Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-03-27
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lTrom The W. ar!-s7e TIC Dsl-a vrrc- IS
The Southern Despstism-The People
I-ga-red-MutteTings Of the Popular
Sovereigns.
We dare say the majority Of the Lyceum
ball wigwam are marvelouly well satisfied
with their grand achievement Of Saturday.
on which OCCASION. with a heroisn and a
daring uncommonly brilliant, they refused.
BY majority peculiarly imposing. to sfE
nit the work Of the thir1 Sicgsse fraternitf
at Montgomery Is the aprfgya sr.rcjectinn
of the people Of this Stat. lie also re-
juice with them and cheerFully unite with
all their cunfederates, great aud small,
gentle aud simple: who can & d in the
proceeding matter. for cdngratulation. de-
light and exultation- When a people have
b Ell or become 81 bcs ttel by pros city.
drunk and oblivious from worldly success,
or so sunk in corrupt u as 10 be unwsrthy
Of the liberty the greatest ofdepaTted men,
the wisest of Statesmen, the trucSt Of pat
riots achieved and bequ :athel for their
enjoyment. their equality. their safety at
their happiness. the v;gilant scntinc! ia the
cItadel If ,heir saFn-d liberties my wall &c
ezcU-el for f,reeti.laess oF. his duties Of
tpr So,u8oluucc amid tie rc.kirssuee-. the
s]ti!i,iity "r the uniuithfuin,ss Of the Sargi-
son. Ne have done ali in our humble
mower 10 awake the people Of Laui~isu,.
uat to-day. Yesterday w.ckS. mathis, JGt
years ago, to the rcce-sity-it they wnull
preserve their country. their Ill. titutions
and their free'iom-t1 arou-e and expel
from pawer aud from place the uupriuoi
pied, the igu rant and the shameless herd
who had m~oBoT~lized them; and VIC have
necessarily warned in vain, Until at las;
the MONEY changers have possessed them
selves of tue temple. and the people. tee
weak, TO cowariiy OF toe sensclsss TO SEE
or feel the shrckics their jaui>saries are
preparing for their Inns. T~lraGtly stare
at the workers. or stupidity admire what
thrv have done and are doing Men. life
lug encni of th, in t tutiOns Of the ma
ton where all NEIL have been declared. by
n1ture and 10y right. free and equal. now
have had the long and eagerly watched for
chance afforded them to stab the principle
to the heart: fellows whom accident has
thrown upon the soil Of Louisiana. where
recently introduced n~nxious Political weels
flourish. with even more than tropical lux
uriance. and who. in the Northern States
to which they belong. would be the most
rancurOus Of Abolitionists. or the INST
plant of off, &. holders and TRUCKERS to
power. now proclaim, seemingly with some
show Of reason. that We are unequal to
self government; while again that im.ta-
tive host-always found ready 10 bend thc
supple hinges Of their craven knees that
thrift may follow fawning. and to immediate
inn9cent victims at the shrivc Of successful
viflainy-6ll the air with their hallelujahs
over the PROSTATE liberties Of this great
people, q nation dismembered. 4 mighty
pewer overthrown. the sanitary of equality.
of liberty and of justice demolished. fhe
cohorts of Office have destroyed the Govern
ment they were sworn and paid to uphold.
and the crowd, upon whom they deservedly
spit. applaud with boiSterOus merriment
the accomplished feat Of the pretorians,-
The only question now is. whether upon
the whole the work wa; judiciously perform
ed. whether a decent regard for the opin-
ions of mankind would not have suggested
a little more semblance or respect for Il ose
forms Of procedure to which other commu-
mites have been accustomed, if long in dis
use Immediately here; whether, in 4 word,
it would not have been just as conv nieBt
to the prompters of the magnificent farce to
have ordered their work to be submitted
to the test of a popular vote as to pass it
amid ribald jecrs and licentious defiance of
the mockery of such ordeals. In New Or
leans nothing is easier to the secret ~plotfcrs
who regulate its affairs han to secure any
majority for any purpose they may require.
and where. as 10 this instance. all are
agreed, there could have been no fear Of the
revelations OF its ballot boxes. In like
manner. Plaquemine and other parishes are
susceptible of patriotic impulses upon these
great occasions which animate their other
wise torpid population into ELECTORAL activ-
itv Of astounding force, and if the season
Of the year or other unnatural cause:
should disincline them to pour forth their
mvriad=. there are certainly, at the de-
mands OF abnormal patriotism, returning
officers in abundance who will make their
rolls correspond to the exigencies of the
occasion. Looking then at the proceed
in.s Of the convention from this point of
vsew, We are rather disposed to doubt the
policy and strategic wisdom of what has
been done; for it is 4 needless insult aud
kick at a PROSTATE people. who, heaven
knows. are very willing, nay. anxious 70
part with liberty at any time for the luz
ury Of quiet, the ease which complacently
accompanies tranquil money getting. SO
far IS the consent. therefore, of the Lyceum
hall wigwam is cOnccrned-a wigwam
holding its dark. lantern orgies in secre;
places uncontrolled in any respect by the
recorded vote of the State against the
work which they have consummated-the
Montgomery PROFESSIONALS are fully approx
ed. and the profound contempt of popular
supervision which John Perkins. Jr., Esq
of Madison parish, embryo minister pleni-
potentiary to somewhere or other. early
took occasion to express. is nov the recog-
nized rule of things as ratified by his
Ehilom associates at Lafayette SQUIRE
Surely it will NJ longer he doubted that the
Cotton ~COnfedcracy is a great country. and
the Convention of Louisiana the worthy
sanhedrim supplementary to it
The Policy Of Nj. Lincoln.