The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-07-10

3te Tue DTltlSn non, let US uahe SOIIo SdC-
S rfice to win back in amity the South. tn al
we may stand once again as comrades in
arms. to scourge these foreign interlopers
) within their proper limits.
l am no advocate Of bloodshed, but il
a foreign should be the alternative Of
> submission TO foreign insolence, l trust tn at
|, | should be among the last to fall PROSTATE
that .he hurricane might sweep harmless by.
To subserve the schemes o! a party, we
have already humiliated the American peo-
pie in the eyes of scofling Europe! 1t will
be task hereafter to regain the caste we
have lost in the family Of nations. No
greater owl could befall us tn an to be forced
from the position we have hith erto assum ed
towards foreign Powers! l would not have
my country swerve one inch from any vital
principle OF her foreign policy in any emer-
gency whatever. Above ali things | hold
dear that national honor whc ch we have ev-
er, till Of late, preserved untarnish ed -
/ However gloomy may be the aspect of things
at home, | would have our flag float as
proudly as ever abroad, not deiGning to
make domestic affi ctiOn a plea for humil-
ity, an excuse for cowardce, or pallation
of national dishonor. Whenever the occa-
sion dem ands th at "A stand should be made
against foreign aggression, or a rebuke ad-
ministered to foreign pride, or a cnastise-
ment inflicted upon foreign insolence, |
would have the gauntlet thrown down upon
the i'm pulse of the nationa al sentim ent, with
out reference to domestic eXigencies. or
pausng to measure the strong proportions
OF the foe.
In the heat of our private discord, we
seem to have forgotten that our great mis-
sion as a people, is to repnblicanzo the
world, to advance the principle that m en-
are capable of self government, and to ch eek
the progress of monarchy. Sir, we are losing
ground in the fulfllment of that sacred mis-
sion, and m onarchy has gained new foot
hold, whilo we have been weakening
onr sinews with intestine strife. To what
purpose? Tslt possible that gentlemen
hope to reconstruct the Union by pursuing
poic7 of unrelenting severity? Can they
expect to re-establish concord and brotherly
love by pushing hostilties to the extreme
verge? What is the Union worth without
mutual respect and reciprocal amlty to bind
the sections? What! Union of unwilling
States, driven into com panionship at the
point Of the bayonet, and held there by
m Hilary powerl Such a u non would not
be worth the shedding of one brave mans
blood. We want their hearts, or we want
them not at all. And we cannot conquer
hearts with bayonets, although they should
outnumber the spears of NerXes. If not
brought olck by negotiation, they are gone
from us forever. To conquer them may be
possible. To slay their soldiers, lay waste
their lands, and burn their cities may be
within our power. But to hold them in
subjection would, in itself, be final repud-
alton of the first principle OF republicaniSm.
Prosecute this war until you have accom- /
plished the necessity of holding sublue ed
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look in vain for a republic on the western
hem sphere.
Sir I love to entertain the hope shat our
Union will be restored upon the foundation
laid down by our fathers; and | desire no
changes in the plan Of that glorious super
structure. But | am not SO unnatural a wor
'hiper of the Union to seek its salvation
with the destruction of those for whose wei
fare it was conceived; to build it up upon
The dead bodies of my count-ymen. | would
not fling away the substance to perpciuate
he name. Every drop of blood that is shed
n this struggle will weaken the bond of
Inion between u.s. One word of Cancellation
1T tn is crisis will do more to save the coun-
ry than all the achievements, past and to
,ome, of your victorious scldiery.
Why should not that word 90 forth, ever
low, in the hour of the trum ph Of the
federal arms If there has ever been
period in tn history of republics when pro-
onge1 civil strife has failed to curtal the
iberty of the masses. | have not read that
history Alright. Already, with one years
bitter experience, we have behell some of
he dearest privileges of American citz 5
hip wres:ed from our grasp, And how
ong, at the rate. bafore, upon the convent
Mt plea of necessity, we shall be stripped
f other rights which heretofore nave made
IS deem ourselves freenen? How long,
la al 1ih,-tu no do Is
he mol of an Official? How long, while
rec born Americ citizens can b. left to :
anguish in basties. beyond the reach Of the {
onstitutei tribunals of the land AMI at the
nercy Of the Executive? How long, while
he press. the guardian Of liberty, the friend
f the masses, is sh ackied, gagged, cowed
own to sullen silence, or, worse yet, become
he minion of a party? How loag, while
oters are arrested az the polls by military I
roceSS, and legislators are hurried off to
rison before they can assume their sacred
unctions? How long, while the pArtisans 5
{ the abolition party ara coming money q
ut of the blood of their countrym IN, parai- !
ng their snowy patriotism AMI shouting
Union" with their arms up to the elbows
4 the public Treasury? How long, sir, !,
,ill the people of the North taxed beyond
ndurance, robbed aud cheated by an ever l
raViHS uoruo VI poittcal uy eH' ,O'o
,il they have choice between freedom $
nd anarchy, between republic AMI a
espotism? Alas! we still cling to the name
{ a republic, but have the reality? 1t :
entirely at the option Of one man. or of a
ounc;l of men, whether the citizen shall ,
reathe in freedom the free air of Heaven. ,
1t the 'ops' ses snss" of the Exc cutive, tn 9 !
'oomy portals of the Bas.iles La Fayette or ,
Warren will cape to receive him. And this : :
) the Republic was usht to Lowell :
Sir. this is only symbol of what must t
nevitably be, should the South be crusaeL {