The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-27
as reasonable aud timely, and looks forward
without mistrtst, for mutual forbearance.
LETTER FROM MEXICO.
ACAPULCO, April IL, 1868.

SShouio Gry my pen upon the SplrlG OF tne /
Times-not the London Thunderer,'' nor yet
its namesake in New York-the fastness of
fate'' that coils around the Government-the
the armies of the Union, especially, of the
Potomac. But feeble pen joined to the
consideration that whatever view l might
take no,o, would be among the by gone events
of the past ere my effusions saw the Light
If "eistance lends epchantment to the view,"
it will equally freeze out a running comment
on passing events @
Long have the true friends of the Govern
ment in the ends of the earth, watched and
waited to hear the true ring of the energetic
sons of the New World sounding terror to
despots in the Old World as well as to trai
tors at home. We ask each other-often
wonderfully so many men are massed to-
gether who compose the Army of the Po-
tomac What have they done, or, why
have they not done something to relieve the
reputation our nation has for doing whatev-
er we find it worth doing, with resistless
objects worthy of our pursuit. But find
myself on enchanted ground. In the poll
tics of the country lies the solution of the
difficulty. Be it spoken to the shame of
those who are implicated in the charge of
betraying country whose laurels were be-
queathed to us by the heroes of the Revolu-
ton. There are those who are seeking to
galvanize the Democratic Party into life again
by the very means that an intelligent, power
full and yet malevolent Being would employ
to overthrow the liberties of any govern
ment Light is not more manifest than the
purpose of the corrupt demagogues who are
filtering the National existence through the
corrupt meshes of Party. To a distant, and
prominent leaders in the North care one"
with the leaders of the Rebellion in the
South-that while the South are fighting for
Independence and Slavery, these Democratic
Leaders are jeopardizing the Government for
a much less honorable purpose What rem
ders their conduct reasonable is the time and
manner of their efforts While their osten-
sible object is not to overthrow the govern
ment, yet to avail themselves of powerful ap-
| pliances, they seek to obtain success at the
very time and in manner that gives I" aid
| and comfort'' to the Rebellion more success
| fully, if not more directly, than though they
were engaged with the Southern Rebels with
arms in their hands, They are more danger
Gus, and consequently more guilty, than are
| the leaders in the south. They seek to par
| alyze the only arm that CAN smite the Rebel
| lion, under false but specous plea of Peace
| to be obtained by the government tlirOa0ing
| down their arms-thus leaving the Rebels,
! not only IN, but masters of the field
Possibly you have heard these sentiments
reiterated time and again So also have we
read the open, bold, defiant expressions of
| disloyalty to the government by these spuri-
Gus, counterfeit and corrupt democrats whose
| leprous presence as well as lives, spread their
| poisonous exhalations among the people
| Were such attempts under similar circumstan-
/ ces made in England or France the whole ma
chinery of war would be hurled against them
/ as the worst enemies of the Government
But how is it with us Why! A man
1 WHOSE bTtdSOU wis illdti6 UN lClISl
written, and then published, is permitted both
by the people and government to canvass the
State of Connecticut for the first office in the
gift of the people, while the vilest virus is
ranking in his heart, and oozing out at the
ends of his fingers Much the same was true
in the State of New York. Possibly, with
out the exercise of the "one man power'' ou
government cauld not by force put an end tc
such proceedings. But the people should bt
loyal and end all such Traitors, in sight o
| Haman. The Government is trembling be
| meath the weight of stupendous work.
task, such as has fallen to few rulers since th'
world began To add to the perils of th
4 Government in such an hour reveals de
gree of malevolence that can only be expia
ted on the scaffold Mine is but feebl
voice and in the distance too; but let all tn
friends of the Government speak, speak il
the stern voice of Freemen, while behol'lin!
their cherished institutions about to b
overthrown by a cancerous crew whose patri
otism is myth-a shadow, and can exis
without occupying any conceivable space, Q
disturb in the slightest degree the cubic inch
!, es of IL vacuum Esau like in all the trait
| of his character Always on the hsat-fo
office When disappointed in one day
hunting-one Presidential mpaign they ar
ready to sell their birthright-the fairest III
heritance of time-for mess of pottage-th
!, spoils of office, and become menial at th
feet of Slave Olgarchy, with a Constitutio
: spreading its Argis over the Institution {
e Human Slavery, giving it the prominence {
nationality and knowing full well that th
"nature of the brute" is to rule or ruin.-
d Eighty years have furnished ample opportr
: mites to understand to the fullest extent I'll
: the character and force of the slave power
t Its character for absorpson of Territory an
of Political POWER is too we'll known to r,
quire proof.
u Some one has well said: I" do not b.
II lieve that an empire having slavery as its b
. sis can be prosperous, happy and endurir
p empire" Neither do I believe that an en-
: pire having Liberty or Freedom, its bas
can be prosperous, happy and enduring en-
o pire with slavery grated into one halt Of I
: b,anchesl The trial has been ample 1t h
81 furnished us with just conclusions, and mol
Is are so stupid as not to have arrived at pro
er knowledge of what must be the result
every such trial of the two forces. But VIII
care these Copperheads for the light of e
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