The weekly union record., 1864-09-24

and established Government Of freemen. con-
mandiug respect, and in position of power
and dignity among the nations of the earth.
Peace Democrats complain of the abridged
liberty Of speech. and the freedom Of the press
know of no person incarceraied other than
traitor, and the proper penalty of treason is
death. Know Of no journal suppressed that
did not breathe defiance to the Governmeo;
an3 aid TO the rebellion. Would Peace Dem
ocracy prefer Southern States rights doctrine
upon these subjects? 1t is isr, feathers, hemp
and FIRE. Our Government has even spared
from death spies, pirates and guerrilla bandits;
I in my opinion. it is mistaken clemency, and if
have any complaint against our President and
military authorities. il IS because they have not
exacted the fuli penalty due TO crime.
( | believe the ADMINISTRATION is doing the
best it can to suppress the rebellion. l believe
the President is an honest Jealous. sincere
patriot. | believe oar commanders in the field
and on the ocean are putting forth their best
and brsveSi efforts 10 suppress and destroy this
damnable revolt. | believe our soldiers in the
trenches, and our sailors on their decks. are
doing all that human valor can do to save the
Union and redeem the land to the Jurisdiction
of the flag. And while We, in California. are
not called upon to peril our lives on the battle
field, IN defense of the country. We should do
our duty at the balot-box iu supporting the
Government.
Should We at the North become weary OF the
war and fall back fAiut-hearted from the duty
of our coun'ry's salvation? Should we, victors
10 the conflict now, hnmiliate our couDtry by
Offering an unasked and dishonorable peace
Mark me. my fellow-eItizens, the South has not
demanded peace it has not asked for amnesty;
it does not seek return TO the Union. This
war sprang into existence four years ago. full
grown and full armed The serpents egg had
hatehed the monster treason. after twenty years
of mediation. Not 10000 stand of arms in
all the Northern arsenals; not ship of our
Navy ready to do battle for our Government !;
our forts seized our mints plundered. Treason
sat liver-hearted, trembling, at our National
Capital All at once. after half century of
peace, nine millions of people spring to arms to
destroy the Government. Now mark our pro-
gress: After less than four years of conflict
Missouri, cleared of the rebellion, passes al
emancipation law, and with her broad territory
an inviting home for free labor, sets forth upon
the highway of freedom. The war cloud passes
from over the dark and bloody ground, and
Kentucky, by the baptism of blood, emerges
from the darkness OF slavery to adorn the
galaxy OF free and loyal States.
Tennessee takes her proud position in the
sisterhood of freedom, thanks to the gallautry
of her brave mountain men-thanks to Andy
johnson, the Andrew jackson of the age not
forgetting brave old Parson Brownow, who
fights and prints and prays for his country flag.
Mississippi and Arkansas acknowledge the Su,
premacy of the law, New Orleans sits a queen
at the gates of the sea, a loyal city. The stars
and stripes float from the red walking stick of
Louisiana The Father of Waters free river,
floats free commerce through free soIi from
the free North to a free ocean. Farragut our
sailor hero, thuuders by the forts of Mobile,
aud dams the waters OF the Alabama, Tombig-
bee and Black Warrior from munitions of war
contraband to freedom. Sherman, with his
gallant army, occupies Atlanta. the heart of
Georgia, and with his four inch shells has made
it pulsate with the evangel of universal liberty.
\ new State is carved out of the Old Dominion,
c0nsecrated to freedom aud the rights of man.
Maryland and Delaware take their position in
the rank Of free States. Grant, with his in-
vlncible army, thunders at The gates of the
rebel Capital, and Petersburg shoulders be
meath the Federal FIRE. Charleston perishes
beneath the Swamp Angels avenging breath,
while the gallant Sheridan sweeps the valley of
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army.
Had the South reaped such advantages
had the North been so shorn of its dominion,
conscripting the last man, to eat its last crust.
"robbing the cradle and the grave" to fight its
last campaign, think you there would be at the
South political party Kissing from its faint
/ and cowardly heart the idea of dishonorable
peace and base surrender? Oh | have no
patience with the base blooded Northern
hound who would fling himself in abiect servl.
tude before the trembling monster OF Slavery,
or who would counsel conciliaton TO this
totterng Mooch of crime.
Let Us not offer unasked submission let US
not fling our country. our pride, our noble her
itage OF freedom, under the Juggernaut of This
barbariSm of slavery. Let US rather stand by
the Government and fight on to the bloody but
glorious end. II there is a just God then
right and freedom will triumph.
The grand old flag OF the Union, which came
torn and bleeding from Sumters shattered
staff will float over every rod of our nations
soil, the emblem Of our couDtrys pride and
peoples liberty. That proud old banner of the
Revoution-the pillar of fire by night, the
cloud by day that led our gallant ancestry
through the red sea of battle to the promised
land of universal liberty the flag that led our
armies on the battle fields Of land and ocean
that was never lowered before the red banner
of England; that never BUNDLED itself to the
lilies of France; that has been planted upon
the capital of the Aztec, above the serpent and
eagle of Mexico that guarded our commerce
on every sea; that kisses the sunlight from
Buuker's Hill, waves from the dome of our
nations capital, and mingles its red, white and
blue in the green foliage over the grave of
Washington. The dear old flag we love can
never humble itself, or give place to the hateful
mOckery of the Stars and Bars, that new
device Of Slavery.
GENERAI InHN RrnWrII-This gentleman