The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-12-17

ARIA cove 81 By tbe As2rFf4 tsoNFf - iAc
Confederate GugcFameaf, fail e oouagm.
j. the public miud, tie onstcltoa already
stated. On tie o,ss bard glsrre comes 81
; sulsdaeA bat incessaui wail 4 loyal
people grooming So deliseraucrs on ihc
oshef. > feroe cry fof blood aad plumber,
tnixed with wild elzmor asgui cordial
ausnimty. Ia. nation piiies aid herds
that wall Of our brethren. End, BY Code
help. viii make i audible throughout the
earth. as a lesson 10 al conspirab.r.. And
~ iar i il lrom being credible that their
dellyerance como, b. accomplished c1eep,
by the slaughter VI vast populations
maintained afterwards excrla 10y immense
standing armies all the facts u this sad
Case show, that whal has happened 10 all
ages and countries, vill happen sgain Lefe.
and tie mass n Gs peoPte speedily aud
joyiully return 10 their allegiance. a soon
as The military force Of the rebels is brpk
en-. and society Is allowed to return to its
ordinary condition. These are episodes in
the history Of naiions. No people has IS
capped them il Is the feeble only tina, per-
isli 10y means of them the great survive
them, AID become greater.
| rms MORAL eulHAcrEa or THE nrBrluos.
"rhis rebellion begins in an outrage up
on many Of the clearrst obligations VI Nat
urnl Religion: loyalty, love Of country, H.
deity 10 public trusts, gratitude for houors
b, slowed, truth and manhood in The dis
charge Of obligations voluntarily assumed.
nay eagerly sought; how many Of The Lead
ers Of this rebellion ale free from the stain
on their personal honor, Of deliberately
transgrrssing some or all OF these natural
obligations, which no contingency under
heaven can justify any one in violating (!
We speak not Of the ulere fact oil treason,
MS defined by human laws. What we
spesk OF is the periiy, in every revolving
| form, which has marked this treason in It's
birth. ia It's growth, and IN It's present tram
tic struggle. Men seeking TO overthrow
monuments eemented BY The blood Of their
immrdiat. ancestors. Men dishonoring
names iiustrious through many genera
tions. Men belr,ying their friends, their
neighhors, their kindred. Men seduclng
children 10 take up arms against their pa
rents and then banding them with savage.
10 ,lesolatr their own homes, with fire aud
sword Il is madness-a fearful mad
nsss. No madness can be greater, except
the madness that could induce TINS great
nation to suppose that God allows il 10 let
this 90 unpunished.
the enIvALRr OF REBELLION.
"Thc secessionsts would have mankind
believe, that their conduct is prompted by
the the most elevated principles, and dit
rected by the noblest instincts. In Illus
tralion of these professions, those Who
were in the highest civil statlons,pundeIed
the Government under which they were
Senators, Members Of Congress, aud Cab
met officers: those who were in the naval
and military service, betrayed the tias o.
their country. and delivered up, not only |
strong places, but the troops conlided 10
them: those who had the opportunity, |
robbed the Government Of money: those
who were on foreign diplomatic service,
used their positions 10 the greatest possible
injury Of the nation; and 1t there were
any exceptions of honorable conducI
amongst them 1--WE do know OF single
one) they occurred amongst those OF
subordinate rank, and lave been con-
cealed by their comrades, rs marks OF
weakness. All these degrading evidences
Of the total d moralization OF the party,
occurred in that stage OF the conspiracy,
Immediately preparatory to the comhehct'
menl of en- hostiliiies by them. Al
first, they seemed to have supposed that
the nation would make no serious al
tempt to reduce them by force and that
great people, betrayed and sold, would
accept the ignominious fate prepared Tor
it. When they awoke from this stupid
dream, their first resort was, very natural
ly, to an exhibition OF the quality OF their |
heroism and their vail Of No coercion
resounded through the land--ecloed back
by the concerted cry OF their secret allies
in The loyal States, Peace, on any terms,
pih our brethren' Their next resort,
just as naturally, was a manifestation OF
the reality OF their boasted confidence in
in their resources, aud in their
cause. This, also, they exhibited, in a
perfectly characteristic. Emssa-
ries were despatched to all foreign nations,
even the distracted Cover
ments south Of US, and not togytting even
our Indian tribes, or the Mormon kingdom.
Everywhere, under the sun. where The
least help seemed attainable, by whatever
ineans they supposed might be eheciual.
hey eagerly sought IT. Sometimes by
meuaces, sometimes by solicitations,
sometimes seeking alliance, sometimes
sometimes Offering every
hing. sometimes begging for anything
--eyen Tor King, if riiey could gel noih-
NJ better. But always, and every
where, help Was what they wanted -
Arlp, against their own country, which
hey had betrayed. Oh! patriots! Help,
.nslitst their own pe0nle wltum they nn.A- |