Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-01-29
THE CRISIS At HAND.

We are in the midst Of q revolution
bloodless as yet, but none tho less a revolu.
tion. The whole framework Of tho FEEDER.
al Constitution is being overturned BY tho
dominant party in Congress, md all the
powers Of government are being rapidly CON
csntrated in tie legislative department. The
Executive is already stripped ofmany Of hiu
important prerogativcs, and his solemn obli'
CATION to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution" is rendered nugatory and void
by the usurpstion Of Congress. And, not
content with depriving the President Of his
constitutional powers and rendering him q
automaton in the administration, they have
laid their sacrilegious hands upon the su-
premc Court, the highest Judicial Tribunal
in tho country and coordinate and indie.
pendent branch Of the Government, and are
seeking to strip it Of its powers and mako it
subservient to the Radical policy which they
have inaugurNed.
Where all this is to end, and What these
outrages on the Constitution and these
usurpations Of power on the partoi Congress
will lead to, Heaven only knows. If the
teachings Of history for tho last three cen.
turies are not fault-.if the experience Of
England and France is not all delusion--
thon are VIC rapidly nearing the point in our
history when, if the people do not arres. II
right speedily, the Constitutional Govern
men. bequca.hed to us as rich legacy from
our patriotic forefathcrs will have given
place to military dictatorship of the worst
kind the sword of General Of the army
to give law to the country under the manip.
ulat!ons Of Congress, and the Executive and
Supreme Court TO be shorn Of all power and
to be virtually set aside as Of no account in
the administration.
The revolution IS upon US. How long
will remain bloodess ia not for US to say.
That matter is with the people, and it will
be for them to determine their own cour.e
Of action. There is one thing clear to our
mind, and that is that no other civilized and
christian nation on the face Of the earth
would the people tamely submit to such out
RACES on their rights and liberties as are daily
committed by the present Congress
Crushing the Wealth Producers
Thure are some six millions Of wcrkin2
len in the country, wealth producers Of
various kind, Over three millions Of then
are agriculturists. For one Or two years
Turing the existence Of the wealth.dest
ing war, the agricultural interest Hourishe6
A sudden demand for breadstuffs, before the
cost oflabor bega, to swell up to its present
figure, enabled the farmer to make large
profits. He paid eff his debts and secured
his independence. The hour of bis pros
perity Was brief however; for the enhance,
cost Of raising his produce and :he enhance,
cost Of supporting his family, soon wipet
cut the margin Of profit on each crop, ant
;o.day, these three millions Of agriculturists
, being taxed, robbed and plundored Of ever,
= dollar over the cost Of of their yearly pro
4 I!lu;tlons, by the ruinous policy Of the miscr
able government which curses the country
! demand relief. They ask that the necessi
ties Of life may not be burdened with taxa
ticn; that the paper dollar may be as goot
as tn, gold one that economy may rule il
high Places as il must rule in the walks Il
humble life. if the nation at large wouiC
prosper. But what response does the sp
pea! Of the great agricultural interes get
None. The fana:ical wretclcs in Congress
who are destroying the last spark left O
national prosperity, who are slowly murder
Ing humanity North and South by the dis
tress they arc breeding, as corruption breed,
maggnts, dcridc and laugh at the agony o
the wealth producers; enact week after
week measures which plunge the country
into deeper suffering; deprecia,ing the
paper dollar; killing out commercial con-
idence, palsyng trade. and entailing general
ruin. Do these three millions Of asricul-
turists mean to sleep over these abuses p
| DO they calculate to fold their arms and
! look calmly on, while gold goes up to 500,
and the paper dollar ialls to 20 cents? We
ask them, because in wealth, strength and
numbers, they aggregate heuvier than all
other interests Of the country combined; and
are power before which no administration
can stand, if they SO will it. Be UP, tillers
Of the soil Get ready to act I
E6H The National Mteligencer IS not y, :
cured OF the delusion that the Democratic
party must lie still in the next Presidential
campaign, and let the "bakers half dozeu"
Of so called Conservative" walk over the
track under the banner of some nominee
who is neither fish nor flesh. At TIM
when the public mind is more positive than
ever before, when every issue is SO sharp,
aud so clearly defined that the most carele
and the most ignorant cannot help feeling
and comprehending it, it is proposed to ruiz
some halfway or non.committal candidate
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