The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-23

ton. they preserved their dear bought
purchase of freedom. and we have pros
pered under the rule, until we are among
not only the greatest nations of the earth,
but greater in liberality. freedom, JUS
tice, and wealth, than any nation that
hes passed away.
But danger has passed away. Pride
puffs up our greatness, and we look for
some one at home to throw at, and we
commence by tearing the bones from the
links of union, by trying to break the rock
of blood and ashes under our temple of
freedom, by tearing the seals off of the
bond that binds US to abide as one man.
by the rules that have made us what we
are. Horrible, what thought! Awful.
what result, And yet such is, and will
be the result Of the Zone man power" of
subjecting the majority to the rule of the
minority.
Shall we say it7 There are such men
amongst us--nen did we say? Perhaps
they are in sight of their own intellects;
but compared with the men who made
them free. they are sadly degenerate.
What are they but Renegades, to law, or
der, harmony. and justice? What are
they but disorganizers of party-of Gus
tom--of healthful principles of action?
What are they but traitors to wisdom.
of the fathers of our freedom! Why do
they claim the protection Of our laws.
when they are subverting the very first
principle of all law? Why do they call
upon the government TO give them priv
ileges when they are trying to remove
the very foundation on which the gov
eminent stands? Why do they boast
that we have reared temple of Liberty
when they have formed regular "hook
and ladder" company to tear that temple
down? Eye upon such acts! Away with
such things from the midst of freemen!
Let us take small sample at home;
for the same principle is involved, and
Families itself throughout. from path
master to president.
The people meet in convention--sev-
eral candidates are before them. There's
Smith, Snubs, and Digs, and as many
more as may be. Well, after numer Gus
ballotings, all but one are dropped--all
the delegates have something to say, all
vote; and at last, after one candidate has
got more votes than all the others, he is
nominated by a very respectable major
ity. Now what do we expect? Why
the others shake hands with him with as
much Joy as if he was newly married, thank
those who showed them a preference On
first ballot--conclude the majority know
who they want, and go for the choice as
they would like to have done for them
had they been selected. OF course we
expect to see nothing else-for that is
the first principle of our political exist
ence, and we look for nothing else. But
stop. We look in vain. Smiths the
choice, and what do we hear? One of
the minority says Il won't vote for him. .
"Why?" "'Cause he took the benefit of
the bankrupt law" Another says
"'cause he don't pay his debts" Ano-
ther says she's getting thee dollars a
day to do nothing" Another says she
don't belong to the sons" Another says
81 don't like him and / won't vote for
him no how" Sounds we'll, don't it?
Why what in the name of sense did you
go to convention for? Or why did you
not tell these things openly and boldly,
before Smith was nominated; when you
found he got more votes than all the 9TH
ers that you wanted chosen? Bah! What
nonsense. It's like a man denying the
religion of Christ. then referring tothe
bible to prove it,. Why he knows no.
thing of Christ. only as he gets it from
the bible, and by referring to it, he stops
his own mouth. And such men profess
to be Democrats? God save the mark!
Democrats forsooth--they' nothing, or
ifanything, they're whining school boys,
building cob-houses and then throwing
them down--going into convention, and
then trying to rule the majority, or de-
feat the whole object they went there for,
because their will is not law. And yet
they would uccept an Office procured by
the influence Of the very man they thus
opposed, after he is elected. O, Consist
ency!
But we are not through yet-worse
yet is to come. Digs was not nomina-
ted-and .,ood, honest, consistent politi-
clan that he is--he's mad about it. He
damns the onvention-votes for a whig
and lies about Smith with a vast deal
of gusto, and suavity. Sweet, dear, de-
lightful, magnanimous Digs = because
the people wouldn't weigh him in his
own loaded scale. the ''psople" is IN ass,
and he'll show 'em what's what, he will
-whew-what shall we say of such It'd
lers? Next to the man who don't pay
for newspaper-nothings too mean for
him-he'd rob a blind kitten of dead
mouse. Bah! Let's put some camphor
in our ink, and 60 on another tack.
Next in Importance to supporting our
own man is to know the character of his
opponent; and in what we have to say