Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-08-06

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as apublic officer, as to receive the appro-
baton and praise instead of their execra-
ion and contempt. This thought has been
my 'hield against the thousand arrows Of
my enemies. Their petty malice may rage
and boil in them, and their bad passions
may tear them bu: their suffering is in vain.
They cannot ilch from me the respect of a
people whom l have governed and served
without plundering their treasury Or betray
ing their interests. They cannot ALLEVIATE
from me the love of the people with whom
it has been my pride to associate intimately
all my life, and to whom have given my
opinions upon most subjects of public con-
cernment frankly. fully and earnestly. for
what they were worth. Or If they should,
the consciousness that that respect and love
had been alieniated not from my own fault,
but by the cunning acts of bad men. would
console me for their loss NY Republican
friends will excuse me while | address a
few parting words to my Democratic breth
ren. l so abroad upon commission the
highest ever voluntarily rendered to citi-
zer Of Indiana, and which accepted with
great reluctance. My interests in every
way in the opinion of my friends, my pride,
my ambition, what little l have, all dictated
that l should remain among Jou. On the
other hand, the good of the Democratic
party in Indiana, its peace and harmony
and to some extent, my own private inter-
est demanded that should accept it. And
Notwithstanding the malignant denuncia :
tions and SANDERS of those Democrats who
hate me because they imagine l stand IN
the way of others, it is acknowledged that
| have never failed the party in its time Of
need-that l have never lodged its issues
in the hour Of danger, and that have new
er failed to make any personal sacrifices
which were thought necessary TO It's harmo-
ny and success. Though there ale greater
evils than discord, harmony is desirable, as
wi -hout it success is uncertain, and a party
advocating principles which it believes
ought ever to look to success, that its prin-
ciples may become the policy of the gov
ernment.
l have been denounced as disorganizer
An ayi;ator. The impu;ation is false
The men who have made the charge do
not believe one word OF it, Not one of them
doubts that if the parties were now being
ranged for battle, my blade would be barred
in behalf of the -honored party which
honored me beyond my deserts, and for
which have done battle with the strength
God has given me for more than quarter
of century. Those who know me best.
know that in the late differences between
members of the Democratic party, | have
taken little part-less indeed than my con-
victions Of right and my personal tii nd
ships would have justified. What has been
said and done, has. for the most part, been
said and done without my counsel or ad
vice by men who ask to be considered re-
sponsible for their own acts, and who re-
sent rs false any charge that they are act
utated and controlled by ne. IL is true that
in common with them l believe that GER
tain reforms are nece sary in tie local pol
icy OF our State, and in the internal tactics
of the Democratic party My opinions
have been publicly expressed and | am
proud to add that | feel they have been sus-
lained by the public. When their voice is
not slihed for want of faithful medium
through which to express it, the great mass
es of the Democratic party are ever right.
Content to be Democrats because Democ-
racy is right, and not ambitious of office
or influence in the party, they instincively
seize upon and sympatEize with what is
honorable and right. Honesty" is not a
term Of derision with them, and though for
a time their voice may be stuffed and their
efforts thwarted through the iaI,hlessness
Of leaders and representatives whom false
system Of. party tactics has warped from
the path of poll ical rec.itude they will vet
find voice that will be heard and make |
an effort that will be felt.
No name, no man, is necessary TO them
They will find leaders for the hour, and
motto for the onslaught.
There are no divisions in Indiana among
her noble Democracy upon national topics
none about men. But there are contrO-
versies arising and affecting deeply the pub
ic mind about the local policy of the State.
There are absorbing questions of State pol
cy, growing out of laws enacted, not for
he public good. but for the purpose of
the people, and enliching the
sw. Though an effort has been made to
make the impression that there are divis-
ons in the State as the National Admins
ration. you. my fellow citizens, know this