Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-07

Some dav, should occasion serve and the
preacher incline, one of the laity may ask him
what in his unbiased judgment, is "Money 2"
And, also, whether the fact that jar to one OF
a lot of bricks, placed in line, jestles the whole
row, is proof of stability :? E. W. L.
LAST WORDS OF FRANCIS LIEBER.-T The
sudden death OF DIR. Lieber adds new interest to
his opinions on national matters, particularly
when II is remembered that he spoke not as
partisan, but as student of and an authority
on ''civil liberty and self-government." We give
below a few extracts from his recent letter:
Even the nomination of Mr.. Greeley, and es-
pecially the peculiar method of the nomination
at Cincinnati, seems to me a deplorable fact IN
the annals Of our country, and the Baltimore
canism and democracy taking these words, Of
course, in their party meanings, Mark this.
The democrats do not surrender to the republic
cans, on the contrary, Mr. Greeley and his fol-
lowers surrender to the democracy. Elections,
like battles, can rarely be spoken of with certainty
before they are fought. But this l know, should
Mr.. Greeley be elected president of the United
States, we shall have in him far worse pres-
dent than we had ia Mr.. Buchanan. Is il not
openly avowed by secessionsts, who declared
themselves Greeley men, that "the lost cause"
Will then stand once more a fair chance? That
pitiful state rights doctrine-none can know it
better to its inmost fibre than myself-will visit
US again. 1t destroyed the noble commonwealth
of Netherlands; ii brought our republic to the
brink of ruin, aud it would unavoidably bring
upon US under that president, disloyal disorder,
and probably Sanguinary confusion. As to
financial ruin, that could not be avoided. Moth
ing will be too eXtravagant to apprehend from
d combination such as must take place under so
weak and yet so reckless man. Reputation,
PennsioninTg rebel soldiers, assuming The southern
They charge Grant with ceuualism. Do they
again confound nationalism with centralism?
Have they not vet learned from history and our
own times that the democracy is always inclined
toward absolutism and despotsm9 All state
rights men, even Mr.. Calhoun, he was person
allv my friend, were severe centralists within
their states. Their idea of proper government
in the United States was only the utmost pos
sible state opposition to the national govern
ment, Just as it had occurred in the Neither
lands. Still you may possibly object 10 this the
question, whether the democrats have not led
this country to a glorious development. totally
deny it. The country has grown great despite
of that which is enthusiastically democratic
electivei judiciary, disregarding the supreme
court, distribution of national funds, repudi-
alton, state rights doctrine, idolatry of slavery
and civil war which fairly began to resemble the
German thirty yaars' war. With reference to
the democrats and the success of this country
we have the same old and eYer-repeated error
in logic-because things exist together, there
fore they stand as cause and effect to each
other. Storks love the frogs OF the Netherlands,
and on every farmers house is stork' nest. The
Netherlands was republic; therefore it used to
be said, "storks like republics"
We are told things ought to be forgotten.
What have the republicans done? Has one
traitor been tried? Has ever a people shown
such absence of vengeance as the Union people
of the United States have done? If as pray
God to avert, the democrats come in again under
Greeley, it requires no prophet TO foretell that
we shall see a very different spirit on the part
of the victorious democrats | shall vote for
Grant.