The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-09-20

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without parallel, save when the traitors
bsnkrupted the Treasury, and sought to
disurganize and scatter the army and the
navy, only to make it more easy to capture
and destroy the Government.
That, while declaring against the injus-
tice of leaving eleven States unrepresented,
he has refused to authorize the liberal
plan of Congress, simply because it rec
ognizes the loyal majority and refuses to
perpatuate the traitor minority.
That in every State south Of Mason
and Dixon's line, his "policy" has wrought
the most deplorabe consequences, social,
moral, and political.
1t has em5oldened returned rebels to
threaten civil war in Maryland, Missouri,
West Virginia and Tennessee, unless the
patriots who saved and sealed these States
to the old flag surrender before their
arrogant demands
1t has corrupted high State officials,
elected by Union men, and sworn to en-
force the laws against returned rebels, and
made them the mere instruments OF the
authors of the rebellion.
1t has encouraged Il new alienation
between the sections, ard by impeding
emigration to the South, has erected for
miaa5le barriers against free and friendly
intercourse with our couutrymen. in the
North and the West.
1t has allowed the rebel soldiery to
persecute the teachers of the coored
schools, and to burn the churches in
which the freedmen have worshipped the
living God.
That system so barbarous should have
eliminated in the frghtful riot at Mem
phis, aud the still more appalling massacre
at New Orleans, was as natural as that a
bloody war should flow from the teachings
of John G. Calhoun and jefferson Davis.
Andrew johnson is responsible for all
these un<peakable crimes and cruelties. =
As he provoked, SO he justifes aud ap-
p!audS them.
Sending his agents and emissaries
into this refined and patriotic metropolis,
to insist upon making his reck less policy
test upon Christian people, he forgot that
the 2rntcction extended to- the 14th of
August Con,entipn in Philadelphia was
nut only denied 10 the free pssp,,fe of NeT9r
Orleans, on the Both of July, when uheyz
assembled to discuss how best to protect
themselves, but denied amidst the siau.h-
No page in the record OF his recent
ourages upon human jus ice and consti-
tu'ional law is more revcting than that
which convicts him OF refusing to arrest
the preparations for that savage carnival,
and not only of refusing lo punish It's
authors, but of toiling to throw the guilty
responsibility upon the Cnoffending and
Innocent freedmen.
The infatuated tyrant that stood ready
to crush his own people in Tennessee
when they were struggling to maintain
government erected by himself against
his and their traitor prosecutors, vas even
more eager to illustrate his savage policy
by clothing with the most deSpotie power
the impenitent and reycngctul rebels Of
New Orleans.
understanding this heartless desertion
and cruel persecution by Andrew John
sor, in the States of Missouri, Kentucky.
Tennessee, West Virginia, MARYLAND and
Delaware, democratic republican princi-
ries s-princip!es which the fathers of the
Republic designed for all America-are
now making detcrmiauu battle with the
oilgarchlcal enemies Of free constitutional
government and by the blessing of God
these States will soon range themselves in
line with the tormer free Sta;es, aud Illus
trate the wisdom and beneficence of the
great charter OF American liberty by their
increasing population, wealth and pros
perity.
In the remaining ten States-;he seeds
of olIgarchy planted in the Constitution
oy It's slavery featr. have grown to be a
monster oower ReocUnitinn tbu, Ivruptr
from the reluctant trainers of that great
instrument, enabled these States TO in
trench themselves behind the perverted
doctrine OF State rights, and sheltered by
calm of constitutional obligation to
maintain slavery IN the States, to present
TO the American Government the alterna-
tives ct oligarchy with slavery, or demo-
cratic republican government without
slavery.
A tOrbearing government, bowling to a
supposed constitutional behest, acouiesced
in the for mer alternative.
The hand of the Government was
stayed for eighty years. The principles
of constitutional liberty languished for
want of governmental support. Oligarchy
matured its power with subtle design
It's history, for eighty years, Is rcplete
with unparalleled e'injuries and usurpa-
tions." 1t developed only the agricultural
locaiities-geographI distinct from
the iree-labor localities, and less than one
third the whole with African slaves. I;
held four millions of human beings as
chattels, yet made them the basis OF unjust
representative power for themselves IN
Eo1or,l on1 Sta.a Eovarnn,ent, to main