Maryland free press., 1866-10-04
Modern Jacehins.

AHSso cAA1sS I'M Ss's 80 PsbSc ~ Aufo:
pean history than Aaye which portray u.
transactions Of the French 1acobins.i Tn.
der the name Of liberty. lipeaiiOasnesil aud
ipfdelity weFc fOsterea. a Yile Parisiaa
Character was worshipped Is the 1Gaadess
Of reason, and the atnost license Was d.
ken. if not granted, to commits unspeakaba
atrocities. Woman and children fell alike
before the unbridled passions Of the mob.
Assassinations palace burnines and promis-
cuous plundering were the order Of the day
and night. The kalers ef the, French
Rsvelutiqn provoked . .torm Of popular
fury they could not allsy. and IN the tas.,
rent Of blood that followed they were them, d
selves ultimately overwhelmed. Il was u, Il
thus with the Jacobins Of other days; and :,
now word about the Jacobips Of he
present day. LILO ,.'a i9eIg 7uo'
The NOR al sense Of the Amaricaa pes ,. :
pie has no doubt been shocked by the dis,
plays and harangues Of the party, headed +
by . reputcd preacher of the Gospel. who
are now FORMULATING the country invo,5 II
king all kinds Of maledictions upon thu !
people of the South. Instead sf gfeaships
peace and good will to all meg, this
preacher calls for an army from the Nastb !,
to consist ofthEsa divisions to iayad. the
South. "One division to consist Of musk
.stry and artillery, % do the killing. anoth.
er to be armed with torches and turpss. Il
tine. to do the burning. aad the third 10
consist of surveyors, with lines -as 4 chains /
to mark off and distribute the lands - Ia
this the language that should be uttered by
follower efthe meek and lowly Saviour. =
IL this betting invocation from az apos-
tic of Christian church? Such an apos-. I,
tie! 1t would seem that ne hulnaa being
impressed with TIE smallest instincts. Of
humanity would endesyor to inspire great
and magnanimou. people. as the Northern :
people are. With such barbsrous senti.
ments. Butt is pot altogether to such,
per,onages "a this preacher that these ia- :
human appeals are confined. We have,
seen the governor Of State following ia
the same strain. and have found his utter.
anees echoed by . bellicOse general Of vol.
unteer, We have already heard what
certain radical members of Cong esq would
do under the dictation Of such msa a. Thal
Stevens and Senator Chandler, All .hese
Jacobins are inviting the North to fresh
conquest Of the South. to resubdue : peo--
pie already Inundated and impoverished
who have returned to their fealty to Unisn,
Acknowledged the old flag and are. ready.
a. far as they are able. to bear their shsr..
Of the burdens Of . reunited country. One
Va Its no reunion unless die sonh b.
shaekled hand and foot like brn.es il =
butchers cart. Another would send the
P,sident's reeonstl ueti On policy &c, very
warm place spqdd. keep il there. erezslsa
by bristling ksyonets. Another cries tst
more tleQd-"B Blood. blood, I.gQ"A4apS
demands coSfscation and dpyastatios.-4
Still another, With .e,s mercy than . from.
tier Indian sealper. would reduce the South
to condition Of vassalage worse than ever,
characterized fcuaal ages. And still sn...
other. would bare the government hang sy-.
cry rebel in the South, wipe out all State.
lincs and make the South c.vast territory.
to be reshapsd as il there never existed :.
Southern Tsple. Although ripe for nis-
chief and bent upon arousing the worst sad
most malignant passions Of The. psoPls Of
the North, II is fortunate these fatiss do
not represent the great mass llly d, The repab-.
lican party. They xe5. Rss. deexgp at 81.
the constitutional amendment " have BE-.
fore quoted, and are. dangerous only for.