The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-06-21
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LETTERS FROM sULlo1E.
NUMpgR TWO,
The fssues os To-day-Democfary W.
Radicalism-L aborSs, hIonopoiy.i


The fstues os To.day-Democfary VI,
observation-disclosures, Monopoly
EDITORS DEAocRAr:-In my lasll tier
asserted that "our Constitution is read,
but not historically nor additionally sind.
led" | then made mistake, for We have
now no Constitution, no tangible form oi
government, but are drifting on = sea Of
speculative doubt and experimental unrcr-
tainty. Everything that once belonged to
all the people is now mor,gagcd I" y ir~,
aud they-,hc few. hold in ir,hands the
power and sole control Of what We nov
call Government. And all this without
the consent Of the people! Why has all
this occurred in n country thu, boastcd
proudly of its grand constitutional gov
erpmen.:-with state rights watching
federal authority in the exercise Of Il,
functions, and tho Federal Guvcrnucn.
lealously guarding the States she repre-.
s"ntcd Was it because We are ungratr.
full to to noble men of the past. wa,
it that experience taught us our system
was fullacious, and that Maca'ily wasriglt
in derlariog our Republic failure: Did
We condemn Jefferson us n fool to luua
Wendell Phillips rs d prophe,?- and con,
slider Washington only doltin the pyro.
technical nurelia, this ubolitiouisr dung
round the marching tune ofJoilu Brown!
Aud the past is but n splendid phan' ON
after all,-its glory, liberty, heroism and
patient watching ssf denial-ull, all, u
mere dream. The charter Of our liberty
is gone. and our great duty is now to find
.out where it is, and z:store it la k to The
tabercacle Of our to,tcr.ng temple. We,
the peoples once Sovereign, arc now m,rc
cypIsrs, the acrc serfs Of the mpDied oil,
garcl,s. To regain our lost inheritance, to
restore to every nishe its sacred statue. and
rebuild tile ruined fame is tho duty Of the
duty of the day. To euoble man. to crush
all degrading influences, to smile down
oppression wherever it may sc,-thcsc
require curigreniest strength anil virtue.
Self denial mud self reliance will gain oil.
TO do these things We must never consider
truth out Of season, nor pay sickly obei.
sance 10 power. however exalted it n,sy be
when standing in our way zfra n
To-day sits in Washington an rsurpcr,
ignorant, ignorant Of civil law, WHO reads
the canon's of mans rights, only through
a field glass, and makes his signature to
an cdic. with the rel point Of bandits
s,iltt'o. The tool Of Wall Street, 10 ig.
nores the people. and with Tecumsel,
commanding general. Grants master every
way. and y nonarclllst at that, the people
are sPat in.
You will hardly believe that the Gener.
ais held a convention before Grnnt al.
lowed his name to be placed III nomination.
tits so, and they are now ready. casl, ju
baud, to lctloose their war dogs. How
contracted after all are deyisss? The cou-
ditions made to Lee. and broken, cxoncr.
a,cs tlie South from allegiance. Ii this
they were beaten ut tbcir own game. Tho
Soutl, md the tax -puycr hold the feet Of
our masters, aud hence it is we are unable
TO meet England, unable to meet even
Canada. 10 be sure, we bully about
Cuba. because Spainis weak just now. but
an opthalniic disease prevents US looking
over tie line at the Dominion. Tie
Monroe doctrine is good in one direction.
but not all applicable in another. And
thus We find verified the words Of Beau
mont, Revenge, tho sweet at first, yet
bitter ere long, back upon itself recols."
The people, though tramplcd on are
still sovcreign-bullets and buyoncts
never touch principles, and they are or.
ganizing quietly aud surely. The people
against OIigarchs y TIE cry comes FROM
God, Thou shalt not cypress thy
BROTHER And the day is coming oil
when another "Nlarsellies hym" will be
heard, and the Oligarch will be paid his
bond ID full, aud tho mtoual debt will lie
aoatcl out on the red tide Of revengcful
population. rr ID
The American people are not degraded
enough to accept every term proposed.
Give Grant fair trial" cxclai,ll some
sickly eRcminntcs. lie will have no trial,
he insist on The oln game, ''ot,, ON, even