The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-28

the Republican party proposing the sus
pension Of the elective franchise, th'
postpOhement Of elections, and prohi'
bition of political meetings among the
people.
27. The military made supreme ovel
the civil power, even in the loyal States
entirely removed from the operations o.
the armies in the field.
%. The President interposing the Fed
eral power to aid in revOlutioniziDg State
Governments, and even assuPiHI IA Ap'
point Governors to administer State Gov
ernments for the people Of the State.
90. The admission of Senators and
Representatives in Congress, to represent
the State of Virginia, elected by new
and revolutionary Government, created
by a small fragment Of that State.
80. The interposition of the military
power and authority of the Federal Gov
ernment to influence, and absolutely in
some States to control the people at the
elections.
81. The actual mntAation and dIsmem.
berment Of the State of Virginia by the
admission Of mere fragment Of that
State into the Union as q new State, thus
creating, in defiance of the Constitution,
an insuperable barrier to the restoration
of the Union as it was.
80. The interpoSition Of the arbitrary
power Of the President to prohibit the
circulation Of newspapers, &C., through
the post offices, because they were op-
posed to the political views of the Admin
iStration.
80. The decisions of the Judicial tri-
bunals, when at variance with the views
of Abolitionsm, derided and disre- arded,
and the decision of the highest Judicial
tribunal of the United States, not only
set aside and disregardcd by Congress,
but ovcrruled aud reversed by decision
Of the Attorney General.
"a. The passage of bill, forced through
the National House Of Representatives
with indecent haste, to protect the Presi-
dent aud his satraps, Provost Marshals
and policemen, from all suits for DANA
ges or other redress for tylannical inva-
sions Of the rights of private citizens, and
outrages and expressions such as have
been rarely if ever heard of in any other
nation.
80. The arbitrary interference of the
military power with matters of con-
science and religion, debating forms and
modes of worship, and baniShing and i'm
prisoning clergymen for refusing to con-
form to the dictates of military comman-
ders as to the forms Of church services.
81. The substitution of AbolitiOniSm,
bigotrv and fanaticism for religion.
81. The conversion of war, commenced
with the view of maintaining the Constl'
! tuition as it is, and restoring the Union as
it was, into n war to carry out the tanati-
cal dogmas of Abolitioni>m, to the utter
subvcrsion Of the Constitution, and tota'
abandonment Of the obligations Of the
Federal compact.
3S. The solemn declaration OF the Gov
ernor of Ohio, in his annual message, that
1.-the question of mans capacity for self
government is yet unsettled! !"
80. The discovery, that the office oi
an Executive proclamation, is not simply
to command obedience to law, but to
make law, and also to overthrow both
Constitution and law.
40. The censorship Of the Administra
ton over the press and the telegraph
lines, to prevent the free communication
and circulation Of truth among the peo-
pie.
All these things brought in less than
two years of the term Of Mr.. Lincoln as
President. What may be expected du'
ring the balance Of his four years