The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-06-21
An Unintentional Compliment.

The Bath Times of last week gives his
Democratic brother of the Saco Democrat q
Roland for his Oliver in the following man
ner
The Saco Democrat does US infinite honor.
II ignores us as Democrat. II says, refer.
ring to the editor Of the Times:
ave certainly look upon him as fallen
very low-far too low to be classed any more
among Democratic editors"
The particular "class" of Democratic ed.
itors from which We are thus summarily ex-
cluded, may be learned from the following
paragraph, which We cut from the Planters
Banner-a paper published in the sugar
raising regions Of Louisiana-a paper Of the
rankest secession order:
"Tho N. York Daily News, the Day Book,
the Concord IN. H.) Standard, tho Saco
(NIaine) Democrat, and Bangor (Me.) Dem
ocrat (Union), make fierce attacks upon the
Lincoln Administration, and denounce the
Lincoln war in the most scathing TERMS"
The New York Day Book is more trea-
sonable sheet, If possible, than the Charles
ton Mercury paper which advocates the
subjugation to slavery of all free persons Of
color; the News is precisely of the Bangor
Union stripe, and the Concord Standard is
the personal organ Of Edmund Burke, and
is supported (as is the News) to q very largo
extent by contributions from the South. The
traitors know their friends, and when they
class the Saco paper with such foul sheets as
are named in the above paragraph, they
know what they are about. IL the editor of
the Democrat takes as much pride in the as
soeiation as we do in heins denied its .teiloO-
ship, he is happy fellow. Heaven forbid
that we should ever bo deemed fit to bc
"classed among" such democratic editors y
Our fallen friend of the miscalled Democrat
says, referring to ourself:
ale did once fiji an honorable, if not a
brilliant, sphere-few mortals attain pre-
eminenco but when he fell so low Us to for
swear the freedom of the press, and lick the
hand of those who violate their country's
laws and Constitution, and by violence seek
to rob the man and the editor of his birth
right-his pity ceased to be to us any conso-
lation, and his contempt beneath our no.
tice."
We have clicked the hand of those who
violate their country's laws and Constitu.
tion," we suppose, in so far abjaring party
restraints as to give cordial support to an
Administration whose accession to power We
heartily opposed, in its conflict with rebel
lion and with armed traitors. In this we
have illustrious company. The noble Doug
las, whose recent death nation mourns,
was one of the first to tender the full weight
of his mighty influence in the same dircc-
tion; and there was more Democracy in his
little finger-eyen since that finger is cold in
dcath-than in tho loins Of whole rcgi-
ment Of such base deserters Of principle as
now eject treason through such party syrin-
ges as are included in the list copied from the
Louisiana paper. 1t is not true that we
"Eck the hand" simply, Of those who vic.
late their country's laws, but wo labor to
"break the heads" of the falsc-hearted crew
who, while enjoying the privileges and bless
ings Of our free State, are cheering on those
who are banded together to subvert the lib
critics of the people, and to erect q despotism
as intolerable rs that which has prevailed
in Mexico for the last quarter of century.
The iing about forswearing the "ircedom
Of the press" has become too stale to trouble
us. We.mcet this claim Of "freedom" at
the very threshold, and deny all right Of the
press to inculcate treason, as much as We can
do the right to encourage arson, assassina.
ton or highway robbery. The press has no
such right, and the claim of it is the height
Of presumption. If We find vagrant pick.
ing our friends pocket, burglar entering q
friends house, an incendiary firing a neigh
bor's dwelling, an assassin aiming deadly
knife at the heart Of our fellow, by the holy
Henpen, without stopping for law, prccepts,
constitutions or bills Of right, We will, il we
can, stop his depredations and no plea Of
"forswearing" the inviolabilty of human
life shall stop our breaking his tcorthless head
If it becomes necessary to break that hcadin
order to stop his Infamous work. So we say
OF treason and trcason.prcachers. In time
of war, when brave men are imperilling their
lives to suppress rebellion, and the very pill.
lars Of our civil liberties are being under
mined, We insist that loyal men are not ro-
quired to sit unmoved and see rebels at their
base work oil around them. Scli-protcction
is the first law Of nature, and is above all
compacts, Constitutions or written laws
1t is the "highcr law, par excellence, written
by Gods own finger on every true heart ;
and it is simply in obedience to such stat
ute that the people of these FREQ States have
registered their oath that traitors shall not
work treason with impunity; and in this
-thsy are right.
Why suppress pirate Gag in ourl waters,
and protect o pirate newspaper on shorc'
We don't 60 for any such discrimination;