The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-04-03
For The Democratic Press.
I'VE hope the shoe will soon be on
the other foot."-Registsr.

ing VI Che earnest appeaIs nlaue 70
the patriots of '76 might be serv-
iceable. That wa; the time that
tried mems souls. Then soldiers
fought for the rights of man, and
against the power Of a government
which attempted by war to force a
free people to submit to be taxed,
and controlled in their local affairs,
in all cases whatsoever, without
their consent. On the one side,
they struggled for democratic prin-
ciples; Oh the other, the contest
was to show that the government
could put down an unnatural re-
bellion. The rebels were on one
side, and the tories on the other.
Each had their distinct antagonist
ic character well defined and dis
tinctly marked by their different
measures and conduct. The demo-
Gratis, in favorof popular sovereign.
ty, were warm, generous, and mag
unanimous to their prisoners, brave
in battle, invading no ones lawful
rights. The tories, in favor of
unconditional submission, were
mean, revengeful, cruel to their
prisoners, thieves and tyrants in
practice, waging a war for subju-
cation and conquest. [ say that it
might now be useful to read and
study the history of that contest,
as it might have some bearing up
on the present. How do the prin-
ciples and conduct of the parties
now compare with those of the
parties of that time? BY what
appropriate name shall we call our
southern enemies? Common con-
sent answers that they are rebels,
traitorst to government. They cannot
properly be called tories, for they
cannot be the one and the other at
the same time, any more than the
ungodly can be righteous men at
the same moment. 1t would be as
absurd as to call a man a good
friend of the Union we once had,
who advocates a civil war between
the parts which composed that
Union, and Jugs in emancipation,
or an interference in any way with
the institutions of states for any
purpose against their society. Such
friends are watched by honest peo-
pie with an eye that never sleeps.
Yes, honest people who see their
Constitution violated for purposes
rejected by the fathers who made
it, are watching such men with a
vigilaL ce that alarms false pretend.
ers. 1t is the duty Of every man
who knows that his liberties are in
danger from such men, 10 watch
them, and that continually. They
are known to belong to a secret
political order, whose object is the
abolition Of negro slavery, if il
should cost the Union and q sea o.
blood. They care not for the Con
stitution or constitutional rights
The Chicago platform is enough
for them.
One ofthese alarmed, malignant
cruel hell-hounds of Abolition
made his appearance in the Register
as "Arti. Traitor With all til,
=, venom of an old tory, he canno
tolerate more than one party. He
for instance is opposed to fret
speech and a free press, unless en-
joyed by him and his party friends
to the total exclusion of all others
He is known-he made his mari
about the 9th of last June. Hi
; voice was then heard, but not il
favor of the law. In reference tt
a law-abiding friend of the Uniol
=, as it was, he now says-"how lon!
will the freemen of Preble count.
tolerate such o villain in thei
midst? How long?" See the col
tory malice of this Abolitionist
He would drive a man who ha
broken no law, from our county
, How would he do it? The answe
is plain. lie would incite freeme
to Join in a mob to do this lawles
deed, as the best evidence Of thei
love for law. Ye men of Preblc
this "Anti- Traitor" halls you a