The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-31

The arDitrdmenG OF inc SWORN uaS ooeH
defantly thrust into the faces of the
Government and country, and there
Is no honorable escape fiom 1t. All
guarantees and all attempts at adjust
ment by amendments to the Consti.
tution are now scornfully rejected,
and the leaders of the rebellion OPEN
~ proclaim that they are fighting for
their independence. In this contemp.
tuous rejection Of guarantees, and in
this avowal of the object of the rebel
lion now so audacious}y rnede, we
have a complete exposure ofthat fraud
which through the Slavery agitation
has been practised upon the public
credulity for the last fifteen or twenty
years. In the light Of this revelation
We feel as one awakened from the suf-
locating tortures of a nightmare, and
realize what a Daseless dream our
apprebensions have been, and Of what
a traitorous swindle we have been
made the victims. They ere lighting
f,r their independence! Independ-
ence Of ahatf Independence Of
those laws which they themselves have
aided in enacting independence Of
that Constitution which their fathers
framei, and to which they are parties
and subject by Inheritance indepead-
ence OF that benefcient Government
on whose treasury and honors they
have grown strong and illQtrious.
When a man commits robbery on
the highway, or murder In the dark,
he thereby declares his independence
of the laws under which he lives. and
of the society of which be Is q member.
Should he when arringed avow and
Justify the offense. he thereby becomes
the advocate of tho independence he
has thus declared and, if he gesists
By force Of arms the officer, when
dragging him to the prison, the PEN
itentiary, or the gallows, he Is there
by fighting for the independence he
has thus declared and advocated and
such Is the condition OF the coBspira"
tors of the South ct this moment.
Il il no longer question of Southern
rights, which Rave never been Tiola-
Ted. nor of security Of Southern in.
stitutions, which We know perfectly
we'll have never been interfered with
by the General Government, but 1t Is
purely with MS question Of national
existence. In meeting this terrible
Issue which rebellion has made up with
lovaI the men Of the country We stand
upon ground infinitely above all party
lines and party platforms--grouad as
sublime as that on which our fathers
stood when they fought the battles OF
the Revolution. / am for throwing
Into the contest thus forced upon Us
all the material and moral resources
anG energies of the nation, in order
that the struggle may be brief and az
little FaBguinary as possible. 1t is
hoped that we shall soon see in TIL:
fed half million of patriotic volnn-
reers, marching in columns which vii
be perfectly irresistible, and borne In
their hande-for The purpose of con-
qnest or suhjugation, bnt of protec-
ton only--we may expect within nine
months to see the Stars and Stripes
| floating 10 every Southern breeze
and hear going up, wild as the storm
the exultant shout of that emancipa
ted people over their deliverance from
the revolutionary terror and despot.
ism by which they are now tormenfee
and oppressed. The war, conducted
on such scale will not cost exceed
ing four or i've hundred millions o
dollars; and ncne need be startled a
the vastness Of this expenditure. TIT
debt thus created viii press hut slight
| " upon us; it will be paid and glad,
paid by posterity, who will make TIL
best bargain which has been made
| since the world began If they can Sc
cure to themselves In its integrity anC
blessings such q government as this a
| such a cost. But if in this anticipa
ton we are doomed to disapnoint
ment; If the people Of the Unitet
States have already become so de
generate-may not say SO craven
in the presence of their foes to surren
der up this Republic to be disremem
bered and snbVerted by the traitor
who have reared the standard of re
volt against Ii, then ! trust the volum
of American history will be closed an,
sealed up forever, and that those VIII
| shall survive this national humiliation
will take unto themselves some othe
names some name having no re'atioi
to the past, no relation to our grea
ancestors, no relation TO those mon
uments and battle.felds which com
nemorate alike their heroism, thei
| loyalty, and their glory.
But with II e curled lip Of scorn W,
| are told by the tlisunionists, that Il
| thus supporting Republican Admin