The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-31

| MS forts, his araenais, MS arms, MS
munitions of war, bis hospital stores,
or anything that is his Indeed, so
impressed are We with the obligations
of this law, that we VI ould no more
think of plundering from our neighbor
half million of dollars because f0urd
in one of his unprotected mints, than
we would think Of ilching purse from
his pocket in crowded tborougfare.
Write us down therefore submission
ists." Again The law says thou
shalt not swear falsely !; we submit
to this law, and while in the civil or
military service of the country, with
an oath to support the Constitution Of
the United States resting upon our
consciences, we would not for any
earthly consideration engage in the
formation or execution of a conspiracy
to subvert that vosy Constitution and
with it the Government to which it
has given birth. Write us down,
therefore, again submissiopists. "
But again When O President has
been elected in strict accordance with
the forms and spirit of tie Constit.
utioa, and Las been regularl! installed
into Office, and Is honestly striving to
discharge his duty by snatching the
Republ from the jaws of q gigantic
treason which threatens to crush 1t,
We care not what his name may be or
what the designation Of his political
party, or what the platform on which
he stood during the Presidential! eau
vass; We beli7e we fulfll 10 sight Of
earth and heaven our highes: obliga.
tions to our country, IN giving to him
an earnest and loyal SUPP ort in the
struggle in which he is engaged
/ Nor ar We at all disturbed by the
aippant taunt that IN thus submitting
10 the authority Of our Government
we are necessarily towards. We know
whence this taunt comes, and we esti-
MT it at lis true value. We old
bat there is higher courage In the
performance CT daty than In the COM
mission Ct crime The tiger of the
Jungle and the cannibal Of the South
Sea Islands have that courage in
which the revolutiouists Of the day
MAKE their especial boast ; the angels
OF God and the spirits of jnst men
made perfect have had, and have that
courage which submits to the laws
/ Iucifer was O. observation-disclosures, and
the first secesaionist &C whom history
has given US any account, and the
chains which he wears fitly express the
fate due to oil who openly defy tie
laws of their Creator and Of their conn
I try. He rebelled because the Al
mighty would not yield to him the
/ throne OF heaven; the principle OF the
Southern rebellion il the same. In
i deed, in this submission to the laws is
! found the chief distinction between
good men and devils. A good man
4 oheys the laws Of truth, Of honesty, Of
morality. and all those laws which
have been enacted by competent
authority for the government and pro-
tecticn Of the country in Which ne
lives; a devil obeys only his own
ferocious and profigate passions
The principle on which this rebellion
proceeds, that laws have in Them
selves no sanctions, no binding force
npon the conscience, and that every
man, under the promptings Of interest
or passion, or caprice, may at will,
and honorably, toe, strike at
the Government that shelters him,
is one of utter decentralization, and
: should be trodden ont, as you
wonld tread ont spark that has fall
en- on the roof Of your dwelling. Its
unchecked prevalence would resolve
society into chaos, and leave you with
out the slightest guaranty for life,
liberty, or property. 1t is time that,
in their majesty, the people OF the
United States should make known to
he world that this Government, In lis
dignity and power, is something more
,hen moot court, and that the eitiz-
4 who makes war lpon 1t is a traitor,
not only in theory but In fact, aud
should have melted out to him a
t.aitors doom. The country wants no
sacrifices, but it must and will have
peace, cost what it may
Before closing, / desire to saya few
words on the relations of Kentucky to
the pending rebellion; and as we e-e
all Kentuckians here together to-nis..
} and as this is purely family matte,
which concerns the honor Of US all. ]
hope we nay be permitted TO speak
to each other upon It with entire free
dom. | shall not detain Jon with OBJ
servaticns on the hostile and defiant
position assumed by the Governor Of
your State. In his rep.,y to the re-
QUESTION made upon him for yolan-
teers under the proclamation Of the
President, he has, in my judgment.
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