The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-09-27

publicly discaimed any intention to
secure negro suffrage; yet once IN power
the Congress of perfdious Jacobins not
only advocated it as theory, but abso-
lutelv enforced II upon cities and terri
tories, against the solemn and unani-
nous protest of the white people there
of At the beginning and during the
war they proclaimed their purpose IN
waging it to be the unconditional festo-
ration of the Union, and they imprlson-
cd. mobbed and massacred indlserilnl-
natelv all who doubted the sincerity OF
this pledge yet now that the war Is
virtually over, their leaders, with a
baseness and audacity which Bismarck
would be ashamed Of, not only oppose
by words, but actually interpose I'M
pediments to restoration. They went
into power with great pretensions OF
purity and pledges of economy in the
administration of public affairs: set
they have stolen more i'll five years
than the government cost in any ten
years Of its history, and have piled up
debt twenty times greater than the
entire aggregate expenses Of the govern
ment from 1889 to 1869. Thus, in all
the past history Of the party it IS seen
to have approached its object By first
denying IT, As enc step was attained it
would solemnly deny that it was dis
posed to take another, and when it sue
eeeded in securing renewal OF popular
confidence by the disclaimer, the object
YVES directly accomplished.
BY the past we may judge Of the
future There are partisans of That or
eanization in some quarters, who still
deny the purpose of enforcing negro
suffrage and negro equality; YET II they
secure new lease of power upon false
pretenses, before another year they Will
have accomplished all they can towards
enforcing the iniquitous, Disgusting
dogmas Of negro suffrage and equality
upon the people Of the whole country,
who are now VIGOROUSLY opposed 10
both The party now also diselaims
any intention Of changing the Govern
ment into monarchy or an imperial
ism; yet this is the real, ultimateohiect
Of the leaders of the organization.
Give them another leaseof power, allow
them further opportunity to tfample
out those States rights which are an os-
sential condition Of freedom, and ahlite
rate those historical distinctions which
have maintained the spirit Of liberty in
the land, and these false pretendefs and
bogus philantlropists will eonsien the
American people to the uniform despot-
ism Of single ruler, chosen by the con-
spirators. Whatever may be the pre-
lenses Of the Abolitionists now, if they
succeed in holding their present power,
contrary to the wishes Of a great ma
jority Of the people, they will accomplish
the ultimate and real object of the lead
ers-the establishment Of a despetism
upon the ruins Of popular liberty. An
astounding perfdy, treaehery to pledges,
violation of compacts, deception ofpopu
lar confidence and an audacious I'M
scrupulousness in securing criminal OBJ
jects, have been the leading character
istics of the Abolition party in the past;
and the lessons Of experience are worth
less if they do not serve to warn the
American people from the gulf into
which they are now being led by their
treacherous guides.
The Ward election held in Springfield,