Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-02

| ent triumphs let us take hope and courage for
| the future. Providence will be with the good
! cause in times to come, as in times past.
| Olhers may despair; | do not. Others may
! see gloom; | can not. Others may hesitate
| | will not. Already the country has been
| saved. Great us may seem to be its present
peril,it peril was far greater while il was sink
| ing ear after year under the rule Of slavery.
| Often have | exclaimed, in times past, that
| our first great object was the emancipation of
| the national government, SO that it should no
longer be the slave OF slavery, ready to do its
bidding in all things. Bat this victory has
been won. 1t was won first by the ballot box,
when Abraham Lincoln was elected president
| of the United States and it was won the sec.
| ond time by the cartridge, when, at the com.
mand of the president, the guns of fort Stump
ter returned defiance to the rebel artillery.
Such was the madness of slavery that the
first was not enough. Unhappily, the second
was needed TO complete the work.
! The slave obligarchy, which, according TO
| the vaunt of slavehodng senator, has ruled
the republic for more than fifty years; which
has stamped its degrading character upon the
| national forehead which has entered into and
possessed not only the politics, but tie litera-
ture and even the religion OF the country
which has embrOiled us at home and given us
Il bad name abroad; which has welded at
will president, cabinet, and even judicial tri.
| bunals which has superseded public opinion
| by substituting its own immoral 5ehesls
which has appropriated to itself the offices and
honOrS OF the republic which has established
| slavery as the single test and shiboleth OF
| favor; which, after opening all our territories
TO this wrong, was already promising tOlrenew
the slave trade and all its unatterabe woes
nay, more, which, in the instinct OF that tyran.
ny, through which it ruled, was beating down
all the safeguards OF human rights-lreelom
of speech, freedom of the press and security
| OF person. and delivering the whole country
to sway whose vulgarity was second only
to its madness; this slave obligarchy has been
dislodged from the national government, new
ermore to return. Thus tar, at least, has
/ emancipation prevailed. The greatest slaye
| OF all is free.
Surely, if at any moment we are disposed to
be dsheartenei-if the future is not always
clear before us, we may find ample occasion
| for Joy i'll the victory already won. Pillars
like those OF Hercules might fifty mark this
progress.
Among the results of this victory is one
which we may especially enjoy on this occasion
| 1t is slavery which has been the origin Of our
party divisions, keeping men asunder who
ought to act together. But with the expulsion
of this disturbing influence, the apology for
our divisions has ceased. All patriots,-all
| men WHO truly love lnelr COuHll -uldS Nv"
act together; no matter i'll what party com,
Gination they may have formerly appeared;
10 matter of what accent is the speech by
| which our present duties are declared; call
| them democrats, Union men, natives Or Tor
| eigners, what you wi-are we not all engaged
in common cause Nor will | claim IT'S yet
the highest praise for those with whom | am
most intimately associated. l have read his
tory too well not to remember that Hannibal,
in his campaigns, relied less on his own
Carthagenians than on his Spanish infantry
aud Numilian horse.
The government is assaulted by rebellion
without precedent in history. Never before
since Satan warred upon the Almighty has
rebellion assumed such Il front, and never be-
fore has it begun in such cause The rebels
are numerous and powerful and their cause
is slavery.
1t is the very essence OF rebellion to be
audaclous, unhesitaling, INSCRIPTIONS Rebel
hon sticks at nothing; least Ut all, Will
rebellion which began i'll slavery 1t can be
successfully encountered only by yigor and
energy which shall surpass its own. Patriot
ism surely is not less potent as Il motive than
treason. 1t must be invoked. BY all the
memories OF your fathers, who founded this
republic and delivered to you The precious
heritage and by all the sentiments OF graft.
tude for the good you have enjoyed beneath
its protecting care, you are summoned 10 its
defense. Defense, did | say II is with NOR
LITIGATION that l utter the word but you all
know the truth.
rhe rebel conspirators have set upon us,
and now besiege the national government.
They besiege il at Washington where are the
| president aud his cabinet, and the national
archives. They besige it at Fort Monroe ON
the Atlantic, at St. Louis ON the Mississippi,
aud now they besiege it in Kentucky. Every
! where we are on the defensive. Strongholds
| have been wrested from us. Soldiers gathered
under the folds OF our national flag have been
| compelled to surrender Citizens, whose only
otiense has been their loyalty to the country,
| have been driven from their homes. Bridges
| have been burned Railways have been dis
| ablsd. Steamers and ships have been seized.
| The largest navy yard Of the country has been
| appropriated, Commerce has been hunted on
the sea, and property, wherever it can be
| reached, ruthlessly robbed or destroyed. Only
within a few days we have read the order OF
| one BuCkner, a rebel commander i'll Kentucky,
| directing the destruction of a most important
lock, by which Green River had been rem
dered navigable Pardon me If l read this
Intercepted order. 1t is instructive, as show
ing the spirit with which this rebellion is
waged -
BowLING GREEN Sept 1861
Mr.. George W. Irpiet: My Dear Sir
Yours is received. Lock No. l must be de-
stroyed. | rely upon our friends at Owenbor-
| ough to do it. Not an hour must be lost. Its
| destruction is Il great deal to me in Gripping
our adversary Assemble our friends, with.
out delay, in sufficient force 10 accomplish the
object. One of the best ways is 10 open all
the gates but one, and to dig down behind the
| wall at both gales to put one or two kegs OF
powder behind the wall, apply slow match,
and blow the wall into the lock- If possible
| it should be done in such way as TO leave IA
| strong current through the lock, which will
empty the dam. Provide every thing in adj
vance. Do not fail. 1t is worth an effort.
(Signed) S. II. BucKNER.
| II is still doubtful if the work vi destruction
was accomplished according to this rebel order.
| But the spirit is here shown which would
sweep away one of the most valuable Of the
internal improvements of Kentucky, part of
| the pride and wealth Of the state.
Then you ask in whose name al this has
been done. The answer is easy Not Sin the
name of God and the Continental Congress"
| as Ethan Allen summoned Ticonderoga but
Sin the name of slavery" Yes; in the name
OF slavery has all this crime, destruction, and
ravage been perpetrated.
Look at the war as you will, and you will
always see slavery. Never were the words OF
the Roman orator more applicable :-Nuiium
tdciaaS ertt nisi per te; nultum Jtdgitam SINE te.
Slavery is its Inspiration its motive power
its end and aim. 1t is often said that the war
will make an end of slavery. This is proba-
Bile. But il is surer STILL that the overthrow
of slavery will at once make an end of the
war