The mountain Democrat., 1864-04-16

was tDe nrSt, most impesNtlve, dictate ol
craftsmanship because it would hsve
been, infaIlibly, q continuation Of the Un-
iCn, and al honorable escape from the
war
But the negro crUsade-unlawful by
the NOrth-which bega and nourished the
republican organization. would thereby
have been suspended; and rather than lose
that element Of partisan ascendency, the
war, with all its enginery of devastation,
and all its decentralization, its woes and
perils, was launched upon US, by the po-
litical impirics who rule in the place Of
statesmen-by the Wilson's, Wades and
/ Lincolns who have, unfortunately, sue.
cecded the WebSters, Clays and Jacksons
Of our glorious memories. To use the
figure Of the honorable, shallow. .pated
Senator Chandler, this blood letting was
necessary to save the republican party
from rupture So that this cruel war is
the necessary price which we are paying
for the costly luxury of republican
party, with its delightful higher law, and
no law, and mob law, and necessity Law
proclivities and tyrannic infections. In
the presence Of so stuPendOus calamity,
it would be irreverent to suggest Doctor
Franklin's story of paying too dear for .
whistle.
And when war came-and for the pur-
/ poses and in the manner we have here
indicated-what were the people told by
( the Executive Of the United States. who
held the destinies Of the Republic within
his single hand? Why, he pledged US
that, with four hundred thousand soldiers
and four hundred millions Of dollars. to
launch against the southern rebels, who
were in a minority at home Claims at that
time of startling magnitude , he would
make the contest short and decisive, and
that, at its speedy close, he would have
no views Inconsistent with the former con-
Stitutional relations between the States
and the Federal government So reads
Mr.. Lincoln's message to the Congress Of
the United States.
! And as To the ten thousand instances OF
usurpalion and partisan tyranny against
individuals, which have since branded
With deep diShonor his public conduct,
thew had not. aDpaI Iently, then made
lodgment in his brain. No whisper was
then heard about proclalnations Of confiS.
cati"n, emancipation and transportation
of State extinction, and subjugation, and
ex:ermination-which now constitute the
staple OF his higher law military usurpa-
/ lions, and which a>tound the civilized
world - which appal, with periodical
amazement, the people of every section oi
the country, and occupy all the misdirect-
ed energies Of the Federal government.
The convenient aud false plea Of 'necessi.
ty' for southern spoiation and northern
despOtism and brutality had not then been
invented, aud never would have been, but
for the unlawful abolition exigencies en-
grated upon the war. Our brave volun-
;errS were iavitcd and Swarmed to the
, standard of their Affections, for the sole
purpose Of beating down armed resistance
to the constitution and to Federal laws ;
and not to enforce crude Presidential
edictS, that seek to wipe out whole Sover-
eighties and political communities. older
and more distinctive than the Union itself;
nor to despoil the people, North and South
of every sacred right privilege and i'm
lnunity guaranteed to them by the cOnsti-
tutionS Of their State and country. These
were the professions conhded in by the
| people of all parties by which the Fed
eral administration, aided by its Obsequi-
Gus subaltern, the Governor of Iowa, ob.
/ tanned such armies and such treasures
such sword aud such purse-as no
! other ruler besides in all ChristendonI
| possessed.
And how have these promises been full.
! En.AG IL Oh
and decisive: Has it been prosecute !:
merely for the enforcement Of violated
laws! Has the President no views now
Inconsistent with the Union as it was
Is the war prosecuted to. day to restore
the Union as it could and should have
been restored years ago? On the con-
trary, is not the swelling tide Of battle and
devastation. with it's four fold contingentS
of men aud five fold subsidies of money,
continued to keep vitality in this sans
republican party-to lorci6ly abolition,
ize and rob the South, and by naked usur,
patton Of unlawful authority, to compel
the people to adopt u domestic policy
negro equality which is abhorrent to the
instincts, the habits, the feelings, the edu
cation, the traditions. and the declared
interests, Of half the States in the Union!
And as consequence, are rot our hopes
Of constitute nal Union, and even the
safety of our most cherished liberties,
North and South, daily fading away intc
the sombre shadow Of this black Moloch
which, all begrimed with blood, has been
set up for our political worship, by the
insane politicians who rule the Fedora
administration
Just hear what their leading organs o
the country say:
Our people and papers express much
chagrin that Lee was allowed to escape
without another battle. don't share in
the feeling. On the contrary was glad
when heard that he was over the river
and have seen no reason since for any
other emotion. II Meade had engaged
Lee and been whipped was posi-
ble-it would have been bad if he had
utterly defeated and routed Lee-which
was more than possible it would have
been worse. The political consequences
could hardly have failed to be disastrous
The nation is not prepared for o sudden
and triumphant suppression Of the rebel
! lion. We will not be ready till we get q
black army Of at least one hundred thou
sand men in the hrld.'-N. Y. Standard
4 tell you, sir, and the men who believe
in the emancipation proclamation, who
mean to make it practical reality, th'
irIepealable law OF the nation--that they
must prepare for mighty confict-a con
Hlct that will stir the country to its pro
foundest depths. .'--Senator Wilson.
This war should never be allowed t.
come to an end, no pence ought to b.
made no proposition for peace ought t
be discussed. or even entertained, unit
the last veStge Of slavery is wiped out
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