Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-07-26

the expense of the military establishment
II the United States has bert, inrilyie el ia
defending the southwestern frontier. The
troops meanly surprised and betrayed il,
Texas, we're scnt there 10 protect her dr-
tenseless border settlements from the to:na,
hawk aud scalping kniie. II TO all this ex,
pendilure we add that OF the forls, the na,Y
wards, the court houses, ille custom houses,
aud the other public baildAgs in thesr re-,
ions, s50o,o00,00o Of ,hp public funds, u
which at least fve-sixibs are los,ed BY in,
lIrect taxation from the north and north,
west, have been expended in and for tLa
gulf States ia this oeniury. Would Eng,
and, would France, would any government
on the face OF The earth surrender without
dcatll-strugslc such a dear bought icrri,as
| y? w.
rHE UNITED srATEs CANNOT GIVE N. ruH
/ CONTROL or THE OUTLET or rIt Mls-
sIssIrrI.
But Of this l make no account. III Mem
90 but hook at the subject for a moment
~ It's relations 70 the safety, 20 the prosper
| w anu The growth Of the country, Ths
Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, with
'her hundred tributaries, give TO the great
central basin OF our continent its c aractcy
ana destiny. The outlet Of this mighty
system lies between The states of Tennes-l
see and Missouri, Of Mississippi and Arr
kansas, and through the state Of Loui i.pa,
ihc ancient province SO called, the prapd.
est monument Of the mighty manapeI, whose
name II bears. passed from the Jurisdiction
oi France TO that OF Spain in 1868. Forty
eisit years Iiare elapsed since the acqusi,
iion was made. The states OF Louisiana.
arkansas, Missouri, Iowa. Minnesota and
Kansas, the territories of Nebraska, Daco.
tab and Jefferson, have been established
within The limits, on this side of the Rocky
Mountains; the state of Oregon and tba
territory of Washington on their westerm
slope; While a tide OF population is annu-
ally pouring into the region, destined, in a,i
dition 10 the natural increase, before the
close at the century, to double the number
of the states and territories. For the en-
TIRE region west of the Alleghanies and
east OF the Rocky Mountains, the Missouri
and The Mississippi form the natural outlet
to the sea. Without counting the popuIa.
tion OF the seeding states, there are ten
millions OF the free citizens of the country.
between PIttsburg and Fort Union, who
Claim the course and the mouth of the Ms-
sissippi as belonging to the U,ited States.
~ Is theirs by transfer of truly imperial
origin and magnitude; theirs by a sixty
years lltie; theirs by occupation and settles
ment theirs by the law Of nature and of
God. -
Louisiana, fragment Of this colonial
empire, detached from its main portion and
ilrst organized as a state, undertakes to se-
cede from the union, and thinks by doing
SO that she will be allowed by the govern
ment and people of the Uuited States to
revoke this imperial transfer, to disregard
this possession and occupation of sixty wears
to repeal this law of nature and al God:
and she fondly believes that ten millions Of
the free people Of the union will allow hen
and her seeding bretheren 10 open and
smut the portals Of this mighty resign At
their pleasure. They may do so, and ths
swarm'ng millions which throng the course
oi these noble streams and their tributaries
may consent to navigate them by sufferance
from Montgomery and Richmond, but If
may repeat the words which l have lately
used on another occasion, il will ba when
the AteShaHies and the Rocky Mountains,
which form the eastern and western walls
OF the imperial valley, shall sink to the lev
"a OF the sea, and the Mississippi and ths
missouri shall flow back to their fountains.
Such, fellow citizens, as / contemplate
them are the great issues before the coun-
try, nothing less, in word, than whether
the work OF our noble fathers of The revo-
intionary and constitutional age, shall per.
ish or endure ;-whether this great expert
ment IN rational polity, WHICH binds fam
ny OF free republicans in one united gov
ernment,-the most hopeful plan for COM
binlng the homebred blessings of small
state with the stability and power OF a great
be treacherously and shasne-
fully stricken down, in the moment Of IFS
most successful operation, or whether it
shall be bravely, patriolically, triumphant
ly maintained. We wage no war Of con-
quest and subjugation we aim at nothing
but TO protect cur fellow citizens, who
against fearful odds, are fighting the battles
OF the Union in the dsafiected states, and
to re-cstabllsh, not for ourselves alone, but
Tor our misguided brethren, the mild sway
OF the constitution and the laws. The re-
suit cannot be doubted. Twenty millions
OF freemen, forgetting their divisions are
raliying as 9ne nan in support of the right.
eons cause,-their willing hearts and strong
hands, their fortunes and their lives, are
laid upon the altar of their country. We
contend for The great inheritance of consti-
iulional freedom transmitted from our rev
pulmonary fathers. We engage in the
struggle forced upon US, with sorrow, IA
against our misguided brethren, but with
high heart and faith, as we war for thas
Union which our sainted Washington COM
mended 10 our dearest affections. The
sympathy Of the civilized world is on oaI
side, and will join US in our prayers to
heaven for the success of our arms.
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