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mehtH, publicly without fear Of nm Au
toerat in State or tyrant in Church,
Any opinion lie may entertain, in re-
ferenee to the great questions, involy
ing tue present veal, aud future desti
ny Of his native land. Enjoying this
privilege as he does, il is his duty tt
enquire inte,the causes, at work in the
under currents Of society. which tlitea-
ten to break forth at an emily day ID an
Etna, Of human passion, and The blind
prejudice Of Ignorance. 10 overwhelm
Us il anarchy and tend assander the
bonds uniting us MS one people That
we live in evil times. when depagoaue-
ism finds ample food in the masses, to
satlate its tayenouz appetite upon is
apparent. That The first chapters Of Tie
downfall Of the republic lave already
been written BY the finger Of old time
is evidenced in the fact, that we fpd
corruption, drunkenness, and tnolal de-
pravity in the highest places, and mon
-oitizens by birth as well as BY a1ep-
ton, bought and sold at the political
hucksteiings by daring adventures and
stock jobbing, mouutebankz. Look
where we will. there are clouds in the
South as well ~ The North. and II this
day four years hence, find IFS free and
united people. able 10 resist on our own
soil the combined assaults IF he enc
mics to our institutions in lbe old
world as well as those among us; it
must be attributed 10 the Union love
ing and conservative portion of the
American people, united in bonds Of
fellow ship standing upon platform
Of American hearts, with American
hands 10 defend it.
We are told now by mon who ought
to have, the moral courage and force
OF character TO meet the issue that
Amerioanism is unpopular that any
effort TO guard the ballot. box against
fraud, is an abridgement Of he elective
franchise, and is therefore ipexpediept
and impolitio. For shame gentlemen |
This ia not tho language of The legi-
innate sons Of the seres Of '1G. Arise
to action, and show US your moral
courage to face these evils IT the
popular mind is ignorant Of tho evils
that underlie the superstruoturo teach
1t; not with campaign documents and
studied phrases, to obscure the uppal-
liable truth, but with truth itself. Lot
tho people know, that d powerful Oil.
garchy is in our midst, advocating The
Jokultoal doctrine that tho end iusli
ties the means, and to gain numerical
force to hold on to the reins Of govern
ment and the epoils Of office have torn
down the feeble barriers, that have
heretofore protected lis against our
enemies. The five years probation
for citizenship, is virtually abolished, |
by the ADMINISTRATION Of an oath and
The Registry Office and the courts for
all the psoteeiion they gvie Us, might
as well be closed. Pause, you, who
profess to be Of the liberty loving
portion Of The human family and con
slider tho bid, for q reinforcement Of
the enemy, by the donation of hun.
dred and sixty acres of the public do
main, in the Territories, and immediate
citizen ship on mere declaration,
which has to be made in o foreign id
aome Consider the effect Of This policy
in the moral as we'll as political sys.
tom; and poor chemists must YOU be
If you do not discover ii TO be deadly
poison to the lifeg blood Of The nation.
But to come to the point Of our ar