The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-07-18
The Mobocracy.
For the Democratic Press.

|hS our cOlumuS uuOr " HlSIo-
ry of the affair of last week as far
as Union men WERE oncerned, Civ
ing their feeling and their conse-
quent action, it is not improper to
state that one of our citizens under
the influence of reasonable pro-
clivities and bad whisky, circulated
the libel through the county that
the Office OF the" Press was to be
destroyed on Thursday night"
The above extract I take from
that Abolition sheet the Eaton Reg
lister of the 4th inst, in which its
Abolition cohort did not intend
mobbing the Press.
Now to show up more fully the
intention of these cowardly scoun-
drels, l will make a fewlquotations
from their "Great Indignation"
bill, in which they call upon the
citizens, to take into consideration
the course to be pursued, toward
the Editor and Press" and, fur
thermore, they say cit shall either
be made to hide its head or be
forced out of this community it
also says: "a committee of five
was appointed, to prepare resolu-
tions, and to wait on the Editor
and request him to withhold the
papers printed from being sent out
of town, and if he refuses to COM
ply, to use such other means as
may best secure the object. Come
early Union Men"
All this was done by this Union
loving, law-abiding Gree Press
party, and no mob! oh no! all for
the public good. The Register fur
Their says:
"It is assumed in the first place
that Abolitionists commenced the
war, and are carrying 1t on for the
express purpose of destroying Slav-
cry. To this we remark, that with
the exception of the Press the Day
ton Empire, and perhaps one or two
other papers of about the same
standing, no other paper that we
have seen, at any time intimated
anything of the kiud."
The following extract from its
columns of June Goth, will show
how much truth there is in the
above:
"This we firmly believe, because
we think the friends of the Union
will succeed, and in their success
slavery finds its overthrow. We
also firmly believe that God has
been moved long enough, that this
mountain devil has been held up
full too long as an angel of light,
and that now He will repay. Wo,
then, be to the man who interposes
his arm, who would punily attempt
to stay the mad current of wrath
that is to sweep this great curse
from our land. But God works by
instruments, and although our ar
mics may not believe it, might
even shudder at the thought, they
do nevertheless go forth in arms to
overthrow this giant wrong, they
60 forth preaching freedom with
the bayonet."
This same "Smut Machine has
been belching forth this kind of
traitorous Abolition slang for years,
= eulogizing that old murderer
John Brown, and taking open
grounds against its country in
the war with Mexico;-yet this
infamous sheet has the audacity to
attempt to lecture national men on
their duty to their country. 1t and
its followers are the parties who
so fippantly cry traitor at every
national Union man who dares
speak out against the dangerous
usurpations of Dictator Lincoln;
while National men have labored
against every species of sectional
ism for years. These fellows have
labored as necessarily to instil into
the minds of the people their Abo-
lition Disunion doctrine; and now,
having succeeded in getting the
Government in o fair way for de-
s~truction, they call upon every man
to drop party THAT is the Demo-
cratic party and come to the res
cue of the sinking ship of the mis-
called Republican party; if he does
not, mob him wherever they have
got the power, and by this means
force a support Of the Lincoln Ad-
80" W.L.|- ion. ..|.|-.
ministration. ~ | d
One other short notice of these
Mobocrats and / have done. In the
Register report of the mob, it pa
rades very conspicuously two gen.
Hemen named Abbott and Alexan-
der, as well known Democrats; these
feIIows have heen lahorino hard