The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-09-16

of,hose Who have goDe forth 70 do battle
- "a de Il We Who remain al home. longer
bes;tate 20 meet this issue 7 The time has
come 10 turn this rcespon o. fhs enerHy against
kinrelE
since the breaking oct Of the rebellion,
the duty Of every patriot has been simple.
We have first 20 secure a Government. How
% administer il Is an after consideration. To
the speelies;. simplest. and most efectual
melted OF eueiling the rebellion. al our
thoughts are rightly turned. Il was 50 IN
the Beginning X Is 30 still. Bot eighteen
months has changed greatly tue aspect Of
af4ifs Then our greatest danger vas IN AZ
apathetic and divided North. Then too We
hopsi the rebellion might be qaelled by the
aid 81 reactlonary party IN the South. With
out interfering with State Governments.
Then therefore IL was The duty or every man,
i4ying aside ali topics Of debate. % labor 10
uaite the North in a hearty PATRIOTS upri-
sng lor the safety Of the Government. The
times have changed. The North Is spafhetic
ADD uncertain no longer Every msn IS
openly or secretly. for, or against bic coan-
Try. The Government no longer asks Tor
soldiers, it demands them And the most san
guine have ceased 70 look for any reaction
AIRY party in tho South. Now il behooves us.
70 consider calmly, dispassionately. the
question. how can We best strike the rebel
ion in that point. which God made most
salusbe. but which in our tenderness and
timidity we have made it, strength how
Ne can wlth the least revolutionary upturu-
iAg remove that which IS At once the cause,
the inspiration and The strength Of the rebel
lion. box thus can We most speedily quell
l. how thus can We bring out OF TIE strug
gle. Government wholly, purely. perma
neutly, Republican, Christian.
IL we consider the events Of the day as tie
results OF human action. a wise statesman
ship SETS this duty clearly before u. IL.
with wiser philosophy, We consider those
events a. directed and controlled by God,
that duty is quite as clear. IL Is supposed
that Gods ministers ought not 20 care about
politics. but il il certain that God does. In
these words be reveals 20 IA the secret cause
of all national overturnings.
AT what instant shall speak concerning
a nation. and concerning kingdom % pluck
up and 20 pull down and 10 destroy IL; IL
that nation. against whom have pronounced
turn from their evil | will repent of the evil
that | thought 20 DO unto them. And at
what instant shall speak concerning a na-
ton aud concerning a kingdom to build and
% plant it. IL IL do esiln my sight. that il
e0ey lot my voice. then will repent Of the
good wherewth ! said would benefit them
Jr. xvii. 10.
Christians wherefore does God threaten
70 pluck up and pull down and destroy this
nationi Ii because OF intemperauce. by
temperance conventions and tetotal pledges,
and national maine law let Us seek his
favor. II for misunderstanding. let u call
Sabbath conventions. II, as famous Eas-
tern Divine has greavcly told u. because
some.of the Northern States have abolished
capital punishment. let Us RE- erect the gal
lous. But If. because The very fundamental
principles OF a Christian Government have
been sinned against il by these events God Is
laundering IN our ears, with voice growing
daily louder and clearer. Let my people
%. let Us beware how we close our ears 20
his Voice and our eyes 10 his purpose, lest
the end be not until ,he cities be wasted with
out inhabitants. aud the houses without men,
and the land be utterly desolate.'
l. il possible to DOUBT the divine purpose
Says Thomas Jefferson. Il tremble for ny
country when reflect that God IS Just: that
his justice cannot sleep forever.
When the measure OF their tears shall be
foil, when their grOans shall have involved
Heaven itself ia darkness. doubtless Cod
of Justice will awaken 10 their distre>s-
Nothing i more certainly written IN the
books of fate then that this people are to be
Tree. says Col Mason. of Virginia. speak
ing OF slavery-".f brings the judgment oil
Heaven on "A country A nations cannot be
rewarded or punished in the next world
ihey must be in tbs By an inevitable chain
OF causes and effects God Furnishes NATURAL
sins by natural calamitics."
Mark that chain Of causes and effects -
/ The North. a. we'll a. the South. has been
preparing. unconsciously. for this hour -
God has taught " % love our country with
a national affection never surpassed by that
of any people. He has ai.owed the Union
20 be sneercd az and threatened that our
/ love might be made more earnest By a
territorial struggle. violent aud bloody, Hc
has prepared as Tor a national combat
/ Meanwhile lie has not been deaf u the
prayers Of al enslaNed people. He. who
hardened the heart Of Pharaoh. has allowed
an entire people q become demeuted -
Conscience makes towards Of "a al 49,
They r.se IN arms to deiend system Which
has not been assnled They assume the
aggressive Ia their infa,uation they as-ail
the natiou's life. The cry OF liberty would
| have divided the North The cry Of Union
uGitcs us. We rush % arms. ~ first We
/ hght only for flag. aud Union. scarce know
ing what principle they symbolic. Little
bv litsle We awake 70 the consciousness 81
the Issue We hear freedom spoken ithoai
trembling. We see freedom given AL ap
piaut 1, is impossible 10 misunderstood
Gods Providence The day OF which jcii
ersou wrote. the day 81 liberty fof tae
slave. las arrived
oibcr history IS ready 10 caahru the
teachings OF our own. Every great "a.
tieaal CONFUSION has tended toward govern.
ment for the people Tie bloody strife IN
which Cur nation Vas born aud Graded The
civil wars Of England. the revolutions aud
reactions ~ France. the Nanaleonie Wars,
he thirty years war.--all wrought oui
progress toward liberty. God stu earie-
on the same work IL ~ imposs Die "a doubt
he aaal issue 81 this contest; IL IS imp9ssi.
bic that Cod " 10 prove faise - history false
- hs wor,i. false T. Himself Il s inr ssl
bic that Tie means 70 overthrow . CHRISTIAN
Il spubiic. that II mas .a4nI Ca il. salasiar
snins ! save d. s-fchy onls i s. dematd
81 that vc sc irut - ourselves. eni rfinci
Pies. .aI our God that Ne recognize he
issue IN ich lis Providence has iafeei u9on
us that az brave mcn Wc prepare - meet a.
What thea IS ihc issue What the dgfy ~
tie hour Two aaagoeistlc sfsien- 81
q svcrumeat strive ~ deadly conflict one
o. The ot.er must die. THIS i the issue. 4
calm consideration OF tie question hoa &C
may destroy that which has -oasat ocT de-
.tfutisn. and bring our Government out Il
thss struggle. nos only triumphant. bat ia
every part. free acd Cari-t.tn. Is our laty -
The exiseucy Of the hour demands n NJ
eons,der the question Of t'enersl fnss r.pa-
.s1n