The tri-weekly citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-21
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consideration look 10 their owu Interests
nnd the preservation of their own political
iadeptndenco and safety. Mere sympathy,
az mere mcntai conviction Of the rcctitude of
our eanse, IA not eaouah 20 justify precti-
ca. onieih aud responsible interference IN
orr qnarrel. But we are recognised a. IN
ne rsykf and IN despite Of fanaticism, aud
tue tortuous policy Of diplomacy the uobler
sentiments Of human nature, the world over,
are arrayed with as aud for Us.
Are we In the rigIit2 We appeal to the
solemn ccmpacts OF the old Constitution.
We summon history TO the adjudication.
We place on the stand every Ellie Rights
every State Constitution in the old United
States, and they utter one solemn cardinal
article OF The doctrines OF representative
government: "All government Is justly
funded only upon the consent of the gov.
crncd It IL the right OF FREQ people n
their own discretOn, to alter change AMod-
ify, or abolish their form of gDVEfiEmElgy aud
institute new governmeutsfor their protec-
ton. Our own coloniM and revolutionary
histvnH III II Cteat)A nd n lie, and q traud
aanVn the world, II this doctrine be denied,
The Yankee government and its people are
to-day false TO every principle of free repre-
sentative Institutions, and 10 all that is great
ia our system, and exalted in our past his
tory. We are struggling for the freedom
understood aud defended by WashinEtont
Hancock, Adams, Franklin lIamilton Jeh'cr-
III, JAY, and the immortal men OF nc. The
Yankee has entered the temple and tramplec
on the sacred emblems. The Jacobin under
tie Wild cry of sliberty, fraternity, equality
III tearing away all that WAS sacred aud wortl
preserving in our poiity and civilization
Gould he strike down the South, he wonlc
len introduce the GU llotne in the North
and wo. TO the conservative who has raise
even feeble voice for law and constitution
His day Of expiration and martyrdom vii
have come, and will inevitably come unless
the Jacobu be hnled from power. Butler
Chase aud Greeley will hound on their dog
TO tile feast Of slaughter and the Yalan
dighans, VOORHEES,, Moods, pughs, Medarys
Seymours, Pierees, aud Il cir doomed com
peers, will swell the holocaust of sacrifice
Bntare we ia the right Weappeal 20 lay
aid history to the world OF civilised men
Is eternal, interchangeable principles Of jus
tce to that God who cannot behold IN
iquitr, and cruelty and oppression but vii
abhorrence. The sharp edge Of moral jus
ticc DULY sleeps. There is AN eye that ha
marked every sacrificed human life, ever
drop Of human blood shed, every tear Of be
reavcment; heard every sigh Of silent grel
every vail of anguish from the widow an
orphth He will most surely mark inquisi
ton for blood He permits the hand {
aHiiction now for time t. rest on our be
loved country. 1t is for our good. By-and
by He will say, II is enough.
aThe blood Of thy brother crieth to n
from the ground, will be thundered in u
ear Of that guilty fiction, and then Il
hour of retribution, red aud lowering, vi
have arrived for our foe. Are we ia Il
iight2 Did our fathers succeed in Il
right against naughty Britain when LoI
North issued orders of exterminatlon again
the srebels ~ Did they emerge at last gl'
riously free Did Washington and his con
patriots take their places in the eyerlastr
cherished affections Of mankind Did Me,
leo free herself from Spain2 Did Tex
throw off the yoke of Mexico9 Was &
battle for freedom ever yet lost Are y
ID the right? Are we true to ourselves az
Is high principle Then, as sure as chang
less justice reigns in heaven, SO sure '
shall be free. What though we have amor
is she sordid aud the nean-the coward
aud the treacherous--the weak and the or
ven In the main our people are Sublime