M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-07-09

and religious differences, while enga
ged in the exercises Of the order, and
whose exercises were not to Interfere
with any members politics or his re-
ligion. Little did the Order here
think that this Professor would add
to his lying speech the guilt Of moral
perjury. But, reader, here is the
points Of the speech.
He commenced by saying that "the
awful crisis we were in required all
men, at all times, to lay aside all
partizan feelings, and labor for the
maintenance OF the cause Of our coun.
try" that was, as he plainly showed,
for the Abolition party. He charac'
terized the Democrats, who are office
seekers, Provo Marshals, &C., as
"those who went round making
mouths at tho President until he give;
them au Office, these were the Leech
es," evidently showing a feeling or
the part of The speaker that too many
Democrats were getting share Of the
spolls, and stealing Of the admins
tratiOn, He "was opposed to party,
it was tho bane of this nation," We
agreed with him, when such partizau
fanatics as this BLAIR and his party
! gets into power. He said "if the
noble, honest, Colonel STANLEY had
| Justice done him, he would be wear.
ing the badge OF General" 1t Itseems
old ABE don't even please this wOlly,
headed Professor, of Athens. In order
to get the confidence Of his hearers
he said he "had not unfrequently
| voted with the Democrats that he
was once called q Butlernut." lie
stated that the "real issue now between
the Ncrth and the South was slavery"
We agree with him, and when we
have said that this has been perverted
from q war to maintain the Constitu.
tion and Union. and that it is noaU a
war for the freeing of the slaves, we
have been called a Traitor, and a
southern sympathizor. This Profes,
sor BLAIR admits it, and called upon
the people Of Vinton county to meet
it as such, in this language: "Then
as slavery is the real germ Of oul
difficulties, you men Of Vinton Go
want to know it, and meet it as true
patriots" This woolly-head did not
know that the most OF our Republi
cans are all denying that they arc il
favor Of Emancipation. He said thC
rebellion was not owing to Abolition
discussion, it had been discussed from
the days OF FRANKLIN and WITHER
SPOON. it had beer the theme of CLAl
and WEBSTER. But the Professor
did not tell his audience that when j
was discussed, that those men Away
came together and compromised OIL
the question. Slavery was feeble
in the early history of this country
and prohibited in the territories.
Indeed was it feeble when it wal
established by the acts OF the British
Parliament, and the clergy of tina
Gay 2 and scarcely a desentor in thu
Colonies. Was it prohibited in thu
territories, when we had no territories
Was this superlative ignorance OIL
the part of the Professor, OR was Il
merely playing the knave9 to thu
lie to the people. "The Democrats b.
an an awful conspiring with slav ehol
ders brought on the war for Texas, tn,
Fugitive Slave law, &C., attempting
to dedicate all the territories toslavery
hence the breach between the Demo
Gratis North and South; hence tht
Fugitive Slave Law and the Dret
Scott decision, was affirmed at tht
North, the leason, in answer to thil
hell born fusion, 'oe say, S'avery soa'
| the cause"
| Reader, the Fugitive Slave Law IL
only carrying out a provision of the
| Constitution. One was signed by
WASHINGTON, now we find this i'm
maculate Professor appealing to 6
higher law; the Constitution dom
suit him. At this effort of the Pro
fessor, some of the audience cLqppsd
hands and stamped their feet, aohich
sOaS freely mingled aOith Kisses. "The
South rebelled in 1S42 on the tariff
question" In this, history says the
Professor lies, as it was 1882. By
his figuring ny, he had JACKSON
President in 1912. Another import.
ant discovery this Professor makes
among his fossils, is the fact thai
California was admitted as a free State
on condition that the North excep,
tile Fugitive Slave Law" He hat
before told US, it was adopted as 6
law because the South wanted slavery
in the territories. "Under a Demo,
crat President, the Kansas bill wal
passed, and the fight began; tht
officials of the President organized 6
Pro. slavery government for Kansas.
Stop right there, Professor, and lei
US hear if the Abolition Aid Socie.
ties of New England, armed with
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