Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-09-16
YxarsEsinS Rates,
4 Solemn Duty.

.uocrats, You have a duty to per-
aduty imposed upon you by your
Il, ancestors, duty enjojned upon
BY the sacred rights you have inheri-
~nnoble sires, a solemn duty which
owe 10 God who hath given you a
nd flowing with milk and honey"
your inheritance, a duty to yourselves,
9,rformance of which the outraged
OF God aud man claim at your
-ls That duty is a plain one, one
cannot shirk and stand guiltless at the
Of high Heaven. 1t is no more or no
,han the perpetuation Of civil and re-
o1s liberty. If you are brave bold
/ m YOU will meet the issue now, fear
lv, calmly, regardless of the insane
NOR Of public piunderers and stay-at-
RE patriots, who, like the Scribes and
arisees Of Old, stand on the street cor
! r with blatant tongue thank God
bat "they are not as other men are.
|nember that eternal vigilance Is the
|ce Of liberty" and resolve IN your
! It Of hearts that, come veal or come
De, YOU viii stand by the men who
! md arrayed on the side Of law and Or
and against anarchy and mob law.
ct not vain habblcrs clothed in sacerdo-
robes, who, Sabbath after Sabbath
|oime Gods holy temple, and pervert
| is holy ward to the base purpose OF
yHing to office men who have neither
|a,sv, integrity, morality nor brains TO
lpmmend them to your support, mislead
O. Remember that imposters have
cg.d the onward march of Christianity
n the day that Adam fell from his
estate until the present hour St.
lI exhorts Us TO beware of false teach
and he tells us in almost so many
ols to beware of any man who breaches
other doctrine than that Of " the
oss," of Christ, and Him crucified.
% have Divine authority for pronoun
Q him who breaches any other thar
doctrines of Christianity as laid dowr
the Book of Books. a mountebank anC
sFlnder, possessing neither honesty no
astlanity.
Let not then, we exhort you, falls
achers, who fatten on your substanc
hist prostituting their high and sacre'
llng 10 the base and unholy purpose o
sterng up the decaying fortunes of q
a set of political tricksters as eve
l'sed any State or Nation, lead you iron
path Of duty Be true to yourselves
true to your posterity and all will b
H. What if you do find arraye
alnst you and your privileges as guar
ieed by the Constitution of your Stat
that Of your Nation, the whole influ
the entire power, physical an
Alcal, of the Government as admins
d by those who misrepresent an
govern you? What if the minister;
e Is trailing in the dirty pool OF part
ancs' What if the JUDICIAL ERNnNI
ce pure and unspotted, is now reekin
10 the stencil Of partizan rancor-soile
midnight orgies and polluted for ba:
lucal purposes? We answer that eac
VI all of the interrogatories here put
stead Of retarding our purpose to perfor
i duty, are but so many incentives
lpei Us on in the path we have mark'
~ Tor ourselves-the path of duty. IT
'lot Box is the palladium of our Libe
1t is the instrument by which v
an legally redress our many wrongs ST
''ed at the hands of an imbecile admin
auon. Through the ballot box, we {
eS Second Tuesday of October, must d
oe the destinies of our State and \
~Tn We must then and there decla
'leIher we are in favor of the " Uni
" was and the Constitution as it is
neither we are in earnest in our effort
Petuate civil and religious libert
,uether we are willing that our substar
'aa our lives shall be sacrificed on the ali
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