The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-14

which we give below will prove
that the President did nothing
more than his legal and moral
duty, as Commander in Chief of
the United States army. Yet, the
very men who have been calling
their Democratic and loyal neigh
bors "~traitors' and "secessionists,"
for mouths past, now that the Fall
elections are over, turn round and
denounce the power that's ordain-
ed of God, and call his associates
"inAated pimps," and all this po-
lltical and infamous blasphemy,
because they plainly see that Presi-
dent Lincoln does not intend to
use the present war as an agent to
abolish slavery by fire, sword, and
death. Had the Right Honorable
the President been sworn to abol-
ish slavery, and thus overthrow
State Governments, and abolish
local institutions, his old Office
seeking and clustering friends
might find some plausible excuse
for the unwarrantable insult they
have offered him; but as he was
elected by the Rcpublican-Abo-
lition party, and sworn to execute
andmaintain thelaYs oftho United
States, it i'll becomes them now to
turn round upon him, and, in the
face of high heaven, aid in direct
riOIatjon Of tie law of God, treat
his name and portrait as if he We're
a criminal, anda disgraceto society.
We hereby and solemnly protest
against the ~indignity offered by the
disloyal and traitorous Editor Of
the Eaton Abolition Register, and
the Judge of the Probate Court, to
the 'Ruler of the people," and
beg to direct their serious atton-
ton to the following Divine injunc-
tons :-"Thou shalt not curse the
ruler ofthy people" Exodus xxi,
%. "Thou shalt not speak evil Of
the ruler of thy people.
xiii, 5.
Let those who dare insult the
President of the United States and
his Cabinet, listen to the following
inspired description of disloyal
men =" The Lord knoweth how
. to reserve the"unjust unto the day
Of Judgment to be punished But
chiefly them that dospiso govern
ment. Presumptuou5 are they,
aelf-willod, they are not afraid to
speak evil Of dignities.-2 Peter ii,
9-10.
While the President Of the Uni
ted States, andihis Cabinet, main
tain law and order, and defend the
Union, we, as well as the whole Of
the Democratic party, andthe true,
! hearted Republicans, will do our
humble best to shield and defend
themi in the legal execution Of their
high and magisterial functions. AS
ia public journalist, we have felt
called upon to say this much in
defense CT the present Administra-
ton. We could have said more
but less we could not have SAID.
We shall now see whether the
Republican and Abolition party in
office will call an "Indigaation
Meoting' to rcbuke those Of their
own party in Eaton, who have so
grossly and wantonly spoken as to
render tic Washington Cabinet, in
the eyes of other nations, a number
of incapable men. Surely the men
in this town Of whom we speak in
This leader, have now exhausted
their efforts to give "aid and com
fort to the enemy. They have
, said and done enough to lead the
governments of other countries to
look upon distracted America as a
land without law, order, or loyalty
to the ordinance Of God, Down
with such Abolition despisorS Of
| our divinely sanctioned and ap'
: proved Democratic, free, and glori,
= GUS government. Democrats, lei
US manfully, and with one heart
sustain the Presidentin his struggle
to right and save the country.
h1TWe publish elsewhere n ref
y ercnCe to some Of the cases o.
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