Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-09-30


homer In distant lls but for country home, law,
government, Constitution. freeiena, right human
it,, ala IA the here that tic fanner Of my country
may continually advance, and wheresoeyer that
banner may wase there glory may pursue and
freedom be established Forthe sake ef all these
he viii exslasne aish the Irish patriot Emmett =
Wiz dispute every inch Of erennd; ] VII burn en-
err blade Of grass and the last intrenchment of
freedom shall be my grave
Ii has been said, and It's most sincerely 5eleY-
ea that We can have no permanent peace until
the military power Of the rehelon shall haze been
suilued. Trae, sacriiees have been made, and
many more VIII yet be offered up. But les blood
VII he required by this than hy am ether method
that can be suggested Permanent separation
Is never-ending wal.
Ne must stand ~ our country right or wroar
sis: come wfat IHay tae starry hanaer rnnst ever
wave from the st IaFFanee to the Calf of Mexi-
co and from the Atlantic Ia The Pacific ocean, a1d
better faT that des0latica should spread from the
Potomac 10 the Calf thaa that one star shenld
be iiotted from that fag OF one stripe torn from
is azure fold Better thar every faii- grown man
new living, both north and south, shoald become
martyr to this gso7ious cause Of our MON and
tls government be left ii the hands of the women
sa1 children Of America for posteTitY and FOR
mankind, than that one single foot of territory.
Subject to the sst jurisdiction Of the government
6f she United States, should Be for 5tly wrestel
from her power and eoaG7oi or than thar the doc
szine Of secession should be established IF
our republic must die, If the sun Of liberty mnst
go cut in endless night lei j. setaEad the roar Of
cannon and the din OF cattle when there shall be
no longer an ann 70 strike or heart to bleed In
in lis Cause. 10 that eomiag generations may not
reproach the present with being too imbscile to
preserve the priceless legacy bequeathed b. our
fathers SO As TO transmit il Iniln paired 70 future
times
The question Of a dissolution of this Union i
the most naomenaouS Of al questions ever submit
ted 10 tE,e Judgement Of mankind Or % the artt-
ranlent Of she sword II say that this repul,lie
Is the arbiter Of this continent and thst our laas
customs and institutions wii sooner Or iater, a.
soEb the weaker nations Of the new world, Is but
a oontraeted view of the subject With one ARA
on Europe and the other on Asia, w must and
vi lie able te settle the poll II nplexion ct the
race for ages to come Modern science and ~
proyeInents have made IL the heart OF the Gni-
verse In free Institutions and the advance Of
civilization We are the fedesa representative Of
the human raee. Oar dissolution would put back
the cIc,ck Of the world for generations aal csntu-
ries It viii be for US to determine whether We
s1sll 90 on 70 fnll the destiny which Progi3enoe
seems 70 have marked out for Us. or permit the
hopes Of humanity to bs blasted aud freedom 70
be buried Ia eternal night
I5nt oar republic must not de. The nation vii
haze v794e aad patriotism enough to prasseate tie
ar until every traitor Ia the land shall Jay down as
arms and refaru TO las alieganee or shall Be driven
from the soil which be desecrtes or be deeply buried
eneath Il Should our people fail ia this taeir duty,
may he red artillery Of heaven open Hpon the heads
of ali traitors; and may that Providenee which al
vays heretofore has watched over and upheld rs,
and sustained our tag, wilh lhe aerrszt aasAes Of
His rnost vivid ghtaif, and with te heaYies. bolts
81 his oadest thunder saiEe every arm .i da7es TO
blot on one star or erase one stripe from thai gori-
ous Gag
We are called upon b the cries q widows and
orphans ali over our zad, BY The fresh aud bleeding
wounds Of ten thousand heroes. by the green graves
tt4 t4lNA>dA 4Att-A-AN rc u IL
defence af Cur liberties by the love we besr to our
children and our respect for the memories OF gar
fathers aad by aIl the gloras Of onz early history
by ali fls Gains of generations yet unborn for the
sake Of mankind everywhere and for the advance
usent Of Christianity ard the contnuance Of cigil
and religions liberty in thsl world, to stand by our
country in victory and n lefeat until the gres war
f liberty and Civilization shall be over and the ma
lion saved Then when oar country ahall again
aore on IN her career Of prosperity nhen the Mis-
sissprl Valley shall be the home Of millions; when
all Of our territory shah be densely popaated when
great cities siall spring up on the banks Of riv
ers nay flowing through deserts when the cities Of
the Pacifs coast shall snrpass New York, Phiiadel-
fhia and Baltimore when education religion. the
arts aad sciences shall foarish everywhere in oar
Iaidst when bssos. prosperity and plenty shall
sinile npon our. people, and the down-trodden and
Oppressed of every cline shall come here and be
free when fhe kiags, princes and the tgraRts Of the
od world shall lrenlble Al our increasing PoSer and
fear our intan9nce and exsmpie among their own
people when they shall have been Taught that no
regal flowers can ever grow upon American sol not
eeea when tzanspanted, hut that sooner or later ali
such must wlgheT and die when Mexico inspired by
car example, or aided, if need be, by strong
arms, shall arise and clear iron her so The Eeaa
instrument Of grants ambition then, when the
proud old Tag Of cur fathers shall agasR doet IA ti
anph aud perpetalfy over the gals ef Fort Sumter
and ever every fert ship, arsensi, city. town. and
every square foot OF terr tor belonging % our an
Gent inheritance and when alI the people Of tbe
aud shall ige IN peaee and unity together and trea-
son shal no more rear is wicked head, then viii al
even the most seeptical ard the most tiid l'e con
rinced aad ever reay 10 exciain tiat IRE nole eid
goyernneat Of cur fsthers; the best that God ever
vouchsaid to man shall not be destroyed, bat that
the republic stiGl lives and snail hive forever.
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