The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-06-19

perilous situation, in order that they may
grid up their loins and meet it in a manner
becoming the intelligent. free citizens Of
America The present. it is true, is dark
and filed with the elem ents ofthe tempest
but in the sky Of the future the star of
hope is still burning with all its ancient
lustre. believe in its promises of re-
turning prosperity. honor. and unity to
the Government. Ay. sir Hope, the sweet
comforter of the weary hours of anguish.
the merciiul and benignan. angel. walk.
ing forever by the side Of mourning sor
row. the soothing, ministering spirit Of
every human wee. the stay and support Of
great nations in their trials. as we'll as OF
feeble men; hope, that never dies nor
sleeps, but shares its Immortality with the
soul itself. will bear us through the Red
sea and the wilderness that are before US.
l indulge, Mr.. Speaker. in this hope, and
cherish it as my friend.-a friend that al
ways smiles and points upward and onward
to bright visions beyond the baleful clouds
which now envelop US as a shroud. But
the basis OF this hope with me is the fu-
ture action of the people themselves. In
the wise, patriotic, and Christian conduct
of the American people, behold this ma
ton lifted up again from its prostration
purified of its bloody pollution, robed in
the shining garments Of peace; the furious
demon of civil war. which mas rendeG Us
and caused us to sit how.ing amidst the
tombs Of the dead. cast out bv the spirit
Of the omnipotent and merclul Master.
who walked upon the waters. and babe
the winds be still. l expect to see the
people raise up the Constitution of our
blessed fathers from the deep degrade
ton Of its enemies as Moses reared aloft
the brazen serpent amidst the stricken chill
dren of Israel for the healing oil nation.
expect to see them. vie lding the sword in
one hand and appealing to the ballot box
with the other, crush and hurl from pow
er sediiious agitators against the peace
and stability of this Union, armed and un
armed, in the North as well as in the
South. l expect to see a Congress suc-
coed this. coming fresh from the loyal and
honest masses. rejecting their pure and
unsullied love for the institutions handed
down TO us from the days of revolutionary
glory. To this end let all good men ev-
erywhere bend their energies. Then will
come again the glory and the happiness of
our past--those days Of purity. Of peace.
and of brotherly love, over which all
America now mourns as the Je wish cap
tive who wept by ths waters Of Baby lon,
and refused to sing because Judea was
WAS desoate. This Union will be re.
stored, rebellion aud treason will give way
to peaceful allegiance. bet not until the
ancient moderation and wisdom of the
founders of the Republic control once
more IN this Capitol. Unnatural. inhuman
hate. the accursed spirit of unboly venge
ance, the wild and cruel purposes Of un
reasoning fana,icism. the debasing lust 81
avarice and plumber, the unfair and dis,
honest schemes Of sectional aggrand,ze
ment. must all give way to the higher AID
better attributes and instincts Of the hu
man heart. In their place must reign the
charitable precepts of the Bible and the
conservative doctrines of the Constitu
ton; and on these combined it is my sol
emn conviction that the Union OF These
States will once more be founded as upon
a rock which man caDno, overthrow, and
which God in his mercy will not