Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-10

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south is half a century beyond the civilized
world generally. She has few good harbors,
| but no aptitude for maritime pursuits materi-
ais for manufactures, with but little mechani-
ral skill and a turm of labor which practically
excludes her from commerce and manuiac.
lures.
II we carry on the war with an carnestness
| equal to her desperation, she cannot, in the
! long run, mate herself wiki Us and this with
out considering the vast obvious disparity of
wealth aud numbers,
Nor has the south the moral sinews for this
| wal. She has no practical grievances to be
redressed. There have been cause OF irl tia,
ton on both Sides-nothing more. On the
other hand, the south has been the pelted and
| spoiled child of the government. She has
had the lions share OF its honors has basked
| in its sunshine, and been fnttened from its
/ crib. 1t was only when her politicians could ITO
longer rule the government that they sought
| % destroy it.
| The rebellion was born of their lust of do.
| miuion ard avarlCc OF power The people OF
the south may yet see how grossly they have
been betrayed that peaceable secession is a
| mockery that government, north or south,
| cannot exist with this element oil death and
dissolution in its vltals; that moral laws bind
| states as well It's men, and that government
| which, in this age OF Christian civilization,
has human slavery for its corner stone and
treason and theft and piracy for lis cardinal
virtues, is not likely To be immortal; that the
long continuance of this war necessarily in,
| wolves the loss OF that institution they hold to
| be the main source of their wealth and of their
strength.
But whether the people Of the south wake
to sense of their duty and of their danger,
| we must not forget ours. We must SdCe the
country, and we can.
But we can do it only by forgetting all
minor differences in the presence OF Il great
| peril and of great duty, by laying party upon
the altar of country and burning lis platforms
| TO ashes with the glowing fires OF patriotism.
| He who goes about crying for partisan issues
| now must have one OF those narrow souls you
could put Into nut shell and which would
] then creep out OF Il m1ggot hole. By rising TO
lust conception Of the greatness OF the issue:
| that it is question of the success Or failure Of
OF free institutions, of glory or OF shame, OF
! growth and progress or decay aud dissolution;
| by rising to Il just conception Of the magnitude
| OF the work and of the spirit OF patient and
earnest seltsacritice which is necessary to ac
| c0mpliSh it, that we have TO contend with Il
formidable and desperate Zoe, guided and led
on by able men, working with the energies of
| despair, who seem TO have said 10 the spirit OF
evil, BE thou our God"
BY giving to the national administration
III anu generous support III WIG uioCu''i 80 Vi
its momentous trust, that OF vindcatlng in
every part of this ndivisible republic, the con
stituti0n and the laws; and Of uphOldIng upon
the land and upon the SEA that sacred flag in
whose folds
I'VE have garnered up hearts
Where we must either live or bearno life"
This everlasting carpng criticism is but the
younger sister OF treason, and It's most efficient
ally. Remember how great the work is and
l.. IA i
Follow the example Of the Hollis, and DIekin
sons, and Buffers, and work and not grum
ble."
But suppose England or France OF both
should recognize the southern conederacy,
what then! Nothing 1t would be like
speaker Onslow threatening to cal the names
of members OF parliament Some terrified
member asked him what would be the result
God only knows, he replied. The result Of
such recognition would not change their posi-
| ton or ours. 1t would simply be a very tool
ish thing ON the part OF England or France,
and therefore is not TO he anticipated.
| But suppose they should break the block
| al >! Ii the blockade is efficient, as it should
and can be made, such breach would be a
| gross violation OF the law OF nations, just
cause oil war and would bring upon the actors
the just Indignation and rebuke OF all sensible
men aud peoples, aud therefore is not to be
| lUOkeu lOT.
| AS Tor the tone Of the English press, it is
| really a matter Of no moiileHt There never
was an Englishman who understood our
institut onS, AID probably never will be. The
government is too strong TO be battered down
by paper shot, or il would have persisted long
ago.
But | must not respasS upon time that be
longs to older and better soldiers.
Fellow citizens: We meet to night on
sacre1 spot, for sacred cause. Divine airs
are breatled around lis tonight the mighty
dead are with us tonight; The ear OF faith can
catch the rustIing OF their angelic wings their
aSns are around us to uphold us. From their
purified lips comes the voice OF admoniton
and entreaty Be faithful unto death, for the
sake Of freedom, for the sake of humanity, for
the sake OF christian civilization, Tor Gods
sake-be faithful unto death
The meeting was excited, and not very
quiet, Among the speakers who followed
Judge Thomas were Gen. Wilson, Hon. o. z.
Lord, and Mr.. Patrick Donahoe.
Letters were sent to the meeting by Gen.
| Butler, Hon r. G. Winthrop, Hon. Emory
| Washburn, Hon. Isaac Davis, and others.
| We have not room for these letters. Mr..
Winthrop speaks with due caution but says
eve should not dare to enter Faneuil Hall
and stand face to face with the portraits on
its walls, if we were to allow the Union to
be dashed madly to pieces without struggle
to save it.