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

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Icai canvass: Il Kind NJ patriotism whose .sen
sign is not the soaring eagle. bat The r,o,s;,,
reptile; the inner heart. and core and call n
that iuu!r>t # all bigotries" -nojiticaI snc,o.
rianlsm principle that will buster in sun.
pofs OF q government, just so long as its nro
teeaon eonduces to Its own narrow and sec
uohal interests but the moment it fails 70 do
thls, busters just as yaliantly, I" dorm ,rIb
the goreyRnent! dozen acith the Union ,, Trno
patrousm Is not adherence to a party. if is
'oFe o. coaHby-adherence, loyalty to the COY
eFnment, no matter lchm parfy holds the
reihs' And this, therefore, is no mere party
struggle. though partyism has had much t0
90 IN bringing 1t on. Ours is 4 government
IN which the people are the s1vereigns, the
rulers the servants; and hence il is for the
people ana 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, am no par.
tiAan; have no party afinities | would
not stand here rs the advocate. of a marty. not
on TINS halloWed day or any other day. But
would be-glndly be-thc advocate of my
co''nhy-a bleeding nation, and that nation
na'5'e and yourS-whose life fyemJles IN he
/ balance.
That was ublime spectacle. on the 9th Of
i November last, when nearly five millcnS Of
/ men met at the polls, to declare at the ballot
! box their preference for the Chief Mapistrata
of great and powerful nation-men of ere
| ry conceivable pursuit and occupation. fron
the savan in his study to the miner in his
darkSome cavern, and the ''sailor on his airv
shrouds representatives Of nearly evnry
great race Of the human family, with MANY
| inferior Notwithstanding of men WIN
met IN bloody strife at Bunker Hill BROOKLYN
Heights, Saratoga and Germantown vct ali |
mlngling peaceably in the same civic contest
Never was there such Il Sabine sDectacIe rra- |
sonted, until this Western World. progrant /
with new inventions, made the bold attempt /
Yet never was there SO gloomy and sad 4 /
spectacle as that which now presents itself To /
the astonlshcd gaze Of the world Not only !
the cry OF Secession-diS&0ire tie Tlti0a-tbis |
Eden OF the worla-the Paradise of the uni |
verse; but Secession iaauqluute9 STALKING
abroad in organized, armed rebellion, tread,
ing pathway Of plumber and blood. deluging
the land with scenes Of carnaoe, nnt-yi9in@
barbarism itself in deeds of cruelty: yearin%
the yisage, and welding the dagger of the as
saSsln; menacln@ the Capitol, and threatening
It's rum; danounclng the Union, under whose
broad eGls we had grown great, prosperous
and happy-the South no less than the North
-denounclng 1t " an accuryed Uui0a," and
the Constitution, the frame work of our faith
ers, whose matchless wisdom and great cen.
trail truth of human equality" seem almost
like inspiration itself. an accursed iastju
ment nt'-lnsulting the flag which led our faith
ers to glorious victory; the flag of Washing
ton, which has hitherto waved in triumph.
Dofue aioit over every sea, and entered every
port and command the respect of the who'll
world insulting that noble flag. tramplinr il
IN the dust, with foul and traitor hands. con
signing it to an ignoble senulchre, as if in the
vain hope of 6nyiHg tie Union.
such Is Etra6t between theGth of Noyen
Der last, and this 4th ufJuiy. Shall such cause
triumph? Shall righttul constituted author
Ity give place 10 causeleSs rebellion Shall
loyalty pale and cover to insidious treason ?
No No. All over these states, north. east.
and west. millions Of warm. patriotic hearts
NJ, a ! 1t Deust moi. il XluH nat hr-
try has overcome that Of their own tiresides !
and hearth stones, and led them 10 welcome
the tolls Of lhe camp and the perls Of the
field who have gone forth with throbbing
hearts, in which the patriotic fire burns as in
the days when Il handful of cuiuuists dared
to meet in death rrapplr thyir powerful OPP
prcssgrs; with bristiHE hayunct and glitter
ing sword, and renowned chjeitiju at their
head, upon whose warcnciruled brow sits
stern resolve. a nations pride, the greatest
General Of the aGa-those thousands OF brave
men and true, quarter O.! = million, from
the Chesapeake To thc great Valley If MissIs
sipp. echo back the response, No. it 0tUst
not, it c,sHuoi be, The Odd OF eur fathers
forbids it Tie God Of Washington-the
God of liberty forbids it! The God Of provi-
dence, who gave Us this land for Il heritage;
whose strong arm has been strikingly reveal
ed in its protection and defence; under whose
fostering care we have grown to he great
nd i,rl+ .Ibr las fba
of the skies, and 'presdes over the destinics
of nations''-the God Of providence will not
permit it lie, who makes the wrath Of
men to praise Him." will yet restrain the fu-
rious storm, and stay the deluge Of blood and
ordain peace for us'-such a peace as shall
carry with it security against future like dis
sensions, and give a lofter rank than We
have erer get held among the nations Of the
world
No nation ever inherited so rich legacy
in the mighty prayers and noble sacrifices OF
its founders. No nation ever took so fair
start in the long race of accumulating glory.
No nation ever possessed such internal re-
sources, or experienced such sublime march
of progress. And, if we 90 back few
months, never did period arrvive in a ma
TONS history-excepting only that of the de-
livered captiyes Of Egypt-from which 1t
could see in the present richer results from
the interference of Divine agency in the past.
Free, then as it was, from the embarrass-
mentS that pertain to the oligarchal govern
ments of the old world, and nothing to clog
the workings of our grand republican ma
chine'-but one deplorable exception--no
nation on earth could claim, or had right to
claim, so high destiny. Nor can l believe |
its mission yet fulfilled. A nobler, loftier
destination awaits US. God has not given US
this fair land to be obliterated in a sea Of
blood He has rot bestowed the boon of
liberty, that it might be wrested from US !
No, He intends liberty for as; liberty for the