The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-04-25

been done The Flag of our Country
the glorious stars and stripes-lnust be
supported and defended by every Ameri-
can. The fight has now begun. An APP
peal has been made to the God Of Battles
The past must answer for itself. Those
who have caused the war must answer to
their country and their God for what they
have done
The American fag-the flag of our
Union-and the honored banner OF gov
ernmenJ which is bound to protect the
interests of the whole country-the North
as well as the Sou th--has been fred into
by American citiz ems. disloyal to the Gov
ernment of the country. We have appre-
ciated their wron gs--we have advocated
the restoration OF their rights-we have
not spared their enemies.
But, now, they have fred upon the hag
of their country, aud OF ours. No Amer
can of.true heart nd brave soul viii stand
this. No America ought to stand it.
The integrity of great government
must be maintained. It's power to pun
ish as well as to protect It's children
must be used Political partizanship
must now cease to govern men on this IS
sue. Pennsylvania aud Pennsylvanians
are for the Union. Z he government which
the people have appointed, and which is
responsible to the pc ople for its every act,
| would be direlict of its duty as a govern
nlent if it did not pr otect its property, its
citizens, It's flag, and It's granted rights,
against all usurpers, all rebels, all traitors
external or internal foes, Of whatever
character.
We were born and bred under the stars
and stripes We have been taught to
regard the anniversary Of American Ende-
pendence as d sacred day For our whole
I life we have looked upon our national en-
blcms as tokens OF safety to rs and to our
children, and no matter what may have
been the wrongs OF the South az the
Union, we would have resisted them to
the extent OF our ability; but when the
South becomes an enemy TO the American
system Of government, takes an attitude Of
| hostility to it, and fires upon the flag
which she, as well as we, are bound to
protect, our influence goes FOR that flag, no
matter whether a Republican or Demo
crat holds it, and we viii sustain any ad-
miuistration, no matter how distasteIul its
policy may be to Us personally, in proving
to the world that the American eagle
the proud bird Of our banner--fears not
to brave the wrath of foreign foes, or the
mad rebellion of its own fostered children.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph,
When the first gun was fired at Lex
ington, by the hirelIng soldiery Of titled
tyrant, our fathers did not organize them
solves into opposite parties, fer the pur-
pose Of discussing the merits OF the cause
They did not propose false questions OF
humanity or impracticable issues or policies.
They rallied at once to the standard Of
the Stars and Stripes, and around that
banner they swore to maintain the gov
ernment against which the Revolutionary
War was waged. They swore to maintain
the government of their own creation,
which was thus ruthlessly assailed, because
it sought the establishment of free insti-
tutions by the equalization of men-their
interest, their labor, their influence and
their power for selfgovernment The
small revenue derived from the American
Colonies was of smaller importance In the
estimation Of the British aristocracy, com
pared 10 the prestige OF their seif-anointed
power 1t was for ,he vindication OF such
power that King George precipitated his
troops upon our shores, aud swore to del
uge the land with the blood of hissubiects
The present attempt Of the traitors at the
South bears a strong resemblance to the
efforts of the British aristocracy to mould
and use the people Of the American colo
llies for their own purposes. and therefore
the duty which our fathers discharged in
the Revolution becomes incumbent now
on us, during the threatening of the pres
ent rebellion by an aristocracy as insolent
and as overbearing as that which has
borne England down under a load of debt
and made her laboring masses the mere
TOYS and instruments of their will and
and pleasure. We must support the Gov
ernment in all things tending to the sue
cess of its own vindication, and we must
give it the confidence aud the obedience
which are It's due in the hour of peril
If aiy man hesitates to do so, he is not of
those who are loyal, and can only be re-
garded as traitor Ii any man fails to
see IN the movements Of the traitors at
the South, conspiracy to change the
form and principle of free government, he
is blind to his own interests, unworthy of
his citizenship and should not be trusted |
The case is too plain and the facts too
apparent and startling to be misapprehen-
ded, and therefore the duty of every man
is set before him, and he caa as clearly !