, 1867-11-29

GUS old Constitution and Union, begins to
give way to steady sunshine, and our gal
liant ship is again proudly pointing her prov
toward HOME, giving us now glad assurance
that we'll soon be there. All the more glad,
too, because we feel that we are to be no
longer left at the mercy of set of self>con-
stituted pilots, who "prefer darkness rather
than light, because their deeds are evil,
aud who, Publican. like, have all the Searl>
some way been loudly proclaiming their at
fecton for the old ship and their eGrnest de-
sire for its safety; yet who, we have known,
would to serve their own base designs or i'm.
agiuary interests, have cut away the hull as
they have the masts and sails and allowed 1t,
with all its precious cargo Of Hope for
brighter future, to sink beneath the waves
forever. Yes, reader, we'll soon be there
Not you nor us, personally; but the proud
old Democratic party, or its horOred repre-.
sentatives, will soon be at Washington-in
their places, in the White House and in the
Halls of Cnn9rAen No 80 90 IS tJra"tS,
usurpers, aud 6lchers from the hard earned
wages of the honest masses who sent them
there Not as masters supercilOusly assert
ing their superiority over, and independence
Of, the people-assuming to know the wish
es and wants of that people better than they
know them themselves; but as servants Of
the peop!e-such servants as met there from
the days of Washington down to the year
1860-proud to do the bidding of those to
whom they are indebted for their honoTs and
emoluments; not as strangers and deniers
of freedom of speech and freedom Of the
press; not as partizans, and builders of
party, even at the expense of Government
itself; Eot as advocates of bonded aristoc>
racy, centralized government, and military
despotism; not as wranglers over the recon-
struction of States Eot out of the Union; not
as advocates of negro, Chinese, and Indian
suffrage, and the Acknowledgement of those
of our own color; but as defenders of the
right OF trial by jury-free speech, free
press. equal laws-in short, honest men,
such as those who met there in the glorious
past, aud obtained for their names an undy.
ing fame because of their STEADY recognition
of the Constitution as the supreme law of
the land, and their rigid enforcement of all
laws that made ''every American citizen a
nubleman," and, until convicted of crime,
entitled him to all the rights and privileges
guaranteed in that great chart of our liber>
ties.
Yes, we'll soon be there to prove that ten
of the stars are not stricken from nur
tional enslgn-to open the eyes of the op.
pressed and the hearts of the oppressor,
alike to the truth that they are indellibly
stamped there, and will again shine out with
brilliancy that will forever set at naug ht
the idea of dissolved Union, and show to
both friend and foe that our Union-the
master-mechanism of our venerated fore>
fathers and the pride of our earlier years, is
undissolved and INDIssoLUBLE.
Well soon be there, as our "log, book"
clearly shows. In Montana, we have left
the cloud 1--WE can only think of it now as
passing oue) 1000 votes behind; in WASH
ington, LOO; in Rhode Island, 1000; in
Connecticut, 5000; in New Hampshire,
5000; in Vermont, 5000; in Maine, H.
900; in Kentucky, 10000; in California,
$4,000; in New York, 40 900; in New Jer.
sey, $4,000; in Iowa, 1000; in Minnesota,
5000; in Pennsylvania, $4,000; in Ohio,
$4,000. More than one.half the distance
back that we were driven in tie "fog" at
the Presidential campaign in 1864, and this
in only twelve States and two Territories.
Courage, then, brave democrats. "The
lands in sight, and homes in view" and
when, in 1868, our og-book's made up, it
will lind US reclining in the haven we have
all so long desired to reach.
But word to those who have kept us go
long from home. 1t will not find us there
merely as lovers of Office, but as lovers of the
ofhcer's duty-at work solely for "the great.
est good to the greatess number" of our
crew, OF which you shall be deemed an i'm,
portant member, and entitled to equal priv.
lleges with any and all others-save, of
course, few minor matters, such as hand
ling the keys Of the treasury and the cooking
OF your feet upon the tables in the Offices of
various departments" So you need not
stand aghast, with up lifted hands, or in im>
ploriug attitudes. We mean you no harm
indeed we don't! We have born the Lash!
We know the proud scorn" of the servant
when turned to MASTER" but we shall not
Tie your tongues nor try to convince you
that your souls are not your own; but we
will give you freedom of speech, even unto
the exposing of all our short comings, and
you should even continue to feel disposed
to sing P@ons to the nigger; to burn incense
Tor ditto, to anoint ditto, with frankipcense