, 1862-02-07


mo greater evil can be inflicted On any
people than an unstable and OFT changing
Government The supreme authority Of a
nsnon must ec settled and permanent to
ensure peace OF progress; and so intolera-
me ana overwhelming arc The Ills aud
wrongs OF an uncertain, feeble and shifting
Acnnhasoa1lon, tnat rather than endure
thcm men choose to submit TO despotlsm
OF tyranny f4a1n and universally accepted
as 1s 1ins Huth' yet 1t cannot be denied that
1t"1c mas been OF late IN many quarters, so
mach stress laid upon the rights Of man,
anc 'he PREVIOUS consent o1 The governed;
50 mucn prominence mas been given to
petsoQalnoersy aald the prerogative OF the
el'1ze!aQ a4ter OF abot1sh any form OF Gov
eIDmeot Ennh Goes not secure their inyi-
claole r1gntsS mat We have come almost to
forget that alt good government is from
ooo tna1 Il IS clolhcd with divine author
ny ana SANCTION; mat 1t Is It's prerosatlye
not alone, but also its imperative duty, to
rue over al Win supreme sway; and that
al WHO 1esls1 us rue are guilty OF the fear
1ailcst cf1me' aud deserve the seEerest pun
1snment-
Inns supposed right OF refusing obedience
TO obnoxious law, or Withdrawing beyond
lis power, has been carried to It's inevitable
results oy 1he extreme advocates OF State
sovereignty, anu INC pefn1c1ous docsr1nes
OF secession; While there seems to have
sprung up IN many minds all through the
land IN impression that obedience 10 law
Is not always binding duty; that the citi-
zen may most always decide for himself
how lar his aileggia0ce is due to his Govern
1nent' and that Ii many cases any attempt
at coercion or punishment IS the height of
injustice and tyranny. And now, while
rebellion and treason arc at their bloody
"o1k, too many loyal and good citizens
have either forgotten or shut their eyes to
the enormous guilt and crime of the men
in revolt and arms against the Government.
To put down the instruction, to prevent
the manifold ills and misclliefs Of disunion,
to put an end to civil war With its sad
waste Of property and loss Of life, to re-
store the power and influence through all
the world Of the Graet Republic are
thought to be objects Of vast importance,
and barely bought too dear at any sacrifice;
1rt to TiDdicate established authority IN
protect that freedom which is guarded by
law to assert the sacred md inyio1ablc
majesty Of Just Government. and tnacb
all men the duty Of obedience. topcthcr
with the swift and terrible vengeance which
shall consume all traitors and re1,e1s. thcse
far more important ends and duties Seem
loo much overlooked.
The lesson should be tauc1t mon. and n
such tea1fi,1 manner 80 viii 1n,te t. -
mcmbered. that rebellion and sncess;on
are the most atrocious crimes. str;k;nor +bo
dcadIiest blows asainst that i,ct;ro f.oo
dom and human 7yc,f,ra tn eaor,o ,-,,;.1>
the Constitution was made That mon 1r1,o
aim to overthrow the ycrk Of the fathers
to trrn all the fruits Of their trials and
sacrifices into dust and ashes, who k;n31e
and wave over our heads the t3omino
brand of civil war, and let 1oose IN onT
midst all the fu1ics Of Discord Hate and Re-
vcnee, NAV meet with 3 doom 80 awful
end have names so b1ack with infanv that
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