Year: 1863

J
p Vengeance is mine, 1 will repay saith Il
1T Lord" We must exercise charity, even t
r, wards our enemies. Many of those engage
4 against US are really good men at heart, al
1t are conscientious in their convictions and col
D duct. While it is our duty to oppose and d
D all In our power to overcome them,-fOr on
= safety is involved in this-we should not hal
l. but rather pity them, and pray that God ma


forgive them, for they know not what thev dc
:. Conscious of the justice and integrity of on
S cause, we should not fret and worry. murmu
r and find fault, but should patiently wait tn
e fulfliment of Gods Providence In bis owl
8 way and own time, God will bring US out o
2 all these calamities and will finally establish


us as a people to his glory and praise.


! 3. And while implicitly trusting in Goo
for our deliveranee and patiently waiting fol
: it, we must also be ready to do what we car


and all we can to accomplish this end. We
must be willing to make every sacrifice tc
which our country may call us. While we


should not trust solely in means as being nee


essarily efficient in and of themselves, yet we
should remember that though God is not con-
4 find to means, yet he ordinarily works by


means, and we are bound to conform to his


method or plan as revealed in nature, provi-
dence and grace We do not expect to reap


unless we sow, and we must not expect to sub


due the South unless we furnish the men and


money the Government needs 1t is of the


utmost importance that we be united This


is no time for parties to arise each with


favorite scheme of its own whereby the war


may more speedily be brought to a close We


must be on our guard against party machina-
tions. He who would pervert the heart of the


American citizen from the one great issue be-


fore him, or attempt to make the present dis


tress of the people an instrument for the pro-


motion of the success of any party, or even
calculate upon chances of personal and politi-


cal advancement in connection with this war,
should be branded with the name of traitor,
and should be spurned from the society of
honest men.


This rebellion must be subdued and we
must do it. Is it not an honor and privilege
! that it is in the power of each one of us, how
ever humble his sphere or feeble his influence,
to do something to help on the good cause p
If in after years, peace is restored and we are
once more united and prosperous people
how each one of us will rejoice that he did
something to bring about this glorious result
But this end viii not be accomplished unless
we are fully an earnest. The fault with us
from the first has been, we have not been SO
fully in earnest as the South They have
made and are still making greater sacrifices
than we. Let US arouse from our lethargy,
and with sincere and deliberate purpose gath
ering around the altars of our holy religion


let US swear by the God of our Fathers, we
will be true to our country and her honor
We will put down this rebellion, SO help us
God We will not suffer our Constitution
and Liberties, and Union to perish-not while
there remains dollar to be spent or man to
die. Better that we and our children should
be beggars to the end of our days; better that
the bones of a million of men should whiten
the soil and oceans of blood should water it;
better that we should all die fighting manfully
in its defense, than to live to be by-word and
reproach to all coming time, ignobIe recipi-
ents of glorious Inheritance which we were
too base and too cOwardly to defend But
let US remember this involves willingness on
the part of each one to sacrifice something for
the countrys sake. Thank God we are learn
ing this lesson, and every day by our deeds
are acknowledging the paramount claims the
country has upon US for our services, proper
ty, lives, and everything of an earthly charac-
ter that we can call our own. In times of
peace, when everything goes on smoothly,
nation never reaches this sublime stand point
of patriotism and self-sacrifce. It is almost
always the case, as with ourselves, that the
nation is given to the pursuit of riches, pleas
ures and luXuries; but when stern war has
blown his clarion blast, has mustered bis forces
and strewn the earth with the dead and dying,
when great principles, principles which have
proved the foundation of the nations prosper
ity, are in jeopardy, when more than all, the
very nations life is at stake, then come forth
from the nations heart noble burning words,
heroic deeds, sacrifices, and self-denials, which
make the very acOrId pause in wonder and ad-
miratioD. So it was with the noble army of
patriots and martyrs to liberty among the
Grecian and Roman WORTHLESS, shedding lus-
tre on their names which will never dim nor
wane while time shall last. And so it is with
us now. We have been taught by the sad
and terrible experience of this war, that next
to God we belong to our country, and that at
her bidding there is no sacrifice we ought not
cheerfully to make, no toll we ought not to
undergo, no danger-though it be to march
to the cannon's mouth or stand in the immi-
nent deadly breech-which we should shrink
from facing. I rejoice that among ourselves
we have the testimony of this faithfuluess to
our country, and this willingness to make sac
rifces in her behalf. SAll honor to those brave
young men who have gone from our homes,
our families, our friendly circles, to do battle
with the enemy in our behalf All honor to
those parents who have parted with their sons,
though in tears yet with pleasure, wishing
them God speed All honor to those who
have fallen in the strife-the brave and noole
dead who met the danger but did not live to
share the triumph Their names are with US
and we will not let them die; their memories
we will keep fresh and fragrant through all
coming time


Trusting not in ourselves but in God; be-
lieving the principles for which we are con-
tending are right in themselves and such as
God approves; willing to wait patiently and
submissively until he orders the end; and yet
fully determined and resolved to do our utmost
in our individual and united capacity to crush
| the rebellion, we shall succeed. l believe,
| though l cannot tell how it will be accom-
plished yet l believe we shall come forth


from this war purer and stronger nation than


we have ever been before. believe that God


will honor US in making US an example to the


nations OF the earth in justice humanity and


true righteous government. At all events we


shall be free from that great sin which has SO


long cried TO the God of justice for punish


ment-the sin of &auery-if not free from
the system, at all events free from its political
power.


In old Independence hail. Philadelphia, where


the first Congress assembled, the Congress
| which gave to the world the deathless words