Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-07-24

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natcism which dictated his last act, are and
deserve to be enslaved to the class which
Lincoln self-suficiently declares free. If they
possessed a 1.-THE Of the spirit which animated
Rome when Cataline was expelled from its
walls, or of their own immediate ancestry
lwho went to war for an act which seemed to
encroach upon their liberties, they would HuRI
HIN INTO THE PoroxAc, CABINET AND ALL.
A Democratic mass meeting in Wspelo
county, Iowa, in May, passed the following
resolution .i - .-.-.
Resolred, That we here deliberately and
firmly pledge ourselves one to the other, that
we WILL NOT render any support to the pres
ent Administration in carrying on its wicked
abolition crusade against the South; THAT WE
WILL RESIST TO THE DEATH ALL ATTEMPTS TO
DRAFT any of our citizens into the army, and
that we will permit no arbitrary arrests to be
made amongst us by the minions of the Ad-
ministration. -.
At Democratic mass meeting in Polk
county it was ..molE
| Resolrsd, That we will OPPOSE TO THE DEATH
any further unlawful arrests for opinion sake.
| Resolced, That welEegard the Conscription
Bill as unconstitutional, uncalled for, and that
we are under no legal obligations to submit
to its effect.
And so we might continue filling our paper
with quotations for the next six months, with
the accumulated record of this so-called De-
mocracy, but the above will suffice for the
present. We have omitted the Courier, whose
ultraism is not surpassed, be- ause it only
echoes the sentiments of Others. Such is the
record, however, to the examination of which
we invite the attention of every candid, law
abiding citizen. Look to the fruits while
they are ripe, and tell US if such Democracy
was known in the days of Jefferson, Jackson
and Polk (? Is it not time for men who love
their country to rally around one common
standard and act together for the common
veal and defense?
why Not Justify Them
This inquiry is forced upon the mind after
perusing the comments of the Dubuque Her.
aid and auscatine Courier, on the New York
riot. Inste,d, as loyal citizen should and
would, Of boldly denouncing the rioters and
calling in the name Of the people for their
prompt and energetic suppression, these mis-
erable snivellers and political charlatans find
nothing wrong save law and order. Having
nothing but encomiums of praise to bestow
upon gigantic rebellion, engulphing many
States into all the honors of civil war, how
ca!i they be expected to denounce the rebel
lion of thieves, pick pockets, burglars and
garrotters in the city Of New York; When
with shameless impudence Tbayer declared
''that the dsinterested historian may find
justification for the Southern rebellion"
why need we be surprised when he tells us,
also, that the political followers of Seymour
and vallandigham are justified in resisting
legal proceedings in New York? 1t is char
acteristic of man born and raised with all
the advantages and privileges Of a New Eng
land home, church and school, but who turns
traitor to his God and country, hoping
thereby to gain political advantage. He may
well talk Of the epitaph upon his tombstone.
That stone we doubt not will haunt his Wis
ion in the days to come, when the traitor will
be scorned and hated by every living thing.
The man who will justify, for political pur-
poses, the bloody work of an uncomfortable
mob, such as is now laying waste the super
structure of a magnificent metropolis, will
need no epitaph. The vultures of the air,
lowering over his decaying body, will be his
monument, and the stencil arising from the
sod, cursed with the presence of his bones,
will cause his own children to hide their faces
in shame. The time is fast approaching,
when to justify treason and rebellion against
a good government will carry dishonor and
infamy to the latest generation of the guilty.
Oh, how hateful will be that sneering whis-
per as it falls upon the ear of the innocent
"his father, his grand-sire, was traitor to
his country!' Oh, miserable man! how
damnable must be your infamy when you
charge upon the administration the horrors
of this bloody mob! WHAT has the admins
tration done "to drive the people to the very
brink of despair ?" Thou pitiless tool of
shareholders rebellion-eve you, Mr.. Thay-
er,-of what right have you, been deprived
by Mr.. Lincoln's election9 Doyou not enjoy
life, liberty, and are you not permitted to seek
your own path of happiness? Do you not
express your opinions with the utmost free
dom? Is there any citizens of Muscatine, of
Iowa, who has borne true allegiance to his
country, who has been molested? No! the
being cannot be found Nor one man in
500, 900 has been molested by this adninistra-
tration., The Government has used all its
energies to suppress rebellion, while you have
been stumbling blocks in the way. You have
not been removed, or disturbed, and yet you
have the corruption of heart to say "very
much Of the bloodshed caused by the New
York mob must be laid uponsthe head of
Abraham Lincoln!''
And when, Mr. Thayer, you say stems Of
thousands of the noblest patriots that ever
lived honestly believe that if the administra-
ton obtains the men it desires it will use
them to crush4odl all the remaining liberties
Of American freemen," you utter what you
do not be ieve and what is calculated to stir
up mob spirit. You know that the Repub-
lican party is as much inter ested in the pres
ervation Of our liberties as is the Democratic
party, 4.. .-. .,........-r -.
Why, then, pursue with such malignant
spirit the constitutional authorities Of the
Government We can only answer, because
your heart is filed with treason. oujustify
this mob and claim to be loyal. Oh, thou