The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-06-30
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1T is the very spirit of evil. 1t is the
mad aud revengeful spirit which tore this
country assuuaer, which keepsit So, and
which, by iqstilling into the public mind
Ithroush fraud, calumny, and the passion ;
ate twistiugs Of truth, hatred thatis in
fernal, has raised every mans hand
against his brother. 1t has ever been so
with Kaaieal Journals and Radical speak.
ers: On the South especially have they
at every opportunity brought their mis-
representation and malicious falsehoods
to bear, aud by such means infamiug and
exasperating the dcgntrodden and help.
less Southern people, and kindling to.
wards them in the minds of the peopleof
the North spirit OF hatred and persecu-
ton. No little Circumstance Of disorder
occurs at the South but these fendish in
|cendiaries aud sewers. of discord, these
stirrers up ofstrife, these malignant imps
Of the pen and the. stump, snatch it up,
tear all the truth out Of il, fill it full Of
rancor and poison and the basest false
hoods, and scatter,it broadcast over the
land, to rahkle 10 the minds Of the peo-
| pie, and engender a. fresh tempest Of pas.
sion, to be poured out upon the people Of
the South. Were it not for infammatorJ
articles like these from the Radical press
wholly unjustifable and pernicious, The
groundwork therefor existing nowhere
but in the distempered minds of thelWri.
ters,; this people would have long since
have turned their swordsinto plowshares
their spears into pruning hooks, and the
passions enkindled by sanguinary and
desolating war been buried in oblivion
superseded by fraternal harmony, pros,
Iperity aud peace. But these political
frebrands would lot have peace; they wO' q
not have harmony; they would not allow
bad passions to die out; they would moi
cease lying and stirring up strife; they
must traduee and defame, and malicious.
ly misrepresent the people Of the South
and all others, North or South, whom they
considered it a. party duty that they
should hate, and never miss an opportu-
nifty to add fuel to the fame which they
had kindled, to augment existing animos.
fity, to strike down in this treacherous
way all hopes Of peace as soon as they
were born, and by very outlawry of per
and tongue, protract the present shatter.
| ed, embittered, painful, and deplorable
condition Of the country. No words car
express our horror and detestation of the
motives which inspire these men. They
are explicably criminal. They are vii.
full anarchists and disorganize-s. The
principles on which they act would bias
and ruin the fairest country under Heay,
len, and make her people little better thar
den Of thieves. What can we expec
to reap from such q sowing? How car
we heal wounds by tearing them evel
lopen? How can we win the good will o.
our fellow citizens by eternally malignins
lthem2 How can we bring together
disunited country by stepping in will
violence between the parts? There is ne
hope from these demoralized demagogues
and chronic disturbers of the public
lpeace. They have run mad in riotou'
passion and unapp peaseable revenge. The!
are incurable haters.s They live alone By
strife, and discord, and falsehood. Ths
footsteps of peace they allow not to come
nigh our country. Our hopes lie in The
people. They must rise and redeem theil
land, and queil, and cast out the reignine
spirit of revenge, disunion, and anarchy
which controls this destructive Radical
/ ism.