The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-07
The Truth of History.

charges, exactly, but those whlehi par
rotlike, it has learned to repeat from
Tic lips Of the political malignauts who
originated them. 1t brings forward
none Of the memorable facts" it
promised, but deals in bald assertion
only, leaving us, in truth, but little to
reply to, in its two-eolann diatribe Of
Thursday last 1t goes back to the
days Of the Missouri Compromise and
the Kansas imbroglio, aud talks as
HippantIy as any disciple Of the old
abolition school of Wendell Phillips and
VIM. Lloyd Garrison, of the aggressive
spirit Of slavery" Let us remark, en-
passapt, that this aggressive spirit"
was simply a claim of Shareholders to
perfect equality with non shareholders
in The common territory Of the Union,
claim to which they were clearly en-.
titled under the Constitution, and not
dispatcd, except BY those who, then as
nov, we're willing to tread that instru,
ment beneath their unhallowed feet
This was the extent Of the aggressive
ness of the spirit of slavery" The
Sentiael might, just as well, have gone
further back still, to the days of the
forerunner Of the present Radical Dis
union Party, when blue lights were
hoisted on the coast of Connecticut to
inform the British feet that Decatur
was about 10 embark from the harbor
Of New London. 1t would have been
quite as relevant to this discussion, as
its reference to the Missouri Compro-
mise and the Kansas imbrOglio. Yea,
more SO; for it might have traced a
parallel between these blue light traitors
and those Of the present day, who under
the pretence of Reconstruction" aud
its kindred fallacies, still keep this
Union discovered and distracted, fol
base party considerations ouly. Blue
light Federalism wanted the American
feet captured and destroyed that il
might close the war, break down the
Democratic party, ani reiustate itsel
in power. Disunion Radicalism wants
to keep the States asunder and keep W
the agitations growing out of the war
tina. it may retain power. The common
veal is not in all its thoughts. The
same spirit animated its leaders at the
present day, that controlled it iii thu
days Of Hartford Convention, Blue,ligh
Federalism, and its pretentions to ex
elusive patriotism IRE utterly hollow
and absurd.
The Sentinel admits the resistance /,
the fugitive slave law, and also the en-
actmcut, in the New England States, o
what we're called personal libert
bills" These personal liberty bills,
we're SO many acts of rebellion agains
the Federal authority, and had tn
Democrats, during the late war, Offend
cd 10 ike degree, against the author
ity of Congress, they would have bee
ipcarcerated in bastiles, shot down lik
dogs, or hung up to the trees all alon
the public highways. Had like trea
ment been meeted out to the disturber
of the public peace, the plunderers {
the property of the South, then "
never should have heard of secession G
the interneciue war which grew out {
the persistent agitation of tho SLAYER
question, and che determination {
northern fanaticism, TO respect no Law
to regard no right, which stood in tn
way of concentrating their Interior pun
pose, the overthrow of slavery. TIL
Union, the Constitution, the laws Q
Congress, the sacred rights of person o
Of property, weighed not so much as tn
dust in the balance, against the deter
mination of the fanatical leaders of tn
north to accomplish their ends. The
hailed the outburst of rebellion wit
loud acclaim, and would rather hav
rent thS Union into thousand frag
meats than to have let slip the coyete'
opportunity which the rebellion afforde'
them to carry out their loDg-cherishe'
and predetermined designs. Their re
sponsibility for all the bloodshed, al
the horrors and agonies of war, thu
enormous debt, the burthen of taxation
the widespread ruin, and the deep anC
deplorable moral degradation which
hare ensued, cannot be shifted to thu
shoulders Of the Democratic party whit
there is any respect for truth in thu
public mind; and the sword Of retribu
tive justice will yet overtake them and
all who have been wilful accessories il
their great crime
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