Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-09-05

becomes Simply luAt 90 sum parry ~
nit the correetnes. Of this theory and
Government is practically distroyed.-
Because one party or the other has the as
tendency, neither ab>o-Ves the citizen
from his allegiance 20 the Government,
nor Il from its dut, 70 protect the citizen
IN every legal right. This l. the peoples
government; they made it-gave it. rulers
power. and can in the way provided by
Law. DEPRIVE them of it. They are the
supreme power in the land; the President
aud Cabinet are bot their agents execu-
ting delegated powers. If the govern
ment is destroyed, IL Is not the few officials
merely who will suffer, but the whole peo-
pie. Let treason triumph, and it does hot
simply destroy the Republ' can party, or
the Democratic party, but the Constitu-
ton and government Of the country. and
all parties sink together into a common
grave 70 rise no more forever.
Nothing IS to be gained by wanton at
tacks upon the Administration. You may
cripple its energics--you may paral! re the
.rm of the pa,rio;--you may encourage
and embolGen the traitor, and YOU may
possibly succeed in pulling down the pill
lars of our Temple of Liberty, but be as
sured YOU must perish also in the ruins
You may protract this struggle--you may
increase the number of the wounded and
slain upon the field of battle, but YOU will
live to bear the terrible rebuke Of the
widows sigh and the orphans tear. You can
earn tie rcproach, which will cling to your
garments through all coming time--that
YOU aided in the destruction of your coun-
try.
Fellow citizens, 90 rot understand ne
as attacking any political party; nothing
could be farther f95m ny purpose. On
the 18th day of April when the can
non Of the rebels op,nci upon l.. sumter,
when the laundering OF that fearful cam
nonadirg swept over the land. the last
party tie was broken. Party names and
party distinctions we're buried, and Re
pa5.ican, Democrat aud American rallied
alike under ,he bri hit folds OF our co ~
try's llg. None have shown more no
Die devotion 10 the cause OF the Union
than that great party which was defeated
N the late exciting Presidential contest
IL has furnished its full prOportio. OF
brave ana noble men to fight the battles
4 the Constitution. Its statesmen have,
IN TIE main, firmly ami earnestly stood by
the Administration, and strengthened ~
hands tor the conflict. Democratic iAth-
crs and mothers have freely given their
sons to the country-havc sen. them TO
the field Of battle TO maintain the honor
OF the old flag of stars and stripe, If need
De, with their life's blood.
The leader 81 that party. the great
statesman who fought its battles SO ably,
md so valiantly. both in the Senate and
on the stump, though now an inhabitant
of the ''ciiy of the dead" forgetting al
the exciting past, came promptly au'!
cheertuily, with his whole heart and SOU
10 the support of the country. had the
pleasure oi hearing tie next TO the last
public speech he ever made, and shall
never fOr-et how eagerly the people gath
cred around him, and how patiently the,
stood in the midst of dreBching rain, to
catch the words, bic with patriotism, a.
they fell from his lips. ] confess from
that time loved STEPHEN A. DouGLAs.
fels that he va' one of the pillars OF the
Confederacy. But it pleased the A.
M shty to call him from the council : OF
the country, and at a time when his loss
is truly national calamity
lis dying aImonition WAS full Of devo-
ton to the Union. He sent his sons. with
lips almost inarticulate, the request that
they SUPPORT TIE LAWS AND CoNsTlTU
TON OF TIE United STATES Noble
sentiment He will live longer in that
dying uttcrance. than in the marble mon
umeuts that may be erected to his memo
r..
What viii be the result of this war;
Can the government suppress this insur
rcction7 He whose eve alone can pierce
the future of our history. can answer this
question. If we are united pcople--if
we stand shoulder to shoulder, We have
nothing to fear. Those who are depressed
at our losses will soon be cheercd up. Brave
men are rushing to the rescue 10y the thous
and, and to doubt our triumph, is to re-
proach the just providence Of God.
1t is however said that Cotton is King,
that England and France must have it in
defiance OF the blockade; that one of our
important measures OF defense nav in
volve Us in war with one or both OF
these formidable nations. Ii is true that
the Gulf States furnish seventy-one per
cent OF the cotton heretofore used, and il
is equally true that the closing OF their
ports will seriously embarrass the manu-
facture OF cotton fabrics. But this en-
barrassment must be temporary in the ma
ture of things. Europe has already turn
cd is attention toward India for this i'm
portant staple, and will soon be under no
necessity Of opening the American ports
to procure a supply of that article. IN
deed millions of acres. adapted by both
soil and climlfe 10 Tie rrnlnctinn of cot