M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-04-30

ma ChdrtG; Our race viii never see
another Runnvmede and we shall
never see another Washington, IN.
other Madison, another Hamilton.
another Jag, another Patrick Henry,
another Samuel Adams. Even the
States, with their separate Constitu
tious, their bills Of rights, and their
present capacity to p,utecs their peo.
| pie, will lall beneath the new and
unchecked powerto which the nation
will surrender itself when it cuts
aloof from the Federal Constitution {:
and if they should not, every intolh.
gent man whO las had much to do
with accumulation knows. or sk0n'd
know, that property, deprived OF tbs
support which it derives from the
Federal Constitutional system. can
mNntSin but leeble and precafious
existence. We must remember the
long, long centuries aSU--in a state
OF society in one sense rude. but when
the manly vir!ucs of oar ancestors
gave them a historic splenlor that
We car only reflect tit pruYidGntially
happened that the rights OF property
and the rights Of person were indis.
solubly BONDED in one immortal
maxim, that was laid, for all time, at
the basis Of the civilization of our
race. Whatever may happen to oh.
er civilizations, or in other climcs
liberty AMI property for us must flour
ist or perish forever. Great Chcur-
ing
NY frien Ia. it .s time TINT the war
fare upon opinion, aud thought, aud
speech should cease. 1t is time that
We had ascrrIaiued TINT our national
d filculties can never be cured withor t
tho action Of the people. 1t is lime
that We haG exploded the ialiQcy that
patriotism and party are Incompatible
in any conceivable circumstances OF
our country. You, at any RATE, lei
me hope, reject this dogma as a deju,
sion; for if all the gloom o' tho pres
ent, in all the dark uncertainties Of
the future, pat my hope in the great
Democracy Of tho Union. [Grca'
applause see nothing else to
which We can look / SIC yon, It isl
true, occasionally distracted by the.
tactics OF your opponents, occasional.
ly disturbed by the ihdispostion o.
friends but also see you animated
by Il patriotism which fully believe
will guide You Alright, and which, III
spite Of all that men may say OF you,
commands my respect and couiideace.
[Applause Permit me, then, with
such freedom aS may be taken by one
who neither has nor seeks any special
place in yonr organization, to offer
you word Of friendly counsel.
Whit you need, it seems to me, is
to be fully impressed with belief in
your mission, and in your capacity to
nil it That rnission is to save the
Constitution Of the Uuited States
| [Chcers. BY saving it, | mean OIL
course, That you are to s'ise it for the
whole Union, for the Sonh and tn,
Nolti., for tho East and the West.
with every rigEt which it project,
completely fo. established. lean eec
no 'ther mole ofsaving it; for it is
% m,J mind apparent that II war pros.
ccuted against the Sou,', Tor the ac.
QUESTION OF powers over their dorncs
nc Institutions whicl the Constitution
expressly withho' is from the Federal
Government, c2n result in nothing
bur the establishment OF system NJ
der which tlerc can be no local right,
OF scIf'gOy lett for any scctiuI
or State, This is your mission tc
prevent. You can not prevent it by
uniting with those who protftr sup
pUrt " the war without the sli Lh'csl
protest against Tie INC nsli;nliona
policy with which i, is prosecuted. -
Ia all the late popular proceeding,
looking TO the cs,aO 'shmcnt OF wha'
are styled Loyal Leagues, aughtcr.
have not seen 0na word OF indIgnau
remunstranco against The unconeti.u
tiUnal measures Oi the AGministra
tiOE. 1ou can not expect, need moi
look, for such Icmun5traucc from as
scmblies largely composed Of those
who aie the peculiar political supper
tors ofthe Administration. ana VIII,
are more or lrss responsible fer ii,
meas urrs. Public opinion, il it is :,
make itself heard and felt against al
violations OF the Constitution, must
make lis utterance through the acton
aud tho voice Ut those vino have ncvrl
failed to protest against the policy
thai has created Tor ua 50 much peril
II that public opinion ia Is 10 recog
ogniz1 this necessary channel Of cX
prcsson-ifi it yields itsel. to a lata,ap
athy, or will not SEE how it eau at once
save a Government and change au
A Administration then all will be lost
and there will remain to us uniy tu,
I consolation that We have iuJViiGal