The Republican journal., 1874-01-08

Straffords suggestion the people rose upon the
King himself, dragged him to the block, and
chopped his head off; and the God OF justice
looked down from his great white throne III the
heavens and smiled upon the deed.
Before you asserted that Mr. Seward saved
the country you ought to have remembered that
# the nation had been saved from him and HI
followers and the irrepressible conflict which
they created. it would have needed no other
Saly alton.
Now as to the little bell. The same higher
law which gave the Federal Government power
to egislate against the States i'll defiance OF the
Constitution would logically Justify amy IXecli-
tive outrage that might be desired for personal
or party purposes on the life, liberty and prop
crty of individuals. Such wa, Mr.. seward
theory, and such was the practice Of himself
and his ~uboriinates and some of his colleagues.
| will not pain YOU by a recital Of the WantOn
crueties they inflicted upon motlending ci-
ZenS. have neither space nor time nor skill
to paint them. A lite-siZe picture of them
would cover more canvas than there Is on earth.
You We're abroad as Minister to Eng land when
most of them were done; but every wind bore
you the reports, and you must have blushcd
for your country when you saw her degraded
in the eyes OF the whole world. Since the tal!
OF Robespierre nothing has occurred to east 80
much d>rcputc on republican institutions.
|. You NAV answer tas the disciples OF your
school generally du) that the men and women
Who have suffered under this tyrannOu~ rule
were mere Democrats, cOpperhCadS | Mon
say er~, ipugil-fIccs, southern SympathlZ"r>.
Sourhon> VINO toreet nothing and learn moth
mg. entertaining opinions out OF dale and un-
taEorablc to ahOtioniSt~, dangerous voters, i'm
proper persons whom II ,N"e .l..."ndl, ndl i-1-
bic to takt on amt rs th;tt to'l'' NO, pr 'f'o
according lo law, u Wa flShi !" w Y "S"iH>,
law | will not affirm that the Democracy lah
any merits, but ask You merely 10 rccoilccl lhat
a lr@;l right Is AWAY icsPeclIoie tN'I i!o"S"
the person VINO clalils o''' lp' N'i'ln MN "
your t>uicHi' bcNl'tS' 1t w ny i'o' - t'' nv
the party IN lower N"ttiu Vil,I'l,
| The iaW j.. therefore,. matI, tn purpose
all II 1t does nov Shnld me Wtahhe5H "i 'hr"
| opponents. lou cannot uhutFs!"hu til' '1'H'
OF ltet 'onstl'ulon ui'''H@ nou w.
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| Nh WrIl"s presents tho ~tdpwrt "f Your
euIogy in avery unpleasant light Instead OF TIN
sasacity cand"r and patriotism for which ynu
credit him, he was cunning and trcarhrrou>,
.'tn low ends Industrious, and crooked in all
hi, ways am no voucher for this. hut besides
Mr. Wclle>'s own u,Iur>toncd Ncrarity, and
| the .Ircun,Stantial corroborltion of hi, state
| me,t> there is Il reason II pyiurj for believing
! Mi he SAYS, and more too: the man who Wa
- notori0uslv false Tot the constitution ne >Nor.
| to -upport could not be true to anything,
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