The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-01-23

that Of our enemy is defended and eulo-
gized, gives strength and,power tothe
latter at the expense ST the former; that
|'as far as it can, unnerves the arm ol
our strength. and subjects US to the
mercy Of the enemy, making her, In
stead ofour government, the arbiter o.
our fate. Our constitution and laws
laudably jealous of the rights of the cit
izen, may protect him from a judicial
vengeance so fatally abused in dark
ages, but We maintain that just in the
degree in which the laws Of free gov.
ernment are IN such cases inefficient
public opinion should be active and i'm.
posing. That freedom of opinion and
ofanguage, oral or written, is entrench.
ed with so much circumspection, from
the conviction that in virtuous COM
munity, it would be directed TO ends
promotive of tie public welfare. When,
therefore, either bad or intemperate
men abuse it, there is the strongest call
on good men to use it for Its legitimate
purposes. These men call themselves
republicans. But can he be justly con-
sidered as republican who refuses to
submit TO the will Of the majority fairly
andIegally expressed? Expressed, too,
in their oOn ,Day. We say in their own
way. For the war that is now waged
has been declared in direct obedience
to that very constitution Of which they
were at its adoption the warmest ad-
vocates." y "There
is no sympathetic feeling either IN the
middle, the southern, or western States.
There it is the pride of men of all par
ties TO rally round the standard of the
Union, and there the man, be he who
he may, who, in such times, refuses to
bow to the majesty of the laws, or TO
enforce the energies of the nation
against her powerful enemy, is pitied
or despised. 1t is true that this senti-
ment. though indignant, is calm; it does
not vaunt itselfin vapid words, or buoy
itself on the waves Of noisy meetings;
but it is not on this account the less
solid, nor will it be the less resoute and
stable. Those who feel it are habltual-
ly accustomed to realize the blessings
Of the constitution under which they
live and prosper. Satisfied with the en-
joyment Of equal rights, they bear the
lnestmable value of maintaining the
empire of the laws, even when those
avs are in some respects repugnant to
their feelings"
From the National Intelgencer. Dec. "a, 1912.
"How precisely, say the tactious
prints, haze the predictions of The feder-
aists been re,ifed by all The eUents Of
The wor" Never did the old adage ap-
ply with greater force than on this oc-
casion, that no prophets are SO true as
those who verify their own predictions.
How precisely, indeed! They told US
money would be wanting; they have
used their exertions to withhold it from
The government; and it was not their
ault that their prediction in this ,e-
;pect was not verified. They predict
I'd that men would be wanting for cur
army; they have partially succeeded
n discouraging enlistments. They
oredictd that the militia would not
cross the lines; and, by the memory Of
our heroes butchered at Queenstown,
they have fully accomplished that pre-
1icton! They told US the northern and
eastern States would not engage in the
war; and DR.. Parish and others of his
stamp have attempted at least to ac-
complish their prediction by proclaim
ng an armed neutrality in New Eng
and. In short, what evil to their coun-
try have they nal predicted; and what
exortions have they spared to full their
So far they have been too
but it is not too late for US
to turn the tables, and apply to them
The words of the Scriptures, tha. "FALsE
PROPHETS SHALL ARISE IN THE LATTER
DAY."