The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-16
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triOtic trueism than that Of Macaule.
when he said that "CoDstitutioDs
exist In vain for those who vii
not defend them" uor il NOR
pernicious. nor more fatal doctrine
taught, than "nouresistance.' III,
Cavaliers fell into that error, an,
came near losing their Constitution
and their liberties, when, after thu
Restoration, their soph;sts tnculeatec
and maintained this. the moot slsvisk
theory known to mankind. We dnc
in our Republic q large party exhibit
ipg this doctrine In y form 90 exsR'
| Grated a. to shock those who have
learned republican truths from the
example and teachings Of the patriot
fathers Of the Revolution. This par
ty contends that mo breach Of Law
or contract" No violation ofthe writ.
ten Constitution Of our country. can
justify a people In resisting by force
their constituted authorities. Nay.
there are those so far gone in this
theory as to brazenly contend that
all methods are closed to our people,
to right wrongs committed by these
rulers, save through slayish forms,
which can be perverted to base uses
by any ambitious tyrant.
We do not wonder that our North.
ern brethren should be carried away
with this fatal theory. With them,
forgetting the efforts Of their fore.
fathers. rebellion is associated, In
their imagination. with subsection
and degradation, and authority, no
matter how arbitrary 90 covered by
the mere forms Of law. with liberty
and ascendency. The indlgnity
hesped upon q conquered South: the
infamous acts Of debased carpet.
baggers, Of brutal and ignorant ne
groes, in the fifteen Southern States,
their robbery, rapine and murder;
the violation Of every principle Of
justice In elections, eliminating with
the monstrous theft Of q Presidency,
In utter violation Of the plsinest pro-
visions Of our fundamental law. are
to them but ''justice meeted out to
rebels" They do not think, az
these same Cavaliers did not think,
that q time will come when some
despot will persecute the most loyal
Of the Northern Unionist with the
animOsity Of Grant. When that
time does come, as 1t surely will,
what consolation will the logic used
to prove that rebels" have no rights
that 'loyalists" are bound to respect.
have In it when these same loyal.
Ists" are Invested In the manner they |
now prescribe. Of their rights and |
liberties.
Mankind in all ages has been &C.
tuated by the same motives, and 80 |
long as time shall last cupidity and |
ear will b. predominating passions |
10 all who rule. The virtues ascrib. !
I'd to the few are tho exceptions,
md the historian halts upon the |
opinion, that the ruler, thus virtu.
,us, found little to tempt him. else |
cared to risk the temptation. Our
Northern friends, In their madness |
u this question, will insist that no
Julie can rest in him who yielded
ervice to the "Union." The time
vill come. and II the signs portend |
ruly It is not far distant. when they |
yill find their most loyal rulers &C.
usted by the same ambition which |
las prompted man through all ages |
o usurp power. When that day |
zones We trust the serviie tuition |
low instilled into the rising genera.
ion may not have % far mastered
heir spirit - to render them unit or |
'owerlees TO strike an honest and
manly blow for their freedom.