The mountain Democrat., 1864-04-16

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their oppEssasss 8
public c6G5
low. Not d6s5 -
tsEFosism and domag q in-
6racs aA So Kytssnsvi6t - -.
The lsIlaS12s IN E1S Il
abolition eGeiaIs - r -
has sveTywkss6
rents, undaf pahlie "a n -
immanity Spd BEeeaslss -
no maa's BepatAtioa, e ss
bold. Whoss opiniOos dsnoto Wish
the dOmiaanf faction, can tusGg taltk
eardod e safs fFom iasUlt end TSsAsna inp
vasiou. Even the judgmoDs Ssaku ~ 1uRy
box haSs lOss their sanctity, uh9 DartS
san Acrimony, under tbio Pupilag[ qDaass
to ask 'Whatse the Law 0f ms ras9t md
unifOrmily pTejWdges egAimst . Pelittoal
opponent every controversy, wksgbet ~
property, EbeFty, e. lifA An thiA GA1
moro, fellOw-citisenS equally with seR
natiOAal PsFslA exhibits @oet alaslalns
state Of sOciotY, and, unless SeOtl6sa
through the potent ageHcy q yOgf 0allot-
boxes, cannot Gail to produce he moaE
disastrous consequences. No psoplO Aan
submit to continuation ofsach ExOeu.
tive usurpations and preserve their aUe-
dom-DO0s can acQUissce, for any. eoa-
siderable time, In such Official hWleaII
ness and assure their tranquility. r..,s..
All these evils are clearly and AiEiY
traceable, to q single malignant sourcO.-
the habitual disregard Oflsw By cur prss.
ent class Of rulers, For long years, ehetr
presses, pulpits. authors, orators. JhdesS
Legislatures, Governors, hAxe- been 6aas
eating their followers, everywhere, Into
the pestiferous higher law dogma, thak
in political seton, their individual discFO.
ton Is above the law Of tho land. A Con-
temptuous inddelity to constitutional Oh"
legations and guarantees manitcstly orig.
mated this abOlition ioray, and has mark.
cd every stage of its calamitous ps0ExmA
untA, by 1t, both the social end political
OEganiOms Of the paaieA hase basa tAnswn
into wild disorder. One Of many thQu-
sands Of its manifsslationA axhihite De
Governor Of lows, prochmiag 4oaA 0P-
plauding auditory, that his fiaht arm
should withsr before be- will obsV . 0on.
stituticnal behest and just .gueA Fspudia-
ton Of the constitution in the North pro.
duced iss Fepudiation In the Soaths and
both together have caused its repsdiAtion
by the President himself ItFevOluttoU.
ixed the South, and threatens rsvolutlon
in the North. Its great lesson, e ws will
but learn it anew, is that 4nE Law isWise-
er that any man, whether ht Be Prssident
or General and more infallibls than any
party or Governor Of 4 party. II has
been, and promises still to be, . source Of
unmixed and continued evil, 70 bond
and free, black and white; and yet the
magnates Of ill-stsrred 'regublicsn' party
in spite Of all our sad experiences per-
versely cling to single impulss-unIaW.
full abolition ARd acknowledge bur one
rule Of administration to accomplish Il
and that is, to do Just a. they picAss.--s
With them, every paitry partisan snocsa-
sity' suggests SONS intolerabls eutfagS
upon government end society, Ahd invitss
the most unhalloMed means Of its oEsou.
ton. We end, abruptly, n webs ~
asking yOu, fellow. citizens, Whstkoe b
not time for . poliiical reioTpaEie ~ ,
return to the saactity Of OnasH tniia
and Laws, administered By the btas
ship Of the time honored DemocrAtie par.
tyr Answer the question At our October
election.
Our election, did " i sayI AIasi ,tAere
are indications that even that right win
not be left to us, undisturbed by the mll-
itary pretensions Of this proscriptivs Cd
ministFati0n for, as We write, Burn.
side interposes federal bayonets between
democratic ballots and election judges IN
Kentucky, upon his ipse dixit Uf 'disioy.
atty, and then menacingly tells a., that
Ohio and Iowa ara not a. loyal ~ dis.
franchised Kentucky! whilslour Govern.
or arms and drills bis partisan political
societies ct the public expense. and tells
them their mission is to clean out their
opponents and the N. Y. Tribune scouts
al preparations for Prendential election
in 1854, as 'dreary impertinence and
stupid anAchronism, out Of date. and
like calling Richard the Lion.hearted
from his grave for = tilt with Saladin..
It il true, that . forcible interference
with lawful election In this quiet and
patriotic community of Iowa, would be
the worst Of treasons true, that cur con-
stituti0n wisely provides that ssledl0ss
shall in oil cases except treas0a, @lU0y,
or breach Of the peace, b privileged dUm
arrest on days Of election, going 30 - -.
turning therefrom--and that no one shall
be obliged to perform military duty on
that day'-true, that there 10 no couOsiV.
able public necessity for this armed dis
pIay-true, that Executive wisdom would
take every stand Of those arms and lock
them securely under guard on election
dAy-but what will all these and more
avail with our present rulersf Have
they ever halted at anything which prom.
ised . continuance of their poxsrf fBo,
We fail to recollect it. Let rs hope, still
hope, however, that we may escapO this
i threatened ordeal, and not be driven to
the last refuge Of freemen; bat whether
we are or not, It is we'll for the people Of
Iowa, Of ell political predilectioNs, 10 re-
member that It is far easier to dsSSnA the
great existing franchise Of the ballot than
to recover it, after it shall hare hssA lost
LEoHARD BYnaToNL
A. W. CARPEARRR
A. F. SEEBERGRat
P. n. CAsADy,
| FRANK PLUMB
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