The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-10-14

but helping the enemy In every possibl,
way. Il was while England had her TIGHT
est grasp on the throat Of the nation tha
the Hartford convention was called TO dis
member Il; and this. Mr.. Jefferson saws
they would have accomplished but for tn,
battle Of New Orleans and the Peace O
Client. John Quincy Adams in 1899
and Abraham Lincoln in 1s47. made elab
crate arguments in favor af the leoal riioh
of state TO 90 out. The later abolition
lists did not attempt to conceal their ran
corous hostility to the union. "No uniot
with slayeholders', was one Of their watch
words, and down TO the ouenipg of the wa,
its destruction was the ayowed object o.
their Vaccinations.
There is one conclusive proof of YOU,
enmity to the union, and that is your un
wayering opposition to the constitution
which held the states together. You know
as well as / do how absurd it is.to suppose
that any man or party can support The
union, and at the same time trample on
the constitution and YOU certainly are
not ignorant that you and your predeces.
sors, from the earliest times, have been
anti-constitutional in all your procliyities
Contemptuous disregard of constitutional
obligations is not now the mere germ Of a
doctrine; it is a part of your settled creed
Before the war, and since, you have trod-
den under foot every provision contained
in the great chapter of our liberties. 1 dc
not speak at random. | challenge YOU To
designate single constitutional right Of
the states, or Of individuals, which YOU
have not at some time, or in some way,
deliberately violated.
This contempt for the consultation, this
practical denial that an oath to support il
is sacred, implies disregard of ali laws,
human and divine, and when adopted, it
left nothing to guide you except the pro.
pensities, evil or good, of your natural
hearts. Many of you (and notably YOU
yourself) contracted no individual guilt,
because you were too proud for petty lar
ceny, too benevolent for large-handed rob
berry, and two full Of Kindness to break
wantonly into the tabernacle Of human
life. But generally the moral principles
Of the ultra-abolitionists (if they ever had
any became SO wholly perverted that they
saw nothing wrong in the worst offenses
that could be committed against their DO
litical opponents. In their eyes theft and
murder not only lost their felonious char
acter, but became meritorious if the vic
Tins lived south Of Mason and Dixon's
line. When John Brown stole horses in
the peace of God and the state of Mis-.
souri,, he was taking lawful booty; when
he sneaked into quiet Virginia village
on a Sunday night and assassinated de-
fenseless citizens, he was hero, and when
he died felon's death on the scaffold, to
which he was justly condemned, he became
martyr. lsN
You persist in misunderstanding the
ante-bellum attitude of the northern dem
ocracy. We stood steadfastly by the union
against all attempts of the New England
party to break it up by secession. We
sustained the constitution against the Zero.
cious assaults of the abolitionists we Ia.
bored EARNESTLY n save ronuhI;con ;ns,;,n
tiops from the destruction with which tbov
were tbreatened bv Won and a. lonS ~
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