Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

IN hottest OF ties. In the merl-
dian of its greatness-in the high
noon of its prosperity, glory and
grandeur-the demon of discord
with hypocritical professions of
friendship, and canting devotion
to old family usageS, insidiously
instilled o fatal poison into the
minds o: many members of the
hitherto peaceaDle family. Pur.
itanieal fanatcism hate, biggotry
and hypocrisy soon arrayed the
members of the household a
gainst one another, husband a.
gainst wife, wife against husband
son against father-father against
son-untill a divorce seemed the
only way to eaure peace, and
preserve the life of Liberty-the
bride of seventy years ago-siill
radiant, beautiful AMI lovely as
when she took the nuptial vow.
Then it was that the spoiler-the
infatuated devils Of Purltanism-
trIumphed! The marriage cerifi-
cate-the Federal Constitution
was torn to fragments, while an
%atrocious cabal ofperjured con-
spirators, Knocked and jibbercd
with hellish glee over the ruin
they had made. Intoxicated with
success, and maddened with an
unholy lust for the power, they
finished their fiendish, sacrilegi-
Gus s~aturnalia with a carnival of
blood; drawn from the hearts of
patriots and freemani The land
was made desolate-weeping
and mourning was heard at every
freside-and our lovely valleys
turned into huge chanel-house-
innocence and virtueoutraged'by
nameless crimes-brutal, beastly
lousy, idiotic niggers turned loose
upon a defenseless people-hired
minious revealing riotously in
the homes of unprotected limo
cence-S atraps stealing, plumber
ing and depressing with ruthless
power! Finally the hell-blasts
of Puritanism had consummatcd
its work of murder, desolation,
rapine-ard the Republic was
dead-the Union severed-its
members hurled:from their spher
es-their rights'and liberties gone
and in the grasp of a bondage
more remorseless, memorable and
intolerable than ever cursed a
Russian serf, or caused a tear of
grief to bedew the cheek Off gal
ley slave!
What a change q half score of
years has wrought! The family
ivided-Iivorced-and forced to
we'd o bastard monstrosity-a
mongrel harlot-rotten with the
sores of its prostitution! Il tan
vat whiskey-guzzler in the seat
once occupied by pure patriots?
A chick-stealing, church-robb-
ing, saddle-colored, niger dis
grazing and defiling the seat of q
statesman, Gibbaring mongrel
niggers, scalawags, carpet-bag-
gers and thieves in our legisla-
tive halls! Three thousand mil
lions of debt crushing US to the
dust! Bond -holders and tariff
robbers day by day tapping our
blood like hungry wolves! Tax
collectors, revenue spies, pimps
and neak-thieves lowering over
the substance OF the people like
vultures, watching for a chance
to gorge their rapacious maws!
Fools, fanatics, lunatics and
blasphemOus traitors-enemies
to God and MISUNDERSTANDING
ting to destroy their own species
by forcing item into a beastly,
God-abhorred and God-detcsted
Bankruptcy, anarchy, ruin and
despotism threatening to hurl us
into chaos. bleed AMI eternal
night. Look where nr which
why we sill, al. is gloomy, dark
les but not hopeless despair! A
ray of sunlight breaks III upon US
from California-the XIV. Mon
grelment has been repudiated
and declared null by that noble
member of the household; and
now comes 1udiana-brave, he
role, liberty and CONSTITUTIONAL
wing lndiana-and enters her pro-
test against the Internal fraud!
Soon other members will fol-