Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-02-23

history. IL was on the 1alLn OF the leuoW- "
ing that our loyal armies We're faised.-I
Those who now seek subversion of the
Republic dared not then disclose such an
object: <
Reso1ved, That this war is not prosecu-
ted upon our part in any spirit Of oppres-
sion, nor for any purpose OF conquest or {
subiugat:on, nor purpose OF overthrowingl
or interfering with the rights Or established
institutions of those States, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy Of the Con-
stitution and all laws made in pursuance
thereof, and to preserve the Union with
all the dignity, equality, and rights of the
several States unimpaired that as soon
as these objects are accomplished the war
ought to cease.
Is that resolution loyal or daszoyaz aacao?
that is the question. We pronounce
without the least hesitation our opinion
that no man is loyal who denies the appo-
site, conclusive, and controlling applica-
ton of the doctrine Of these resolutions
now end here. We think they are per-
feet test: We hope the people will open
their eyes.
The scenes of 1851 in CONGRESS are be-
ing now re-enacted in all their substantial
I elements Of revolution, of disunion, of
treason The old rebellion is suppressed
and the new rebellion is in progress. 1t
is only the difference of circumstances
that makes the difference of consequences.
I The ma jority in Congress are carrying on
} an essentially revolutionary scheme. And
! the object is like that Of their predecessors
in conspiracy and treason. 1t is to pre-
, serve power. For this object the seces-
: sionists undertook to Southernize the
S n North against an accomplished event, and
+ adapt the Constitution by a violent reform
f, to their own section. For the self same
r object the disunionists now. in Congress
: undertake, agaittst an accomplished event
S and one OF the greatest ia history, by de-
e natienalizing the South, to deliberately
:, destroy the rescued Union, abolish the So
r cal compact, defy the laws Of nature, and
e revive the abominable abasement of a feu-
f. Heaven three hundred years ago. This,
l. from the lust for power in few hands
ct inst as the few artfnl and arrogant traitors
i Of 1861 did for the sake Of power.
e. But there must soon come to pass no
m table diference. The desperate secession
he lists we're able to induce their people K
follow them, and war resulted. The pres
!? ent revolutionary combination, deflan
e. and desperate as it is, cannot command
Sc their people, and hence their extreme ant
O. reckless malevoence. \
n We implore the people to realize fo
c. themselves. that the solemnly declared
~ pledge made by every one of them, through
at Congress, in 1861, is being repudiated BY
ne their party leaders, and a conspiracy i
on foot for the subversion Of the Repubh
be and the establishment of grim and mon
it strous military despotism instead. Do yo
es doubt it, fellow citizens Of the Union e.
wv The South is to be kept down as fulcrun
~ But the iron lever is coming with crushin
is toree upon your own breasts, and yo
must rise and Indignantly demand tbs
nd a restored Union shall not be su6Uerted, .
ie9 the power will pass forever from your sti
ey sovereign hands.
We Let the people hold meetings in ever
ey hamlet in the North and West, with Al
in drew Johnson, the resolution of 1861, al
by the Union as the only party platform, an
ect rebuke with disgust every suggestion !
sectional malice or ruinous tanaticism.
ayl Wesay to yon, fellow-cittzens, that yot
is awul sacrifices and your splendid achiev
d ments are to be all in vain, and that spec,
The lily, if you do not put forth your powerf1
ar arm and slnite your betrayers. The
he scheme sto perpetuate their hold, upe
o!i, your by establishing themselves as a ne
g and maigkty szaoepoaoer ma the Sou1
nto through the pretence of negro suffrag
roe and thus entrenched, aided BY, the powe
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