The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-29
Ths Qraat CFaAanal Caae,
TEE PrOFtE OF TIE Supreme Court II
UMITRD STATEs the ballot 6ox~Oe.
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ing the ''tCiling millions" Of the UDitsd
States Of America. 1t is charged against
the defendant in this case, (the abolition
party, } that. -.
It has consigned to untimely deaths
five hundred thousand human beiSgs, the
great majority of whom were working
men-prOducerA contributors to The
wealth Of the nation.
1t has arrayed brother against brother,
and pitted the father sgainst the son 10
mortal combat. ...s
II has deluGed the land in blood
whitened the fields Of the South with the
bones Of the slain.
1t has brought grief and sadeness Ia
nearly every tireside. ..
1t has opened up broad avenues for
peculation and plunder Of the public
1t has deranged the currency of the
country.
1t has enlarged beyond all necessity the
public debt. .....
1t has taxed the present generation be.
yond all precedent, and entailed burthenS
that will fall with crushing weight upOn
unborn millions. =.
1t has taken from industrial and pro.
ductive pursuits over two millions OF
them. -
1t has shielded the rich from the
clutches of repeated drafts" by the
payment OF sums Ito them petty and in.
signiAcanD t. the Government while it
has compelled the toiiing masses to en-
list, Cor the plain reason that their actual
necessities required it for the immediate
support Of their families. ia
II has given US shinplasters, green
paper and petty postage stamps for the
common currency Of the country. - s-sfi
1t has created fuctuating and uEcer.
tain standard Of value. ~.
1t has used the peoples money with
out legal authority, in useless andvain at
tempts to better the condition Of the re.
gro, at the expense Of the white race. cd
1t has inauguratcd schemes to thwart
the plans of the Almighty in CO mingliDg
the races.
1t has allowed defaultcrs and defraud.
ing contractors, paymasters, public OIL
GERS and even private individuals, to
swindle the people out of millions of dol
lars, and has dared to send some of them
on foreign missions as reward for theii
rascality.
1t has ignored well established laws oi
Congress.
1t has disregarded the Constitution un.
der the plea of military necessity"
1t has taken the edicts Of the President
as laws of the land, which laws they con-
travened. .,e-......,,
1t has indemni6ed public officers from
suits at law for damages on account O.
outrages upon the rights Of citizens.
1t has arrested good and true men aSC
patriotic citizens without legal authority
dragged them from their homes, friends
and families sent them beyond the Tim.
its OF the State in which they resided
incarcerated them in bastiies, aud falsely
denounced them as traitors. g."
1t has trampled down tho great bul-
warks of civil liberty, the freedom o.
speech and Of the press. -
1t has abolished the writ Of habeas cor.
pus, right which no other enlightened
government under heaven would ever
seek to abridge.
1t has set aside our system of trial By
jury, and substituted arbitrary power fOI
the laws OF the land.
1t has declared military control wher,
the civil tribunals we're in the faithful
discharge Of their Legitimate duties.
1t has created unnecessary department.
in the general government, thus causing
more expense, increased taxes, and heav
er burthens for the people.
1t has organized new States from the
mere fragments Of the original; admitted
members from these so.called States Il
seats rs members of Congress.
1t has sent its spies and informerl
through the principle cities and towns tC
listen to and report the murmuriBgs o.
the people touching the manner in which
the administration is conducting the Af
fairs Of the country.
1t has regarded opposition to the ad
ministration as opposition to the Copsti
tuition and government, than which there
can be nothing more false.
II has inaugurated system by which
one.tenth Of the citizens of State, in
stead of a majority, may form q Stats
government.
1t has prohibited the circulation oI
newspapers through the United States
mails, because they criticised and oppos.
ed the acts of the administration it has
actually suspended their publication, and
placed censorship over the press and
the telegraph. ,---l
1t has circulated falsehoods and sup.
pressed the truth.
1t has multiplied to all indefinite ex.
tent the number of subordinate officials
simply to appeaSc the persistent. appeals
Of mere demagogues and political pau
pers. ~. e
1t has degraded the reserved rights o.
the States. ....
1t has invoked a spirit of mob law,
which has developed itself in the prlnci.
pal cities in the destruction Of life and
property.
1t has destroyed immense amounts o,
public and private property imposed or
industry burthens too grevious TO bG
borne; enriched the few ct the expens,
of the many; over6owed our hospitalI
with disabled meO. and crowded oul
streets with life long cripples. ...,...
1t has infamed all the baser passions
of the human heart.
1t has established "National Banksr IN
every corner and nook Of the land, sys
TEN Of finance universally repudiated BY
the people. s.u. tt-.'.... 20.
1t has allowed military officials to in
terrUpt our system Of election BY thu
ballot lf 1.a &
1t has intermsddlsd Eith the rnlieioul
institutions Of the country. .t a1laa
It4has attempted 10 disgrace represAn
tatives Of tho people in Congress for dar
ing to express their honest; SentimeK6 Il
regsrd to.tbe war Gud 10 Consequences.
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