East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-03-25
i 80 EAST SAGINAW MICHIGAN, MARCH 25, 1862.

punish the individual, or forfeit his prop
erty rights, for crimes committed an,
judicially proved. But you cannot right
fully invade the life, liberty or property
of the loyal citizen of even South Car
olina. You cannot degrade him from
the proud level of citizenship. Youm
not with impunity attempt to rob him o
the jewels of State sovereignty, equality
and independence, or filch away his righ
to the protective benefits Of a State or
ganization, constitution, and local laws
And if Congress inclines to hazard tho
experiment of doling out to loyal citi
zen the pittance of franchises awarded
to q provincial subject, and Of dwarfing
down. his manhood to the stature of a
serf, they will find the cry: al ain an
American citizen" clothed with even
more than Roman power. Nol This is
neither q war for the thraldom of loyal
citizens, nor yet war for reducing SOW.
ereign States to menial provinces.
When the SHADOW of this terrible re-
bellion shall lift before the advancing
column of our Union army, loyal citizens
will resume the .reins of government
again. Constitutions, local laws and do
nestle institutions, not lapsed, but simply
suspended, will be restored as of yore.
The glory of our old flag will fash out
again, undimmed by the loss or obsoura-
tion of single star. i4a.a soL
The radical change in cur government
SO fondly anticipated by some, will never
occur. No central despotism will ever
be inaugurated at Washington. ONO
blazing sun Of centralized power will rise
over our capital to scorch up the channels
of freeborn enterprise at the North, or
throw its lurid, blasting beams over DESC
lated fields and deserted hearthstones at
the South. The mild effulgence,--the
gem-like radiance of our galaxy of stars
will never pale away before any such
fiery luminary. mol The old constitu-
tion and the old Union of our fathers
shall stand, and stand foreverl We will
cling to them as fondly as memory clings
to childhood's scenes. We will cling to
them with the tenscity of the ivy entwin-
ing the sturdy oak. We will cling to
them with the desperate energy of the
storm wrecked mariner to his ife-bost.
But grant that our victorious army
willsoon sweep the land of armed re-
bellion, that unconditional submission to
Federal authority shall be everywhere
exhibited; grant that the hundreds of
thousands of citizen soldiers shall have
left the army lines to resume their &C
customed peaceful ayocstions; that mar
tial law shall have disappeared, and the
military have become subservient to the
civil power Much will have been ac-
complished, but more will remain still
unfinished. Tho great Oork of educating
oar people back into fratsrnal snion will
require the patient, persistent efforts Of
all patriots, philanthropists and Christ
ians. Eaila .is..i;HeH ttuoiiti08a 10
Let us but essay the task, and we shall
then discover how fearfully our nation
has drifted from the anchorage of both
constitutional and municipal law. How
wide has been our departure from the
brotherhood Of our fathers, and what
frightful gulf of envy, malice, hatred
and lall unoharitsbleness, now yawns
from the Atlantic to the Pacific across
that fair heritage our sires bequeathed
to us. bDj'uJ sAi lo g.lool eff tadi hna
To bridge over that gulf, by tile les
sons Of peace. forbearance and mercy, by
acts of Cancellation and deeds of kind
ness, to restore that brotherhood to the
old.time fraternal intimacy by social in
teroourse and Christian charity, and to
bring back the heaving and tossing fabric
Of demoralized society to the old anchor.
age ground Of obedience to law, and
reverence for civil authority, "Hiicy h5ot,
.Gu.yn 20 ,bojlnso1 f9idW shlsidc
iGYyyn SYI .Y1oi5iy noinU siolquoo
For twenty-five years have men, like
pestilent rats, applied themselves assid'u,-
ously to the task Of rgnawing asunder,
one by one, the ties Of consanguinity,
the loves Of kindred, the amenities Of
social intercourse, the cordialities Of
friendship, the endearment of Christian
communion, and the genial knot Of COM
mon memories Of the past, common lra-
terial interest in the present, and common nra2n
hopes, for the future, These were the
strands composing the strong bond Of