M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-04-30

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dis course OF action, instead Of weak.
.ening, you vii! strengthen your gov.
ernment; for Won will make it appa
rent 10 the whole world that the pres.
emf arbitrary raie rs to be succeeded
by period when the Constitution is
once more, in all it's bcnehcence ami
all its power, to h9 the eupre me
law ofthe lana. Fail to do this, and
the nPtion, losing heart and hope,
will lose sight of tho methods by
which Constitutional succession can
DO preserved to a better day, AMI
will yield itself to the despair which
welcomes deOpotism, or to the rage
which welcomes anarchy. ZAP
plausr.
! know he dirfcrlrics Of your 20
s'tIOn but you must not Ialtcr, and
you must not admit that YOU can fail.
High virtues are demanded of you.
You must live Gown slander, you
must despiae obloquy, you must watch
over your own motives, you must
cbas.en your own spirits, you must
-"S.rctch every nerve.
And prass with yigor on"
10 the salvation of your country
You must win public confidence by
your purity, yon mnsi challenge pub
lie respect by your intelligence
Above all, and before al, without one
in.tant's hesitation, without pleading
one solitary excuse, you must be true
to the principles Of civil liberty
luu must learn that those principles
are no chance productions OF the 'pi
ping times Of peace bit that they
are the rulers which in a.! times Of
tranquility and in all times of com
motion have been evolved out OF the
wisdom otages, to save Us from the
Inal thirst of arbitrary power that
has again and AGAIN seized upon
highly civilized nations and destroy
ed the hopes Of mankind. Great ap
plause.
Preparing yourselves in this way
tor the great task that is before yon
you will be able 20 approach the dif f..
iicuIt problem OF this war with farm
ard fearless step. You viii see tldt
.Ai. problem presents toyou tie al
of coaacn.ins to d di5mrm
Dermant oi the conutry or OF prevent
.ng that dismymbofmcnt by rJvcr-
,Ai Of tho popular ard governmental
icton which has made it 50 nearly an
accomplished fac. You will tJoD
near it said by those who lave urged
N the war upon this most disasl:o IS
policy that it is too late now ''Iat the
breach can never b. closed l.iaI the
5 South must be permittr i to % in
peace. Just here, ;'nc.,, precisely
here. before all is c'.ycu no to the
control OF the extremists, North and
Son'h, you mast interposc. You
have II rightt, .Iave other measures
ANA other cDr.nsels tried. Uhoe.e.
You arr. Numerically, q majority IN
At irasF flur Of the largest Stateo in
the !Jnion. You mnst righIiuily de.
m' nj that the Constitutions, with ali
It's guarantees, be rendered to tho re
eolted States and YOU may right'uIly
10 all that can assure the people Of
the South ot its protection, without
calling upon our Government to
change its military attitude. Cheers J
| know well enough the in5idicus an
Swer that is made to this suggestion;
how confidently we are tod that the
South would reject your ontT with
sc1rn. But | tell you that history has
never seen a case Of war, foreign or
civil, in which nation could abSovt
itself from the moral responsibility Ui
doing right, by asserting beforehand
that il knew It's adversary would do
wrong. The elements of mora
Judgment do not exist in advance OF
such all offer, either in the cOntrDver.
sizes OF nations or in the controversies
of individuals. Whatever others may
think, or say, or do, you, trust, will
act. upon principle which | am per.
suaded rests IpOn moral foundation
tina, no sopIiotry aid no casu;Stry cac
successfully Y assail. Ii, after such al
offer. the war must still bY carried on,
10 language can overstate the aIvan-
tago that would be gained in the Wig.
or Of lts prosecution. .
And here, gentlemen, | CLOSE
one path o! duty is clearly open before
Us. can sre no other now. Sufli.
cicnt antU the day is the evil, sulli.
Gent unto the day is the duty thereof
Ii" who does that one. duty in a fiIm
and humble faith i'll the providence
uI God, prepares himself 'or y clear
perception OF the next that may arisc
IN thn tuturp