The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-03-06
NO. 80.


sent. Even the poor liberty Of
paying your taxes, that honorable
men and pious preachers may be-
come richer, is iettered by Book
AIDES, and all the other necessities
that the enemies Of freedom can
invent. Yet it is not enough.
You are not yet sufficiently crush
cd, They demand "the last man
an | the last dollar" The dcspo-
tism from which You fed in foreign
countries, has overtaken you here.
In the honesty of your souls,
you look at these alarming strides
of despotism, and asks there no
help? You see that your President
has been induced to frequently
suspend the liberty of white people,
and to violate our constitution, un-
der the silly preteXt or saving 1T.
You see that a Senator, on account
Of his political opinions, has been
expelled from his seat in the pres
ent Congress. And You see that
the war, outside Of the army, is
waged against the right Of petition,
against the freedom Of the press,
and against the freedom Of speech,
by Abolitionists who have done so
much to destroy our country, and
you asks there no hand to save
) us?
Look abroad over these North
ern States, where Il few months
! ago, freenen dwelt. There the
laws could be cnfOrccd-thcro tho
> jurisdiction Of the courts had not
| been interrupted. Yet men ant
, women-old and young-on ac-
5 count Of their opinions, have been
. imprisoned withoutany lawful pro
/ cess, and without trial. 1t will
S not do to say, if they have be-
S come traitors, they must receive
Il the treatment due to traitors or
i that they would not have been
.e cast into prison unless they de-
:; served it,-bGcause in such case the
II law should have been enforced
W 10 against them. They should have
N been tried and punished according
er to law. We have a Constitution
"a which provides that the freedom
~ =, of speech, or of the press, shall
\ not be abridged; and it also pro-
te vides that no person shall be de,
ID privcd of his liberty, without due
! process Of law. Do you think that
o. the edict of mob, or Of all indig-
H. nation meeting, is such process
III of law? Is the order Of the Secre-
IL tary of State, or Of the President,
~ ~ such a process of law? Surely
not. They are not the lawful Off
N. GERS Of any court; and, according
e; to our Constitution and laws, the
- Courts alone can take cognizancc
,e- of what is "due process Of law"
IL More than twenty white womcr
he have been imprisoned without due
~ process of law, and without any
re charge having been legally brought
lb- against them! Is there any one
IRE whose soul is so dead to the com
II II mon feelings Of humanity, that he
,ot approves of such stretch of pow
IA er? The manhood of the age i
we shamed by such acts Of inciviity
he Civilization is Disguised by sucl
Is :" deeds. Liberty in horror turn
nd away from the contemplation o
he such proceedings. Reflect for
On, moment OIL the grossness Of th
~ ~ outrage. Women vilely thrust in
of, to jails! Where are the noble mel
My of whom proud America one
ty. boasted? The time was whel
$. forty thousand swords would hay
lty. leaped from their scabbards t.
nds avengc this threefoId insult +
oyc woman, to the Constitution, an
md to liberty. But Congress agonize
ven over the negro, and the dance i
ny. the White House goes on.
ba - Oh Shame, where is thy blush.
or BRUTuS.