My 10 reason with you. We
ask Won what is our fault Wee is our sin Have
we not done what you would have done Have We
not chosen the after our own heart, carefully
abiding by all the requirements of tie Constitution IN
that choice Ii NOT, show us in what we have
erred. Such failhfuuess we ehall esteem as great
kindness. This has not teen shown US, aud, %e hiIn
blV an, firmly believe can never be shown.
Sinoe the & institution then, clearly points ont the
mode Of eec,ug and installing ilto once the supreme
Executive officer, we hold that every trne palnI';
whatever DC Lis political opin ns, Is bound - uphold
the President thus duly elected, in the legtiuate eX-
er,te oi his power Should any resist his power,
they e.st the ordnance Of God, land they that re-
fist shall receive 10 then-elves damE.tion.' We de-
sire then that those who have rcbelled agiinst tue
present Government ould th seiiOuly upoa these
iIpgs On beud,d Ii ees in their ci0eis, before the
Most High God, whom they have Offended, let our
brethren vcio nave 30 signnlly offended Him, read the
Nil chapter If Pants Epistle 10 the tomars. We
do teeve that those Ministers Of the COpel oi Jesus
Chfsi who have excited their locks to Use III rebel
hon against the powers tnat he, have nuch TO answer
for They ccrtainy have not followed the teaching O
he AIorile They have drawn many after them into
danintton," and shall receive the grea'er condenia-
ton " rrey lie blind leaders Of the blind and
when the blind lead the blind both fall uto the same
ditch.
Instead, tben of blaming at least as patriotic
Us themselves IT bocoes those men who have brought
these disastrOus cUDteDons npon the naon 10 repent
of their wckediess before destruction oNeTahe them
We would specify as principals In this work oil penl-
tence thus uials VINO have lost their places, their
pet Government through lis very corruption and I'M
becility, having become defanct. We regard Their
auutng Language H. regard TO the present Kepubicn
Government as sinking very cGtasire yea, even as
fS.0ondbe Ut the pres, ut tine, seeing they have done
and are now doing all 10 their power TO =" SINK IT,
The Lord rebuGe them.
Had il pleased lm who holds the destiny Of man in
his hand 10 have set there United States Demo
cratic President instcad OF him who now consiitn.
ionalIy rles over us, every loyal Republican and
citizen would have felt himself called on 10 uphold
his authority. Most iervebtly, then, can we pray
that God would visit the violent dealings OF voln,
hwless aud ungody men on their own head.
certain widow had III her garden favoflte
English cherry-tree which her husband brought IRON
Washington and planted with his own hihi. OH
had the family been delighted with lts fruit ~ was
a great fayorte. On. day, some wicked boys cut II
down TO recover their kite which had CauSh IN tle
branches Long have numerous, prosperous, ana
hanpy family eaten the delicious frnt VI this republic
Lrfi IA by Washin ston, the beloved Fniher OF his
Country. But those idle politicians, for Tie mere
pie ,sure Of flying tLis ke ct Sidcery IN the Sout
and ia the now Territories have cut down THIS beau.i-
fnl fabric ON which las been expended 70 much TOLL
wealth. ard intellect. May God preserve oar Union,
defend the right, and gave the Iafiot But we woulo
warn our Generals ~ remember the less jn Napoleon
learned at Waterloo and the Federal troops at Ma
nsssas Gap, 10 keep holy the Sabba,h day, ind not
attack the enemy that day without canse, lest II
wore defeat happen them. FAX.
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