The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-31
TTE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
= Z.a-sol. vnoSvsa as an Enpsror.
han. t;ns to think and speak Of

It 10 about uns " sNs"A $50 49,
-. Sovsrnmont in its real character.--
Tr Jefferson said be died in the fear, A.
1.o.t helief that al the sacrifices OF the
m H.O" of the revolution had been for
"""vhE He had seen what superhuman'
.Horts what wise ststesmaushtp It had
.ecnired 70 save our government nom
o~arthrow BY the Federalists. Its al
S"CSt irresistible tendency wds to central.
:-s,;o0 and consolidation, and the old
Toy;es Of the Revolutions cOtsG6ed with
~. Rritish party under the lead OF Adams
nd Hamilton we'll nigh swamped Rep06'
Icsn,sm In 1900. After that It was one
continued Aght to preserve It from over
throw. The Central or Confederate agen.
~ was always grasping new powers, and
:. iR9O. Mr.. jefferson declared that he
S.d little hope that the torrents Of con-
.oI;d.tion could be withstood." Mr.. Van
Pnreu. At that time Senator from this
STATE. said "that the entire tendency Of
~ Fedsvel goSsEouaeNk was ta dASrsase>
ths nower and lessen the respectability OF
ths States" South Carolina passed res
oIutions on the subject which Mr.. Jetfer-
son commended as be did the course Of Mr..
Van Buren,. He condemned the whole
ccheme Of internal improvements by the
general government as tending to corruP-
Zion and as q departure from republican
nr;nciples. and the purposes for which
the Federal government was established.
In . letter to Albert Gallatin on nation
Al hank he says; " This institution is one
Of the most deadly existing against the
nrinciple and form Of our Constitution"
In another letter, he says -" there has
anruue up an nglico-mOnarchical aristo-
cratical party, whose avowed OBJECT Is 70
draw oveg US the substance OF the British
government"
But what, forsooth, would Mr.. Jetfer-
son say now when all power has become
concentrated in the hands, simply Of Mr..
Lincoln. The power Of life, and the pos
session Of the purse and the sword, have
been held in all ages to constitute abso-
lutte monarchy, whether man wear .
wreath or crown and whether he call him
self Emperor, King, Dictator or Presi-
dent Mr.. Lincoln now has as much
mower a. Cesar had when BrItus slew
him at the foot Of POmpey's statue, sim
ply for desiring to add to bis dignity the
empty title Of King. 1fMr. Lincoln has
al these absolute powers, why deiude
ourselves with the idea that we are still
living under the Republic The powers
now concentrated render his sway almost
omuipotent A huge debt in which the
entire money interest Of the country is
interested. The new banking system.
but little referred to, and yet in every
aspect Of the case, the most cunningly
contrived and most dangerous Of all the
consolidating measures. Then we have
the army aud navy, with their hundreds
Of thousands directly and indirectly con-
nected with them and dependent upon
them for their subsistence. Then see the
civil service with its horde Of assessors,
&c, &C., in addition to the Custom House
employees. Then we have semi-mili-
tary organization OF Provost MarShals,
and spies, and inlOrmers over the coun-
try, ell orwhich combined, render near
ly every other man we meet directly or
indirectly interested in the continuance Of
the despotic consolidation Of powers that
now rules us with its rod Of iron. 1t is
Just the mode in which the British
aristOcracy consolidated its POwers-just
the wsy in which Jefferson with prophet
ic vision Coresaw our liberties would be
SubveIted.
1t does not need deep penetration to
see that the prospect Of the people break
ing away from this despotism when it is
once fastened upon them is exceedingly
doubtful Long years Of misery and mis-
rule-of toll and sorrow, will be the fate
Ofa people, where the young aud athletic
eaH be dragged l:sSsFve IS slAssa.-'a thf
army. A people jealous neither Of honor,
liberty nor life, are ready for any yoke
which an oppessor may impose. The
chains Of slavery are already clanking in
our faces. Fifty thousand handouts now
lie in this city ready for the wrists Off
fractory freemen not exactly tame to the
abject docility Of Russian serfs. Should
any white man insist that his own liberty
is Of more value than the freedom OF
barbarous and inferior race. his audacious
presumption will be checked by the
shacklcs, and like ga born thrall," he
must bow his neck to the Abolition col
lor or the ''stOcks," and "bucking." and
other military punishments will soon
break the spirit that is within him.
Then when all that makes him man is
destroyed-when he becomes simply .
human machine, moved by other will, he
is fit to be the executioner and murderer
Of bis fellow citizens.
If such power as this over the people
does not make Mr. Lincoln an Emperor,
what more does he needP II is not to be
denied that he affects the style and Gus
toms of King-His carriage in Wash.
ington is preceded by an armed escort of
cavalry larger than the body guard Of a
commanding general in the field.-No
monarch Of Europe affects greater pomp
or pretention. He has not only the sub
stantial elements Of kingdom about him,
but he apes its outward forms and gaudy
displays. He lacks the refinement Of roy
atty, but no matter. His subjects feel
bis power, andNAnow the Republic is
gone from the freedom and rights they
have lost. He knows he is Ruler, King,
Emperor, or Dictator, and is willing to
deceive the people by being called Presi-
dent Perhaps be has read the fate Of
Cesar, who, though possessed Of royal
power, yet when he aspired to be called
King found Brutus
ON&
SEWARD CONVICTED OF IGNoRANcE.-A
New York paper convicts Mr.. Secretary
Seward Of some blunders in history, in
bis Fecentlv iaaue6 circular letter Such