, 1863-07-01
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STAND BE THE G0VERNmENTt
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STAND BE THE GOVERNMENT!
While Coppc1heads exult over the moro
Imminent danger Of failure Of the na~
donal cause, loyal men to whom the unity
Of the country under one government, the
preservation of the institutions that our
fathers founded, and the conservation of
the idea Of freedom, arc objects ever near,
will feel, as the pcrils which environ all
arc thickening and multiplying, new and
more powerful incentives for ea1nestness,
stcadfastness and endurance in TINT which
they have undertaken. And though there
is not one Of them who does not know
that there are grave faults Of omission
and commission to be. overlooked
in those who have tho Ordering
Of military affairs, there is not one VINO
Will, for that reason, relax LIS eaot's to1'
~fr al,ate his hopes Of, 3 final and GLORIOUS
tr;nmnb of our a1ms. To forget what has
conc amiss, to forgive what has been un-
T;se1v ordered, and, with energy quick
encd by the magnitude OF the crisis and
.,,c stupcndous results that hang upon its
solution. IRE aow the duty as hope they
are t,,c pleasure Of all whom We address.
Vlntcycr may be the causes OF discour-
arc,nent, whatever the opinion Of: that
strategy Which, welding the resources
Of this great nation, has after
struggle OF two years duration, secured
IN The East nothing more promising
1lan rebel INVASION Of Pennsylvania and
a new and appalling danger to the national
panital. we must not despair. We look in
yain for help unless VIC look to those by
whom these things have been permitted. :
They, with all their short comings are
only able to save. Hence we are left no
choice. The country must stana by
iheIni
"Thank God" said Copperhead in our.
hearing yesterday, " this thing is almost
aoye1. The Coniedcratcs (he did not say
srebcls) will take Washington; there
awill he n rising and d fight
"in Baltimore, and the Southern
aa1my will possess it; reyolu-
*tion in the North will accomplish the
"rcst, and thencctorth there will be disu-
anion and peacer' The fool! he boosted Of
that which he did not comprehend. "A
revolution in tic North he could not
have been aware Of the consequences Of
movement so intal Us thatl "Disanion
and peace" "-he did not know that disu-
MON is perpetual war. But such is the pro-
gramme to which he and others Of his
class are committed; and to defeat that by
quickencd patriotism, greater sacrifices
and by renewed trust and hopeful
ness In the powers TINT behold
ing up their hands, aiding, encouraging, g,
and app1auding a1l that they do well, and
pardoning Nil that might have been done
better-all the while animated by the
knowledge that they are doing what they
believe 10 be most conducive to the public
veal and promotiye Of yictory-is the du-
ty Of the hourt
Men Of Illinois, you see the alternative
*he defeat and disgrace Of our armies on
the Potomac; the surrender Of the Capita
to the enemy ~ bloody and devastating
revolution for the sake Of peace, but, in
stead Of peace, war ever continued viii
new causes Of c1aspcration and new aut
more fearful outpourings Of blood,-wa
in every neighborhood md school dis
trict in the land. There ought to be n
such co1summaion. There must be none
The danger Of the present will pass away