The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-02-10

claring martial law in direct opposition TO
the words of the Constitution. which are
in cases of "rebellion or INVASION The
regular army has been used rather than the
militia, reserying to the State the appoint
ment of their officers p citizens are re.
moved from their homes and out of their
respective States by Federal troops without
charges of crimes made against them, and
taken before Federal courts organized to
convict, ifthe oilence then set up is any
the crimes which the se1ition laws Of John |
Adams declared to be, among others cop
posing any measure of the Government" |
State Constitutions have been overthrown |
in obedience to Federal usurpations OF the |
powers not delegated by the States the |
judiciary has been used as a controlling
power by making unfit men judges, who
are not free from the suspicion that they
were appointed TO obey the will of the Fed.
eral Executive in word, the administra.
ton Of General Grant has been marked by
all those usutpations, distinguished by the
repetition of those efforts to establish a
monarchy or military despotism, which the
monarchists led by Hamilt on, endeavoured
to effect under the administration of John
Adams.
Well was It that Jefferson declared the ss.
'entiat principle" of Democratic government,
and warned the people against " anti-rcpubli
can tendencies" and conjured them to main.
tain the State Governments in all their lust
rights" and that Monroe taught the people
when usurpation" was Z" an easy attainment
usurper was soon found" that jackson felt
'the preservation Of the rights of the several
States" cause OF "unceasing solicitude,"
and that " the destruction OF our State Gov.
ernments or the annihilaton Of their control
over the local concerns Of the people would
lead directly to revolution aud anarchy and
finally to despotism and military domina-
tion.' The mouarchical party Of Hamilton
hoped, by action "outside the Constitution"
to " triumph over the State governments, and
reduce them tO entire subordnation." This
has been accomplished by the monarchlsts of
this day, under General Grant. Virginia, pro-
testing against laws passed by the advocates
OF mixed or absolute monarchy, in John
Adams day, protested, In advance, against
similar laws passed with the same motives, un.
der General Grants administration-fnr both,
by forced construction of the Constitution
tend, in effect, "to consolidate the States, by
degrees, into one sovereignty, the obvious ten.
dency and inevitable result of which would be
to transform the present republican system of
the United States into ab,oiuts, or, al best, a
mired moharehy." To attempt to defeat these
efforts now, raises directly the issues which
were involved in the contest between liberty J
and despotism, military domination, mon
arehy, mixed or absolute, subiugation o
States, the triumph over State governments
the usurpation Of power by the Federal Gov
ernments, when John Adams and Thomas JEFF
ferson were candidates for the Presidency.
Dead issues are these? Yes. truly, they may
be called dead issues when you, fellow citizens,
and others Of the Democratic party, are will
ling to abandon the Essential prineh les the
teachings, the warnings, the earnest patriot
ism Of the fathers of our Government, and
follow blindly false guides, who, insensible to
the trials which the fathers were subjected for
the establishment of free government seek
now only the success Of candidates, withou,
asserting the vital, essential principles Of the
democratic party.
The parallel bciw cen the policy Of John
Adams administration with It's "anti-federal
tendencies" or the ." tendency to absolute or
at least mixed monarchy" and that Of General
Grants administration Is most marked. 1t
must awaken 10 every rejecting, patriotic in
depen dent, reasoning mind, the gravest fears
for the future. This parallel. which has only
embraced the most prominent points Of the
Administration Of Adams and Grant, must
arouse every patriot to effort. This parallel
indicates, beyond all dispute, that the issues
involved In the coming election for Presiden,
are the same issues which were decided by the
election Of Jefferson, the founder of the Dem.
oeratic Party in this country. This parallel
shows that, II the Radicals carry the election
by military forcc-martiaI law, negro troops,
frauds, treating the elections in States in which
the Democrats are in majorities, as though
they had not taken place as Ritner's party
did here in 1881 refusing to count Democrat
ic electoral votes, on the pretext that States
have no rights the Radicals are bound to re.
spect, then what are now called dead issues
viii be the basis on which patriotism must
stsad in defence OF liberty, or the system of
free Government, the rights of the States, and
the liberty of the people will be subordinated
to the will Of men, who have used all these
means to establish an absolute or at best a
mixed monarchy. Are these, fellow -citizens
eunningly devieed fables 2" Did not Mr..
stanton when Secretary of War, send into our
own State several thousand troops for the pur.
pose of securing the election of Governor oi
Penusyivania? Whatever may have been the
pretext this was the result. The Federal Ex
eeutive is boder now, than them lie sends
his soldiers to orer-awe those Of his own party
in New Orleans who are opposed 10 his policy.
Has not the Federal Executive permitted the
earpet-bag Governor Of Texas to declare mar.
tial law in dstricts which elected democrats
to Congress, and by this means secure hi
agents their seats ? Has not the Federal Ex.
ecntiye refused in open defiance of the Consti-
tuition to take the regular army out of tn,
State of Illinois at the request of the Govern.
orr Did not the Federal Executive send
troops into New York city because it gave
Democratic majorities? Did he not permit
troops to be sent into Philadelphia at the Com
gressional election in defiance Of the manly
protest of the Governor ofthis Commonwealth!
AT this moment, is 1t not a question awaiting
decision where next martial law shah be de.
clared, since 1t Is unknown where the frienda
; Of liberty and the Constitution will make th,
most vigorous efforts, punished by the inla
nous sedition laws, TO oppose the measures oI
Government This is the real, vital issue ii
the Presidential contest Of this year. Al