The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-21
The Dangerous Proosdsnt.


The Democrat, the organ of the
Radicals 81 Gs61ga COUNTY, referring
to odf celebfation Iof the Fourth.
speak of il as ! apparently a tessi
Demo safe affair" 1t must bead
nitted thai it did look a little that
way, through no more so than "old-
fashioned celebrations of that great
event have always heretofore seemed.
The reason, doubtless why the affair
Raassucla Demo dratic hppearanee to
brother Converse is owing to the fact
that the reading of the 18th constituss.I
tional amendment and Lincoln's eman-
fcfftpfation proclamation was not substi-
tilted for that Of the Declaration of In J
I'depefnndeifeee. o'.' 10 .'i''' 10 = -''''s
YsAgain,o q In commenting upon our no.
tee of Tie amendment of the pro-.
igglr!amime! by ir-ehding the Declaration
of Independence, that paper says: mn
t 1--WE fear I'll the e Committee acted RASH
! lyIlino Admitting the Declaration. 1t
was aedangereus, precedent, tosay the
/ least of it, for however innocent the
| motive, it rendered them liable to the
charge Of pRadicalisin. In this in
]stance, ass9iil general, we think orr,
4 Democratic: c:friends9Wonldlh have found
the first impulse "a safer guide than
/ the sober SECOND, thought. 53,as ~ a6; -
t., We fail to see how, admitting, tire
Declaration, arrtelndleredi any of those
who participates. " liable to the charge
Of .R]SaPId9iilfa Radisalism,si ism,sioT There h are no. Dem
&C oSerats, SO, IA far as Ne are are acquainted
who do not accept and and endorse llt2 that
instrument as il. was understood by
its trainers, and Interpreted by their
acts in all the history Of. the past. Tt
was Democratic document, in 1776,
and the Democracy of 1870 honor the
men who gave sutterance TO- its senti-
ments, We command TO the attentive
perusal and careful and candid con-
ksiderhtiOn off eloval and patriotic
q lledit6r oflthe Geu1,gd Democrat and
hisoRadiGal contemporaries, the follow
ling specifications made byo Jefferson
! in this great .bilbefih Indictment against
! King George, imhopes il there be any
mIcontainedin it of which the
b kRadieaE Congress and Executive have
r mot been guilty during theis reign:
4 they w iA,notsfail fbpoint it tout:i5 i''
|, wHe has affected TO render the mill
l ,tary Independent of and superior to
the civil power. r.,.y,.,. t.osiod9 ed a
II" He has erected q multitude of new
e offices, and sent hithei' swa1ms of Of
-shfcers, to harass eonrpeopie and eat otl
oH our substance. yTIillg53 & 10 ot.Es -l
He, has combined with :. others tt
subject US to a Jurisdiction foreign tt
r bur co oHstititiofr and unacknowiedge(
70 Fbye-onr1dawsl;i giving his assent t.
ii their acts ofipretended legislation -
G, Fol, quartering large llaq bodies Of armed
i GilIHFor protecting them, by : mock trl
i al, from punishment for any murder
! which they should commit on the in
i u habitants of these States. uiriir % :
e For imposing taxes on US, withou
,lt't our consent ~"
II 10; Foridepifving us in many cases o
Z. the benefits of trial by jury.'l 81. g
e +; Fol. abolishing the, free system o
It English laws in neighboring pro
e vince, establishing therein an arbitra
q fy government and 1enlarging it
Iik boundaries, so as,to render it at ono
q an. example and fit instrument for in
$ trodpcing the same absolute rule i
t these colonies. b. ,
n f. For taking away our charters, abol
.fllishing our most valuable laws. and a
l. tering fundamentally the powers {
H. our government. ~. f,.;e f.l. ri =
,e F4i Does that saver much Of Radical
d, Ism Ism s2ay Fs2ay 9dt saw u -.taaigi1@ ~, 2