Year: 1861

w AhOH Perfectly well nave never Dee0lQ-
terfered with by the General Government,


but 1t is purely with US question of ma


tlonal existence. In meeting this terrible


issue which rebellion has made up with


the loyal men of the country, We stand up


on ground infinitely above all party lines


and party platforms-ground as sublime


as that on which our fathers stood when


they fought the battles of the Revolution


am for throwing into the contest thus


forced upon US all the material and moral


resources and energies of the nations, in


order that the struggle may be brief and


as little sanguinary as possible 1t is ho-


ped that We shall soon see in the field half


a million of patriotic volunteers, marching


in columns which will be perfectly irresisti-


bic, and, borne in their hands-for no pur-


pose of conquest or subjugatiOn, but of pro-


lection only--we may expect within nine


months to see the stars and stripes floating


In every Southern breeze, and hear going


up, wild as the strom, the exultant shout


of that emancipated people over their de-


llverance from the revolutionary terrof and


despOtism. by which they arc now tormen-


ted and oppressed. The war, conducted


on such scale will not cost exceeding four


or five hundred millions of dollars; and


none need be startled at the vastness of this
expenditure. The de;t thus created will


pass but slightly upon US, it will be paid


and gladly paid by pcsterity, who will


make the best bargain which has been


made since the world began if they can


secure, to themselves in its integrity and


blessings such a government as this, at such


a cost But if in this anticipation we arc


doomed to disappointment; if the people of


the United States have already become 50


degeneratcd-may l not say so craven-in


the presence of their foes as to surrender


up this Republic to be dismembered and


subyerted by thoe who havse reared their


standard Of revolt against il, then l trust


the Tolumne of American history will be


closed up forever, and those who survive


this national humiliation will take unto
themselves Some other name-some name


bearing relation to the post, no relation to
our create ancestors, no relation to those


monuments and battle-felds which CONNIE
mOrate their herOism, their loyalty, and al
Ike their glory.


But with the cu.led lip of scorn we are
told BY the disuniOnists that in thus sup
porting Republican administration in its
endeayors to uphold the constitution and
laws, We are "Submissionists," and when
they LAKE pronounced this Rnri- they sun
pose theT have imputed to US the sum of
all human abasement. Well, let it be con-
fessed; we are "submissionists," and week
and spiritless as it may be deemed by some,
we glory in the position we occuny. For
example: the law says Thou shalt not
stcal;;" we submit to this law, and would
not for the worlds worth, rob our neighbor
of his forts, his arsenals, his arms, his
munitions of war, his hospital stores, or
anything that is his. Indeed, so impressed /
are VIC with the obligations of this law,
that we would no more think of plundering
from our neighbor half million of dollars |
because found in one of his unprotected
mints, than we would think of fiching a |
purse from his pocket in crowded thor
oughfare. Write US down, therefore |
''submissionists." Again:-the law says
Thou shalt not swear falsely" we submit
to this law. and while in the civil or mill
tary service of the country, with an oath
to support the Constitution of the United
States resting upon our cousciences, We
would not for any earthly consideration,
engage in the formation or execution of
conspiracy to subvert that very constitu-
ton. and with it the government to which
it has given birth. Write us down, there
fore, again "submiSsiOnistS" Yet again:
When President has been elected in strict
accordance with the forms and spirit of the
and has been regularly in
stalled into office, and is honestly striving
to discharge his duty by snatching the re-
public from the jaws of gigantic treason
which threatens to crush it; we care not
what his name may be or what the desig-
nation of his political party or what the
platform on which he stood during the
Presidential canvass; We believe we fulfill
in sight of earth and heaven our highest
to our country, in giving to him
an earnest and loyal support in the strug-
gle in which he is engaged.


Nor are We at all disturbed by the flip
pant taunt that in thus submitting to the
of our government, We are neces-
sarily towards. We know whence this
taunt comes, and we estimate it at its true
value. We hold that there is higher
courage in the performance of duty than in
the commission of crime The tiger of the
Jungle and the cannibal of the South Sea
Islands have that courage in which the
revolutionists of the day make their espe-
cial boast; the angels of God and the spir-
its of just men made perfect have had and
have that courage which submits to the
laws. Lucifer was a non-submissionist,
and the first secession of which history has
given US any account, and the chains which
he wears ftly express the fate due to all
who openly defy the laws of their creator
md of their country. lie rebelled because
he Almighty would not yield to him the
hrone of heaven; the principle of the
Southern rebellion is the same. Indeed,
n this submission to the laws is found the
hief distinction between good men and
levils. A good man obeys the laws of
ruth, of honesty. of morality, and all those
avs which have been enacted by compe-
ent authority for the government and pro-
ection of the country in which he lives


devil only obeys his own ferocious and
rofigate passions. The principle on which
his rebellion proceeds that laws have in
themselves no sanctions. no binding force !
Ipon the conscience aud that every man, |
!nder the prompting "f interest or passion l
II caprice. may at will. and honOrably too. ;
trike at the Government that shelters him. '
5 one of utter Generalization, and should '
,e r,dden out, as you would tread out !
park that has fallen on the roof of your |
Iwclling. Its unchecked prevalence would
csolve society into chaos. and leave you !
without the slightest guarantee for life IL {