The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-08-15

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| yourselves We must either aIi rise or
all 20 down together Despotitm may
como, empires may rise and fsll among
us, but whether they DO .br net. We
shall not have the reign Of Radical
party. Understood me If say a man
canuot live high up in the air, 1 do not
mean be cannot 70 up 10 balloon and
re'nain for a time or II say a man
cannot live uuder water, do not say
he cannot 20 down 10 diving bell aud
remain while but the Radicals will
as certainly fail 10 perpetuate theirpow
| CT under this scheme, as that mau
will fail who attempts TO dwell in the
air, or drown who makes his home un-
der water. Such government would
be unnatural--a political monstrosity,
and cannot possibly last but you may
destroy the forms Is well as the pripci-
I pies Of free government, and then you
win have monarchy, an aristoepacy, nm
empire, or despotisin, as'thc case may
be.
1t may bethat we Of the United States,
have been so crazy in leaving the Con-
stitution--the only Ark Of safcty-that
our Heavenly Father has doomed us TO
perish, but | am grAtifed with a hope
that il is not so. If not, there i but
one method for our rescue, aud that is
by prompt restoration of the Consti-
tuition. Win it Gomez Willwe escape
an agrarias war, with resulting despo-
tism, and save our institutions for our
children! ] hope we shall; believe
we shall. Though great effort is be-
ing made--a designed effort---to destroy
US as Rome was destroyed, I believe the
effort will fail I have great faith in
the Anglo-saxon blood derive great
encouragement from Anglo. Saxon his.
tory. Our liberty was not born IN
dny. IL is not the work OF one genera
ton. 1t is the fruit Of a hundred strug-
1 giles, and its guarantees have Lcen per-
iecting for eight hundred years Many
have been the efforts 70 destroy it. OF
ten the English Consultation was tram
pied on. Often traitors sought 20 Sub
stitate arbitrary win for wcll-established
law, aud often have the people for q
time been misled. But thus far they
have always walked up aud called the
traitors and faetionists 10 account
Charles /. t. ampled on the Constitution.
He had judges who decided that bis
will was the law, end all who resisted
| that will aud defended the Constitution
were puaished as disloyal Ard il did
seem as II his power was irresistible
No doubt if you weak .knecd Radicals Of,
the South had lived in that day yon
would have said, sthe Constitution Is
dead, aud we must consent to Whist Ne
cannot resist" bat John Hampden
would not consent lfe resisted, 4 He
was tried as u criminal for resisting and
was condemnsd But what was those-
quel' The people finally asserted their
power. Charles and bis ministers per-
ished. The very judges that condemn
ed Hampden were themselves tried and
condemned as criminals, and the very
officers, even the sheriiis who executed
the orders Of Charles and his courts,
were sued by the citixeus for damages,
and had to pay nearly q million Of dol
lars for executing the processes Of a
void, unconstitutioual law For time
traitors held the power and tramplcd on
righ,a, but vengeance came, and pcfpet-
| nal infamy followed fsssa
| So Cromwell and his Parliament vio-
lated the Constitution, and though they
also fourished for a season, they too
were overthrown.s So james III. tram
Piled on the Constitution, and had Z, iiy
from his kingdom fugitive torlife. la
all these struggles good men, fara time,
suffered, and bad men, for time. ruled,
but the English race have never vet
failea to rescue their Constellation from
the power both Of traitors and fanatics.
tell you the Amerif an people viii
not always be deceived They viii rise
in defence Of their Constellation. and
traitors win trcmble. They who rallied
three million strongfo defeat What they
considered an armed assault on the Con-
stitution and Onion, viii nof sleep until
few hundred traitors from, ihe mask Cd
battery Of Congressional oaths and de.
eeptise prstsnsions Of loyalty shall ut
tcrly batter Sownthc Consultation aud
i Union forever warn you, boastful,
vindictiye Radicals, BY tie history Of
your own fathers, BY every instinct of
manhood, by every right or liberty and
every Impulse Of justice, that the day
is coming when you viii feel the power
Of an outraged and betrayed people
4 Applause. Go on couhscatingi Ar
rest without warrant or probable cause |;
destroy habeas corpus; defiie your own
race, aud aippantly say the Coustita-
ton is dead On, on, with your work
Of ruin, ye hcll-born rioters in sacred
things but remember for ali thess
things the people win call you 10 judg.
ment Prolonged appIaaso All
what an issue you have made for yonr-
selves. Succeed, and you destroy The
Constitution Fail and YOU hayo
covered the land with moarnipg. Sue-
cced, aud you bring ruin on roursclres
and al The countfy FAIL and YOU
bring infauy upon yourselves and al
your deludsd fsilowersl Succeed, and
SOW sre the pcrjured sssassins Of liber-
ISL Fail, and You are dcfeafed des,
! pisad traitors forever. Ys who aspils