The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01
A SOCKDOLAGER.
What Have We to do With the Northern
Democracy.
From the Dardnell, Ark. Chronicle. June "a.


From the Dardnell Ark. Chronicle June "a.
If the Northern Democracy choose to
accept the late I" so-called" amendments
to the constitution, they can do so, but
we are still opposed to them, at all
times and under all circumstances. If
they choose TO abandon the old, we'll
tried, time-honored land marks, they
can do so; we will not now nor ever
follow after them. If they choose to
become Republicans, TO defeat Republic
cans, or Radicals to defeat Radicalism,
they can just do so, we will none of it.
If the Northern people are too corrupt,
too ignorant, too unfit for selt-govern-
ment, and must need a strong govern
ment, government changed from what
it was in 1861. a government consolida-
ted and centralized at Washington in a
Congress or in President, they can
just fix it that way; we will spurn it
and spit upon it still, and call aloud for
heaven and earth to witness the betray-
al of constitutional liberty we will hold
it up and keep it prominently before
their eyes, that they murdered Albert
Sidney johnson and the hundreds of
thousands OF Confederates who died in
the same cause. If they say we only
mean to quiet our own people by crying
out "dead issues" accomplished
facts, g accepting the situation till
the Democracy can get control of the
government, and then they will set
about changing what they pledged
themselves to acquiesce in and abide
by what we have to say is this is worse
than telling lies it is acting lies in the
face of the world, and we, for one. will
have nothing to do with IT, The South
is too pure. too virtuous, TO patriotic,
too intelligent, too Republican, too
Democratic even, to be caught in any
such company, or of being guilty Of
any such duplicity and falsehood Such
logic is too shallow and too inconsistent
10 deceive her, for her TO give it up for
any earthly consideration whatever. =
The South falls into the arms
Of her benefactor who chastens her. as
loving and loved children are chas-
tened, but she will commend herself to
this same great benetactor. by clinging
on to her birthright of constitutional
liberty, and aeyer NEVER. will she give ii
up or yield it only with her last agoni-
zing, expiring breath. Never will she
yield her principles of fidelity in the
glorious old Constitution of our fathers,
till her true sons have shown TO the
world that there is a people who prefer
principle to policy-that there is peo-
pie who would WELD not only slaves and
property, land and money, but life it.
self, sooner than betray liberty. sooner
than violate a covenant. sooner than
permit her covenant violently to be
broken. \ The wealth of Northern
Democrats, the keen sagacity and cum
ming of Northern Democrats have con-
tributed their part to our woes and our
mistortunes, and their cowardice since
the war has become proverb. for they
profess one thing and practice another.
They tell US the amendments are I'M
constitutional, being fraudulently adop-
ted, and then eat their own words by
crying out pitiably "ws acce5t the Sitpa.
tion." Q, we base, cowardly, hypocritical
Yankee Democrats ! Your pledges to
us have been ropes of sand Shall we
trust you now, when you start out
with lie in your mouth and deceit in
your hearts?
Away with your promises: we will
have none Of them Ye towards and
hypocrites The Southern Democracy
will unite with no such putrid mass of
corruption.