Year: 1862

our peOpIe ulstiucIiy W uuuctetauu "no
failure means; we want them to look thei
dangers in the face, that they may rouse
themselves afresh to deeds of daring, be
fitting the momentous crisis. There is NJ
refuge for US from the deepest degradation
and ruin, but in success. If We fail, all i
lost, our homes, our country, our altars ane
our names. ..


But shall we fail? That depends, IN
der God, upon the spirit of the people. L
they are prepared to sacrifice everything fo'
liberty, liberty will surely be theirs. L
they show themselves 6t for this high pre-
rogasive, God will bestow it upon them
But liberty is the companion of intelli
genoe, virtue and public spirit A people
bent on base material aims, prone to tbs
earth, and never looking to the skies, sor
did, selfish and calculating, can never bt
free. True freedom dwells in great souls
We must purge the Achans from our camp
The Internal demon Of speculation, which
like vultures and wolves, follows in ths
wake of an army, to fatten on the spoils O
the brave and generous and unsuspecting
must be driven bowling to his den. Ex
tortion, and avarice must be indignantly re
buked, and compelled to hide their head
in darkness Our worst enemies are those
which pander to our lusts. Let all those
sinks of iniquity which have corrupted anc
paralyzed our gallant defenders be at once
crushed by the strong hand Of the law lei
profaneness and obscenity be awed ano
subdued by an elevated public.sentiment
let US humble ourselves before God for oul
sins; and then, like Jacob at Shechem, puI
away our idols, and bury them forever ou
of sight; let US rise as one man, and sane
tify ourselves before the Lord, and there is
no danger that we shall tail. A people i'
for freedom, and resolved to be free-stroue
in virtue, strong in intelligence, strong iu
public spirit, and strong in faith-few or
mauy-such people never can be con-
quered. They have soul within them
superior to all brute force. That soul must
assert its native majesty, and breathe its
native air ..'.


But if we take it for granted that We are
to prevail without proving ourselves worthy
of success by high degrees; if we expeci
hero's rewards without hero's struggle
if we hope to succeed, under the Govern.
ment of holy God; while the whole land
is reeking with blasphemy, and Internal
engines in every part Ct the country plying
the work Of death; if we dream of con.
queriug the enemy while sel6shness, extor.
tion and avarice stalk unrebuked amongs,
us; if We think to enter the sanctuary Of
freedom with unwashed and polluted hands,
it is time that the fatal delusion we're dis
pelled There are moral conditions with.
out which success would be as disastrous as
failure. Let us understand them, and then
be up and doing. No time is to be lost. -
The enemy is laundering at out gates; and
in the spirit of q sublime, heroic, self sac
ri6ciag faith, let US go forth to meet him.
The issue is only inferior in grandeur to
that of the salvation of the soul. We are
striking not for ourselves alone, but for the
hopes of the human race The last asylum
of popular liberty is with US, and if we
fail, she must take her flight shrieking from
the earth. Our position is as sublime as it
is dangerous. We are spectacle to God,
to angels, and to men. We have an oppor-
tunity seldom granted to nations, to do such
deeds as shall animate the hearts of men to
ilustrious achievements in all generations.
We may make us name that posterity will
never let die Let us rise to the magni.
tude of the issue, appreciate the sublimity
of our calling, and then, if we put our.
selves on the side of Providence, and lean
on the arm of the Almighty, the victory
shall be ours