The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-02
inexorable sentence go forth and just and


They are my convictions. And yet for
these 1 am denounced as "disloyal!"-
What is loyalty? Obedience, faith fulness
to law, or, in Norman French, to Log; and
there is no higher law than the Constitution.
Whoever obeys the laws is loyal: whoever
breaks them, whether one in authority or
private citizen, is d;sloyal. There is no
su IA thing yet in the United States, thank
God. as loyalty to President. or to an Adj
minstration. And yet have heard Of 10y
atty to Abraham Lincoln; to man, public
servant whom the people made and can I'M
make! Whoever talks thus is fit only to
be slave. If these men mean that
am opposed to the Administration and par
ty in power, and to the doctrine and policy
of abolition, and think them false to the
Constitution and disastrous to the country
! if they mean that am a Democrat, devo-
ted to the principles and policy, and faith
full to the organization of that grand old
party which made this country what 1t is.
and am for the old Constitution and the old
Union. then am disloyal. and bless God for
it. But if they mean that am false to the
Constitution, untrue to the Union, or dis
loyal to the country of my birth, in thought.
or word, or deed. then. in the language OF an
eloquent citizen of Indiana, (Mr. Voorhees,)
''tbey lie In their teeth in their Threats, and
in their hearts" cloud cheer-.)
Who is an Aboltionist? Whoever is for
indiscriminate confscation in order to strike
at slavery, is an Abolitionist. Whoever is
for the emancipation and purchase Of the
slaves of the Border States. and the pretend
ed colonization Of them abroad, but really
their importation North and West to COM
pete with our own white labor, is an Adolf
ZIONIST. Whoever would reduce the South
.k-.1~
down slavery in them by Federal power, is
an Abolitionist. Whoever is in favor of
arming the slaves. or Of declaring slavery
abolished bv executive or military proclaim Il
ton, is an Abolitionist. And, finally. who
ever is for converting this war, directly. or
indirectly, into a crusade for the Abolition
of slavery, is an Abolitionist Of the worst
sort; and he who votes for those who favor
these things. is also a Abelitionist in prac-
tice, no matter what his professions or his
party name may be. Whoever is opposed to
these projects and votes accordingly, and is
for the Constitution as it is and the Union
as it was. is a truly loyal citizen whether he
| fights Secess ion rebels in the field or Adolf
tion rebels at the ballot box.
! And now, men of Montgomery. if you de-
sire that the rebellion at the South shall be
suppressed, that the Confederate armies
shall lie dis olved. and that the Constitution
shall he maintained, the Union restored. and
all laws obeved. unite with me at the bal
lot box in speedily and forever crushing ont
the execrable Abolition rebellion in the
North and West Whoever feels it his duty
70 fight armed rebels at the South. let him
enlist at once. let him not buy up a substi-
tu'e, but 90 himself. Whoever remains at
home. it is his duty to join with me against
Abolition rebels in our midst. This is loyal
tv, this is fidelity to the Union. The hour
of trial and of vindication will soon come
The GREAT HEREAFTER is at hand. In six
months-I repeat tin three months in six
weeks it may be-sooner or later, come
meantime what may the question will be,
ETERNAL SEPARATION OR THE UNION THROUGH
COMPROMISE. Which will you then choose
pot now, not yet; for amid arms. reason,
too, is silent. but when it does come? Come
it will, and then you must choose between
the Union which our fathers m ade, or hope
less, cherries. eternal and belIigerent dis
union. l believe that the Administration
will declare for separation. Then. as now
and ever, I shall be for the Union and
against separation. Sir. the choice must be
made, and made soon. We have already
an enormous debt. Thousand millions
would not pay it. We spend three millions
day. How long can you stand that? Our
army of six hundred and thirty-seven thou
sand last January, has melted away to four
hundred thousand, and now three hundred
thousand more volunteers are demar ded ,
and will soon be in the field. Yet only
fifteen months ago, just seventy-fve thou
sand militia were called out. and the "ir-
surgents'' officially commanded to disperse
in twenty days! A government paper cur
rency Of hundreds Of millions is upon us
q ho nd M
ever levied upon any but conquered peo-
pie. A tariff, too. of from forty-one to one
hundred per cent, as if to heap up the ut
most measure of the load. is now added -
Stand in the door way of your farm house
and behold and feel nothing. nothing not
taxed, except the ar you breathe and the
bright light or starlight of heaven!-
And yet you must pay it to the utmost
farthing. None but mailman or a traitor
would talk Of resistance or reputation. It
was not so in Democratic times. For sixty
years that party governed this country in
peace and prosperity and with wisdom and
sound policy. Try it again.
l am party man more from conviction
than inclination. There m ust be parties un-
der every free governm ent, and if there are
not good parties, there will be bad ones; and
when bad men combine said Burke, good
men must associate Why did the DEM
ocratic party always govern this country
wisely and well, and all other parties fail?
Because our institutions are Democratic, and
the principles and policy of the Democratic
party are consistent with them; just as
piece OF mechanism can only De made to
work upon the principle or theory on which
it is constructed. That is the philosophy
of the historic fact. But the Democratic
party cauld not conduct the British govern
ment three months without signal and dis
astrous failure. Let the people lay these
things to heart. Let them restore the Dem.
ocratic party to power, if they would be
rescued at last And nnoantin,a &c III