The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-08-29

clateui hOu spdSiueu uOUpy Vi Tue slaTe-
ry agitation, on which they had so often
: rode into power. could no longer carry
&, them beyond given geographical line Of
our territory, and that in truth this fa,-
: t.ous and treasoBable agitation, on which
so many of them he'd grown great BY de-
bauching and denatioDalizing the mind OF
people naturally generous and patriotic,
had run its course, and hence, that from
the national disgust for this demagogue.
ing, and from the inexorsble law of pop
ulation, the time had no other political
capital than this, would have to prepare
for retirement to private life, SO far, at
least, as the highest Offices of the couutry
we're concerned Under the influence of
these grim discouragemeDts they resolved
to con-unmate at once-wbat our polili-
cal history shows to have been long
cherished purpose dsmem bermcnt
Of the goverument. They said to them
selves 'SiGCe Ee can no longer monop-
olize the great Offices Of the Republic as
we have been accustomed to do, We will
destroy it and build upon its ruius an en-
pire that shall be al! our own. and whose
spoils neither the North, nor the East,
nor The West, shall share with u.s." De.
piora6lc and huuiliating SIS this certainly
is, it is but rehearsal Of the sad, sad
story OF the past. We had, indeed, sup
posed that under our Christian civiliza.
ton We had reached poiut in human
progress, when a republic could exist
without having Its life sought By its own
offspring; tut tie CatiIines OF the South
hase proved that We were mistaken. Let
no uaB iuagine that because this rebel
lion has been made By men renowned in
cur civil and military history, that it is.
therefore, the less guilty or The less cour-
agcously to be resisted. 1t is precisely
this class OF men who have subserted the
best governments that have ever existed.
The purest spirits that have lived in the
tide of times, the noblest institotions that
have arisen to bless our rsce, have found
among those in whom they had most con.
fde3, and Nhon they had most bouored.
men wicked enough, either secretly to be-
tray them unto death, or openly TO seek
their overthrow by lawleSs violence. The
Republic of England had its Monk; the
Republic Of France had its Bonaparte; the
Republic Of Rome bad its Caesar and its
CatiliDo. and the Saviour of the world
had its Judas Iscariot 1t canuot lie ne
ce-sary that | should declare to you. for
yoa know tLeM sell, who they are whose
parricidal swords are now unshcathcd a.
sainst the Republic o! the United States
Tbcir IA mes are inscribed upon scroll
of infamy that can never perish. The
most distinguished OF them were educated
by the bounty OF the government on which
they arc bow asing war. For long
gears they were fed from it's table, aud
clothed tron its wardrobe. and had their
brows gsrlanted By it, donors. They are
the uugr ateful sons Of foUd N other, who
dsudled them upop her knee, who lavish
ed upon them the gu-bng love Of her no
bic and deToted nature, aud who Durtur-
ed them from the very bosom OF her life;
and now freBzied excuses OF lioentious
and baffied ambition, they are -tabbiug at
that bosom with the ferocity with which
the tiger springs upon bis prey. The
President Of the United States is heroic;
ally apd patriotically struggling to battle
the 4. .achluations OF these most wicked
have unbouuded graiifcation iu knowing
that he has the courage TO look traitors
10 the face, and that. 10 discbaTeing the
datics of his great Office, be tnkes counsel.
of his fears He is entitled to the zeal
Gus support of the whole country, and
may | not add without offence, that be
will receive the support of ell who justly
appreciate the boundless blessings of our
free institutions!
If this rebellion succeeds, it will in
yolse necessarily the destruction Of our
nationality, the division Of our territory,
the permanent disruption Of Republic
1t gust rapidly dry up the sources of our
U aterial prosperity, and year By year We
shall grow more aud more Impoverished,
more and more revolutionary, eufcebled,
and deba=ed. Each returning election
will bring with il grounds for new civil
eoumotions, and prepared to strike at
the country that has rejected their claims
to power, will spring up ou every side
Disunion once begun will go on and on
indefinitely, aud influence of the fatal
doctrine Of secession, not only will states
secedc from states, but counties will Sc
cede from states also, and towns and cit.
les from counties, until universal anarchy
will be eonsum ID sted in each individual
who can make good his position by force
of arms, claiming the right to defy the
government Thus We should have
brought back to US the days Of the rob-
Der barens, with their moated castles and
marauding retainers. This doctrine
when analysed is simply declaration
that DO physical force sball ever be em
ployed in executiDg the laws or upbolding
the governments government into whose
practical administration such principle
has been introduced, could no uore con
tinue to exist than a man could 1--we
With en- augered cobra in his bosom, II
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