Year: 1868




Prem the New York Citizen CoIoaui ITaIpines o. 1ls


o4iiisy , paper apuary PSI


The time has arrived in the history o.


this Republic when there is no1onger safety
IN silence, nor maniiness in submission
+ The last act of the Republican majority
! would destroy the only chance that remains
q bOus for deliverance from absolute despotism


While the doors of the SUPREME Court are
I open to the appeals Of the oppressed, there
4 will still linger in the hearts Of Americans
/ a latent feeling of security But when
these shall be closed, there is nothing left
to them buttle arbitration Of physical force.


What can be predicted for the future OF a
/ country thus voluntarily thrustzbaek into
baFbarisn by the .decrccs Of the Iawgivers
%dlate present of a civilized nation thus hurl-
ing away the restraints and safeguards Of
law, and substituting fer them the license
and despotism Of military rule What shall
we say of the fitness Of such men for the
discharge of the bighe and sacred trusts re-
posed in them2 History may, perhaps, do
justice to their crimes, but nothing can possi-
bly, do Jastice to their monstrous presump-
ton. How little have they learned in the
great school Of wisdom; how little have
they proiited BY the stlessons. Of history
" hon there IS no longer any means left to
men to avert danger, they turn. and face it
with awful desperation. When there Is no
longer an avenue Of retreat open, then tie
sword must eleaye a path for the imPeriied
army. Alen conscious of the value Of
peace, and fam hiar yFithsthe cost. Of anarchy.
concede little by little for the sake OF Teace,
as long as there is virtue in concession but
when the terrible alternative of despotism
or resistance is thrust upon them, woe be to
those that make thesissuel ItIs idle to at
tempt to mask the fact th atsafl appeals to the
Of


are grave travesties. They are deaf to
everything but the voices Of their own PAS
slOns and interests. Ifights, liberties, tiae-
hOn0rgd tutiOns-eyerythiB THAT free
men value andreTer Tere-have been -ruthlessly
sacrificed. What isthere left to them but
the memories of a glorious past-Unlcss, in
deed, it is sacred duty Of vindicatHg the
liberties which made the past memqrable2
SO long as there is q h0pesof successfully
appealing to reason and the eearts Of law,
we counsel peace and fOrbeaTance, but when
these fail to Us Ne demand our rights and
liberties at all hazards The puriured
apostates Of constitutional liberty, that cit
in our legislative halls, may learn to their
cost that. there are evils more dreaded BY
free born men than voiutiOH-am0n9t them
despOtism. And If the nation believes that
the crisis demands a dictator nothing is
more certain than that he viii be Of its own
choosing IN TIC emergency Y Illat6 Is Il pom Us
it is the solemn duty of every patriot to
stand fast by the National Executive who
has proved himself to be worthy Of public
confidence by MS 1awaEering and uncOm-
promising fidelity to the Constitution and
the laws. It IS not the time now TO discuss
his errors of judement. 81 g cannot doubt.
the sincerity Of bis heaFt and on that We
must be content to rely. We caution him
now to tie utmost pro2lrtEess ana the
greatest c2uuoa. He is the Commander-in-
Chief Of the a rny- and Navy gnder the Con
stitution ;leb him look Well to these, and be
prepared, that when the moment comes to
strike, his strokes may be decisive. We are \
satisfied thatlle VIII do his part OF thewerk,
If The people VIII do theirs. But he must
have the assurance of the aid and sympathy
of the nation at his back. With these be-
hind him the popular triumph is .assured. /
TO this end let the great COnservative ele- /
ment OF the country rally as one man to 4
his supports and by spontaneous and over !
whelming public demonstration express to i
him their approval Of his courses their con- /
fdenee ia bis integrity, and their intention 4
to stand By him IN every necessary effort to /
restore the lost liberties Of the country. In !
this attitude and in no other is there hope
for national deliyerance Act cautiously 4
but be at all times ready to act promptly. |
We warn the tyrant, Badicalism, against ]
any attempt to incorporate its latest mon 1
strGus conception into the statute books Of
this republic, and it behOyes it to heed cur /
warning.