Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-06-28

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] i.St ansses: -seSsr, 4eSsg. - A aid the tor
! snsns Il -peFsGebei e1isiey {. We may bav,
| glii4rsss II resi- and Of eed lln. as the mani,
&C has 9llmpses df rcsgsn between the porox
ysms cf "a madness, bat Ws shal attain d
reiih. : national dignity nor national repose. -
! = sbaii ae n'ass Of jafring, warring, frug-
! hentaFy oiates. sGfsetlcd aud deluoralized
without power at home, or respectahility
abroad, aud. Ike the Republics Of Mexico
ahd South America, We shall drift away on q
Saoreiss a'ld ensanguined sea of civil COM
motion, II sm wbich, if the teachings Of history
are 10 be. trusted, we shall be finally rescued
oy Toe, iron hand of some miitary wrecker.
@ao will coin the shattered elements of onr
81 tatuess ard of cur strength icto a diadem
nd fhronc. Said NJ. FceId, the French
! statesman, 10 an American citizen. a few
weeks sinee. '.Tour Repabla Is dead. and il
Is probably the last the world will ever see -
You vii. bave reign of terrorism. and after
| that two or hree monsrchies. All his may
be verified, shoull this revolution succeed.
Let as teen twiue each thread Of the olo
rlous tissue Of eur eountry's A4e about our
heart-st'lngs, aud locking upou our homes,
ID eatehi0g the spirit tLat hreathes upnn us
from the hattle-felis OF oui fathers, let us re
solve that, Genre ~ea or woe, we will 10 life
and in death, nog and foreVer, stand by the
stars aud stripes. They have foated over
our cradles, len II be our prayer aud our strug-
gle thai they shall float over our graves -
Thev have been uufurled from the snows n
Canada To the plans Of New Orleans. and ia
the Lalls Of the Mont zamas, and amid tba
solitudes of every sea, and every ghere. as the
eustthnf IF IL
power, they hage led the brave aud The free n
victory and 10 glory. IL has been my fortune
to look upon this ang 10 foreign lands and
amid the gloom OF sn orIeutal despoti-ln. and
right we'll do knox, by contrast how BRIGHT
are its stars, aud how sublime are ifS ibspira.
tions! Ii this banner, the eaibler, for ps of
al that Is grand in human history, and cf al
that Is transporting in human hone i 10 he
sacrificed on the alters of a Sat tni, ambition
and thus disappear forever amid The nigh, and
tempest of revolution, then will and
who shall estimate the desolstiop os tl,,t
feeling l-t tina; the SUI has indeed Leen st,ick-
Gu from the SKIS Of our lIves, and that hence-
forth we shall .be bnt wanderers and outcasts
with uonght but the bread of sorrow ana Of
9enury for oar lirs, and with hands ever ont.
stretched IN feehle0ess and surplicatioa. on
which, in any hour, military tyrapt may
rive! lhe fetters Of a dcspairine tonaage.
May Gca in his infnito mercy eago YOU and
me, and the land sc SO much love. rrnn ,be
Doom Of Tsh degradation.
No contest SO uiomea Gus as this has arisen
10 human history, for. emld al the COZ fic,s Of
nen aud oi nations, toe fe If no such Cos
ernment as oars has ever been at stake. Our
fathers won our Independence by the blond
and sacrifices of seven years war, aud We
have maintained it against the assault of the
greatest rover epcn he earth; and the oaes-
sion nov is, whether We are TO perish BY onr
own hands, aud have the epitaph Of snicil.
written uPoa our tenb. The ordeal through
wbleh We are passing must involve immense
suffering aud losses for US all, boz the cxpep.
ditnre Of not merely hundreds OF niilions. bur
Of billions OF Treasure will be we'll made. !,
the result shall be the preservation of our ia
stitBtons.
Couli my voice reach every dwelling in
kentucky, | Woald implore its iumates-if
they would not have the rivers of their prnss
Pefity shrink away, as do uufed streams be-
meath The summer heats-to rouse themselves
from their l. thargy, and Ay to the rescue of
their country before il is eyerlastirgiy too
late. alaa should appeal to maa, and neigh
boihood to neigh59rhood, until the electric
fires of patriotism shall alsh from heart to
heart IN oaa unbroken current throughout the
lana. II Is time IN which The work -shop, the
ttl;e, the counting house, and the Geld. NAV
we'll be absGdoued cor the solemn duty thai
is upon u6, for all these tolls will but bring
treasure. not for ourselves, but for the spcier,
Il this revolution Is not arrested. We are all.
with our every earthly ipterest. embarked in
mid-ocean on the Same common deck. The
howl OF the storm is in our ears, aud "tbe
l'gh'nlng's glare is painting bell Gu the sky,'
and while the Do6ie ship pitches and rolls un-
der the lashings of tho waves, the cry Is heard
that she has sprung leak 1T many points,
and that the rushing waters are monutiug rap
idly 10 the bold. The man who, in such an
hour, will not Sork at the pumps, is either
maDlac or a monster
Sincerely yours, j. HOLT.