Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-01-22

mediate organization Of our militia. and
the repeal of the present law Is recammen.
ded. Under the present system All the
arms issued TO the State by the General
Gnvernment, representing a value of over
SSOO.OOO, have been lost beyond recovery.
sod We have D''t 10 day in the State two
hundred serviceable musksts; and the
entire uniformed militia Of the State will
not master eight hundred men.
Tue wisdom and experience gained IN
the past have demonstrated the importance
~ an ehcieDt force az the disposal of the
government. and while the spirit of our
institutions is justly hostile to large stan
oing army. yet IL contemplates the latent
existence ofthis force 10 the people, organ
,heu ana elective as militia. The days
have passed away when almost every man
was accustomed 70 the rife and forced IN
depend upon IL for protection against ,.v-
fges and wild beasts; and when II was me-
cesssry that every cabin should be for
tress. and every man, Yea every woman n
SOLDIER. Almost every Citizen then vas
nrmed bnt What WAS then che role h new
the exception, and where once Ia case of
attack sort Of guerilla warfare was resor.
tea 10 from necessity. We should now be
compelled 10 act in large bodies against
disciplined troops, experienced officer, and
All the improved science and machinery Of
war
NotwIth standing the ardent hopes OF the
lovers OF peace. that the progress Of Chris
tan civilization would dispel the desolating
sc"urge, yet even now civilized Europe il
the theatre ct continental war, and the
most enlightened nations are liable to con
tingencies IN which the appeal 10 the sword
IL the only reliance for the defence of the
lives and property Of the people, the main
tenance OF order and the execution of the
laws.
Several Of the States have adopted the
plan ct an active militia, consisting of
volunteer companies which have their an
nnai encampments in divisions. brigades
or regiments. To be brought occasionally
into one grand State encempment. On
these occasions the troops receive the beae.
Mt OF extended marches, of thorough drill
and discipline. training in the habits of
physical endurance, prompt movements.
manly bearing and mutual reliance. and in
the cultivation ofthat esprit du corps which
results from military associations. Massa
chusetts to day has a citizen soldiery Of 6,
ooO volunteers ready, at the beat # drum,
to oppose itself as wall of FIRE against
foreign aggression, or in the enforcement
OF the power and authority Of the GOVERN
ment.
therefore commend such law as shall
secure an efficient organization as we'll as
instruction, armament. equipment and uni
form OF our citizen snldiery. Some organ
ization based upon thesystem nf volunteers,
Is believed. will he Of benefit 10 the State.
aside from any purposes of war, because il
would encourage system Of physical
nd h.
dependent spirit among our youth, and
RAISE up IN our midst generation &c men
taught 70 reverence the law, accustomed 10
obedience and discipline. and qualified for
service in oil emergencies.
NATIONAL sFTIns
In the present crisis In National affair. there W MD
be little practical utility in arguing the Question
shether this party or that Il TO be blamed and
held responsible for the dangers which tbr,nte1 tbe
country whether the trouble be attributable 10 the
agsresslons OF slavery to the rawlings Of fLatsm or
tooth.r provoking causes questions the
OF which would only incrsase and avvrnxute ,,.-tx
differences without ALA, ing the public disquet and
would De neither patriotic nor prudent. Yet IL IL
truth Of solemn import that In the midst Of prosper
ty unparalleled. and on the very occasion when the
President Of the peoples choice Is about 10 h. nI.cd
IN the chair to which h. been Is,i
the loyal citizens Of the United States are startled by
themselves compelled "a consider di acuIti-s re-
sulting perhaps indrt city the old but NOR Al;
fecty trsceable to an ayowed hostility any union Of
the people Of the United that is not pl.I-d 20
extend aud perpetuate the institution Of slavery
However IL may he true Of the disarcted masses We
may safely say Of the leaders that their object IL dis.
union, and that while there is a hope of afcting a
nothing else will content the whs have c.snr-d
70 RAISE the storm that is around Us Ii is smentabe
that such sedtopists should have been AS suecs.fl
as they have beer in persuadng their 20
curse OF hostile demonstration the Govern
ment OF the nation and IL will be among most die
ncult and delicate tasks Of that Government 70 deal
with the Disorder and prevent mischiefs Tn. fra
ternal relation Of the never should be- rgotten
ana al lille the ftv Of he Inio f.u
matters Committed 20 IL y the Constitution never
De yielded 70 any pressure We may cherish the hope
that measures Of coercion will not tocoms necessary
to restore the disafected Obedience forbear 20
refer TO much that has been BY refractory
leaders TO tname the difference between the popula
tSn OF the slave free labor States. convinced a.
am thai IL the people Of the South could be truly in
irmed OF the eharacterof that Northern opinion which
has been So misrepre-ented them de-iguiag dem
agogues they could not BE- induced assa the Union
which their fathers established Finding that their
interests would still be detected and their rights nam
tanned; they would dsain clamor because the out.
side Territories Of the Union TO be surreD-
dered to peiicy that would retard their settlement
and postpone the when they might be admitted 20
the alaxy Of States IL that the result az
the late electin establishes any relation prin
c1ple In the administration Of the Government expo
sing them and their interests hazards and dan
gers IL Is true that they have declared tbemseIves
poifically morally and socially opposed to the
ton Of slavery into Territory free but they have
not made these declarations spirit OF hostility 20
,h ., .ne south IN. principle Is older than
with the Constit uton in every period Of its history
bearing with II the sanction Of Washington and Jrfer
son and their successors In the Executive Office; and
the late election has only brought successful
rsafhrmsnce by majority Of the voters of the Union
The declaration by means dircrimnafes aganst
Southern people IL is doubtless very true that amidst
the vast prosperity which. in with the eit-
OF the other States Southern brethren have en-
joyed the rewards the labor Of their slaves
have greatly increased. and should not perhaps he
surprised that their attachment To institutons which
foster such labor has become strong and partial
as 10 influence their conduct In all political relations.
Instead OF regal ding slavery regarded the
FNN fzafe k.ar s..-...
ted from tine necessity Of the with the hope Of il.
Ultimate extiDct on. they now commend Il bIes |
sing, cd Ia the slave and the government
and society perfect form Of civilization, that it
endure forever On the other hand the people the
free States are impressed IN the belief that slavery
Is wrong and Is destructive Of the highest progress
religion. morality. industry and refinement But thi.
contrast CT antagon-tic opinions il not Inconsistent
with the and prosperous union of the States
because zach State IL free cherish preference
while the Federal Government interfere or in
trude upon the institutions peculiar the States II
Is the striking nature Of political Union that while
each member Of the Csneleraey may exercis. the
ereign right Of deciding for itself what its
shall BE- IL may have alsot protection which
the united power Of all give against enem-s at
home or abrcsd-thus forming sisterlood Of States
dering as the flowers Of their various climates differ
In beauty and fragrance but all instinct with one SEN
timent OF rising greatness and forever uniting under
one Constitution the bulwark Of their safety strength
and glory The institutions of the free labor States
are institutions Of choice and hearty preference
The people Of those staes believe. and l. us--aiing
~ adopt the sentiment. that there IL between
Freedom and slavery irrepressible conflict IN which
slavery must decline and ultimately yield believe
~ cannot exist forever Die IL must later
die that the philosophy Of history demonstra
ted-de- that mans most cherished hope may
wtther-die that Gofs eternal justice be vind-
Gated But t by means fellows that sIave States
and Tres States NAV not may not Be Associated In tn.
same eosiede-acy. united under such a wise Con-
stttution eurs, with every right and every
institution safe IL 10 in the where slavery er
lists that this irrepr>ssble conflict is going on. and
where freedom h finally tn triumph; not II l. hoped
and believed by the insuretiOn 81 and the
blood OF the master hut by the voluntary act Of the
people OF the slave States at the behest advancing
civilization Such the c0anct in those States 81
the old thirteen, which became free by their own
voluntary emancipation. Believing this ne ar.
conscious OF no unknd feeling towards brethren
IN the slave States Our faith strong as ever thai
the present discord once settled the utmost kindness
and fraternity may exist between the people Of the
save and Free States and the OF good fe~iinx
restored the nation may continue Its triumphant
march TO its grand destiny The Free States under the