M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-04-21

hour. Give me rather the phllveophi
OF tho lrishman, who landing in this
country On election day, wa3 uatural-
ized at once AMI hurrial of to th'
polls, and urged to vote the qovsrn
msHt ticket. ''iuvernmont ~ saiC
Pat. u never knew a government
yet that wasn't the Devil, Give mt
the opposition |" The liberty of un-
licensed printing ia worth sIl the GOV
ernmen;s tho snu ever shOne upon
Institutions are nothing. Man anC
his rights ARE all IN all Says Phil
lips: France il Catholic aud has 4
Pops, but she ia tho most tolerant
country in the world in matters oi 70
ligion. New England is PToostan
and has tolerance written u,l over hyl
statute huok ; buI sha Las n pope il
every village, and the fret thing tha
tests boy's couiago ia to dare 10 dif'
fer with his Ia,her." And since thu
country--tho mirror Of freedom - has
been slhVrrel into Il Thousand irag-
ments, New England's face is malti-
piled therein, anl tho demon VI hel
despoliSm is in eSery street Had Al
every door throughout tba length nnJ
breadth Of the land. AL glance arI
protection 0tO tao opposing pillars
which uphold even ih4 most despite
fwma OF gJvorpment Uudrr tho con
stiiution VI Madison are We " give
allegiance TO "suvsrnmtn"-HS the
cant phrase is in thgec days which.
affords no protection 10 It's c.tiGsna !
NeVct. 1t is already mortgased tv
this people to satisfy their 'IeSsrvej
rights ;" and, GUd wiling, will be
sold out, bag aud baggage" ere
next autunns leaves have Ialion, I'M
less, rs tho Secret crsuIar' su2g.st6,
it shnull, IN an evil hour, attouipt h
perpUIuate i,s1!t with bayUnets. lit
should, may itS duath-record 10 writ.
IN in its own blood, "a the hiatary oi
ID lilu has boon in that Of our sIanght.
etGd cUuntrymvu Revolutions are
seldom sought but are forced upon
a people. They oJmo as sdddvhly 10
IL mountaiD avalanche, which slips
from ils resting place arl hurrieo
dawn like the wrath Of an avengius
Nemesis To do its work vi havoc. We
may lay our hand upou the Prrss-
the very throat Vt libor;y--hnt we
cannot sthr her. We may stab her
with all the wospous OF despotim and
we canuot slay her. Liko the ghost
Of tho -a'arlVrvd BnQna, shO will
:" -riss again
With :gaG'j u.srt=s II ltasrs. on hst trowG,
Aud push "a from oar stO'la."
II - the GJvoIrmrLL" wulld b. sup
| ported lct il support Itself by doing
just;cS. The my6s which ari nov
the order uf tho dAv aro Of ia Cwp
creation" The Resm ms Journdi
that fearless Catholic organ. and
well naned--tho Philadelphia Ecea
irg Jomaal--tha New York Dag
BOok -. the pubuquO Hsrald, ami
mora that | coald mention, were not
sisrcei by tho mob "IHe GJusyn.
menr is rs.ponsib!O for ali !ha sup
pressi,1ss wh'ch haus to!tyncd. The
mob hgs 40 much c .aS.tattupdL r; ght
to su3proas newspapers as tho Presi-
don't, aud beyond and above The Con.
situation great deal more. Sir, |
do not desire to donnunce the soldiers
who have engaged IN this business.
They are not statosmon. Apart from
the civil arena, u0acquainted with lilo
affairs, they have had neither time
nor inclination to obtain a proper un.
dcrstanding Of tho monsntou5 import
Of the questions here discussed, or tho
dangers to wnich the cherished ins,i-
tutioDs they love may be exposed
from other forces than ihosu with
which they are accustomed to deal.
They lott their homes to light tor the
country which they had seen so pros
perouA, and those institutions whose
benetienco they had al! their life ex
perienced, They were inspired with
the cry OF "Union an1 enforcement OF
the laws" And amid the boom OF
shot and shell, the clangor Of arms,
and tho cry Of onset, they hare kept
their hearts pure faith thinking and
knowing nothing else. They have
not bean permitted to see "tbe power
buhind the throne greater than the
throne ITSELF" which has boen taking
advantage Of their abseace and thoir
abstraction from tho cares and watch.
fulness OF citizenship. How coald
they understand that they were to be
used as
1.-THE tools,
The broken tools. which tyrant. cast away
BY myrisds. when they would pave their way
| Ger human hearts"
to greatness. Accustomed to un-
questioning obedience, it has not been
their province to consider the motives
OF their superiors, or examine iuto
the details OF their policy or its ulti-
mate affect in the distant future.