The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-05-19
.,Junlus s~eOundus."

L TesluenL LlHcOlu 1 HdNc' Teuu1 4
cannot say with pleasure, because
it has given me pain, to perrse an
epistle written to find so much
fanlt with an upright and sincere
man.
.JUYIUs finds fault with tic Presi
dents grammar. Well, his know
ledge of grammar may be Detective
but what is grammar, but aan arti
fetal restraint placed upon our
mentality, to curb the intellectual
powers of the soul, and to check
the free and un~restrained utter
an 2es Of a mind, which if left to its
own native and natural force, would
give vent to words, that would
burn oct the sores which injure
and destroy the vitals Of our great
country.
JUNIus thin ks that our noble and
high-minded President has not
saved the nation from the ruin Of
which the Copperhcads and Bat.
ternuts speak so much, and under
stand so little. Why do not these
would,bc national saviours pro-
pound their plan Of delivering the
United States from their present
convu lsive fits Is it love Of COun-
try, or love of self, that governs
JUNIUs and his coadjutors in their
efforts to restore peace? The only
peace which the President and his
advisers will ever consent 20 have,
will be the peace of the sword
President Lincoln it is true has
violated the Constitution on seve.
raj occasions, but it has been to
save it. As he SO logically says,
he has amputated the limb 10 save
the body polite. lie is the presi'
dent, and the people must be made
TO feel that q great ruler can dc
great things in a time Of trouble
Again, l would ask JUNIUs, why
should not our chief Magistrate
do as he pIeaacs with the Constitu
ton and the Union? What is thu
instrument which we call the Con
} stitution, but a body Of f%undament
al laws aud political principles
which were put on record at frs
I by our forefathnrs, to be a guild
) and sole rule for the America
3 people, in all ages, and to the eli
of time. That circumstances alte
cases, is an axiom which no syllo
L CYSTIC bubble Of Jurius' garble
. propositions can ever gainshy. Di
;, not King John and King Charlie
I. violate the laws of England, an
suffer for their villainy? Whe
will Junius and his school com
to their senses, and admit that ru
ers are "the powers that be-" an
therefore must not be resisted by
act of coxcombs, who are only I'll
descendants of the Caucasian rae,
President Lincoln is the first gre;
- mar who has discovered and pr
n pounded the true theory of huma
d nature, and consequently, he HI
d, m%anfuliy avowed his faith in Il
i. wisdomdisplayed by G.. Thompso
r, Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Garriso
DIR. Cheover, Mrs. Stowe, Ea
~ Shaftesbury, John Bright, Hora'
a Greedy, and the Rev. II. W. Bcec
err, and q million more of small
= notabilities, in their discovery TIA
V, q black man is just as great. goo
1T and intellectually powerful as
a, white man. This is the doctri
w that Democrats, Copperheads, Il
Bu@tternuts "wiIl not believe, thou!
u. q mar declare it unto them" Is
d. they have to believe it, and
nd swallow ii, just as the propt
d. "swallowed tho roll, which W
&c sweet in his mouth, but bitter
'er his belly" Junius and his frat
lie nifty have to succumb, and do p'
lie, ance at the feet of our high prize
in Abraham Lincoln.
Junius appearsto writhc N M
nj: tai agony, over the c~onfscati
reconstruction and emancipat
proclamations sent forth fir
Washington, aud signed by
right honorable President of
(alas that ] must admit it)
United States. Who docs not