Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-11

legend Of Reynard the Fox" we nd the fox and the
apeto claim kindred, and always really, if not openly
to have stuck to each oher-tfe fox always using the
ape for bis purposes.
Seward inaugurated the system of arbitrary arrests
de ordered the arrests Of the Baltimore Police Board
and OF the Maryland Legislature, Of the brothers Elan
ders, and OF the editor of the Freemans Journal He
100 at the mitigation OF Thurlow Weed, whose "man
ae 49, will bs found to be really responsible for the
rests, now, of V5llandigham In democratic hearts,
Vallandigbam had become identified with honesty and
feariessaes5 in pot,s Vallapdigham had studied and
understood jeff r:onian Democracy He believed n it
heartily, and CALAMITY threw himself forward as its
champion His degree of ability secondary ques-
ton. Whether ot who agreed with him were more
or less abe than be- became IN Indifferent matter. He
was true xponert OF the and chirarous one,
and either accident merit gave him the leaders, DO
slt1on Weed saw it ard howIed He understood that
1t allandlgbam succeeded, there was an cnd to the
nice bargain of Weed and Sewa:d, by which, after
creating the Infamous party Il at has broken up The Un
lon they were as conservatges to float inlo the de-
mocratlc party, and in ifs honored name rule the
dlsinegrattd North Wed convinced tie canal aud rail
road men who manage the machinery of New York
Stale politics, that If Vaa1digbam's plan of peace
and TiconsructIon OF relations between North and
South prevailed, the Mississippi would again be oren
ed aid The natural highway to the for the heavy
PR ducts OF the ortbweet would longer be penned
up TO seeking market by their artificial chan1els-
mus "he hope OF cur gains will be lost" Those 9TH
er Hakes OF silver shrine tor Diana the contrac-
tOrs-wtre reached by the argum nts But Val
andg ham was growing stronger in the hearts 0f the
people so these cbarltare have ordered him to be
arrested Burnside has been their tool in this as he
was thFr tool in tie useless slaughter OF go many thou
sands OF democrats in the charne pen eyond Freder-
cSsonfg lie succeeded at Frederic burg in getting
brova into position where they we're unrnercifuy
cut TO pieces. he MS succeeded arreeting allan. |
d'gam, end Las thus doubled his power and rendered
II Impossible tor the people to forget him. without for
getting their 0wp liberties.
But while Weed AID Seward ard other chaglatans |
~E ~ mr.
are Sc ki their self aims at the public expense our
grIsl IS that ii calcuabs wees prcpari fOr cur
country Tie or ct t.ast, the cert in result of
thes~mar Guyfes, II III Succeed be tie al sub-
version o our fundame tai iOst Ia Ous OF course il
thrst for wealth. aud love OF luxury have guished
the hardy virtues OF political freedom in the mass of
the Pc pie, our institutions gope 1t Looks like
that, at present. But then, what is to succeed A
monarchy, or an arstccracy, .tnt0na basis
Impossible! We have not the basis we have not the
CONDITIONS have the living c)nditions for the
5ne or for the other
We know how widely the idea of this revolutionary
change IS entertained We hear its advocates, day by
lay. But tell them neither we nor they will live to
zee it, Our system of Representative government may
'e changed. But If it be, century of anarchy and
' successive uphe2vlDgs before US The changes in
he Army OF the Potomac " is but type of the po-
ltlcal subversOns that must be encountered In the
midst OF these conVulsions whoever may escape it will
lot be those who now think themselves eligible men,
'ers OF the arlstocracy-much less their children.
Through the torpidty of some the tmdity of others
nd the INSCRIPTIONS seshness of the most active and
otent on all Sides it is most benign and overriding
Providence alone that US. And Providence n
hese political matters usually helps only those that shc
disposition to bel themselves. The chains of vile
avery are shaken n very face Every guarantee of
onsitutions and OF laws that have hitherto boasted
be balwarks of our freedom is openly and ssitiously
ioated-and still white men-the of freemen trot
ound like monkeys, grinniDg at each other gathering
shin-plasters, counting them over and then eating
nd drinking if this the end of their being and
1e ability to do it the height of their ambition.
truly free people would, peacefully but determined
= be organized rop one end of the land to the other
ld IN the words of Jefferson, be standing to their
ms to resist usurpation