The mountain Democrat., 1864-02-06

VI cQoShty O9 SiSS SGGJJ4S WbSCu tute4SSHe
ed as now the destruction of ne cShstis
tuition. Under the lcud Uf ugGeVsSa md
Madison, the one the father Of TIE Decla.
ration of Independence, and the otheE OF
the Constitution, the Democracy faihed
around the banner Of State sovereignty,
defeated the usurpers and buried Federal.
ism so deep that it lay quietly IN ih gssse
for more than sixty years. But no& RSa-
eralism has come to the surface ae4lneaAd
is waging its old war upon State sesse-
eighty with n fury and malice Khiaa
threatens to strike the sun Of libertEiant
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amount object Of the war. Opposition TO
secession is a secondary matter with the
party waging the war. They know that
war is neither constitutional nnrA nosai-
'oIe remedy for secession, mo tusy 4HvD
the he'frankness TO declare they win never
consent to the restoration Of the Union
under the Constitution as it is. There
fore the war is for disunion, for the over
throw Of the Constitution, and for tiIe de-
struction Of the sovereignty Of the States.
1t is war upon State sovereignty, and
thus far in its progress ithss been much
more successful in sNSYerting ne AE44s:>
eighty of the Northern than of the=SOuth.
ern States. Behold the pitiable condi-
tion Of Governor Seymour Of the once
proud sovereign State Of New York, now
humiliated, sitting disgraced and sifentin
the dust, surrounded by Federal bayo'
nets, its citizens dragged beyond the jN-
risdictioD and protection of its Courts by
Federal officers, its Courts superseded by
the President, its jails filling up with
Federal prisoners, tried by no jury and
sentenced by no Court of justice, but bT
military commission at Washington Do
We men Of New Jersey shVddeg. Atsthp
humiliation Of our sister Statef Let US
shudder for ourselves, 'fOF-w6.asSu01et.
ter of. We, too, are reduced t6a AiliSA-
ry district, in which the Federal Gosssn-
ment appoints creatures, Who alwsysase-
cupied the social position of thieves inoar
midst, to watch US; and, patient people
that we are, one head has answered each
Of these satraps for good many months.
The State Of New Jersey has cesseaFtO
exist; it is only military distHCEAs-
What made US State4 Not .tHGHky
above US ). not the slopes and glndesaAd
fruitful fields within our borders Our
Constitution and laws constituted 6ssa
State, and these have been suspended BY
the Federal Administration, and It csn
take one or all Of you whenever II pleSSss
and send you to be the equal Of . negro,
or to>a dungeon. -.
New Jersey is already just such thing
as the Abolitionists threaten to make pf
each Southern State, Federal colony. OF
military district. Mr.. Lincoln mas sucA
ceeded in doing to us what he has been
unable to do to the people of South Caro-
lima, suspended the hAbeas coFpus aud
abolished trial by jury, in such acasew As
he pleases. Now, the war has besu aset1e
the excuse for all this outrage and despotA
ism. But we know this despotism Is really
the object Of the war. Every Jefseytban
IT favor Of this war is q foe 10 his own
State, and to the very principle Of govern
ment on which the union Of the Stktks
was founded. Then, show us jersey.
man who dare be anything bet . Peace
man stand him up, and let us look Rt
him. Mark him well, for the time must
come when be will be held to aa awful
responsibility for the part he has played
in carrying on war that is confessed to
be for the destruction Of the Union, and
is known to be for the overthrow Of the
rights of the States. We are opposed 70
the war, because we are in favor Of the
Union as it was and the Constitution a16t
is, and because we are for preserving tie
sovereignty and honor of the State Of New
Jersey-nay, of defending that sovereign
ty and honor against whatever power dare
violate them. Ifany man say we are %.
posed to the war because we mean to
abandon the Union, we hurl the falsehoOd
back into the liars teeth. We teli him
that he knows his falsehood, and We
charge him that he is for the war because
he is against the Union and the Consiitp.
ton, and because he is an enemy to the
sovereignty Of his own State. he r. .
double traitor. lie is for allowing New
Jersey to be reduced to the stetps Of .
colony Of the Federal Government and.of
tamely submitting to despotism that
puts the property and liberty sWd NE Of
Jerseymen at the mercy of cabal Of flA
rious and bloody imbecils at Washington.
Let an inventory be taken of the demaA
gogues or towards who shrink from any
conflict that may be necessary to defend
the sovereignty of our State, and vindi.
cate the manhood Of our people.
Acting within the limits Of the ConsIi.
tuition Mr.. Lincoln cannot do too much to
bring the revolted States back to their
place within the Union. In such a work
we should stand by him to the last hour.
But may God Almighty never pardon, onr
sins if we support HMM the bloody busi.
ness Of driving and barring them ut,and
closing the night Of despotism and AfFi.
can barbarism over their fruitfu! fields
Bad as secessionism is it is not so great .
crime against Government, against civili-
zation and humanity as Lincolnism.-
Secessionism claims to withdraw certain
States from the jurisdiction of the Gov.
ernment Of the United States. There its
crime ends. 1t makes no war upon eur
constitutional form of Government, nor
upon the theory of popular sovereignty Of
which our country was born. Bat Lin.
colnism seeks to annihilate these Statess
to strike them out of existence, and to.
tally repudiate the American principles Of
Government. Secessionism inficts NO
wound upon the organic life Of the Fs-
naming States. Llncolnism aeksowl-
edges its design to kill Oae-thlFA efths
sovereign States Of AmeFiES, and lie
purpose to subvert the sovereignty, iAk the
other two-thirds is perfectly sppaFank-
Secessionism Is run-Away-Linsoh "a
assassin. For the runaway. th6sF, = yet
hope; there is o chance for repentaGcaL
for reformation, and for return y The
deserted family. But there Il 20 pFeAee6
for Lincolnism or assassination. - 3