Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-07-10


ical canvass: kind Of patriotism whose cen
sign Is not the soaring eagle, bat the mousing
reptile She inner heart and core. and gall oI
that tuules. Ct all big0tries" political sec. a.
rianism principle that will buster in sup.
port OF government, just so long as its pro
lection conduces to its own narrow and sec
tional interests but the moment it fails to dn
this, busters lust as yaliantly, do,ca 1citR
the gore7nmeRt! do1cn acit5 the Union ~ True
patriotism Is not adherence to q party, it is
lore Of fcount1y-adherence loyalty to the GOV
ernment, no matter 3Chat palt5 holds the
relns. And this, therefore, is no mere party
struggle, though partyism has had much to
do IN bringing It en-. Ours is a government
IN which the people are the sovcreigns, the
rulers the servants; and hence it is for the
people, and the whole people, to rally around,
uphold, preserve, and perpetuate this, the best
government the world has ever seen.
For myself, allow me to say, I am no par
tlzan; have no party affinities. | would
not stand here as the advocate of a party; not
on this hallowed day or any other day. But
| would be-gladly be-tbe advocate Of nv
countJy-a Gleediag nation, and that nation
m'ne and yoWS-whose life tyemJ2es in tie
balance.
That was a .ublimc spectacle, on the 9Th of
November last when nearly five millions of
men met at the polls, TO declare at the ballot
box their preference for the Chief Magistrate
Of great and powerful nation-men Of eve
ry conceivable pursuit and occupation from
the savan in his study to the miner in his
darksome cavern, and the ''sailor on bis airy
shrouds Representatives of nearly every
great race Of the human family, with many
inferior variGties-descendaut of men who
met in bloody strife at Bunker Hill BROOKLYN
Heights, Saratoga and Germantown vet all
mingling peaceably in the same civic contest
Never was there such Il sublime spectacle pre-
scnted, until this Western World, pregnant
with new Inventions made the bold attempt.
Yet, never WAS there so gloomy and sad a
spectacle rs that which now presents Itself to
the ast0nishcd gaze Of the world. Not only
the cry Of SecessiUn-3ySo7ce he Jui0u-ttis
Eden OF the worid-the Paradise Of the uni
verse but Secession itQugurUtci, stalking
abroad in organized, armed rebellion, tread
ing pathway Of plundPr and blood, delugiug
the land with scenes If carnage, Uut-yiaing
barbarism itself in deeds Of cruelty: wearing
the visage, and welding the dagger Of the as
sassin; mcnacinG the Capitol, and threatening
its ruin den0uncing the Union, under whose
broad ;eGis we had grown great, prosperous
and happy-thc South no less than the North
ttfLNiSttJ
the Constitution, the frame work Of our faith
ers, whose matchleSs wisdom and great cen
tral truth Of human equality" seem almost
like inspiration itself an acc1u.seH iazi5q,
ment'-insulting the flag which led our faith
ers to glorious victory; the fac of Washiug
ton, which has hitherto waved in rrinnnh
borne aloft over every sea. and entered every
port, and command the respect of the whole
world insulting that noble flag, trampling it
az tie du8t, with foul and traitor hands, con
signing 1t to an i@noble sepuichre, as if in the
vain hope OF 6"jy'Rg the Union.
Such Is econtrastbetwcen theGth ofNovem
berlast, and this 4th ofJuly. Shallsuch a cause
triumph? Shall rIghttui, constituted author
lty give place to causcless rebellion Shall
loyalty pale and cover to insidious treason :?
No! No! All over these states, north, east,
and west, mItlIons OF warm. patriotic hearts
answer, No. 1t must not, 1t @laH not be-
Thousands ut brave men, whose love OF c"Gn
try has overcome that ol their own ffesldcs
and hearth stones, and led them 70 welcome
the tons oi iAe camp ana the perils ot the
nelu WI" iia,e zone l.'tA with thFobDi!G
heaftS, In Nh!ch me rItTi"Na 4Ie burns ;.s III
inc Gays Nhrh hah"Ini ~ c"."''Sts daiGl
10 meet III 4'h"' Si"Pl''e i"'f f"MeEi". "P
prcss0fS with br!StIng h&yonej and %hlteE-
h@ sword, ana renowned chl.i;H'" ut Their
head upon whose Wtr,'.'e.ry.-d ii Ira" SITS
stern reSgiy'- Il nation piii'. tie greatest
"cher"I "i ne "Te--ileHe tHa"S"nis os p."'r
men ana U%e' 4nH-t1. Oh 4 ;'!..'o', t'ota
the CheSart"Ee 10 the great ia...y - 't.sS;S
slprI, echo back t"e l@N@";.Ne' -. Il 4t"5i
not, 1t c"H"@n be. NE t,od Of cur fathers
iorbIds 1t! Ihe Cod OF NashInSton-the
God OF liberty torbids 1t Ihe God oi proVl-
dence, who gave US this land for heritage;
whose strong arm has b,en strlklngly reveal
ed in its protection and defence; under whose
fostering care we have grown to be great
and mighty people; who rules in the armies
of the skies, and ''presides over the destinies
OF naIons''-the God OF providence will not
permlt 1t ! lie, who makes the wrath. OF
men to praise Him" will yet restrain the tu-