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

men wicked enough, either secretly
to betray them unto death, or openly
to seek their overthrow BY lawless vi
olence. Ths republic of England had
its Mon K; the republic of France had
| it's Bonaparte the republic of Rome
had its Caesar and It's Catalina, and
the Saviour of the world had his Ju.
das Iscariot. It cannot be necessary
that I should declare to you, for you
know them well, who they are whose
parricidsl are unsheathed against the
republic of the United States. Their
names are inscribed on scroll of infa-
my that can never perish. The most
distinguished of them were educated
By the charity of the Government on
which they are now making war.
For long years they were fed from its
| table, and clothed from its wardrobe,
and had their brows garlanded by IT.
honors. They are the ungrateful sons
of fond mother who handled them
upon her knee, who lavished upon
them TIE gushing love of her noble
and devoted nature, and who nurtur.
ed them from the very bosom of her
life; and now, in the frenzied excess.
es Of licentious and haffled ambiti. n
they are stabbing at that bosom with
9 ferocity with which tiger springs
upon his prey. The President of the
United States is her oicelly end patri'
otically struggling to battle their
Vaccinations Of these most wicked
men. ! have unbounded gratiGea-
ion in knowing that be has the cour
age to look traitors in the face, and
that, in disch arging the duties Of his
great Office, he takes no consul of his
fears. He is entitled to the zealous
support Of the whole country, and,
may | not add without oFense, that
he viii receive the support Of all who
Justly appreciate the boundless bless
ings Of orr free institutions
If this rebellion succeeds it will In
volve necessarily the destruction of
our nationality, the division Of our
territory, the permanent disruption
ofthe Republic 1t must rapidly dry
up the sources of our material pros
perity, ard year BY year We shall
grow more impoverished, more and
mere revolutionary, enfsebled, and de-
based. Each returning election will
bring with it grounds for new civil
connections, and traitors, prepared
to strike at the country that has re-
jected their claims to power, will
spriEg up on every side. Disunion
once begun will go on and on indef-
initely, and under the influence Of the
fatal doctrine of Secession not only
will States secede from States, but
counties will secede from States also
and towns ard cities from counties,
until universal anarchy will be consu-
mated in each individual who can
make good his position by force of
arms, claiming the right TO defy he
power Of the Government. Thus We
should have brought back to Us the
DAYS Of the robber Barons with their
moated castles and maranding retain
ers. This doctrine, wlen analysed,
is simply q declaration that no phys
ical force shall ever be employed in
executing the laws or the upholding
the Government, and Government
into whose practical administration
snch a principle has been introduced
could 20 more continue to exist than
man could live with IN augured ce-
bra in his bosom. fyou would know
what are the legitimate fruits of Sc
cegsion, look at Virginia and Tennes-
see, which have SO lately given them
selves up to the embrace OF this mon
ster. There the schools are desert
ed; the courts ofjustice closed, pub
lie and private credit destroyed ;
commerce annihilated debts repudi-
ated; confscations and spoliations
every ahere pre- vailing; every cheek
blanehed with fear, and every heat
frozen with despair ; and all ovel
that dssolated land the hand of infu
rated passion and crime is waving
with yulture's scream for blood, tht
sword of civil war. And this is thu
Pande;noniuE which some would have
transferred to Kentucky
But am not here to discuss this
proposition tonight. ] wish sol
emily to declare before you AID ths
world that am for this Union with
out conditions, one and Invisible, nov
and forever. / am for its preserya'
tion at any and every cost of blood
and treasure against all its assailants
/ know no neutrality between my coun'
try and its foes, whether they be for
eign or domestic no neutrality By
tween that glorious flag which nov
floats over us and the ingrates and
traitors who would trample it in the
dnst. Ny prayer is for victory, com