The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-09-26

committed suicide which surrenders
up its life to an enemy, from whom man.
hood and courage might save it. TAp.
plause. This is a war of duty, be-
cause we have no right, to bear our
fathers names, and insult to degree
their memories, by giving up the insti-
tutions won by their bloood to be trod-
den under foot by traitors. Applause.
1t is a war of duty, because we have
no right to bestow our names upon our
children stripped of the grand portion
which rightly belongs to them, and for
the transmission of which we are
bound, i'm honor of those illustrious
men, to fight for, and to defend with
our swords and with our lives. Ap-
plause. 1t is.a war of duty, because
it defends the principles of public law
and order, and the highest instincts Of
civilization of the very race to which
we belong. 1t is, finally war of duty,
because we have assumed to ourselves,
as the people, the championship, not
only of the right but of the capacity of
the race of self government, and that
championship has been accepted by the
lovers of freedom everywhere. And
now, with the nations of the world
looking down upon us as from the seats
of vast amphitheatre, we have no
right to suffer this sacred cause to be
stricken. down among the SCOTS and
jeers of kings and despots. Great
Applause.1 How anxiously, how con-
fidently have they predicted this day.
How have they longed for its coming.
In the intense hatred that they feel to
any government which gives control to
the toiling millions, we can see their
motive. How gladly would they look
on and see the government that was
established by Washington, destroyed
by Toombs, Twiggs, Floyd, and their
fellow conspirators! What record
for humanity that would be!
Fellow citizens, / do but utter the
truth which is painfully present to all
minds, that the disloyalty which is
found in our midst, especially at w ash
ington, and in the Border States, has
been a fearful source of disaster and
discouragement, from the very begin
ming of the struggle. Applause.
This evil has assumed such proportions
and magnitude, that its correction now
has become a prominent duty upon the
part of those charged with the Admin
istration. [Cheers. Its prevalence
has been marked by all those treache-
ries which have characterized it i'm 9TH
er hands and in other times. Renewed
cheers. Next to the worship of the
Father of our spirits, the greatest and
strongest sentiment of which our ma.
ture is susceptible, is the love of our
country. Loud cheers. When that
sentiment has been corrupted, like an
arch from which the keystone has been
displaced, the whole moral character
tumbles into ruins. [Cheers. The
public and private performances Of
traitors and spies, both male and fe
male, have been vouched for by all his
torians, until they have grown into g
proverb: that man who will betray bis
country will betray. his God. Ap
plause. He will betray his friend, hi:
kindred, and if need be, the very wife
of his bosom and the children of hi.
loins. Loud cheers. ooa odr
FellOw-citlzens, suppose that you
lived in one of those cities where there
is a steam fire engine, and also paid
company to operate it; and suppose
that your house was on fire, and this
company and this engine, having beer
summoned to the spot, were vigorously
|engaged in extlnguishing it; and sup
Epose that yon observed from time tc
time, men creeping ont from the crowd
and Slipping their knives into the hose
from which the water is seen to spou
out in all directions upon the pavement
how long do you think the presence o
such miscreants could be endured
[Cries of !" Not long," and cheers.
But suppose, on looking more closely
at the faces of those men, quite mum
ber of them are recognized. as member
of the fire company, receiving salaries
from the treasury to which you yoursel
had contributed in the first burst O
your indignation, would you not fee
4 that their punishment would not b,
i too great if they were. thrown into tn,
flames which they were indirectly feed
'ling?r Loud cheers, and cries O
's Serve them right" And yet thi
has been precisely the condition of tn
Government Of the United States
4 Renewed applause. "4.li - -
i Fellow citizens, / know there ar
T those who look with more toleratio
upon those, offenses which prevail
among us than Ican possibly do. PEI
haps / am too harsh. Cries of "sNo %
J But I must say this; that the men who
in our own midst, give aid and comfor
, to the enemy, either by furnishing ther
secret information, or by advocating
! their cause, or by striving to sow dis
lsensions among ourselves, or by insidi
ously ,dissuading our loyal men fror
entering the military service, are NOR
4 fatally the foes Of our country, than
!, they were in The service of the Confed
crate States. Prolonged applause
and cries of "Good."1 9go J 1900
i The power Of the Government ca
, do much to correct this evil; but muc
more can be done by the crushin
power of public opinion, branding a
an enemy, socially and politically, di.
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