M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-08-21


They have not gons before ihs people.
Their policy is'onc which has Obliged
the public lo-demxnd each step u ad.
vance. They feared t;Vislun al tie
North. They feared the malignsat
jfragmsn ls OF the Democratic parry.
Fear was stronger than faith Ti.ey
ventured only those poiatb aboat
which there was unity aRd. eagcroess,
with the whole community. Even
when they advanced, they preferred
to have It seem rather Ikea resist.
ance TO a yet iurther advanced radical.
ism, than to be a voluntary progress
b=yond some old landmarks.
This might be melancholy Gisdom
Of such times as WashingtuRs4wit
a small population, with few resounces,
with iiiIle mcney, with an nnhied
Government driving team Oh newly.
yoked States. But he wbo;imiiates
Washington's slownesS, in. tho nidst
OF twenty millions Of men-With
twenty lusty loyal States at his back
with money enough. and arsenals
pouring ont armaments ard munitions,
and all the implements and vehicles
of war on land ard sea whirIlLars
can construct and science suggesh=-iS
a foOL, th'ice sodaen! There never
was time when mems prayers so
fervently asked God for u lesderI
IlO has refused our petition. What
an idol would we have made of man
of lusty will, who out of weakness
had waxed strong, and marched
through the land, threshing it in.biS
Indignation
g..
Mr. Lincoln is a good man; a
considera.c, prudent, honest politi.
clan, But not spark Of genius baS
he; not all element for leader ship;
not one particle Of heroic enthusiasm.
The people long to twine about him.
Never was such opportunity, No
man since the world began has hHd
througing about him, impIorirg, de-
mandiug him to be great, who has
shown such singular self.d EMAIL
While he considers, events arc NOV.
ing on.
There has not been q line in any
Government paper that might not
have been issued by the Gar, by
Louis Napoleon, or by JEFF, Davis'I
Our State papers during this event.
ful struggle arc void Of genuine en-.
thusasm for the great doctrines on
which this Government was founded.
Faith in human rights is dead in
Washington. The Administration
have faith in A merics, in the United
States, in a united North, in a Re-
publican party, but no faith in thar
invisible principle which underlies
and nourishes them all. The people
are never called to maintain their
historic IDEAS. The natioDis never
reminded OF its political truths. The
people are not reached wherJotheir
enthusiasm, like the sleeping music
Of the harp's strings, lies waiting
some touch to bring it forth, to roll
over this contiuentsuch an anthem as
the world never heard, and only q
free people can chant! -;
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All the piddling questions that are
spun in Washington, thick as SPIDERS
webs on a meadow, would 20 doSa
like those films when moving ma:
chine sweeps the field, If the great
national truth and its historic pr:dS'
had been ridden forth with couraY4
and will. But when an A0minisira.'
tion weaves the mighty affairs OF this
nation like a lace, weaver, with thread
and bObbin piled upon its knee, no
wonder that all its time Is consumed
in loops, aud broken thrVads and stitch
es. --.t. .f~~..
But We must cease looking any
more to Government. We must turn
to ourselves. A time may be near
when the peopls will be called to act
with prudence and courage beyond
all precedent. After strength has
been frittered away in meEding TIE
manhood of Border State eunuchs,
and reverses have come, anc oUf
rulers are fugitives from the proud d"
Capitol, should they deem tho task Of
maintaining the sancity and integrity
of the national soil hopeless, then this
great people, moving though ah
their States, may yet be called to take
mp the despairing work and carry It
forth to victoryl The people must
have leaders. As yet they have not
found theml
Great God, what people hast Thou
brought forth upon this continentf
What love of liberty; what heroic
love of law and institution what
courage, and eonstancy, AMI self sacri-
flee hast thou given them And no