Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-07-17
NO. 22

;uflnenced us 10 STAY there as long as We did,
at the sacIiiie Of our business and pceilria,y
interests. meet the appreciation Of our own
conscience. We knew that in staying we
ran great risks, as the rropabiities were
that We would be taken prisoner. but be-
ficving it to be our duty to stay. VIC wer-
sssty to hazard all dangers. Whilst
believe we ar. in the line of duty we new,
err shrink from any danger however great :
We regret the ~teeessity of occupying aoi
,nnch of our space with personal matters
which should be devoted to better purpose,
but hope our readers will pardon us this
time
Bold Language fora Veg York Paper.'
The Now York Freeman's journal has
an article onrshe manifold outrages' com
mittcd by Lincoln on the rights (is they
lave any Of the citizens of the United
States.
Is it :fat 'esident :thst the ,'I9inso.:nn> Ad-~
minfstratioa, despisfng the United States
Constitution. which all its members swore-
ito obey, are acting as if they were dis
pensed from all law save that Of force /?
Are they not all scholars and followers of
the sophist Seward, and acting on his
''higher law %
1t so, what is the duty of law abiding,
freemen? We American citizens hayas
sworn 40 obedience to men. Ours is .a
Government of lases, and not of naen.y.'
Our rulers are our fellow. cftizens-ours
public servants, not our masters This IS
the fundamental plan and Constitution that
the people of all the States, using the God ;
given right of forming a Government to
suit them, have established. Our public
servants are as much subject to the Consti-,
tuition and laws as are the people. They
have no more right to kidnap Vallandie-.
ham than we have to kidnap David Todd.
Governor of Ohio, or Seward, Or Lincoln. :
They have no moro right to send bayonets
to overawe the freemen of Indiana or New
Jersey, constitutionally and peaceably as.
sembled, than We have to dictate proclama-
tons to Lincoln with pistol at his ear.
Has the Lincoln Cabinet adopted the:
slang Of the Richmond newspaper writer's 2
Does the Administration make the dreadful
mistake of taking the patience and forbear-
ohOo VI oao oitueIu PSoPlo lOf aUJeCG COW.
ardice? 1t looks like it-but, if so, the
hallucination is destined to bloody awaken
ing! We are law abiding. We will re-
treat from the conflict "even to the wall %
But, if we be pushed to the WALTZ mo-
choice be given US but to resist, or to yield
to the Administration as slaves to masters
then the Administration will find that.
even if our liberties be gone, it is not to
such masters as they that the people will
yield. :.
In the interest of justice, Of good order,
of social tranquility" we appeal to Lincoln
and his surroundings. We do not appeal
to their justice, for they are devoid of it.
We do not appeal to their magnanimity, E
for they never had it. We do not appeal
to their common sense, for their conduct
ferbids it. We appeal to what We know
exists-their fears. By their cswardly
fears we appeal to them not to push the
law abiding people Of; the North to the
wall, in defence Of rights we will never
surrender to thems! Woe to them; if the :.
lawlessness of the Administration should
extend to the people.