The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-03-06

to prevent = decision against the
reconstruction laws. Either q the
new Judiciary bills aeconplishe that
obje1t. If they ala nj. apother
bill would be FRAMED whese plovis-
ions would be ample and sstisfacto-
ry. Hero is despotism in its es-
scncc and spirit. Congress enacts
I law, and forbids the courts TO in
tcrfere. They lcgislate, they ad-
minister, they decide. What more
is despotism than this . Could the
tho Emperor Of Russis 10 moro :?
Could the dcspot of the Tuileries do
as much? Could the Caesars have
been more absolute when the maxim
Of the Roman States was. the will
Of the Emperor the Law of the
land? Fellow-citisens, We are liy-
ing under : despotic government
whose claims are each day tighten
ing upon us-a Government which
will brook no restraint from God, or
man; q Government which will'rend
in pieces anything that stands in the
way Of absolutism. DO it the Con-
stitution, the States. the President
or tho Supreme Court. God grant
that il may not b TOO late to, remove
this terrible calamity. The vast
powers which have thus been, con-
centrated will Inevitable, sooner
Or later, fall IN easy prey 10 the
ambition of some popular leader
As tho civil commotions of republic
can Rome brought Julius Csser. to
the throne and established the Ro-
man Empire-as tho turmoil Of the
French Revolution led irresistabl
to the dcspotism Of Napoleon, 30
tho disturbances in, our country,
and the fury Of partisans are hurry
ing US forward to revolution and i'm
Fpcrialism. l do not say that many
Of the Radicals contemplate such !
result. But it will como, in spite
Of their good professions, IS the in
cvitablc and logical consequence Of
their acts. ] care nothing for thor
good intentions. I heed only their
actions. The idiot means we'll
enough when no pushes his brother
over the prccipice. The lunatic may
have good intentions when he cuts
bis throat with ! razor. What care
| how much they cry liberty"
whom they establish On absolute
mousrshy by the bayonet over eight
millions Of American /, citizens T.
What care I how much thcy cry
''loyslty," when they violate the
Constitutions and tear down the pill
lars OF the. Government What
caro- ! how much they cry Justice
when they arc hunting her with the
scurge throughout the land They
have drivonihcr, bleeding, from the
Southern States; they have barred
tho door Of the, White house against
her; and now, With impious foot,
they cross the threshold Of her inyi.
olablc sanctuary-the supreme tri.
bunal Of the land-rivet the shack.
les on her limbs, stifle hcr voice, &C
that she cannot speak. and make
even Justice her slave. What chr.
how much they cry civilization, =
when they call on nearly idiotic no.
gros, tho fetish worshipers ofAfrics
torulefn ten States Of this Uuion and
disfranchise our. own race. .'the heir.
Of all the ages, foremost in the fle.
Of times. Do they point us to an,
facts in the history Of those blaci
men from the beginning Of the worle
which fit them to be lawgiyers of thu
Caucasian race? The lofty and be-
ncyolcnt purposes of the Radical.
may avail them something whor
these acts Of theirs are judged ant
condemned before the high tribuna
Of Heaven. whose Judge cannot b,
shacklod or stided, and who will al
ways hear an appeal. But in my
mind their good purposes dwindl,
to insigni6cance in the presence o
tho snormity of theft offences. I,
is impossible for them to turn back
Of themselves they must lead US t.
revolution. They cannot change
Like the bcsbtted drunkard, the
will drinklths cup which their foil,
has, prepared for them. No salya.
ton can come to tho eountry--n.
pe>cc, no prosperity, no respect fo1
law-until they have been beater
in elections, and ithufst from power
Democrats of Ameirca. in you
hands and in the hanos Of the, Con
servative Republicans rest the at.
Of this nation. Shall it be . repub
lie or ) dsspotism? You alone car
answer. - y. y ~ ? y
Radical Dlsrcgafa Or Law
1t. is provoking, as well Is some