The mountain Democrat., 1864-01-30

come.
STRONG INDICTMENT Louisville
journal, in the course Of an energetic ar
ticle upon political affairs, says:
~ here is not one element OF political
or civil liberty which has not been ruth
lcs>ly attacArd by the civil or military au.
thnritics of the Federal Government -
The elective franchise, the responsibility of
public officers, the distribution Of powers,
the Independence Of the judiciary, the
supremacy Of the civil over the military
poser, the powers and franchises of ;he
States. the freedom Of opinion, Of speech
anI Of the press, the privilege to the writ
al habca- corpus, and all the other libcr-
ties Of In. citizen, have been outraged
openly and in numerous instances. Thus
The iatrrnal structure and vital spirit ui
the Government is threatened with rev.
u'ntion bY the direct agency Of the mill
. tary and civil power. Tue Systematic
Transformation IT oar Gnvcrnment ito
'lrpoti>m j. peril Immediately at hand.
The times, thcI, fore are entIeiy different
from those that have heretofore been the
subject Of party discussion aud contests
INFlnEIIrY AND ABOLITInNISN. 1T l. a
historical tact thtt AbuLtionisn and in
hi lily are cl ,>ciy cnnur*tcd Tue mi,
i>trr who bccnu,c> fanatic on the nj.
.er gu >tlun, piearheS AholiIinnl>m IT,
StI nd If Chri>t AMI HIM crucitird. rhc
aniy,uai AboIi,luni>t> charged TINT was
pro. slavery and tnat the Bible was tae
same. Thcv ca,led"fnr an anti->'avcry
God and an anti slavery Bible. These
facts ave not or cannot be denied. Then
com down To the death Of j Inn Brown,
cold hlo,tcl murl rer. a thief and vii
am, AID vou find intil,lS comparing hi'r
L. ChIl>t-the son of God on the cross
Is this no, Sn!ii'i-rt to prove the intidvl
itv "f the Abolition party: lf not what
w.l be the proof: II you see man
stealing horse, are YOU not convinced
that lie is a thief! If John Brown was
known to have killed men because Of
their holding slaves, was he not murder
cr! IL he did both, was he not a villain:
II he was all these, and We know he was,
is not the man that will compare him to
Christ, an infidel and scoundrtl Also
The fanatical Abolitionis; is nine time ont
Of ten confirmed infideI Infidels claim
this for themselves. and they know Of
what they speak. Then, we say, Aboli,
tionism and inti1rIity arr closely con ect
ed. The Abnliionists teach hatred
against the slave owner. They do not
reason, but like 10 II Brown, would mur-
der men in the dark because those men
do not indorse the Abolition sentiment.
-Freeport (lll) Bulletin.
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WouLD They LIKE Ir?-Suppose a
Democratic Administration, says the Hi
n0iS Journal, should demand from New
England that she furnish men and money
to prosecute n war for the purpose of es-
tahliShing and perpetuating slavery in all
the States and Territories: Does any one
believe her loyalty to the Government
would inpel her to yield such support
Mr.. Lincoln and his Jacobin advisors have
no more right to demand Of Democrats
cheerful support of an avOwed Abolition
war. The preteGse that such q war is
necessary to the success OF our cause is
no more true in the one case than it would
be in the other And it comes with bad
grace from the organs Of the Abolition
party, considering the Antecedents Of
President Lincoln, to call all those op-
posed to the war TRAITORS" He opposed
the war with Mexico, and. according t"
their logic, must be vile traitor. Was
nE loyal to the Government, then? Has
he not been, and vast majority Of those
who support him, disloyal to every Dem
ocratic Government"
DANIEL S. DICKINSON ON ABoLITIoNIsN
IN 1860. Daniel S. Dickinson is "shi
ming light" in the Abolition church at the
present .ime. He is intensely loyal and
his speeches are quoted and commended
by the loyal press. He is a good witness,
and it gives US pleasure to quote his opin'
ion Of the party with which he is acting.
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