Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-01-15

tinctly understood 10 making the charge.
The masses of the Democracy would
act rightly on this momeutous question,
if suffered 70 do SO by their Leaders,
On them rests the responsibility, and
not on the people.
That ibis mighty fabric Of our Gov
erpmenyis shaking, and in imminent
danger pr crumbling to pieces, cannot be
denied Unless the people see
dlngel. and hpfirnrly hocd and p,tris
;;eForts, rouse up every energy
Abeir duty to themselvsBhei-|
and holiest gift of our fathers will
perish forever.
1t is the people who are vitality in
terested in this matter. The poor, the
laboring classes who can barely pro-
cure a comfortable living, they are
especially interested in the preservation
of this Government. The political
knaves, who, like the scum arising
upon a boiling caldron, like it too,
float upon the surface, are not the men
who will suffer most, or are most deep
ly concerned about the peace and hap
piness of the land.
Robert C. Toombs, in speaking Of
the revolution said, ave are the gen.
tlemen of the land, and gentlemen
make revolutions" So they do, and
have done in the case Of our unhappy
country. Gentlemen like Toombs,
Davis, Cobb, &C., made this revolution.
The honest masses of the people had
little or nothing to do with it. even in
tie South, until betrayed by blind and
passionate appeals to their pride, and
imaginary aggressions upon their rights.
Just at this crisis, gentlemen in the
North are aiding these Southern gentle
men in carrying out their hell-begotten
schemes for the country's destruction.
Look at the 9th January supper at Co.
lumbus, given in honor of the arch
traitor Olds. Read the speech OF the
gentlemen" who responded to the
sentiments offered. One Lying Rebel
Crich6eld, elected by the Democracy
of Ohio as Attorney General, said ''he
was ready for armed resistance to the
General GnYernnnAnt. ;f any ~f q
minions attempted to carry out their
unlawful measures in his locality" that
is. arrest traitors. Could jeff Davis
ask better ally than this scoundrel
whom the people of Ohio have entrust-
ed with one of the most important Of
fees in the State? Yet he was listened
to with attention by the crowd of gen.
flen,en who had assembled at that sup
per, ostensibly given to the memory OF
Jackson-yet designed for manifesto
ton of their sympathy with the deadly
foes of the country, the Hero OF the
Hermitage loved SO well, and which
same foes he in his lifetime threatened
to hang for even intimating what they
have now carried into effect-the dis
IL. a.. IIn;or We con fancy
the skeleton Of the old Hero, stand
ing behind the speakers of that sup
per, and pointing its bony, feshless
finger in scorn and contempt at the dis
honor done his Memory, while if the
power of speech were given it, the
words liar, knave and traitor. would be
bissed forth in burning tones that would
fall ike molten lead, upon the ears o
the dastards who dared invoke hi
memory whilst holding their tressonabl'
orgies, and meditating the destruction
of the Republic.
Look also at the course OF these gen
aemen in Indiana. Every scheme the.
can devise to embarrass the Admins
tration is being adopted and pushec
through. without any regard to the in
terest of the people.
But the contemplation of this sub
feet is unpleasant in the extreme. Th
country is in imminent peril, but not S
much from rebels in the South ?
traitors at the North. Salvation is ehly
in the people, and with them it ress.-
These gentlemen make reVdu"on'
which eliminate in despotsm.--
The people are the victims. IL ma
ever been so ia the history ofthe worlo
American Liberty was founded on th
opposite principles. The people mad
she revolution, and gentlemen like th
King of England and his aristecrac
were the victims. Now, the spawn
this same aristocracy, combined with
as it yet exists in England, ba'
brought about this revolution, whic
they hope successfully to carry o.
with the aid Of just such toadies al
lickspittles of the North, as met at q
s,h Of January supper in Columbus.
honor DR.. olds, whom t~ebs yes
AGO. these same fellows declared b