Plymouth weekly banner. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-17

as truthful and sincere the declarations
OF Democrats. at home and abroad. that
Kansas will be Free State. when at
the same time we see those De mocrats
sustaining their party platform, which
thfoilles freedom. and stramples it in the
dust. : In short, we prefer Jefferson 10
Douglas; and do not feel inclined to
trade off the Declaration of Inde pendence
for the Kansas Nebraska act.
Our candidates are before The people.
We are proud of them. Their lives
havo been pure and spotless; and their
supporters have no explanations or apol-
oeies 10 make for past errors. The odor
Of Federalism, that stencil in the nos
trils Of Democracy. is not upon them
Unlike the standard bearer Of the admin
istration party, the record Of our candi-
dates shows no bending of the knee TO
the Dagon OF Slavery; but. OIL the con-
trary. through all their lives. and under
all circumstances. they have been stern.
unyielding opponents of slavery extern
sion. in every shape in which it has been
presented.
But The Republican party. based as it
is. upon the enduring rock of truth. has
no need, foS assurance Of success. 10 rely
solely upon The virtue and patriotism OF
its candidates. We advocate principles,
and no, men. We ask the support of
ffee.nen, because we believe those prin.
ciples to be good and true. He who sup
ports our candidates necessarily accepts
the platform Of the Republican party;
for both candidates and platform go hand
in hand together. The great question of
the age-a question whose ultimate de.
cesion is fraught with important conse-
quences to civilization. to christianity.
and to pos;erity-"Shall slavery be ex-
tended?"--is the issue before the coun-
try; and we here claim that the election
of Fremont or Buchanan will decide it,
The supporters of Fremont and Republi
can principles answer this question with
an emphatic No-and when they utter
this negative, let il be understood that they
mean precisely what they say. Viewing
slavery as an evil thing. we recognize il
as our duty to prohibit its extension.--
We do not desire to interfere with slave
~ where il now exists. but we do enter
our solemn protest as fseemen against The
addition Of another inch of slave sell to
the confederacy. We demand the entire
enforcement Of the federal government
from the institution Of slavery, yielding
it only that protection which the consti
tuition warran,s-and no more.
We reeel. as an individual. nnd upon
behalf of the party whose doctrines we
advocate, the charges of abolitionism and
disunion so persis,ently urged By the ad
herents of the administration and the
friends of Buchanan; and by which these
men. clinging to bad cause. hope to ar.
rest the popular movement in favor of
freedom. A few plain words should sci
at rest forever these unjus, asrersions.
and prove how utterly groundless they
are. The Republicans love and venera,e
the Union; and we know OF no one among
them who does no! say from the bottom
Of his heart, God save the Union Of the
States" This mad dog cry of disunion
has hitherto proved potent weapon in
the hands Of doughiaoes. who, imbecile
for good, and powerful only for evil. have
"a many cases succeeded in creating in
The breasts Of weak minded men fear
that there was danger of the good old
ship of state wrecking on the shoals of
disunionism. The echoes of this cry
still linger in our ears: but there are few
who give heed thereto. The real danger
to the Union lies deeper. II is from the
disunionlsts of the South that trouble may
come. Northern disuuionis,s. under the
lead of GA rrison, do not vote; Southern
disunionists control the State Of South
Carolina by their votes. and also have
sympathizing friends in Virginia. Ala
bama. Mississippi. and Georgia. Dis
unions,s from the North WELD no polili-
cal influence; while the advocates OF
disunion who come from the South, are
received with open arms by the sham
Democracy, whose leaders control the
federal government. jeff. Davis de.
feaied BY close vote. as an avowed
disunion candidate for Governor of Mis-
sissippi, now has potential voice in the
councils OF the nation as the Secretary
of War Of franklin Pierce. But it is
useless to pursue these silly charges of
abolitionism and disunionism, and expose
their shallowness. The opponents of
slavery extension. against whom are ar
rsyed compact breakers and nullifers,
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