The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-03-30

|stratagem and crime's even to the extrem,
of perjury in court of justice, shoult
such elements enter into the "PLANs !" O.
the Union Leaguersl In fine, have yo,
not made yourself a slaUe IN the name o.
lti,eedonal IN, is{ sat sf.,
+ What the present "plans " of those
Leagues are, has been but partially de
lveloped. That the leading Lacquer,
themselves are conscious that they will
not bear the light, is proved by the means
used to keep them secret. IF their OBJ
ject be to extinguish slavery by constitu
tional and legal means, why impose ar
oath of secrecy? Theeyery fact of theil
requiring such an oath, is of itself proof
that they contemplate the use of ques-
tionable means. boar su4 Esezfs.t s..s s=-.
Whether the Union Leagues or Presi-
dent Lincoln now command the army and
govern the country. is sperhaps question
of doubt The indications are that they
share the honor between them. The con
idence they have in each other, is shown
on the one hand by their being instructed
with the registration of the Presidents
voters in Louisiana, and by the use Of
the army to enable them to carry the late
election in Maryland and other States, and
on the other, by the unanimity with which
the Union Leagues are coming out in ia
vor of Mr.. }Lincoln's reelection. Indeed
it may be assumed, without much danger
of mistake, thatgthe Presidents emanci-
patton proclamation, his scheme of recon
struction, and the treatment which the
loyal men of the Border States are re-
eeiving at his hands. are parts of the
6 plans" of the Union Leagues. But
whether these .plans were originally
theirs or not, they adopt them as their
own by giving them their united support.
And what are the characteristics of these
plans? sa 3-ffg
One of these characteristics is reJbery
of louut naeai The Presidents emanci-
patton proclamation declares all the slaves
in certain States and parts of States free,
whether the property of loyal masters or
disloyal.ga aiie bebsal 3.sa a5 sses
Another characteristic Of the "plan"
is, that it Furnishes the loyal masters by
disfranchisement if they refuse assent to
tberobbery They mustswear to support
the Presidents emancipation,- or not be
allowed to vote in the reconstruction Of
their own government Nc alternative is
left them; they must consent to be robbed
or disfranchised'l a3i q eoi'HiHgos E7ej
Another Characteristic of the plan
is, that it purposes to use the armies of
the United States to enable minorities to
govern majorities, tenth to govern
nine-tenths, in the redeemed States.
Another part Of the /" plan . is, to use
the army, to enable them to carry the
elections in the loyal States, driving free
men from the polls aud filing Congress
and the State Legislatures with men of
their own type of loyalty, Look at the
late elections in Missouri, Kentucky,
Delaware and Maryland, where the free.
dom of elections has been suppressed by
the united action of The Unioa League a, d
The Union Armyl Itis officially report
ed that no orders we're issued from the
War Department touching the employ
ment of the troops in their raids upon
the polls. Did their orders come from
the Union Leagues2 zsss@ss s
It appears that the Leaguers are not
content with imposing on their converts
one oath taken seewith clasped and uplift-
ed hands," but after he has taken it, they
all swear hin, and hemselrrs orer again in
what they call the "freeman's pledge" in
The following words, viz: '.'ai -
ITO defend and perpetuate Freedom
and the Union, pledge my life. my for
tune and my sacred honor. SO HELP ME
Cop" ;Ia.
What spectacle before High Heaven
is conclave of men who have sworn
away their own freedom of opinion and of
action, swearing themselves a hundred
times over "to defend anl perpetuate
Freedom with pledge of life, fortune
and sacred honor This strange incon-
sistency is to be reconciled only on the
ground, that the only freedom they mean
isl the freedom of the. negro, and to. that
they are willing to sacrifice their owni not
only their oacn freedom, but" lIe, fortune
end sacred honor" sa49 sA
am net done with this subject.
- Hs1a zeAs ANDREW JACKSON. y