Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-03-14

the work of the delegates elected Dy them,
must be what the Radical leaders shall
dictate, or the whole will be rejected, =
/ Was ever despotism more thiDley vailed?
Is there any member Of the Democratic
Oarty in the North 60 stupid as not to be
able 10 see that theeam rule which is
now laid down for the government
Of the South, ifallowed to bo carried
OUT, viii soon become ad tiopat in its ap-
plicatioD, and that the time is at hand
when vote in opposition to the Radical
party will. be declared "disloyal if given
in the North, the same as is now ruled
Iinthe South, and will not be permitted ?
Where will be your liberties then 7 Alasl
Rhere are they now ? Take, the whole
country tOeether-North and South
and il il well known that the Democrat
10 party have o majority Of at least one
million of votes; ahd.yet, as matters
stand what chance has the Democratic
party in a National election ? Should
not this Military Bill be entitled, San
act effectually to prevent the Democratic
party from electing the next PRESIDENT"
And if not the nsst, will the people eV-
Ier be allowed 10 elect aDotherH Verify,
the ''PhilistiDes are upon thee, Samson"
Strike ere thy locks bessshorA a-
What should be Gomez What can be
donep .p5jfs l5
The great Democratic party of.the
whole country should at once arouse to
action, hold a, National Convention, with
delegates from every State, North and
South, aud denounce in direct, unglOVed
terms these monsuous violations Of tie
Constitution, these atrocious libels upon
1.-The principles Of the Republic. Saying
to the President: eve will stand by you
sir. in defence of the Constitution and
to the Supreme COutt, "Tbe civil 2owei
: is superior to the military, and shall b.
so maintained; do your duty promptly
and ioarlessly, stand by the supreme Law
Of the land, as your recent decisions in
dicate that you will, aud WE WILL BAcE
: you WITH A MILLION OF BAYoNETs
IPROMPIL1 AND 1t NGOGosA
RY, TO UPHOLD YOU IN DOING 50"
The President and the Judges of the
Supreme Court are but men, they cannot
long withstand the fierce tide of fanati'
cism that is breaking over them, unless
, encouraged and sustained by the people
The present assemblage at Washing
ton. with sixenteen States unrepresented
seven of which were of the original thir
teen that founded the Government, il
not a Congress Of the several States al
constituted and required by the Gonsti
tuition. Are the acts of this sectiona
fragment of Legislative body any NOR,
binding, or legal, or loyal" than th
acts Of q similar sectional fragment en-
acted in the South few years since, un
der the open declaration of secession 2
JEFF. Davis Congress legislated exclp
> sively for the people they represented
Thad. Stevens Congress, ON the contra
Try, legisIates exclusively. against people
not represented. Which isthe worst
Which is the most repulsiye'tO the prini
ciples Of the American people, proclaim.
ed and advocated in every written decla.
Eration from that of 1860 the present
day2 Let ANY. HONEST man answer
There are two plain, yet strong consider
ations, that should induce the Democrat
10 party to act promptly and boldly as
suggested. The first is, they would be
certainly RIGHT iu defending the supreme
law of the land, the charter OF their
liberties. Can any one doubt this P
The other consideration is, thank God
they have still The majority in numbers
the physica power in the country, anC
by prompt concert of action, can enforce
and uphold the right, and make treason
that is TREASON suffer the penalty
j During the late war, General Burn
side issued an order suppressiOg the
4 Chicago Times. A detachment Of mil
I itary, acting under this order, took pos
session Of the Office, and stopped the is
suing Of the paper; the proprietor np.
piled to the United States District Courl
4 for this District for an Injunction to re.
strain the action Of the military. The
people assembled In the evening of the
same day by ters of thousands all the
streets leading to the Times Office were
densely packed with indignant freemen.
It was understood that Judge Drumr
mond, an able and fearless jurist, and
an honest man, though Republican,
would grant the writ; the immense meet
ing, actuated by one feeling, passed
unanimously single resolution, to-wit :
"We uphold at all hazards tbe supremacy
| of civil law, we will sustain and enforce
the decision of the Court when rendered,
We will meet again tomorrow to know
what the decision is.'' And then this
vast assem- blage separated quietly, with
firm determination, however, to meet the
next day aud carry out the resolution
which they had adopted. By six o'clock
pext morning. and order came from
Washington revoking the Burnside or
der. The PEOPLE HAD TRIUMPHED.-
And this, ju.t this, is what is needed
NOW throughout the country. May God
move his people TO SEE the impending
danger, and to ACT before it is too late
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