Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-09-14
A REBEL YELL.
The Citizens fISaltimore Asked
TO Organize Against the Federal
Government.

From the Baltimore Gazette tDem.)
The desperate men in power have
thrown off all disguise, and announced
TO the country that they mean. to carry
the next election at the point of the
bayenet. Between the lines of the in
famous instructions to the marShals of
the United States just issued by the At
torney-General, with the approval of
the President, every man can read the
policy of the Republican party in the
great struggle that is before US. 1t
means to win at any price, and the
bloodier the price that is paid for it the
better will it please the band of robbers
and plunderers who have practically
uprooted the foundations of our Gov
eminent, and turned the Democracy
into despOtism. Taft's order is not
the first, but the last, step toward en-
pire. If the country submits to 1t gov
ernment of the people, for the people,
and by the people, has been over
thrown; elections are mOckery; the
suffrage deluSion, and the ballot-boX
a snare. We appeal to every lover of
his country, without distinction ofpar-
ty, to consider the situation: 1t is or
dered by corrupt, rotten Scabal in
Washington, that the MarShals of the
United States, in every hamlet and
city from Florida to Maine, and from
ocean to ocean, shall call out the whole
force of the Government to control tine
elections. The army, tho navy, the
States are, according to Mr.. Taft and
President Grant, all subordinate to
these minions of the Federal anthori-
ty. State lines have been wiped out;
Stale authority has been overthrown.
The Marshal of the United States takes
the place OF the Governor and of the
Mayor. His orders are supreme. He
has been instructed to set their author
ity at defiauce;to call to his support and
practically recruit an army to assist
him in his Work of intimidation.
The time has come when we must
meet force with force. To the bayOnet
we must oppose the bayonet. That is
the only way to save republican insti-
tutiOnS and democracy in the United
States. The party in power is resolved
upon the adoption Of desperate meth
DDS to retain their supremacy, and it
is only by desperate methods the party
of constitutional government can sue
cessfully oppose them. Louis Napole-
on never dared to do in France what
this Republican party has resolved to
do within the next sixty days. 1t has
sent out its manifestS that there
shall not be II fair election; that in the
selection of the next President, the
will of the people shall be set at def
ance, ana that only those who vote for
it shall vote at all. If we allow this
policy to be successfully inaugurated
and carried out, Republican govern
ment in the United States is dead. All
that we have cuntended for dnring a
hundred years will have perished. The
defeat of the bad, bold men who have
resolved upon this desperate course
can only be secured by the adoption of
their own methods. The porty of
Constitutional government everywhere
and especially in the State of Maryland
and the city of Baltimore, must teach
them that force will be met by force.
The time has come for all good men
who love their country and love the
Union, to organize and show the men
who would Ovorturn the Union that
they can Ouly do it by the sacrifice of
hundreds of thousands of lives. Let
Us begin the work in Baltimore at
once, and organize Immediately. Let
us have the Minute Men os rs. No
law must be broken. Their aim should
be to defend the law; TO protect the
Constitution of our common
country. 1t is fitting that Baltimore
and Maryland, which may be called
the cradle of civil and religious liberty
in America, should take tho lead in
this patriotic work. If Baltimore shall
send out the voice, the echo of the
voice that Paul Revere sent out from
the Old South Church of Boston hun
dred years ago, we shall have the con
tinent In whiri of patriotism within
thirty days, and the desperate men
who are seeking the overthrow of
liberties will have been de-
feated. Letus have the Minute Men
of '76' organized, drilled, equipped and
led by the best men who can be found
to lead them. This is the great duty
Of the hour. To your tents! 0, Israel!