The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-23

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etegum nt slsi i sh0all he. la p'aeng
she power 81 government Ia ililias hands
aud Ia rendering obedience io au3 cher
islirF a rvterfce and a loye Tor that az
lhoriiy and ll.ai hw, which we should
mske llg cml@iitacng aud ile instrument
If she pulljs pIom and ,he public virtue.
Are So na5 lcauifHe Tbs lesson
lial there is yei smother thing. II Is
d lsaru iiic value n national unity To
hll 0uf hearts vita living and a vakciul
sensc ~ the great duty, thc ine.timablc
good " loyalty t. or admirable CousItu-
i,on Can NC o. blind and deaf and dead
IL Ills great duly When ask this ques-
tion. 81 not AK whether we can forget
our fathers whose blood Is IL our veins
our children, to whom SIC shall transmit
life noi worth the having. il we suffer this
Constitution. our Constitution and their
Constitution, % be weakened, disgraccd
and broken into fragments our God, WHO
has laid on us the trust Of leading nations
vet unborn along that glorious way upon
which our footsteps were The earliest
No, this cannot be | cannot look 1t il
AZ possible; cannot fear Il! but il could
fear such cslamity, my fear might spring
from the apprehension, not that We can be
defeated, bat that as the conflict goes on,
in our painful sense Of The wrongs inflicted
upon Us and the wrongs thrcaend Us, III
oar evaporation At the insults we haze
to endure, in The fever heat Of our anger
ut the cost and sacrifice and suffering
caused By the persistent madness and wick
odness We resist, we may forget that our
chief aim and purpose, our first and strong
c.t hope, not TO be- abandoned so long a. il
can possibly be held, and not 10 be defeat
ed by ourselves, is 10 defend and preserve
our nationality in is cntireness Are we
not lighting for cur Constitution, fighting
for our national existence fighting to re-
store, TO rc-cstlblish, to re-consecrate our
| Union?
II is one Of lie excellent Characteristics
of this very Constitution aud Government
that, while they make AL possible rroyis-
ion and organize all necessary strength for
all the purposes Of government, there is IN
il no desire, no purpose, no provision, and
no place for conquest and sublugation. II
ever there was nation fighting in self
defence, We arc that nation now. And
there are those who are now most earnest
in that cause, not in the North only, but
In the South. We at ihe North, by the
oulpouring Of our treasure, by organizing
our men and sending them TO battle; and
some, at the South, and again say many,
as hope and believe, by their sympathy,
which cannot be altogether paralyzel, al
though is voice is now siiilcd, and by a
conviction that we are fighting for them
and not against them; by earnest wishes
that we may succeed and so succeed that
We may soon give that voice freedom Of
utterance, and enable those wishes TO spring
1 forth into concerted action.
Then let US do our work. Let us do il
without stay or stint, without one moments
thought of stay or stint, until it's all done.
Let us organize and send forth our sol
| diers until the strong hands that guide oar
armies can hold no more. Let Us pour
forth our money until all who arm in our
cause are supplied with all possible means
of efficiency, Of safety and Of comfort. Let
us pour forth our very hearts and souls in
the combat until that combat ends III vie
tory. The more thoroughly this work is
done, the more beneficial it will be to us
and TO those with whom We are now con-
tending. And let US 50 do this work that
when il is fully and completely donc,when
rebellion has, with its last breath, called
itself by its true name, and every thought
of secession lies buried in grave from
which there can be no resurrection, then
our own Massachusetts, rs she was the
first 10 spring TO the battle, so, when she
can sheathe the sword, by which, faithful
10 her chosen motto,* she has sought for
the repose and peace Of liberty, then will
She be the first TO hold forth an unarmed
hand TO returning brethren; and will cor
daily invite them to take and hold their
/ full share of all our constitutional rights,
and unite with us in forming a great ma
| ton, which shall be the home Of freedom
and the hope Of the world
'Ense petit placdam sub libertate quietem.