The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-31
3. NUMBER 142

save it from absolute destruction at
the hands Of men who stepped in guilt
are perpetrating against Us and hu-
manity crime for which / verify be-
lieve the blacklist page of the history
Of the words darkest period furnishes
no parallel. Can 1t be possible that
] in the History of the American people
We have already reached 9 point Of
degeneracy so low that the work Of
Washington and Franklin, of Adams
| and Jefferson, of Hancock and Hem
ry, Is to be oVerthrown by the morally
begrimed and pigmied conspiratoT
who are now tuggiug at It's founda-
tons It would ba the overt rning
of the Andes by the miserable reptiles
that are crawling in the sands at their
base.
But our neutral fellow citizens fn
the tenderness of their hearts say
This efusion of blood sickens US
| Then d all In your power to bring it
10 an end. Let the whole strength Of
this Commonwealth, in order that the
war may b. terminated by a prompt
suppression Of the rebellion. The
longer the struggle continues. the Zero.
err will be its spirit, and the more fear.
fnl the waste life atteudingit Yoa
therefore, on'y aggraYate the calamity
you deplore. By standing aloof from the
combat. But again they say, 1--WE
cannot fight our brethren. Indeed
But your brethren can fight you and
with good viii too. Wickedly and
wantonly have they commenced this
war against you and your institutions
and ferociously are they prosecuting
It. They take no account of the fact
that tho massacre with which they
hope their swords will ere long be
clogged, must be the massacre of their
brethren. However mach We may
} bow our heads at the confession, It is
nevertheless true thai every free peo-
pie that have existed have been
} obliged at one period or other oftkeiE
, history 10 fight for their liberties
, against traitors within their own bos-
oms, and that people wac have net
the greatness of soul thus to fight
cannot long continue 70 be free, nor
DO they deserve to be so.
There IS To- and there cannot be
any neutral ground for loyal people
, between their own Government and
those who at the head of armies are
meaaeing its destruction. Your In
action is not neutrality though you
may delude yourselves with the belief
that it is 50. With his rebellion con-
: fronting you, when you refuse to CO.
operate acti ely with Your Govern
ment in subduing it, yoa thereby con-
> denim the Government, and assume
toward it an attitu,.e of autagonism.
Your inactivity is a virtual indorse-
ment Of the rebellion. and if you do
not ereby give to the Rebels precise
y that aid end comfort spoken Of
in the Coastitu ion, You certsiDly af-
{ ford them a .aost pagerful encourage
megt and SUPPORT That they regard
I your present position as friendly to
them, is proved by the fact thar. in
, recent enactment cf the Confederate
, Cong ess confseating the debts due
from their own citzeus to those of
loyal Stats, the debts due to the PEG.
pie Of Kentucky are expressly excep.
ted. Is not this significant Does 1t
r leave any room for doubt that the
Confederate Congress suppose they
I have found HndeF the guise of your
neutrality q lurking sympathy for
! their cause, which entities you to be
g treated as friends i not as active al
liesY Patrio ic as was the pnrpose
of her sppFehens,ve statesmen In
J placing her in the anomalous position
J she rev occupies it cannot be denied
| that Kentuckey, by her present atii-
/, tude, Is exerting potent iafu.
, ence in strengthening the Rebel.
lion, md is, therefore, false alike
to her loyalty and to her fame.
g You may rest well assured that this
Z estimate of your neutrality IS enter.
c Timed by the true men ofthe country
. in all the States which ara now sus.
tanning the Government. Within the
D last few weeks, how many Of those
/, gallant volunteers, who have left home
s and Kindred, and all that is deer to
\ them, and are now under southeru
! sun, exposing themselves unto death
5 from disease, and from battle, and are
: accounting their lives as nothing in
2 the effort they are making for the de.
e liverence Of your Government and
J. theirs how many of them have said
> to me in sadness aud in lonesng.
\ fWill not Kentucky help me n
!, How my soul would have leaped
9 could hSse answered promptly,
r confidently exult;ng, Yes she will. "