The Van Buren press., 1866-03-24
SATURDAY, MARCH "a, 1866.
Rule or Ruin.


ing warfare upon the President, is justly ell
titled to have the motto of Rule or Ruin"
inscribed upon their banners. They have de-
itied Power" and dey0tcdly DO they worship
at her shrine; upon her altar they would
cheeriully sacrifice the Constitution, the laws
and the peace and honor of their country
They are the same restless spirits that have
kept the flames of political discord and strife
iierccy burning for many years NOW past.
The birth of this factious spirit, does not
date from the end of the rebellion, nor from
its beginning. We trace its steps In the
Compromises " that great statesmen labored
for, in order to preserve the country from the
ruin its Vaccinations threatened record
of its infancy in this country, is found in the
"Wilmot Proyso but the convulsions of the
b r,i|>vN, -'.ic, in Old England, tells of its ini-
quitous presence in Britain. We see il stand
ing by the scaflold, and gazing, with iiendish
pleasure upon the headless trunk of the SOW
ereign of England. In America this spirit of
discord fixed upon the religion ofthe country,
But having committed many acts of barbarity
in the name of Him of Nazareth, and forced
some good men and women into exile for
opinions sake, the advancement Of light and
knowledge forced it to loose Its hold and ii
began to beat about for some other food for
its Unsuitable nav. I'm the smiling valleys of
the South it beheld happy people, simple in
their wants, contented with their lot. But
they We're sldres. Here was a most fitting
theme for these pseudo philanthropistS. y
field for the display ofrhetorical figures. They
could shock the sensitive nerves of tkaNeak-
minded by fictitious representation of the mis-
cries of the poor bondman. What Il picture
their orators could paint of the mercilesS lash,
the clanking chain, the fierce and inhuman
dealer in human flesh. They could make the
blood run cold, and then what an opportunity
to appeal to the sense of humanity and phi
lantllropy, and besecch the people to join
them in their pious crusade against tyranny,
oppression, and all the iD,aignary evils of sla
very. Think you those who cried so loudly
for the relief of the slave from bondage-for
the breaking Of the manacles that bound his
aching limbs really made all this ado from
feelings of real philanthropy? None who
carefully follow the course of the Abolition
Party, can believe it. Such crcdulity would
be marvellous indeed. No, they were laboring
for Power" They never lost sight of her
tcmplc--thcy never ceased to labor in her
cause. If this be not so, why this tenacious
holdup the skirts of their beloved goddess.
ThM Stevens, more candid than his fellow Ia
,orcrs in iniquity has let the secret slip They
will lose the power they have gained if they
permit justice to be done to the Southern
States before they have 50 altered and amen
dcd the fundamental law of the land as to
forever keep Southern States in hopeless
minority. They have accomplished their hu-
name schemes of destroying the institution
of slavery, at the price of almost countless
precious lives and millions oftrcasure. But
their history tells us they care not for the
shedding of blood. for the misery that may
follow their actions provided they succeed in
acquiring power and being able to dictate
uncencrous and insulting terms to the van
ouished. By their conduct they are provok-
inc tumult in the Nation: they are exciting
the people, destroying our reverence for the
Constitution given to us by those wise men of
the Young Republic. They have vtupcratcd
the Chief Executive and they have provoked
linn to an open rupture with them. Agita-
ton, agitation, agitation, alone j. the life blood
of this liendsh spirit. Its motive to action
Is the same that disturbed the peace Of heaven
and resulted in the eternal overthrow Of the
arch-hcnd. and fixing him forever in the dark
abyss. And we feel confident the same fate
awaits these infamous agitators We believe
their political doom is sealed. They and their
idolized deity will be overthrown, and eter-
nal in;amy will settle upon them. The Pres
ident will be fully and overwhelmingly en-
dorscd by the people, and the "ground swell
of popular Indignation" viii sweep these
miserable mlnons of discord into utter OBJ
livion.
CIvILIzING AND CHRIsTIANlzlNG THE
ArRlCANs,-One Of our exchanges has
the following
Rum has been exported from Boston
within the last six weeks, to Africa, val
ned AT Quarter of a million Of dol