Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-07-23
To the People of the United States,
AND THE REST OF
MANKIND IN GENERAL,
WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF COLOR.

/ l wish to tell You the secret of the extern
sive circulation of the La Crosse DemOcTdt !;
the mass of mankind speak Tin measure) a
different language from the scientific or edu-
Gated class of mankind every profession
| speaks in a language somewhat peculiar to
that profession. although apparently speak
/ ing the same language. Words are but the
| signs of things, andevery word when origi-
nally introduced had an original and specific
| Specification. In the course of time other
sgnifcatiOns are added. The original sig
MITIGATION is not known or becomes lost to
great many, and hence arises disputes, the
one having the original signifcation in his
mind, the other the added signifcation If
you talk in an unknown tongue or language
you do not edity or instruct, and your Ian
guagc is nothing more than sounding brass
or a tinkling cymbal. The editor of the
Democrat has the faculty of telling plain
truths in the plain language used by the mass
of those who speak the English language
hence his success.
l was talking with a Radical Union man
the other day, and asked him if he believed
i'll God. He said YES. l asked him what
sort OF a God did he believe in, could he
, talk He said he did not know whether he
could talk or not, he had never heard him.
Then l said unto him, you are but little bet
ter than the heather; they believe in a God;
''eyes had they and they saw not, ears had
they aud they heard not, mouths had they
and they spoke moi" and all they are like
unto them. Now believe in no such God
as that. The God that believe in has eyes
and can see, has ears and can hear, has a
mouth and can speak, for called upon Him,
and lie saw me. heard me and answered me,
for heard His voice.
With that preliminary statement, I pro-
pose to take a retrospect of the past and also
glimpse at the future, and to view it from
the standpoint and by the light of Gods
counsel aud His word, for in His counseIs
alone there is wisdom, and by His counscls
alone are we enabled to measure right or
wrong, and in His word there is both cucour-
ageuent and warning.
In the history of the Jewish nation it is
written that there was Il generation in the
course Of time grew up that knew not Moses
and his laws. and the nation split in two
parts, and there would have been fighting if
God had not forbid it, and it Is just such ig>
norance that produces separation i'll all coun-
tries. One portion grows up III Ignorance of
the original laws, or becomes dissatisfied with
the original laws and wishes to change them,
and in our country it is the same. There has
always been party in this country opposed
to things as they We're originally formed, Cit
was SO in the garden Of Eden, and we know
which party that was, y and that party, though
small at first, by their zeal in teaching, and
by frequently changing its name, never call
ing itself by its right name, but always trying
to steal some name that had been rendered
illustriOus and good, and thus deluding and
lndoctrlnatIng the people III error, until they
have overthrown the government. and they
are what you truly call them, the real rcLcis
God counsels the people to keep their
agreements and our own reason tells us that
1t is best that we should do so, and we have
no right to change them without CONSENT
The North agreed to deliver up fugitivcs from
labOur, and yet large portion of the Nor;h>
crn people not only refused to comply with
their agreement, but threw every obstacle in
the way Of the Southern peoples recovering
them. Every State has two Constitutions,
one called the Constitution Of the United
States, the ether called the State COnstitu-
tion. Both of these Constitutions were
adopted by each State or each people, (the
two words State and people being Synonymous
or having the same mcaning,l aud was so uu-
derstOOd by every one. or nearly every one.
until President Lincoln and his party under
took to teach that State meant Il county.
and thus to deude and m>lcad the people of
the North, and get them to make war on the
South. In the Convention or Congress Of
the Colonies that put forth the BiIl OF Rights
or the Declaration Of Independence, in it
they state that each or every State or people.
have the right to abolish or alter their form
of government or constitution whenever they
see lit.
The South violated no moral law when
they left the Union; | mean in the simple act
a YIaoI-
into the | MON. but did not agree to stav in
the Union forever. The original thirteen
States once formed Union, and declared it
perpetual they broke that up by mutual
consent and formed another Union. or agree
mcnt, or constitution. or government. Gall
these words in reality have one meaning.) in
which each State could c6me in or stay out.
or go out. If it was not so our fathers did
not establish a free government
This Radical party, they below free gov
ernment but their acts deny what they say it
is an old saying that actions speak louder
than words" And that is what God saws
about this party, they confess me with their
mouth, but they deny me in their acts"
In 1862, when General Banks was about
! to move up the valley, spoke unto nv SER
wants and told them that the devil would be
along here after while, and that he would
come in the form and appearance of man.
and that he would below Freedom, Free
DOM. Frecdom..." But. said |. he will
not tell YOU what true freedom consists in. |
will tell you what it consists in; it consists in
/ serving God. God says you must be honest.
/ repeat what God says and tell you to be
/ honest; God says you must be industrious. l
4 repeat what God says and tell you to he inGus-
trious; lie says you must be careful and truth
4 MI | !, he, IL
careful aud truthful; and tell you farther,
if you are not honest, industrious, careful and
truthful, | will do what God tells me farther
] % do tr ....L III l.