M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-04-14

false 10 herself. Because, as ir tn,
alIegory, TrWih disrobed herself o
her bright garment in the presence
Ict FaIsehoOd and Falsehood rar
away with them to dress herself there
H. Thus It bappeRed that conf
paratlyelJ small and d, spised party
called Abo.itiou;sts, were allowed the
opportunity to 1eclaim for freedom oI
speech aud Of press AMI sianl lol til
MS The champions OF the elementary
principles oflibeIty; while the follow
e'S OF Jeilcrson aud the recognized
friends ot our institutions peIted them
with stones pcripmed lhom with
eggs aud attacked them with mohs.
The missiles were ike the labled
Dragons teeth, which oprang up arm
cd men, aud the next time they were
~ bo thrown there stood hundred
men to he nobbud where tue stood
before. Tho whole anti Democratic
element, in the country, saw the ad-
vantage, and though fearful Of uvow-
ing the mos: radical opinion, gradu.
ally rallied to the side of the perse.
cuIcd, giving them all tho aid and
counsel consistent with good policy
Ihus it went on only growing worse,
continually, until the slavelolding
States, the land Of Washington, and
Jefferson, and Madison, and Patrick
Henry, AMI Mason, and Randolph,
aud Calhoun-thc stronghulIs ofDem
ecracy Oecoming alarmed at the rapid
strides tho disguised Federal party,
which inscribed upon its banner
Free Speech and Free Press" as we'll
as "Frcc Territory" was making, hed
from the contest, and res ,rted to the
exercise oI the right, as they claimed,
OF every people to alter Or abolish
their form of government aud SET up
another in its llaco.
Hero, again, they only changed
WEAPONS with tho enemy, giving it
another vantage ground. Divide and
conquer had long been the motto of
the AbgiIionists. Said Garrison,
The Cuion is u lie-l am Tor its
overthrow" Wondall Phillips bo
sSted that he had labcrcd seventeen
years to take sixteen States out of the
Union. And theFederal party, which,
rs it affected tLo principles, had also
tukcn the name Of its ahcent adver-
sary aud stylcd itself Republican, fol
lowed these mon as far as was polite,
aud where the air was popular, whis.
tied the same tune. In Worcester
Massachusetts, ip 1851, it was re-
solved that "lhe ono great issue be-.
fore the cOuntry is tho dissolution OF
the Union"
In 1856, Mt the same place, it was
resolved THAT the necessity for dis
union is written III the whole existing
character and condition Of tho two |
sections Of the county,"
Even in poltions o; our own State,
Ike sentiments were expressud, and |
n 1851 there was circulated a a'docu-
nent, Il copy of which | hold in MY
land, calling National Convention
% consider the prscticabiIity and
'Xpedlency oi a separation between
he free and slave States" 81 ..ned,
Imong others, by ono Joseph ScheIl.
low representing Stark county, rs
Union member, forsooth, of this Lo..
stature. But this action, Oh the part
If the South, changed tho aspect of
ffaira. and tho AbOlitioniSts and tho
'ederals became the advocates of
Jnion, as they had heretofore become
he defenders Of free speech and a
rec press. And tic great body Of
lie Union sentiment OF the country,
epresonlcd largely by men who had
olerated and even encouraged the
nObbing oIAbolitiouists. because they
Tere dIsunionists, was now enlisted |
n tho sum1 side. Thus the willy {
'ederal Mcphistophcles, by cunning I
rtifice, aided by the departure of hts |
dversary from the narrow path of
eEu;ne Democratic principle, sue 9
eeded at last in rcgairing his lost
osiliOn, and bringing the rival
spirit of Inquiry and endeavor," Of 9
ght and knowledge Unpopular rights !!
nd free principles, for time at least,
'ithin his power. But when this I
our came the Wanting and ambiti e
Iis Fiend, with very joy "o'erleapcd u
self" let fall too soon, trust, for o
. own safety, the silver veil of j
,lterty with which it's hideous Mok. L
nna visage had beep disguised, and 3!
rmed itself once asa,u with its own !:
atural weapons ofoppression. Flush. II
with SUCCESS. and anticipating q z
nal triumph, it "lets slip lhs dogs '
/ war" and clamors for conquest aud L
I6lugation gags the press stiles Il
iscuPsiCn; with hideous mockery q
UNITS up the KEY Of the French Ras- 8