The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-09-10

with like evil purpose as. now, to refuse ftl
supplies for the support of the govern L
ment, ho,0 could a0e. continue its ecisteneeY
Would not revolution and anarchy follow !? &C
Is it possible, therefore, we can predicate ST
a government upon such en- absurdity !Ils
If we had a written constitution erpresstg
prescribing such rule of power, could 1t ia
be preserved for ten years? or even for fel
four? By no possible wisdom or pru- o
dence which has ever been known of the "
human family. Man mnst become more lp
perfect than he has been before he can be d
trusted with such absolute and u'acontroN- b
able pocer. That majority Of one in the \
House, which might thus become so alb Il
solute, would certainly aspire to the su- I
preme abuse, both of the one-anan power Y
and of the one-house power. 1t would be Il
precisely the example before us. Is has 8
had, for the present, SO far, but fitful and Il
temporary reign. It is, nevertheless, now,
the o,se-house poaoer, with all its evil por-
tents, which has passed away. If we had
submitted to it, our government would
have been revolutionized and our republic
destroyed. No argument lies against the
truth of this conclusion.
They have done what Satan did to Par
adise. They have entered in and betray-
ed its peace; and like him, after his crime,
their sentence will be, for the remainder
of their days, to crawl in the political dust,
and to seek to do mischief by the loscest
invisible means 1t is well, under such
circumstances, that they have already be-
gun to harden their hearts, because that
worm which never dies, will, for the evil
, which they have done, enter into thereon
sciences, and their ears will finally hear
/ from every patriot, the terrible rebuke,
g Get thee behind me, Satan! Their polit-
ical existence will have had a short dura-
{ ton, and saving the making. of ga good
5 thing" out of some committee, they will
n have the slightest possible consolation left.
' Considering, it is thought, that they have
}. always made money a condition precedent
e to any of their political acts of personal
e kindness or public utility, it would be
G quite blunder with them to, forget the
lie inimitable fiction of the Devil and Tom
d Walker They will find it in the classic
h pages of Washington Irving Hetells us
" that the ambitious Tom had made com
ir pact with the Evil One, and succeeded to
the last, as he thought, in all his projects:
ty he had chests full Of money and mortga-
10 ges. He had ground down the poor
es He had deprived the laborer OF MS wages
n He had ruined the rich, and set his neigh
Y. bors at war with each other; and the vii
az lage where he lived, which had once beer
as peaceful, he had made a hell upon earth
he But, at length, when has term acas out, h
es was suddenly kidnapped by his master AM
ry disappeared from the scene; his irienas
" who administered upon his effects foun
he that his silver was dfcss ana a'ft, ana ni
lst mortgages were dsAes. And the mho.
us people said amen. AS certain as there !,
Heaven above, the same doom a'0aats q
RI party aeho hace been co''spar.ag ~ q
'at house against tie country. ihey nav
he made AXE compact, 1near her hnse IS aea'
sat ty up. Their sudden prosperity VIII pei
re- ish, their gold will be gone, and Their pc
ley litical power be nothing but d'ss' and asf
ng es. 1t is all, emphaticaly, the deeits '' owl
80. The parallel will bear quite minute MN III
yas cling. lie made his Instrument Riuned'
it. the poor and the laborer. ihey nave ave- y
is their legislation, tried tried 70 deprive the MT
is chapic OF his wages, and his wltc anu u he
let children of their bread. f7e obtalne
70 mortgages against the peorle, 1aey ha, q,
on, endeavoreo 10 iorce Mort9.ye upo,i =
on Executive, and get into their own hant
ing the entire power of the State. lie set Il
neighbors at war with each other. q q. a.
been the enaeaoor OF all atefl preseat pres s Paos
ME tte to have the Dlooa o1 o.olnsf rome shcn SUE
on Kansas py the mana Q. ouo'nef. .,,9
d. had changed a peapteous s ,il.ass' Wne
ors peace and happiness re,gneo, INTO a sce'
Ct strltes' anarchy ana RANK cUenee:,-
5. Trey have already emorolled the passio
tbe of the people Of a great nation anu In; ha
W o'n' at the total deslruc1loh oi n 1,s soy' y,
order and poNtlcal. security. Inc IN