The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-08-21

and Stripes, shouting ana cheerlnS as tney
fell The heroic Anderson and his gal
liant band left the hot and smothering
walls of Sumter, carrying with them
their colors riddled with rebel shot. Then
you and l, and all Of us, started from our
sleep.
Pennsylvanians will ye ever sleep
more until that outraged flag shall float
again on Sumter, and over every nook and
corner from which treason, for time, has
driven il?
The leaders of the rebellion have, of
late, very pious horror Of bloodshed.-
But we all know perfectly well that there
was scarcely any other word in their vo-
cabulary but blood until the spirit of the
North awoke. Their horror of war and
their let-us-alone policy were developed
simultaneously by the "Uprising of Great
People" Mrs. Jeff. Davis had engaged
cook for the White House. Wigtail was
to have been dashing up Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, on his prancing charger,
last June one year ago.
Their meekness of spirit was induced
by the determination and the sublime
battle cry of the united North; and if
ever that meekness Of spirit is to return
to them, it will be through the same de-
termination and the same battle-cry.
In the sight Of high heaven, we protest
that the loyal people of this nation are not
responsible for this bloodshed. Upon the
heads and souls Of the rebels will cling
with damnirg tenacity every drop of blood
shed in this struggle. They would have
it so, and now that the issue is fairly
i. Ia l.
We must meet blood with blood-steel
with steel
Never did Government bear so much
from impertinent traitors as this Govern
meut bore. The sword oe retribution slept
too long, but now that it has leaped from
its scabbard, never let it again be sheathed
until the very odor of treason is purged
from the land.
With you, fellow citizens, rests the set
tlement of this contest Let the people
rise in their maj jesty and will it, and in
less than six months treason will be crush
ed into the earth so deep that the trumpet
Of the last Judgment will not awaken it.
o. that we could feel our responsibili-
ty. O! that we could, for once, ge. to
the top of our high privileges
Never have such responsibilities been
rolled upon nation as those that rest
upon us in this crisis; and the privilege
is equal to the responsibility. But one
such opportunity has occurred in the his
tory of the world as that which is now Of
fered to us.
To you, fellow citizens, are committed
the interests of civi! liberty, and the des-
TIMES of popular government throughout
the world and for all time Dare you
prove recreant to the high trust? It may
be that this generation is to be made IA
vicarious sacrifice fer posterity No high
er honor could be put upon it. Let the
sacrifice be made. The eyes of the world
are upon US. The fate of unborn millions
is involved in our conduct. Never did
such incentives spur a nation to action
If We falter-if we balk-then hcnceforth
let "lchabod-the glory is departed BE
written on the forehead of every male
child born in the North
There is no use in Disgusting the fact ::
a perllous, a momentOus crisis is upon us.
The hour is big with the fate of the Re-
public. at is high time to awake out of
sleep" The rebels are in awful earnest
Their leaders are fighting with halters
about their necks, and of course they will
fight desperately. They will scruple at
no means. The life of q nauelsM is moth
ing to them They will slaughter their
men like sheep for the shaml Action,
prompt, resistlcss action, is TN Imand Of
the hour. This we must have, or all is
lost. Let no man lay his head on his pill
low until his name is on the roll Of his
country's defenders, or until he has rem
dered to his conscience good reason why
his name should not be there Don't
wait to cure your hay or bind your oats.
Your country is more to you than meat,
and that country may be ruined beyond
redemption before your harvest is gath
cred into your barns.
Men of the North awake! arise
arouse The reveille Of liberty is beating
Up! up and to arms Rally to the
colors
'Stay not for questions while freedom stands
gasping,
Wait not till honor lies wrapped in his pail /;
Brief the lips parting be, swift the hands
clasping,
'Of for the wars is enough for them ALL"
The issue is clearly, sharply defined. :
We must achive by force the permanence
OF this Government, or 60 to our graves
dishonored and bequeath to our children
aud cur children's children heritage of
taunts and sncers. We must accept the
alternative. Alleghenians what say