M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-04-09

right AMI free SOULS. They behug To
a very ancient and very inIamOas type
Of humanity. In all ages, in the most
remose period OF the world, they have
existed to mar the peace and happ'.
ness Of mankind. They were the
Pharisers Of the Scriptures, whom
Christ cursed nearly two thnusand
years ago. They wore sour faces and
slandered thor neighb)rs as they do
now. They were tyrannical hrd die
tutorial in their manners and sought
to control the opinions Of men by
violence, as they do to-day. They
thanked God that they were better
thNn other people, when, in the sight
Of the blessed Master, they were II
generation of vipcrs. In a later day
this same class of malignauts and in,
toleranls were seen inside the walls oi
Jerusalem, when Titus was encaTped
before her gates. They were then
melting mohs and inhuman massacTes
against those who dared to differ from
them in opinion. These lessons OI
blood aud crime are Inherited by Tie
IincaI descendants Of those who per.
petrated them and we see them again
threatened and reproduced in our
midst. The ancient republics OF
Greece and ROME were filled with this
class of virnlent prosecutors for opin.
ions sake. Nero had his ahject slaves
about him, who charged dsloyAty
and treason on any Roman citizen
who dared to question the hateful
tyrant's purity and policy. They did
their masters bidding just as the hired
spies and periured informers IN the
pay Of this Administration do theirs.
rIrey smote down lie and liberty in
the name of loyalty tot ruler who
violated every principle of Roman
law, and every instinct of Justice
We are now witnessing exactly the
same thing-the same base principle
at work here. They now rage at such
men as you, because you dare to as.
semble here, although the COnstitu
tion secures you that right. They say
you are traitors, as Fero's soldiers
did, brcanse in the exercise Of your
legal privilege you question the policy
and the honesty Of your public serv.
ants. You are to be ostracsed in
social life, oppressed and hunted down
in business, traduccd in your charac.
ters, if you dare to use your own
Judgment in affairs which vitally affect
all Your interests. Yon are not TO be
allowed to select what you shall read.
To be seen with the Cincinnati En.
quirer, is to oe turned out Of Church
and charitably consigned to the flames
OF perdltion. Your company is also
to be chosen for you. Certain men
you are not to speak to or be seen in
association with. You are, gentle,
men, in all things and in every form,
to comply with the dictatiOn of these,
your self-constituted masters and
ther. perhaps. they will graciously
permit you to be considered loyal and
faithful citizens. In what terms shall
| characterize these m'icreants, these
pirates on the rights Of the people,
these invaders OF constitutional liberty
these most profigate traitors to the
laws cf God and man2 They have
not been seen alone in civil affairs. -
The men who are now denonncing
freedom of opinion and freedom o
speech, would, if they dared, do now
as their prototypes have done in times
past in the great struggles fer reIig
lous liberty. They would have kind.
led the flames OF martyrdom around
Ridley and Eatimer, and listened
compIacenily to the dying groans oI
John Rogers. They would have
hunted to death the Catholics oI
Maryland, and bored the ears Of Qua,
kerS on Boston Common. My Tree.
born felow-citizcns, this unhallowed
spirit must be met, ,Gefed and crushed,
or like the huge and Shiny folds OF a
serpent, it will crnsh us. The struggle
may be fierce, and it may be bloody,
but the issue is safe. Eternal right
and justice are with us, Some may
fall, but their graves will be as the
graves OF Ilmnpden and Russell
Flowers OF Immortality will bloou
over them. = Thrir names will be EN-
balmed with the rich odors Of {
blessed memory, while those who
betrsy constitutional liberty and tht
right o! conscience will take ranl
alongside of Arnold in the roll o
ininmy. ..H.
Why, how came this Government
to be founded, this land to be posses
sed bv our fathers Z They fed iron
the shadow Of thrones to escape jus
such prosecutions as now assai
American citizens They escaped
and VIC will also escape, but in a diff
ent mode from our ancestors at tha
time. We will not fee. We viii