Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-08
The Tricks Of DespOtisun, and
Where Learned.

in the modes they adopt to secure them
selves against the retribution which their
crimes deserve, the Washington rulers
have not even evinced the merit Of origi-
nality. They are paltry eopyists-servile
imitators. OF course, in the selection of
their exemplars, they infallibly chose the
mesnest and most odious that could be
adapted to their purposes. The assump-
tons, and even the tyranny Of NAPoLEoN
l and IL, are marked by chivalrous con-
tempt Of peril, and intellectual attributes
which are admirable. But we have to en-
dure the LINCOLN rule with nothing to
mitigate its denominations or its hateful
ness.
When the phlegmstic and bigoted
Prince of Orange, through the violence of
a mob, rather than by the force of revo-
luton, succeeded to the English throne,
from which the Legitimate king had been
expelled, he devised system for the sup
preston Of the loyal feeling which abound
ed for the exiled monarch, as well as to
secure and perpetuste the rule of his own
dynasty.
The system of WILLIAM had the merit
of originality, and however execrsble it
was, it manifested the ssgacity Of its au-
thor. But in the laundering, ignorant
hands of the Washington despots, it is
not only detestable, but despicable.
A great historian, and great worshiper
Of the "glorious revolution of 1885,"
makes these statements:
Notwithstanding the temporary unanimity
with which the Revolution had been brought
about, various hesrt-burnings and divisions
had succeeded that event, And the exiled dy-
nasty still numbered a large and resolute
body, especially in the rural districts, among
their adherents.
1t would be hard to give more faithful
description of the state of feeling in this
country, when it was realized that the elec-
tion of 1860 had subverted the Constitu-
ton and liberties of the people. There
were "divisions and heart-burnings"
among the people; and in every district
| the Constitution had its devoted adherents,
resolved to restore it in all its primal vig-
OF and efficiency.
The historian reveals the devices of
WILLIAM to overcome the opposition which
his violent and confessedly illegal seizure
of the throne engendered. First-"Exten-
sive patronage, and no small share of cor
ruption were necessary to secure the inhu-
ence of government Ovor nation thus III
vided." What could more happily de.
, scribe the very first resort of the LINCOLN
Administration? To say nothing of the
corruption which stinks and testers every.
where, contemplate for moment the al
most countless number of offices created
the incumbents to be appointed by the
I President, every one of whom could be
t relied upon as an abjeet, officiating doei
: Of his masters will
But this was not the only, or even the
main reliance, of the new ruler OF Eng
land. The better, surer, stronger guarant,
a of English subjection and helplessness
t was the creation of an oppressive nationa
5 debt. "It was justly thought" says tn,
B, historian, that the present influence of qov
t ernment could in this way be Increased tc
an extent altogether impracticable, if tn,
expenditures of each year were to be lin
tied to the supplies raised within itself
and that by the distribution Of the deb
among great number of public creditors
: an extensive and influential body might b,
formed, attached By Me sarong ne of iadi
Uidatal interest 10 The fortunes of the ruling
dynasty" noI 'a
Here we have re,elation of the pur
poses of the LINCOLN Administration, a
: well as of the master in whose schoo
they learned the tricks Of Despotism.
They have been apt pupils. Indeed
they soon placed themselves far in advanc,
OF their instructor. The National Debt
which began in the time of WILLIAM, aug
mented by the many wars which England
has waged in the course OF almost two cen
turies, has been fully equaled in its stu
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