The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-19

~ without parallel, save whcn the traltorS
bankrlptcd the Irnsury anl sought to dis.
organize and scatter the army and navy, Ia
make it more easy to capture the Government;
that while declaring against the injustice ol
leaving eleven States unrrprcscnted, he refused
to authorize the. liberal plan Of Congress, sim.
ply because it rcorganizcd the loyal majority
and refused I'd pcrpetuato the traitor minor.
ty; that in cyery State south Of Mason and
Dixon'S line lis policy has wrought the most
,lcplonble Consequences, social, moral, and
political. lthaS cmboldcncd rrturncd rebels
to threaten civil war in Maryland, Missouri,
West Virginia and Tennessee, unless the pat
riots who saved these States to tho old tiag
surrendered before their arrogant demands
1t has corrupted high State officials elected
by Union men and sworn to enforce the laws
against returned rebels, and made them the
mere instruments Of the authors Of tic rebel.
lion. II has encouraged new alienation be-.
tween the sections, and hy impeding emisra.
ton TO the South has erected n formidable
barricr agains, free aud friendly intercourse in
the North and Wrst. 1t msallowcd the rtHl
Soldicry to perScculc the teachers Of the col
orcd schools, and to burn the churches in
which the freedmen have woIShipcd tho liv.
ing God.
That Il system 50 harbarouS should have
eliminated in the fi:htlul riot 0: Memphis
and the still more appalling maS$acrc Of New
Orleans, was rs natural aS that Il bloody war
should flow from the teachings Of John e.
Calhoun and Jefferson Davis. Andrew John
Son is responsible for NIL these unSpca kablc
cr,lcl,ics and rs he provoked, so he ju'tifl.s
and appandS them, sending his agents ami
cmiSSar:GS into the refined and patriotic me-
iropulis 10 insist upon maxim. his reckless
policy test upon II Christian people. lie
forgot that the protection extended to the
lith Of August Convention, in Philmlelphin,
was not only denied 10 tn. free people Of New
Orleans on the 10Th ofJuly. when they assem-
blcd to discuss how best to protect them
selves, but denied am;l the slaughter Of hun.
rlrcis or innocent men. No page in the rec.
0rl Of his recent Outragc# upon human JUS
ticc and constitutional law is more revolving
than that which cpnyictS him Of refusing to
arrest the preparations for that savage carni-
val, and not only Of refusing to punish the
authors, Lut of endcavorins to throw the guilty
responsibility upon unoiI.ndins and innocent
freedmen.
The infatuated tyrant that stood ready to
crush his own people in Tennessee, when they
were struggling to maintain 4 government
erected by himself against his and other trail
tors prosecutions, was even more eager to
illustrate his savage policy by clothing, with
the most deSpntic power, the rioters Of New
Orleans. Notwithstanding this leartlcss de-
scrtion and cruel persecution by Andrew
johnson, the States Of Missouri, kentucky
Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland and
Delaware, imbncd with the democratic ~.
publican principles which the fathers Of tho
Republic designed for aIl America, arc now
mrking determined battle with the enemies
Of free constitutional government, and, by tho
blessing Of COL these States will soon range
them selves in limo with the former free States,
AMI illustrate the wisdom anil b:ncticenca Of
the great charter Of American lib.rty by their
increasing popalation, wealth and prosperity.
In the rsm lining ten States the seeds Of
olisarchy, planted in the Constitution by its
slavery features, have grown to b. a mon.
StrouS power, whose recognition, thus Wrung
from the reluctant trainers Of that great in.
strumcnt, enabled these States to intrench
themselves behind the perverted doctrine Of
States Rights, and sheltered by a claim OF
constitutional obligation to maintain slavery
in the States, to present to the American
Government, the alternatives or oligarchy with
slavery, or democratic republican governments
without slavery. 4 (orb.arins Government
bowling to n supposed constitutional bchest
ac1uicSccd in the former alternative. The
hand Of the Government has hecn stayed fol
eighty years. The principles Of constitution.
nj liberty languishcd for want Of Government
support.
OIi.archy maturcl its power with subtle
design. lls history for eighty years is re.
plctc with unparalleled injuries and usurpa'
tions. 1t developed only tho agricultural 10.
caIitics, geographically distinct from tho free
labor localities, and less than one thirl Of the
whole, with African slaves 1t held four mil.
lions of human beings rs chlttslS, yet made
them the basis Of unjust power for themselves
III Federal and State Governments. 10 main
tain their cnS!avcrhcnt it excluded millions
Of free white laborrrs from the richest nSri'
cultural lands oc the world. forced them to
remain inactive and unprolnctire OH the min
era, manufacturing and lumber localities
COMPRISING two.thirdS Of the whole South in
s,uare miles anil real undcvelOpcd wealth
simply bccau;, the localities were agricultu'
rally too poor for slave labor, and CON
dsmncl them to agriculture on this unnSri
cultural territory, md conSiSn:l them to un
willing ignoranc. and poverty BY denying
capital anl strLnS,in: enterprise. II rcPcllct
the capital, energy and will Of tho frce State'
from tn. lir: labor localities. by unmitigated
intolerance md persecution, thm guarding the
approaches to their slave domain against dc
mcc"lc!'. ....
The statute hooks croancd unIlcr despoti'
laws against unlawful and nsnrnctionary as
srnblies, aimed at tn. constitutional g,iaran
tees Of tho right to pcacably assemble ant
petition for redress Of grievances 1t pro
scribe.l Democratic literature as inc:ndiary
1t EulIihh constitutional guarantees OF free
dom. and free speech, anil frc, press. tide
privcd citizens Of the other Satcs OF thel
privileges md ilnmun:tics in the States, ar
injury aud usurpation alike unjust to North
crn citizens and destructive Of the bsst inter
csts Of the States themselves. ..
Alarmed At the progress Of democracy il
the face Of every encouragement, At LAST .
sought immunity by secession and war. I'M
heart sickcus with q contemplation OF tho lou
years that followed forced loans, impress
nonts, conscrptionA with bloody hands ant
bayoncts; tho number Of aged mon who hat