Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-22
For the Worcester Daily Spy
In Gods name cheerily on, courag cous friends,
10 reap the harvest oil perpetual peace
BY this one bloody trial OF sharp war

IA Hoa name chee1y on, courageous friends,
10 reap the harvest oil perpetual peace
BY this one bloody trial OF sharp war
-SHAKsPEARE.
Probably no nation in the world ever pre-
scented such grand and imposing spectacle
as that presented in the great and gigantic
struggle now going on in these United States
between the friends Of constitutional liberty
and its arrogant and insolent opposerS. In
the providence of God this great continent
seems to have been selected as the theatre
where these two systems were to meetin NOR
tai combat.
We are to-day fighting for the practical
workings of the theory enunciated by the
fathers, THAT all men are created free and
equal" Too long have we borne the shame
and blushed under the disgrace of our nation
al hypocrisy. And now that the great chris
tian heart Of America has, by its edict Of Jan
uary the first, 1868, proclaimed liberty as the
birthright of all its people 1--WE say all, for
that is its ultimate result), we have made this
contest one in which every patriot must be
deeply interested. We hear the words which
we copied from Engands immortal bard and
placed at the head of this article resounding
in our ears on every breeze that comes from
the old world. Yes, the old Italian patriots
gather new inspiration from our gigantic eff
forts for freedom, and glorious old Poland
catches again the ancient fires Of liberty and
convulSivey struggles to free herself from
Russian despotism-
'And the vengeance which slept under MuscoYite
sway
The treasure of years-shall be kindled to-day"
Yes, every breeze that blows across the At
lantic comes laden with words of encourage
ment. And shall we talter? No; a thousand
times no--the nangled and bloody remains
of our patriotic sons which Written every bat
tle-field from the commencement of this re-
belion forbid it. From the day in which
these mercenary traitors aimed their first
blow at our national life until the present
hour, we never once doubted the ultimate
success of the true and holy principles of lib
erty which were involved in this great contest.
The great trouble with US has been, we have
idenu fed the great cause with first one man
and then another, and as one by one our idols
fell before the memorable laws which govern
this war, we have given way to dependency
and doubt. Have we yet to learn that the
Heavens do rule? that just in proportion as
we square this great cause with His divine
laws, can we succeed? Nations, as individu.
ais, are held amenable to the inevitable laws
OF Providence. | rejoice that we have at last
learned this great moral lesson. And stand.
Ing upon ullS uitu lUuuuitlOll3 VIC hull hSIl-
ance 10 the enemies of the republic, whether
found within the limits of the so-called con-
federacy, or coiled in their Shiny, traitorous
foils on northern soil. Already our advance
ing columns have isolated and shut out from
the world this once formidable confederaCy.
The patriotism and valOr of Massachusetts
rescued Maryland and the capital at
once from their grasp; and from that
day to the present. we have been surely
and steadily annihiatng the insolent and per-
bdous foe to the liberties OF mankind Hat
teras, Port Royal, Fort Henry. Donnelson,
Roanoke Island, Fort Pillow, New Orleans,
Beaufort, Fort Macon, Pulaski, Marion, Fort
Clnch, Barrancas, Mciae, jackson and St.
Phillip, now proclaim by the united thunder
of their cannon, Liberty and Union one and
inseparable, now and forever!'' Yes, all along
the Gulf and round the coast of Florida ;
from Norfolk all around the Chesapeake and
Potomac our army surrounds, as with wall
of fire, this once boosted confcderacy. The
whole coast-every river and inlet from Nor
folk to Charleston, are in possession OF the
forces of the republic. Nor is this all. These
material observation-disclosures much they
may crafty our national pride-sink into OBJ
security when compared with the great moral
progress OF the nation. To-day, thank God,
liberty, equality, fraternity, are not mere
sounding generalities, but are being incorpor-
ated in the organic laws of the republic. And
thanks to the patriotism of glorious old Mas
sauhusetts, the prescribed bondmen are rally
ing to our aid, and soon, very soon, we will
see the moving battaons Of our colored breth
rem rushing to the rescue, and demonstrate
ing by their heroic valOr that they are wor
thy OF the glorious boon Of liberty, which
will henceforth be their Inheritance; anC
when the great work is cOnsumated, when TIN
great problem of republican liberty is involv
ed, among the grand pa9oply of state
which have contributed to the glorious result
our own good old commonwealth, by tn
common consent of every patriot, will b