The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-04-24
The Republic will be Saved.

War is unqrestionably great ca
l,.mity; civil war the most calamitous
cf all But war is not an unmixed
CJ. The Gazette and Republican
says, long career of peace and pros
p,rity too often appears to develop the
selfish instincts of mans nature, and
to- some extent to deprive nation of
high and sacrificing patriotism
which is its safeguard and glory
War, on the other hand, calls into ac-
ton all the higher qualities courage,
honor. patriotism devotion to the coun-
try and to its fag-the symbol of its
sovereignty and its power. And
never-at eny time, or in any country
have these sentiments been more hon.
orably conspicuous than in the United
States at this moment. The first gun
fred at Fort Sumter broke down the
party lines which had separated man
from man, and throughout the whole
of the loyal States there was an unan-
imous feeling that the time had come
when the power and authority of the
government must be indicated by the
strong arm of military power.
The call for troops is being respon-
ded to with alacrity. Only issued on
Monday, already troops are moving in
large Numbers, and long before the
twenty days named in the proclamation
have expired, not only seventy-fve
thousand, but five hundred thousand
true men, will stand ready to march to
any point where their services may be
needed in defence of the Stars and
Stripes And not only are volunteers
coming forward with alacrity to the
defence of the imperilled Republic,
but the capitalists of the country-men
proverbially cautious and unimpres-
sible-have proffered and stand ready
at any moment to furnish the govern
ment with all the funds it can possibly
need. Never, not even in the first
outbreak of the Revolution, has there
been such an universal devotion of life
and fortune to the public caase. Let
no one despair of the Republic 1t
is still worthy of its favor, its tradi-
lions and its missions.
Among other favorable signs is the
readiness with which our adopted
fellow citizens respond to the call to
arms. In Philadelphia, in New York,
and in every other large city, the Irish
and German citizens have been among
the first to volunteer for the field, and
we venture little in predicting that they
will be among the last to leave it, save
with honor, while some of the men
who have arrogated to themselves the
name of " Americans" and have de-
nounced all naturalized citizens as IN
worthy of trust of favor, have been
aiding the work of treason, by discour-
aging every effort or purpose to Vindi-
cate the national authority. The
naturalized citizens-have, in large num-
bers, embraced the first opportunity
of venturing their lives as proof of
their fidelity to their oaths.
1t is idle to imagine that the strug-
gle will be light one, but there is no
room for doubt as to the result. AL
ready we have been relieved from all
fears of division among the people of
the loyal states and with abundance of
men and money, with the legitimate
Government of the whole United
States putting forth its power and
might, with the sympathy of the whole
civilized world on one side, and with
1.-THE Union and the Constitution" as
our watchword we must triumph,
ard triumph speedily. God save the
Republic