The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-26

mai. N"t merely the unilLeStic and so
cTal rtlatinns OI ev,ry peULle, but the
poIiIirnl relation . e IN, world. are found.
ed upon n Ia'It recIg nitI"n of these indi.
vidual aud Collective unIIkenpss, q. Oif.
fersnI naI'OnuliIieS exist by virtue oI
differences in the popular character, aud
there are styles Of popular character 50
anarchical in themselves, as to render
nationality impossible.
II IL incumbent upon the mythical in.
terpreters Of the Declaration Of lnhepen-
dence, the APOSTLES of the universal
equality d"ctrinr, to show, fret, that the
phrase, "all men are created equal" IL
the expression Of an absolute physiologi.
cal truth. Its simple PRONUNCIATION by a
body Of fallihlr men, no matter how I'M.
pOrisnt the OcraSi"n WfTa which it ap.
ps s1tG. Rws I'D diStAMSe ~ ~ to prove
it's abstract verify. or phiIUSnl,hic valne.
II IN used We Will not SaV how honest.
ly - o. il itS e"unriatiOn by the rev0lu
tIOniSts Of 1875 had made il true a. if,
indeed-ii it were not SO b,iore- from
that time onward, nature, out If regard
TO the Patriots Of America, had moved
up, and adapted it~ order to Il ei, dog
matlcsl conclusions. Such pretenSeS
which are always implied. but never ex
pressed, in the ArEumeMi~ Of the univer
Sal equality teachers, are. Il is hardly
necessary to say. entirely unfnundrd.- -
II il il al absolute physiological truth
that oil men are created equal. it may b,
proveh; and ~ II never has been, ",
have n right, before We submit to il, &
await the p, oduc'inn Of the testimony.
There il no evidence that the docIrin,
that al III u nrr created equal forms any
part Of our S"risl ur political Law. W.
have yet to learn that the Declaration "
lnh' pendence. any more than the thou
sand vrrlamatInnS,d declarations and msn
ifr>tneS 1T the same p' ri"d. is Oi hindinI
effect upon uS, either as statute, ~ Gun
>Itulinn, ar az nHpIneniMl principle. -
Before the doctrine III individual equali
~, ther. fore. Can be set up az \ rule II
arIinn. il must he shawn that it has hrel
nd"ptrl ~ such, IA some way that /
equivalent I" = universal cun>eht; an,
this. We SUSPECT. will not 6e fn nd NJ
Easy undertaking. There is TO obligation
upon u-. "r up"n Any. {" accept il n
such, mn'il the necessary shoH ing hn
been maie. and q is We beg lraVc t
s~Ait.
n o." "f our Republican cot. nlpo'arivS
~ "n ur,r al lis sides. charges the Deuo
rats With d"igrnI the 'quali,v d"ruln
# the DE, Ia'A'i"n Of lmhrIenIi. nc
~hilr they give urdnr pT"niiirnrt Ia IT,
revolutionary. Speaking "f the latter,
AHIS:
! "Lik" Satan qnn'inS Scri. ..tnr". the
cut il uH iT,In lis cOurectiun> the
>epHrA'e the C"IwII>IuI, from the p,rmlS
ntt which it rests, I" Wii: that all mI
are rr,ntcn rqrSl, SLd are endowed h.
their CrrAt"r Aith the iua'i,nahr Iigh
Of liberty. II /, uE"n this that the con
cla>inn l. drawn thAt, t" ArCnIe thtS
! rights, governments are formed, h,IiNin
their just powers from the CONSENT VI Ia
g"v fncd.
/ .Urr ct mpnrarv viii see that We ar
nat guilty III the evasion whi"h ii chrIg
e. upon ID ur"Iatic jImhr's" W
have I'lar d Ih'. pr mse> and the c1nc'u
so, alike before onr real rs; All Il
Iat We hold Is, thai aith,.u.h the pr, I"
l. NAV be 'I' IrctIvely stated, or wrong
~ interpreted. or although thry may b
unS"ui'd altogether. there i M di>Putir
( The correctness f the r"hclu>iun.
does not fnil"S because the ~. misses ar
oI.rn I" diverse cnu-l'u'ti"u, that th'
r"nr.u>,"n l. IT,, refor had ard hn ina
eau d,ty the >onhdur>> al The r"nclusi"
il the u c'atstlnn ii Independence, WIrfl
out admitting lhSt ihr scc"sriun ui IL
triIt,rn colonies "In Ih X ilish crow
MRS ;j'.iSral tf.n>', and that our r,',
luiI aIs'V ffrtath'FA we're traiiur-.
~~- t'rr c'"rlu>iin, III this case. tha
mho lied the J"lns'ire; AID I" Ihi-, y
by t"iy aud hv rN~Trr" alike boumd
! NJ do most rr'lgl"I~Iv adhrte.