M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-04-14

! democracy, with ity "Keutucky an,
\ Virginia lscsoluhous.n into power; /
4 hurled NewEagiand Purtanism irou
+ the seat Of Government, into which /
bad Ieaped so eagerly, and in MhicI
~ had re enacted the role Of the fablct
j ifheton, who, in attempting TO guild,
The chariot OF the sun, well nigh Sc
lIhe world u baze.
The "Diyinity,p which, for so long
bad heeged in kings was found, II
g,is rough handling, to be a counter
a. God, made up OF parchment ant
iipsel-whicl had served only the
purpose Of scate-crow. The sovor
lelgnty Of the people WAS established
I-"tVG p3palS ror lei. And it dc
cided that The cant about "tho Gov
ernmen," and its rights" WAS nauglr
but the echo Of exploited dcsputism
AMI that, in the language of one o
the muet distinguished patriots Of the
Revolution "Goyernment, ID alto
gcthcr u t,ttSt. 1t has, Vi itsulf, no
rights, they are altogether ds!tes."
! TIomas Jefferson, The sage of Vir
ginia, succeeded tho Nestur of Mas
sachusetts, and Democracy was again
lord oI the ascendant. From that
day the county grew aud proSperod;
anG iOr sixty years ran, with unialtor.
lng step, The race Of glory which was
+ set ,helOre it. AIMS it was reserved
for our day to see The mighty ialIcn. y
~ what means was the country, in
ils lofty career, suddenly brought low.
The two great opposing elements, ut
work in tho land, are well perSonitied
by tvs cclcbratGd characters of the
German Drama. CarIysle TINS dcs-.
cribcS Mophistopheles, the F'iend OF
Goothu'S Faust" "Ncphistophsids
is ths devil, not o(supcrstition, but oi
knowledge. Here is no cIoyun foot
.or horns aud TAIL Mephistopheles
has the manners oi 4 grntlcman Le
'knpws the world ! the cool and
heartfelt contempt with which hc de-
spiscs all things, human and divine,
might make the fortune Of half f.
drz'n fellows abont town Such n
combination ofperiect M Outstanding,
win perfect seIfishness Of logical Lilo,
with, mora Death is undoubtedly q
child Of darkness, an enissary of
Primoval nothing; and coming for
ward, us he docs, like persnn of
breeding without any flavor Of brim
stone, may stand here in ms merely,
spiritual driormIty, 1T oncn potent
dangerous and contemplate as tho
best and only gonnino Devil Of these
latter times , Thus modified by our
Tree institutions, the D1vil Of the Old
World, desrotism, appeared in tie
New.
1t is the likeness Of American FoI
eraliSm --as liio I'ko rs though it had
stood for the picture. The spirit olI
American Democracy is well repre-
sonted by the FauSt-namcd alter
him who ii styled the father of print
ins and representing the same idva-'
since he is described as "the spirit OF
idquity and cndsanr." The con
ilict Of these twO spirits is graphically
portrayed, And the Fieni, McphiS.
bv his willy subterrugeS,
plausible address, cunning disguise6
Df his true character, and by taking
advantage Of the weaknesses, errors,
and occasional departure from rccti-
Judo of his antagonist, succeeds at
ast, in making Faust his victim for
, time. The career Of Federalism, in
he warfare against FREQ principle:
since Jehvi,onO day, has been slrik-
ngly analogous. When the Demo-
.racy, with it's Kentucky aud Vir-
;inia Resolutions overthrow this
federalism, with its AIicu and Sedi.
ion laws, the Mephi9topbcIes' oI
be American Drama retired from
he contest, baticd, yet malignant
'anntins like the "Apostatc Angel"
When hurled from the high-raised
'attlements OF Heaven, that all was
lot lost.
"----ThC unconquerahle will
And study Of revenge, immortal hsto
And courage never to submit or yield"
vere still left. AlIying itself with
very passion, prejudice aud inter ost,
dapting itself with faci'c ease to !
very condition of humanity, to every .
weakness OF tue public miud taking ,
Gvantage, too, OF our noblest iu- !
tincts /; and seiziug hold, with the :
aroeity ola demon, concealed beneath /;
he dazzling veil of reforming zeal of !
hat institution, which had been OIL