The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-06-05

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ideas of the government of great
people: and hence all your lives
long you have met at the ballot
box, shoulder to shoulder, these
same men, voting then as they vote.
now,-you by your vote sustaining,
and maintaining the policy that
was quietly and equitably govern
ing the people, they voting directly
and squarely against it, but enjoy
ing all the WHILE to the fullest
extent, the benefit of your vote
and not their own. During this
entire time the constant and eterr
nal cry was, give US a change of
policy, give u the Hamiltonian
construction of the Constitution,
administer the government in &C.
cordance with that view--if not, a
little more so-and all will be WE'LL,
and a curse upon all "Union savers"
who say aught against it. Atlopg
last, and in an evil hour, our Ma
tional election resulted in the tri.
umph of the a~dversaries Of your
policy of administration,
On the 4th day Of March, A. D.
1861, this new Party with its long
wished for and long prayed for
policy, was formally invested with
Oil the powers of government and
now commences the play. 1t is
not necessary to weary your pa
thence or lacerate your feelings, by
q recital of the throes and pangs
of our country from that day to
the present. Every school boy
knows them, every flash along the
telegraphic wires is but cumulative
of the human misery now all over
our once happy country; whilst
the guilty wretches, both North
and South, who are the real au.
thors of all these fearful calamities
laugh at and sneeringly talk Of
this terrible loss of life and prop.
erty, as if our soldiery were SC
many dogs, and the peoples prop
erty 30 much useless straw. This
new policy has been tried it has
proved itself a complete, a tota]
failure do you doubt the fact
look at the present condition o.
the country, and if that will moi
satisfy you, fully, then all we have
to say is, may God have mercy on
you sinners. The Government
must be restored to its constitution
al basis, and if those in power viii
not so administer it, they must b.
turned out and those elected who
will do it. If this is not done, ani
; cannot be done by the votes Of The
people, then our whole fabric O
constitutional government will b,
speedily subverted, and the it'll,
liberty of the citizen yet remain
ing be wholly and forever lost
Things are not now in the condi
ton in which they were a few
years since, when the troubles ant
calamities of our country existed bu
in words and in imagination. TIL,
. enormous public debt now saddlec
upon your backs is a fred, q posi-
tive fact. The slaughter of Ameri
can citizens day after day by thu
thousand is a fact. The destruc
} ton of property, both public AM
private, by the hundred millions
afact. The total p~rostration of tn
commerce and business of tn.
! country /, a fact. The host of nev
: officers about to be created anon,
) you, to aid in consuming you
little remaining substance is, a
you will find it before anothe
] twelve month rolls around, a fac
( to your sorrow. These facts ca
l only be met by action-by prompr
: decisive, and timely action. 70
; may, and you do ask, why ar
T these things SO? why has God 8
T poured out his vengeance upon us
1 There is but one answer thes
g terrible calamities are the result
| the necessary and unavoidable r,
II suit, of governmental policy d
+ rectly in opposition to the freedol
+ of the citizen, as declared and 8
y cured by our written Constitutions
q This policy can be met, thwarte
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