The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-22
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The ManiaCG at work.
The telegraphc despatch in this mornings
Della, giving The particulars of liquor riot in
Portland, Maine, which resulted in a collision DO.
tween the people and the military, should be read
and "pondered 6uingIy" by every intelligent
Southern man. Ii is another instance Of he boast
ed "prOgress" Of the North, and Of the triumph OF
that peculiar ''liberty," which requires every one
| to do as Neil Dow or Theodore Parker requires,
or take the consequences.
| There are certain men in the New England
States who are determined to permit no freedom
to exist, but such they choose TO consider legi-
tmale--that is to say, who really sap The founda.
ton Of all true independence, by eleVaIing their
own ideas into an arrogant despotism from which
there Is no appeal. They true descendants of
the Pilgrim Fathe:s-rne to their bigory-their
insane vanity their dctatorial disposition. The
! heart Of Plymouth Rock itself is not more hard or
cold than theirs and IN The liturgy of their sect
only two principles can be dscovered-the fun.
! damental principles Of the CromweIIlan SAINTS,
which embodied in the famous resolutions -
| "First-That the earth belongs TO Gods saints.
! Second-That we are his saints"
The name Of this party is Legion. In Massn.
chusetts, Connecticut. Maine, and New York, lis
apostles always in the caucus or on the plat.
form. Their crusade embraces twn primal objects
the derImrnt of the South and the annihilal!on
of individual rights. They are Ied by orators and
| pubciss OF no ordinary ability; speakers Of gen.
uine imaginative fire, like Henry Ward Beecher;
journalists OF great audacity and exquisite acumen,
| like Charles A. Dana, and preachers as thought
full and sonnrous as jeremy Taylor, at the mead
of whom is the Rev. Theodore Parker. Of Boston
| Any attempt to underrae the power OF such in
tellects these, the part of the Southern States,
is simply suicidal: for perceive their influence
too plainly in the late history OF the principal cities
Of the North. Indeed, Of late, their ideas have
crPpt steahy into this section Of the country. md
taken root amongst US, as is evident from the cor
dial reception " hch Parker received Il short time
ago in Delaware.
Ii is true that State has never been very rela.
BILE as a member of the Southern family. As John
C.. Calhoun. with his inevitable instinct Of truth,
declared, il could not be counted upon by the pro-
slavery section Of the confederation, but even he
scarcely (oresaw that il would soon become
stamping ground for AboIItionist lecturers, .whers
| fanatcism might rear a triumphant front. Even
| in New Orleans, we are not quite free from the
disciples Of The New England propaganda, which
makes its Legitimacy by the most rampant intoler
ance, and openly threatens US with coercive legis-
| lation, similar to that which is now reducing many
| Northern cities TO the aspect ci huge witches
caudrons into which every evil ingredient is flung,
If by the hand of Iecate and her sisters. II is
worse than folly therefore, TO drspiSe or ignore
the energy, ability and unrelenting malice Of the
|
principles and Southern men.
| One Of their chief hobbies is the liquor law, born
of the angular brain Of Neal Dow and they ride
| it to death. My Uncle Toby rode hobby
with such keenIy .spurrcd heels They have rid.
den it 10 Maine, TO the great disgust OF every SEN
sibe man. They are riding it in New York at
! present, and bull in n China shop could not
effect destruction than this crnZy hobby
| horse, which n its design and workmanship, is
| | IA
! attack on the liquor Influence this hobby -horsical
charge against the grog shops. The rum-seIling
groceries, the small hels Of dissipation which inest
all our large cities, we, too would get astrIde OF
the eccentric machine, and give it loose rein and
an easy sent in the saddle.
| But is more than this, and amounts to an in.
| fringement on private rights, destruction Of iDdi
viduasm. absolute merging Of persons in
overruling parties, which strikes at the root Of all
social and political privileges. Its uncons sIluon-
ality hns been declared by The foremost legal in.
teIlects Of the day, and yet il continues its dsas-
trous course, even when il has TO wade through
the blood Of American ciiZ"ns. II is another
instance OF that Northern philanthropy which has
been so well illustrated by Canning in the "Ahti-
J4cobin," and by many Of !he modern wits IL is
a pOus principle, such as Douglas Jerrold des-
cribes, which says: Friend and brother, live
the Lord, and that is to say, | may see ft;
otherwise, III punch your head"
If we desire to test the value Of these So-caed
Northern d" reforms" :" we must look carefully 10
their results. What have they been up to this
In New York the bungling and hasty manner in
which The prohbitory law was drawn up by ths
Legislature, no; only rendered it imperative a
legal instrument, but produced n state of affairs
under which the sale Of Intoxicating drinks became
altogether uncontrolled, unregualed; and even
The intelligent mayor Of the city had no prece.
dents left TO him BY which his official course
should be directed. He compelled to fall buck
upon first principles, and rely upon the discretion
OF The citizens themselves.
In Maine learn from our dispatches OF this
morning, The consequences have been more disas.
trous, aud the military were actually compelled to
fire upon The people that the Ganacism Of Neal
Dow shouldb be graf flied, and the rights OF ndivi.
duaIs suppressed by The most active agent OF des-
potism-the authoritative bullet Thus the new
millennium has been baptised in blood. The era
OF the Saints is again tho OF massacre and riot.
MoIoch is again substituted for Christ.
1t is time that the South should take heed Of
these things, and calmly resolve TO oppose, 10 the
best of its ability, the progress OF this Northern
propaganda which has already creaed~so much
trouble and suffering. 1t is time thst the land or
chvalry and tolerance should raise its voice and
hand against the growth OF bigotry and moon.
struck fanaticism n its midst. II is time that We
should act on the defensive, and show a resolule
front to the incursons Of the open and undisguis-
| ed tyranny Of the North. To your tents, e