The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-03-13

for the sacreduess of the instixtion?--
They objected to the cohtraband policy
Of Gen. Butler, a lifelong Democrat
They refused to be comforted when Gen. i.
Fremont in his capacity of Military Com
mander Of Missouri proclaimed that reb-
els in arms forfeited their rights of prop
erty, the right to hold slaves included !;
and now wall Of horror goes forth and
barrels Of Crocodile Of course) tears are
shed when the president proclaims free
dom to tie enslaved sons and daughters
Of Africa, not as the policy Of a party,
not as an exercise of his own will, but q
measure for the suppression Of the Re-
belion and the punishment Of the trail
tors. They are msnifestly looking out
for "number one." They are striving to
make sufficient party capital to force upon
the people Of the North a dishonorable
compromise. renew their affiliations with
the South. and SO again control the Gov
ern'nent.
But will they succeed? Will their in
iquitous attempt to subvert the Govern
ment, be attended with success. We
think not. Though tempests toss the
ship OF State, she will yet ride through.
She is too new and too strongly made to
sink. Asa nation, we are too young to
die. We have not fulfilled the end for
which we were created. There is God
in history whose agency in fashioning the
society and politics of nations, is as clear
y marked as their territorial limits. That
a nation and people Of the character of
ours, should spring up in SO short time
shows an agency beyond that Of the or
dering course Of nature. If we are placed
here by Gods hand, it is for some
good wise and benfcent object, and
if so. is Gods mercy going to leave us,
will he desert his chosen people in this
their first great trouble? When we look
at the reverses our armies have met, five
only look at the other side, We have abun'
dant reasons to be thankful.
We have secured four States to the
Union almost equal in area to half OF Eu-
rope; re-conquered parts Of others equal
TO England and France. We have the
largest and best equipped army ever raised.
From few old worm-eaten hulks our ma
Wy has grown SO that it is second to none
in numerical strength, in strength Of ar
NOR, or in weight Of ardnance.
Though clouds darken our horizon, it
is no time for dependency We have
enough of good, sterling patriotism in the
country to save it.
Though the nation is weary Of war, she
has not put forth her strength. Though
our commercial and monetary interests
may be ruined, there is a latent power in
the people that no enemy can subdue. no
treason can corrupt, nor the spacious
wiles Of semi-traitors long divert from the
support of freedom and right.
This is the spirit that fought with Crom-
well in the war Of the Reformation, land
ed from the Msyhower at Plymoth Rock.
Took its course westward. permeating ev.
cry nerve and fibre OF American civliza-
ton. and now when traitors assail the
landmarks Of freedom. stands boldly by
the flag Of this Union, and says, that
though the land be turned into desert
waste. and ever city and hamlet be laid in
ashes. That. though interests may die
and forms of society be changed, not one
star shall be erased from the blue field Of
that Union, and not one stripe shall be
rent from the beloved banner.
Let us then patiently wait, for there is
a good time coming. 'Tis darkest before
day. The storm is widest just before a
calm. Let us hope that the dark clouds
that now obscure our horizon are presa-
yes Of the dawn ofa brighter day.
VlDErTE.