The mountain Democrat., 1863-07-11
Northern Democrats.

/ SSeeeNAsSNaS~e
queathed to Us by our fathers and low
the Union more than the everlasting mig
ger, are the chosen objects for viliticatiOr
and abuse by every abolition puppy anC
Union-shrieking ignoramus that cat
command an audience or gain admission
to the columns Of = newspaper. 1t is 1
common expression Of these slang whang
ers, that "they have some respect for 4
Southern man who is opposed to the Ad
A,.,,, -. l'I'. 1,u:n -sSSfwOrdi
strong enough to express their loathins
for the Northern man who is not an 'un
conditional Union man'--in other word:
who does not surrender his soul to the
Abolition God, and say mot mine, but
thy will, o Abraham, be done The
man who, in this enlightened age, would
base his argument upon the proposition
that mans political ideas and actions
must be governed by the prevailing SEN
ttipent of the vicinage. OF his birth and
education, has but poor opini n Of in
tellectual independence and the freedom
of thought. Were such the case there
could be no governmental inn rovemcnt
and STATES wouid gd'pioddiug on IN igno.
rance and misgovcrnment for ages, unless
aroused by an electrical shock from
abroad, which would force advancement
upon them by first subduing them.
These fellows, who enunciate this mon.
strous doctrine and enforce it with 50
much patriotic cant, do not possess SUI
ticient brains to comprehend what it is to
be free. They should have been born in
Russia or some other land that has never
been blessed with the smile Of freedom,
and where the knout is the reward of the
subject" who dares to call in question
the wisdom ofthe throne. They arc not
tit to have say in shaping the destiny
of a free people, for their doctrine taboo>
the freedom Of individual thought. They
cannot understand or appreciate the fact
that the Constitution was framed for the
entire country, and not for any pa'tcu-
lar section; that its principles are broad
enough to guarantee to every section its
inherent rights and privileges; and that
these principles cannot be violated without
inflicting equal injury upon all sections Of
the Union. The principles Of our fun.
damental law are broad enough to enable
right-tLinking, Cnion-lovine
men from every State to meet upon them
in unity and confidence, and in the full
that it is to their mutual m
forests to preserve those principles invi-
o.ate. An attack upon that sacred in
strument will he equally felt in the sec.
ton from which it emanatcs and that
portion of our common country against
whose interests the shaft is hurled.
The condition Of tie Republic would
De hopeless indeed if the doctrine Ct these
'iliticrs of Northern Democrats passed
and were received as the
rue faith; FOR, to be consistent, every
southern supporter cfthe Administration.
he JohnsonS, PrentceS, and CrittendenS
must be deemed false to the South !
According to their doctrine, all Northern
nen should be Aboliti1nsts aud all
southern men Secessionists, all South.
rners should join hands for secession
md aid in infaming the passions Of their
section, instead Of endcavoring to restore
he Union by pouring the oil of patriotic
eason upon the waters Of secession and
liscord.
If the Union is ever restored, it will be
through the efforts Of the free intel'ectS
If the Northern Copperheads and the
Southern CnionistS, against those Of the
Aboluonists and Secessionists in the op
,osite direction.