Plymouth weekly banner. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1856, 1855-07-19
For The B4nner


Nh. EDiToR:-When taken into con
sileration the growing numbers OF news
paper journals in oircule tion on the CONT
nent of cur wide spread America, and Pc
IuseJ by all classes. how essentially i'm
portan, is il that such journals should.
in all their edicts pertaining to morals,
be purely so, and in their political els
customs. instead Of adhering to the diff
feteus political faction of the day, to
suit party purposes. stick close TO those
sentiments inculcated in the glorious
sentiments of the Declaration Of Indie
pende nee. from which document ell our
general and State Institutions are. o.
should originate from. How highly i'm
poriant, then, that all our newspapers
should support true Republican princi
pies that should govern our country,
since the youth Of our country great
~ depending on that source Of informa-
sion TO fl and prepare them soon 10 act
"a the sovereigns Of the nation. per
ceive. Mr.. Editor. in one OF your num-
bers not long since. your syowal Of the
course you intend TO take in politics was
TO adhere TO the old line DE mocracy. In
tina, svowsl | shall De happy TO find you.
and as caution is the parent of safety
would advise you TO be careful not TO e n.
ter into the present miscalled Democrat
&c Adminisira. lion. varying as far from
the true principles OF the old line Democ.
racy as the East is from the West. and
;hsy may with prcpriety be called the
Stare ocricy party.
have been permitted 20 live since the
6fst start Of the Democratic party. and
can remember when the elder Adams
went cut of Office. He and his admins
tration were then styled the Federal par
ty. ond they were thought 20 be too arts
tccratic to suit republican principles
Then under the illustrious and ever to be
remembered Thomas Jefferson, sprang up
she Democratic party. and under him and
some Of his successors 10 the administra-
ton we're the true principle os Repub
IicanIsm and the Declaration of Inde pen
dence adhered TO and fully carried out.
and then were The old line Of Democracy
fully developed and their rational views
adhered TO. And what was the motto a I
that political era? The Southern states
man as well as the Northern said no more
slave States TO be added to the Union
TIE boon OF freedom at the dear bought
sacrifice of patriotic lives. suffering by
frost. hunger. and many other privations,
was then too recent to be forgotten bv
the surviving patriotic statesman OF that
day. They also well remembered that
chor
the British government. that caused the
separation. was the African slave trade.
IL foreign slave trade was of such an
sDofmity as to cause .among other wrongs
complained Of. a separa tion, certainly
slavery extension and slavery. trading
must be so. Our government cannot be
considered culpsble for slavery, as it ex-
listed the close Of the Revelation. But
theysre Justly chsrgeable for all the ex-
tension since. as being directly opposed
10 the true spirit and totally antagonlstic
ia all Republican principles and of the
doctrines contained in the Declaration OF
tndepe Evidence, and all such extensions
have their foundation in absolute wrong.
Established BY munieip pal usurpation. II
may De argued that sgreeable to the COM
promise line Of 1920 or therea bouts. that
slavery had right TO lat So deg. 80 min.
bat this does not prove that wrong con-
sented to to allay sectional strife estab-
fishes the priacipa of slavery to be right.
The overthrow and fate of that sacred
compromise. however sacrificing il was.
made. a. the expense and Infringement Of
me Astioaal character is too we'll known
Tor nae to add to whit has Of late been
ss'd OF the matter; and the just rebake