Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-04-30
Cur Duty.

Loyalty to the government is cardinal
duty in citizen. Indeed, every American
citizen owes allegiance to the federal gov
eminent and is in duty bound to sustain.
protect and defend it, without any refer
ence whatever to the person who may ad-
minister it. Whether the policy Of the
Administration is agreeable to us or not, so
long as we are citizens Of the limited States,
we are bound by all legal ard patriotic OBJ
legations to stick to it in every emergency,
when the integrity and perpetuity Of the
nation is imperiled.
In this alarming crisis Of our national
Gfairs. while it becomes the duty of every
nan to assume that position best calcu-
ated to ailay excitement aud restore peace
and tranquility to the nation at the earliest
possible period. he, at the same time, should
stand by the Administration, and. if need
be. shoulder his musket in defence of our
national capital, aud our nationality itself
As far as acts are concerned, there is but
one course Cor patriots to pursue The
constituted authorities of the country must
be supported and the government sustained,
even at the expense of blood and treasure.
10 this respect we must be one people,
whatever may be our party distinctions
and views in regard to the causes that have
I plunged us into the difficulties.
Il Is hardly necessary for us to admonish
oar Democratic friends, that as feryently
and Professionally as we opposed the policy
which has prevailed and brought ruin and
civil wnr upon the country, it is our bound
en- duty, for the time being, TO give up our
party predictions in measure and stand
firmly by the government under which we
live. IN time of war and great emergency,
the Democratic party has ever maintained
this loyal position, and it will lot now
prove reereant to Its former devotion to tho
4. county by abandoning it,
Let us not, Democrats, initiate the exam.
Pile Of the Republican party, or the material
out of which that party is composed, by
srraying ourselves against the government
in time Of war. Let us US not burn blue
lights as the opposition did in the war of
1912. Lot rs not invite the S9utherners to
greet our gallant soldiers with "bloody
hands to hospitable graves" as did the
Wing party in the Mexican war Aud
finally, let US not vote against furnishing
supplies to our army as did the men, who
are now talking so fercely about - trait
ors " to the country in time Of war, when
our brave soldiers were fighting our battles
on the burning plains of Mexico.
We assure our Republican friends that
they need have no fears about the loyalty
Of Democrats to the governments. If the
Republicans had only been as loyal to the
government and spirit Of the constitution
we firmly believe the country would not
now be in the midst of civil war-the most
cruel, horrible and relentless Of all wars.
But be this as it may, the war has actually
commenced, and our word for it, Democrats
will stand by the old flag, with its glorious
stars and stripes, and prove themselves bet
ter patriots than the men who denOunce
them so bitterly for their opinions.
For Democrats to oppose TIE government
now would be to prolong the war. We
want peace as soon it can be had with hon
or. Therefore, let us not be found giving
I" aid and comfort" to the enemy, but let
US sustain the government, no matter who
is at the helm.
In conclusion, we would recommend the
following time-honored Democratic motto
lily country, may i! always be right, but
right or wrong, my country"