The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-05-03

South sneak of himself ~ IN ns ,hsm.
Mar from the South always SPEAK VI 80
. sslve. a. southerners. When was ao'I ~.
Tu"..s .noIe Of myself as Northerner, Oh,
.,.. ~ . citizen Of the United States 1
,A," ~, country and IL is love OF country
III No, love of the North alone. that per
~. The PEOPLE Of the North. There has
never been witnessed such patience. seli.de-
NAL. such magnanimity, such true patriot
ism, under such circumstances, as that when
has been manifested in the North. And IN
the South the feeling has been sectional, n
cal. The people there have been PROUD, no.
that they belong 10 the nation, Dat .na'
they were born where the sun burns .hey
are hot. narrow, and boastful-ior out OF
CHM there i not 40 much conceit rs exists
among them. They have oecn uc'o'u y,
that large spirit which takes IN the race ana
the nation, and its institutions, and It's his
tory. and that which its history prophecies
the prerogative Of carrying the banner oil
liberty 20 the Pacific from the Atlantic.
Now, these States, in spirit entirely in
agreement with their past Developments,
have reyolutionized and disowned the United
States of America, and set up so-called
Government Of their own. Shall we, now,
20 forward under these circumstances
For the first time in the history OF this
nation there is a deliberate and extensive
preparation for war. and this country has
received the deadly thrust Of bullet and bay
onet from the hands OF her own children. IL
we could have prevented il. this should not
have taken place. But it Is fact; it hath
happened The question Is no longer ques-
II. L.. Z. IN
Shall We retreat, or shall we accept the hard
conditions on which We are to maintain the
grounds Of our fathers? Hearing the voice
Of God in his providence saying, Go for
ward = Shall We 60?
We must not stop to measure COSTS
pecially the costs Of going iorward-on any
basis 30 narrow as that Of pecuniary COM
perity. We must put our honor and relig-
lon into this struggle, God helping you for
no matter how much you deplore the state
ofthings, you cannot help yourselves. You
may talk with your till and safe and bank,
and you may look ut your accounts on both
sides, but your talking and looking will
make no difference with your affairs. The
time is past in which these things could be
Of any avail. This matter must now be
settled. You must have part in the set
Ting of il. The question Is whether that
shall DO manly or ignoble part.
With the North is the strength, the pop
ula.ion, the courage. Island for this truth ;
that there IL not on this continent that
breadth OF courage-the couraJe Of q man
in distinction from the courage Of brute
bsast-which there is in the free States Of
the North.
Ii was GENERAL Scorr- that noble and
heroic patriot, whose life is 10 be topped oil
with illustrious aud immortal honor, when
his days here are ended land may God long
delay the hour OF his departure)-it was he
that said that the New Englanders were the
hardest to got into eight, and the most ter
riblo to meet in conflict, Of any set Of
men onlthe globe.
And we have no braggart courage; we
have courage that rushes into fray for the
love Of fighting. We have that courage
which comes from calm intelligence. We
have that courage which comes IRON broad
moral sentiment, We have no anger, but
we have indignation. We have no irritable
passion, but we have fixed will. We regard
war and contest as the last evils; but when.
detesting them as we do, we are reused so as
to enter into them, our courage will be OF the
measure OF our LEGISLATION. You may be
sure that the cause which can stir up the
North sufficiently to bring them into such u
conflict, will deyelope in them u courage
that will be terrific To those who have to
meet it. could wish no seyerer punish
ment to those that decry the courage OF the
North, than that they shall have to meet
with her when she is once brought out, and
fairly in the field.
We must aim ut peace built on founda-
tons 30 solid, Of Gods immutablo truth,
that nothing can reach or unsettle il. Let
this matter never como up again. Better
have il thoroughly settled, though il take a
score Of years to settle il, than TO have an
intermitIant fever for the next one hundred
years. breaking out every five or ten years.
IL is bad. That was nothing To do with IT..
Your house is on fro, and the question Is,
What will you Dc? You are in u struggle,
and the question is, viii you go through
il in the spirit Of Christians and patriots, in
the spirit that belongs to the age OF the
world in which you live, and settle il 50 that
IL shall BE- in the power of mischief to unset
tle it, Or will you daily? Will you de-
lay? know what you will do, The ques-
ton is now going forward toward a settle
ment.
Ii is said that in the days OF our Ameri.
can Revolution, DIR. Spriug, ofNewburyport
took up tho foundations Of his church, and
dug out the dirt beneath them flor you
know that natural deposits Of saltpetre are
found under the walls Of churches and other
buildlngs) that they might extract from it
material for the manufacture of gunpowder.
During the wars Of New Jersey, DR.. Muir
raw of Elinbethtown led the men OF his vi
cinity into the field and did good service; and
il is reported Of him THAI when his wadding
gave out (they had no such things as car
tridges then as we have now) he went to the
church and brought away the hymn-books,
and gave them 10 the soldiers, and instruct
ed them how to use them for wadding, say
ing" Boys, give them some OF DIR. Watts :
think this is related rs from DIR. Murray
himself.
And all through the struggle Of the Rev.
olution. men there were that preached on
the sabbath, and that when not preaching
went from tent to tent and performed kind
Offices for those that were sick or wounded,
cheered those in dependency, encouraged
those whose trials were severe, and led or &c
companied thir breathren to those con-
aicts which resulted in the achievement Of
liberty.
We shall not need 90 into the ranks. We
shall not need TO break the order OF society.
We arc not 50 poor. We are not 80 few in pop
ulation, as to make these things necessary.
But believe, IL II were neediul, that the
old spirit would be found yet in the church !;
and that in that patriotism which dares do
as well as teach, laymen and officers and pas
tors would DO found no whit behind in our
day what they were in the Revolutionary
day. At any rate, when Gods Providence
calls 30 that there can be no mistake Us to the
name that is spelt out, think there is one
that viii be ready to respond.