Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-10-22

ihsatien." The bsnevolence, and even the
good sense, Of this commends itself to our
judgment and conseienoe-unless, indeed,
Mr. Holt NAV consider Il a sufficient roof
Of our participation 10 the great conspiracy
The judicial temper islAid aside for the nc.
meut, by the Judge, in his reference to this
knightly or unknightly approval Of "buman
bondage, Tor, with all the indecent
zeal Of convert, he pours upon Il q great
deal OF anger and abase. THE robbers
creed, "cowRrdly and l0Alhsome business"
are phrases which the Judge has discovered
to be Justly applicable TO the labor system Of
the Soulh-that discovery having been made
we presume, since be found Black Republ-
canism 10 be the buttered side of bis bread -
Without impugning his honesty, We cannot
suppose that the learned Judge held those
opinions while he feathered his nest as a col
lecting attorney among the Shareholders Of
Mississippi
The proliI nonsense of Judge Holt goes, ia
the next place, into the alleged declaration by
the american Knights, Of the doctrine Of the
sovereignty of the States That declaration
of principle throws him into commissions, from
which, before hs had rushed into print, he
should have restored by the application Of q
basin of cold water al the hands OF "My Own
Mary Anne" The Knights actually declare
30, at least, Gays Stidgers or Mary Anne-"it
is incompatible with the history and nature
of our system Of Government that Federal au-
tho-ity should coerce by arms a sovereign
State p" Such has lbeen our honest convic-
ton for ell our lives, au We do not hesitate
to say 80 in confidence to Mary Anne or
SHdgers, satisfied that they will make no more
revelations on that subject in consldsrAtio on
for Judge Holts nerves.
The criminal horror Of the o. A. X g prin-
cipies lies in their declaration that the Ad.
ministrstion becomes q usurpation at the mo-
ment It begins to outrage the Constitution -
This is, we suppose, very alarming In the
simplicity Of our Democratic training we had
always thought this Government Of law, and
that the agents Of the Government are emit
tied to obedience, so Tar only as they ask for
It t0ithiH The limits Of The kdO. Mary Anne
will, we hope, not mention this to Mr.. Holt -
"fhe declaration OF principles says the ire
port OF the Judge Advocate General docs
not stop here mot it-but proceeds one step
further as lollows
Whenever the chosen officers or delegates
shall fail or refuse to administer the Govern
ment in strict accordance with The letter Of
the Constitution, it is the inherent right and
ao'ehh auu 'mpeIhuEe uuly VI tho peopie 10
resist the iunctionaries, and, If need be, to
erpet them by force of arms, Such resistance
is not revolution, but is solely tbs assertion of
right-the exercise Of all the noble attributes
which impart honor and dignity to manhood" F"
This may be very shocking; but we fear il is
nevertheless the fundamental doctrine OF all
true liberty The right of revolution is con
ceded under the monsrchical system which is
contemplated in the theories Of Locke; but in
government where the people employ their
agents for the performance Of specific duties,
the same people in removing those agents for
bad faith be the means made necessary for
that purpose what they may, stand in the ex.
ereise of an Wndoubted right But we say this
with great alarm for the nerves Of the Judge
Advocate General, and tell il therefore in on.
" the very strictest confidence TO his own
Mary Ann.-N. Y. NeUS.