Year: 1862

blessings OF heaven was Win tnem un-
til they become objects of envy to the
parent nation, and were forced to NOR
tai combat with that mighty adversary
in defense of their rights.


After considering the certainty of
"Christ's Kingdom filling the whole
earth and breaking IN pieces all other
kingdoms," is it not evident that the
SECRET of our Fathers success was
in the fact that their cause was the cause
Of God, or that the principles which
they advocated were the PRINCIPLES OF
JESUS CHRIST.


And may we not further conclude
that the vast multitude of blessings that
were enjoyed by the people of this ma
ton during the period of its unprece-
dented prosperity and growth were but
the natural result of the principles
which they endeavored to promulgate.
And when the people who hold
these truths to be self f-evident "that all
men are created equal; that they are en-
dowed by their creator with certain in
alienable rights" no longer appeal to the
supreme judge of the world for the rec
titude of their intentions, but madly
force the preamble of the constitution
to mean not we the people who were all
created equal, but we the pri0ileged
class, and thus pervert every beneyo
lent object of that celebrated document,
to that extent that a majority of the
people of fifteen States of the Union
were deprived of the rights of free
speech, freedom of the press, and the
exercises of religious liberty, and de-
spite Of all rules of Interpretation, and
the advice of the Father of our Country,
who said that reason and experience
both forbid US to expect that national
morality can prevail in exclusion of re-
ligious principle, and that it is substan-
tally true that VIRTUE or morality is
a necessary spring Of popular govern
ment. 1 say, in despite of all this,
when not only the constitution but the
sacred scriptures are tortured into the
support of that Institution which pros
trates every precept Of the moral gov
ernment of Jesus Christ, can we reason
ably expect anything better than the
troubles that are now upon US?


And, so long as we en- deavor to exc
cute line of policy in support Of the
UNION as it WAS, with all Of its wick
edness and corruption, though our ar
mics be ever so great, how can we ex
pect anything better than "masterly
inactivity" and BULL RUN defeats,
while Jesus Christ is upon the throne
Of the unicerse2


| But bring no charges against the
Administration. Although the. Presi-
dent has never acknowledged allegiance
to the throne of Prince Messiah, nor
| been sworn into service under the royal
! banner of righteousness, truth and love,
whose ample folds majestically float
over the capitol Of the universe, under
which vast myriads Of superior lnteill-
gences, who inhabt the extensive do
minions of the King Of kings, meekly
serve, yet believe that he is honestly
endeavoring to execute what the people
seem to demand. And, from his reply
to the queries Of Greely, and other doe
uments, it is very evident that with him
the ''voice of the people is the voice Of
God" Hence, whatever lofty aspira-
tions | might have in regard to being an
advisor Of the Administration, relative
to what is the best line Of policy, [ leave
the national capitol, and go to those
who are the. moulders and architects of
PUBLIC sentiment-to the wlelders of
the pen and the press, and 10 those who
mount the rostrum and hustings, and
eloquently harrangue the people, and to
all who eloquently affirm that "we mnst
save the Union at all hazards-that we
must save the Union 'though the heav-
eus fall and, after displaying the in
exhaustibility Of our resources, the su-
periority Of our numbers, and the i'm
mensity of our supplies, eloquently tell
us that we must save the Union though
it frees the slaves of every Rebel-that
we must save the Union though it makes
slaves of every black man in America,
to all such let me say, that we have it
from authority that the race is not al
ways to the swift, nor the victory to the
hosts of men, but blessed is that nation
whose God is the lord.


Shall We of the Nerth, who wish to
secure our homes from reckless invaders,
and enjoy the blessings of peace and
the good things of this world, not profit
by the experience of the Babylonians,
who erected massive walls, and gates OF
brass, and bulwarks that no human en-
CINE could overthrow, and gathere d
within their walls, provender for their
beasts, and provisions for the inhabi-
tants sufficient to last for twenty years,
and when the assailing army came they
proudly stood upon their walls and
boasted of the immensity Of their sup


plies and the hugeness of their strength