The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-03-20
- POSTING THE BOOKS''--I IINCOLN'S
DEMONSTRATIONS - TIE REBEL
LION PARTIXAN SLANG.


- POSTING THE BoOItS''-- LINCOLN'S
ADMINISTRATION - TIE REBEL
LION PARTIZAN SLANG.
WIrl the beginning of the present month
the parliaans of the North went through
the programme of "posting the books or,
in other words, of drawing u very dolcful
picture Of the tariff on tea, coffee, sugar,
whisky and numerous other articles the
low figure at which produce sells, and the
high taxes, prospective, to liquidatc our ma
tional indebtedness all of which was the
result Of the election of Republican Pres.
idcnt - the result Of majority choosing
q ruler who dare rise above the evil innu-
cnces of the slave power who dare admin
istcr the Government on basis guarantee
ing equal and exact Justice to every section
of the Union, and gho dare gice epcry loym
citizen, NorN dld South, natiOHuk pr0tecti0n.
1t may be altogether proper and right for
partizans to labor to divide the people by
party issues, and by placing the standard
Of allegiance TO party as u test OF the first
Importance, bring the salvation of the
country in as a secondary consideration; !;
but if il is, we confess we cant see it.
Since the breaking out of the rebellion, we
have not allowed "party' to influence our
Judgment in the remotcst degree and we
believe any ono that docs until the author
ity Of the Government is fully rcinstated, is
not worthy tho name OF an American citizen
Il may not be out of place, as we have
mentioned the subject, for us to reflect for
Il few moments upon the events Of ohe year
ago - the Inauguration of the President
There were many things that contributed to
mako that occasion the most interesting
perhaps, in the history Of tho American
Republic. The calmcst and most udioious
looked forward from hour to hour with well
grounded apprehension of violcnt outbreak,
hloolshed and revolution. The programme
| of the conspirators, was, beyond all doubt,
to prevent Mr.. Lincoln's accession to Office,
and hi1 occupancy OF thc official residence
at Washington. 1t il not susceptible oi
judicial proof perhaps, but there is good
reason to believe that tho design was to
uSSaSSiHdte him on his ,ruy TO U'dshingtoR.
But by all means, his induction into Office al
| Washington was to be prevented. This, it
was imagined, would mako an intejTey,,un,
"A gap, during which the Presidential pow
cr would he ao,rhere. Then, by sudden
coup de main to seize upon Washington
City, the public buildings and archives,
install thero the Confederate officers, and
| thus present the scmblance of the regular
government would go far to legitimate the
rebellion certainly it would have given il
/ the prestige of success.
1t was day of gloomy apprehension in
Washington. People, as usual on the great
occasion of inaugurating new Chief Mag.
| istrate, had gathered from all parts of the
great nation. There was marked absence
OF comcR, however, in the throngs on the
avenues, aud among tho persons seated il
carriages at the approaches to the Congress
sioual grounds, which indicated the fcar
that prevailed, Men were also more
thoughtful than usual, and glanced warily
about, rather ready for than fearful of dis
trhancc and violence. Tho crowd immedi
atcy in the front and sides of the space
adjoining that from which the President and
those who participated in the august cere
monal were TO stand, was moro compac
than usual--purposcly so, that tho ovil-dis
posed, who were known to be present
might have no ease or facility of movemcn
from Que place to another. Such was tn,
picture at the east end of tho Capitol, befor,
the procession arrived with the President
elect. Arriving at the place of the grant
ceremonial the dense crowd opened, am
the procession passed in--miltary and civil
high and low, great and small. What
bristling bayonets at the Inauguration Of ;
Republican Chief Magistrate? Even so
Tho cautious veteran had so planned it, an,
such planning, and that aloue. preventc,
the shedding of blood, the proStration o
Constitutional liberty, the wreck and rui
of the beautiful and renowned, and bencf
cent fabric of free government which tn,
, great and good Washington had used tn
, pride of his years, and the strength of hi
mind, and tho nobleness of his heart i
= building up,
The elect oc the people rose, and the CO,
cmony proceeded, Tho crowd was breath
less, and as the clear tones rang out in IN
|, still air, no word was lost. And none ough
to have been, for purer patriotism and NOR
. timely wisdom have rarely been spoken b
, man. But this was not the entertainment
for which largo and watch'ul portion O
that crowd had come. They came for nc
lltical slang, for sectional narrowness 70
partizan eNultation,-with view to catch a
/, some unguardod word that would serve t
. advance THEN reasonable schemes. Disal
: pointed in their object, they soon left wit
expressions Of determination to be rC
/. vcnged upon the rightiul authority of tn
. Government - not because of any wron
h done them, but because they were displace
e from power - because majority of III
American people had pronounced agains
the further extension of human SLAYER,
The result of the revolt, in part, is befor
: the people end, no matter how muca
= portizan press NAV try 70 deceive the pc,