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Show 100 THE GOLDEN HOUR. . · the rrovcnuncnt will . . . 1 In n1y opunon c adtnn1lstratlor . l D rnocracy' and then, and . tl c hand. of t le e soon be 111 1 . '- ld flarr with its thirty-four . tars, t till then Will the o b' no ~~ ' . ,, crfect U ntOlL represent a P tl ouo·h not regarding the . t1 c Dcn1ocracy' l b . That 1s, 1 dcr a con 1t~•l1t ~U tionally-clcctcd RepulJh-o- ovcrnment, un ji le affair will yet support b • . t t" on as a bona te ' can adn11Hl . ra l '. . . tl thorn a hope of binding as there hngcr s wr l it o lon. g dead !lector t o the chariot of Slavery. the Union as a " J acobin in Paril..), "arc ,· tocrat.·, ays a " You arr l t we houlu injure your . d as you say' cs . fnghtenc ' d r property \Vl th the ut-rt . \Ve hall guar yon . . propc y. . l f ll expectation that It rs soon to most care, In t lC u be our own. " · d 1 f the e , ,· tors knc\V that bclun cac 1 o But the P1 opnc t , h and that, when it a sword and a ore ' words was J b' could not get the became ccr~ t ar. n that the aco 111 , property, 1n .s s word and torch \vould appear. Tl I)eoplc arc t o be reverenced, but caution .l y. 1e rrct a rea1 poopl e ' their voice is the vorce When you can o . ted with a great, . when they arc aruma of God, nay' the myriad-fmgcrcd all-compelling purpose, they arc l ·ding to the hand of God ' fashioning the Eart 1 accor 1 · the mount. pattern s 1own 111 • ci itous descent. B t fron1. this height there ls a pre p t u b demoralized . t ll en tll ey are uo n. The people may e l F' arfully easy and swift 1 but merely the rabb c. c peop e, . . T -da.y they sing Hosanna, is this rccorl sometuncs. o A POSSIBLE BABYLON. 101 • and spread their garments in the path before tho advance of the IIighcsL; to-nlOITow the same vo1ccs sharply cry, Crucify hi1n ! Thi · V :.unpyrc \vhon1 they would. elect would fasten upon this nation, and suck every free and noble drop out of its heart. The . acrccl guaranties of Liberty and forms of law would be su. ponded then, not for the defence of Freedom, but to crush out the soul of FrecdOin. Slavery would be the tyrant, and dungeons would be filled \vith tho c who uttered a word or did aught again t Slavery. Those weapons of 111artial law, far 1norc fearful than any artillery, n1ay each 1 e ·wheeled around against the charnpions of Frcedon1 ; and there arc 1ncn not very far from a possible Presidency who would usc thc1n all to strangle free thought and free speech in this country. The Babylon who c captivity we ha\c to fear is not Disunion; if that were the alternative, it would not be so fearful. But there arc too n1any indications that the people of the North so wor hip the Union, and regard their trade as so involved in it, that, if they cannot win it by fair means, they \vill by foul. There is no doubt but they will fight and suffer long and gallantly to recover the Union; but when it is decided that they cannot haYe it with honor, it is to be feared that they can be dmnoralizcd enough to pay the price of their honor, to C01npro1ni ·c for it. But this would only bo a thorny, crooked ·way to the same goal, the strajght way to which God opens bcforo |
