East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-27

lstrqggle that they shall glost soser oai
graves They have beenp-nnfnledN from
I tho. SHOWS Of Canada 10 tbe plains of New
! ORLEANS, and to the halls Of the Montezul
mas, and amid tie soiitades Qfevery sea-
aud eSery,Shetc, as tle luminous symbol
Of resistless and beni6cent power, they
have led the brave and the free to VIC
tory and to glory 1t has been my for
ttune 10 hook upon this. flag la foreign
lands aud amid the glnoln OF an oriental
despotisu, ADD right &ell ID IlSpqw,by
contrast, how bright are its stars, and
how sublime arc its Inspirations IL this
banncE the emblem ,forIF ,of az that is
grand in human HISTORY aud OF all that
is transporting in human hope, Is 10 be
7 sacrificed on the affairs OF n Satanic am.
hilton, and thus disappear forever. amid
the night and tempest ofrevolation, then
Twill fecl--and who shall estimate the
desolation Of that fcehngY-that tho sun
! has indeed been stricken from the sky OF
iour lives, and that heneeforthwe shall he
! but wanderers and outcas;s, with nought
I but the bread OF sorrow aAd OF apenury
for our lips, and with hands over ont
stretched in fcebeness and osupplieatiun,
on which, in any hour, military tyrant
may rivet the fctters of a despairlng
bondage. May God in his infinite mercy
save Won and nie, aud the land wesso
much love, from the doom of sucha deg
radiation, l Oh. f as-7 m't. ts~h d
No contest 50 momentous as this has
arisen in human history, for, amid all
the conflicts of men and of nations, The
4 life of no such government as ours has
ever been at stake. Our fathers won
orr independence by the blood and sac.
I riliccs of seven years war, and We have
maintained il against tho assaults of the
greatest power upon the earth !; and the
question now is, whether we are toperish
/ by orr own hands, and have the epitaph
of Suicide written upon our tomb. The
ordeal through which we are passing
I nustinvolve immense suffering and losses
for us all, but the expenditure of not
merely hundreds Of millions bat of bill.
! lious Of treasure will be well made, if the
result shall be the preservation of our in
stitutions s. a.s.
Could my voice reach every dwelling
in Kentucky, Iwonld implore It's inmates
- they would not have the rivers OF
their ,prospcrit, shrink away, as do IN.
fed streams beheith the summer heats
4 to rouse Themselves front their lcthargy
and lily to the rescue of their country be.
fore it is everlastingly too late. Man
should appeal TO man, and ncighborhood
to neighhurhood, until the electric fire,
of patriotism shall fash from heart to
heart in one unbrolien current through
out the land 1t is atne in Which the
workshop, the Office, the counting.house
and the field, may well be abandoned for
the solemn duty that is upon us, for al
these tolls will but bring treasure, not
for ourselves, but for the spoiler, il thi'
revelation is not arrested. We arc all
with our every earthly interest embarked
an mil-ocean on tho same common
deck, The howl Of tile storm is in on
ears, and "the lightnine's red glare i
painting hell on tho sky" and while th,
noble ship pitches and rolls under th'
lashiugs Of the waves, the cry is hear,
that SHE has sprung a leak at man,
points, and that the rushing waters ar,
mounting rapidly in the hold. The MAJ
who, in such an hour, win not work a
the pumps,is eithera maniac ora monster
4 Sincerely yours, j. HOLT.