The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

Iney guarantee LnaL Lhey VIII lnsIlgat6
no more mobs upon us 7 Will they guar
antee us all those rights and privileges
in the protection of life and property,
they ask us to guarantee to them Is
ita on affair Of equal benefits? If it is,
it was not necessary to askkhe dispen-
sation. They know as well as they live
that we harm no man. that we would
rather not get our own than be guilty of
taking uDjustly another's. Why, then,
ask us to be moderate?
We have not touched printing press
of theirs! Can they say as much for
themselves? We have not injured one
cents worth Of their propertyl Can
they say that they have not injured ours?
We have not at the mid hours Of the
night disturbed, by burglariousriotin the
female portions of their familiesl Can
they say, they have not disturbed oursH
When we cause their daughters to rush
out in the lite and dark hours of the night
with pistol in hand, through mud and
snow, to defend their fathers property
in his absence, as you caused mine, then
indeed you might ask moderation in fu-
ture as o guarantee against repetitions
of the same unlawful and riotous acts.
The three thousand bold, brave men,
who met us at the railroad depot~on our
return after the disaster and bore us
with shouts WHICH rang to the vaults of
heaven, upon their soldiers, were not,
thank God, either rioters or. burglars
they were freemen-and knowing their
rights, dared, in this capitol of ours, in
the face of ofExecutive scowls and militia
ry surroundings, thus give public adver~
tiseMent that they knew how to defend,
them, and they intended to do It'll
They were only desperate men be-
cause they we're resolved. 1t shall be
our glory to defend them, and die with
them, if the cold and ruthless foot Of
despotism comes this way to despoil their
households, and wrest from them their
liberties, to furnish riot Gus livingS for
unlawful usurpers. If they were "as
wise as the serpent" they were "as harm.
less as the dove" to all men, women and
children, to property and law, but there
is an end to forebearance. they intend
ed to make that fact prominent-they
did it in no sneaking way--they did not
tread lightly on the. snow" for fear of
being detected They put their feet
down harder than old Abe ever thought
of doing, and not very particular in se-
lecting the place, and sent voices up to-
ward the starry armament that the ans
gels might have heard them. To them,
to us all, it was an hour of interest
the birth of new freedom-the re.
solve that the Rubicon of folly, violence
and disorder had been passed, and that
they were ready to meet it. 1t was the
more exciting because it was the i'm.
promptu movement of but very brief
periot, learning that we would be up on
that train. Got up without formal lead
ers, or even the knowledgeof those who
do things formally, no doubt the i'm
preston got ont, with some of the gull
ty destroyers of our property, that it was
the rising of a mob, and that the whole
town was in danger. All! ye timid,
nervous men, who never will learnt there
were deeper and more solemn thoughts
crowdinf around the hearts and swell.
ling the manly bosoms of that fearful (if
you please) crowd than the petty thought
of stopping printing presses, or destroy.
ing Abolition property.
The holy and unquenched fires of free
dem were lit up anew-the high and no.
BILE resolve was made that the time had
come when it should be tested whether
the lawless hand of power was to march
on unchecked. unmolested. Ifit is ever
to stop, was there ever q more favorable
moment to testthe question? If the peo-
pie had become as pucilanamous as
some people would have it believed, it
was time to test that also. 1t was time
to sift the foul and impure from the stern
and resolute-the just from the unjust"
the friends of liberty from those ready
and willing to yield base obedience to
lawless power riding over constitution,
oaths of Office, and every guarantee of
freedom which had heretofore protected
the citizen. The cry of peace, peace
and submission, had been busily waited
on every base-born tongue until the
crash and fall of the Government tim
!bers came nearer as they went down. -
The hungry wolves of powerlapped their
jaws as they lay under the shade, of pu-
sillanimity waiting for the victims as
they fell. The jackalls were in ecstacy
1.-The towards crouching and the work
went steadily on. ,
One crash more another and anoth-
er, under the very dome and stately pill
lars of the capital, reared by the sweat
of freemen, under the very eye Of Exec
utiVe authority, stalked forth the mon
ster, sneaking and crouching like all
guilt. not yet quite certain of indemnity
| from public justice, and struck his blow,
and skunk to his cover to await the re-
tsult. .%5as N
The result is not necessary tofreiter-
ate--the voice of terrible freedom rushed
to the rescue--the towards quake--out.
ragged justice ceased its blow with a
warning for the future, that must not
shall not be unheeded. twill not leave
1.-THE field nor scatter its labors; but sink
or swim, live oredie, the einfamous sword
of inhuman barbarism right here in our
beautiful streets; must cease Its cravings,
its graspings and its calling for new vic
Tins. The story is short; the road is
. plain and mistake it not. I,