Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-02
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, sTHURSnl1ls De-

S the People of that Territory, it would IN
t eyltably be rejecteq; and. that they did
n dream OF eonceding orlqualifying sing.
e principle on whichthey had been acting.
{; But, the politicians, who regard polite
| as & struggle bctween,the Hs and the outs
those who tremble with apprehension a
:. what are styled sectional issues; those VIII
$ still inger over tIsa1nn1iional g.orics. q
Q Democratic AM ofnGn6nnd de
;, voutedly look for avcsFi(fdction OF old sis
sues; and those who thinknothing of Prin
. ciple, but everything of success, .fancie
, that they saw in the Douglas feud, the Crit
tenden and Bell demonstration, the estima
, tion placed by Republicans upon the servi
ces OF tlose gentlemen, and the conduct O
: the Republican members in relation to tn
Crittehden amendment, grounds forcxpect
ing general rally of all the Elements dis
affected to the Administration kind O
rnondescript Peoples Party. The Repub
} iiean Party was to be ignored, but its ad
herents were to be gratiRed with tremen
dous resolutions of condemnation agains
the Administration for its sectionaliSm .anC
ITS Kansas policy. Popular Sovereign
ty," or the policy of allowing the Peopl,
oil Territory to admit or reject Slavery fol
themselves, was TO be endorsed, so as tc
satisfy Douglas and Forney on one side
iCrittcnden and Prentice on the other. Ma
! tlonal men of all sections were to be, con.
! ciliated by the exclusion of sectional issues
Americanism was to be satisfied by plcdg.
es to maintain the purity of the elective
franchise. The tariff Interest was to be Sc.
cured by declarations in favor of Home IN
dustry. The timid, the conservative. the
preIndiced, wereto be propriatel by thrust
ing aside such veterans in the recent CON
iiIets as Chase, Seward, an Hale. and qiy-
ing prominence to Crittenlcn, Bell. and
other National statesmen"
Early last spiing. the movem mt was
formally initiated in this city by circulars
sent out all over the Union, by a we'll
known Old Wing. recently an American.
Then followed the great meeting at Phila-
delphia, in June. and similar .slcmonstra-
tIons IN Delaware, profcssedly with a view
to the Inauguration of a Peoples Party.
An earnest call was made upon other States
TO o likewise. The PHILADELPHIA news
papers OF "a certain stamp aboun,led in dis
cussions on Nationality" the folly Of Sec,
tlonal issues, the necessity of grand rally.
to save the country from the ruinous meas.
urcs of Buchanan's Administration. The
-YcU York IriJune gave countenance to the
policy OF the movement, and a strenuous
effort was made to carry it out in New
York State. by Union of the Republican
and Am rIcan Parties, on a mixed State
ticket, with Platform, from which II was
seriously. proposed to exclude any reference
to Slavery, except a general indefinite ex-
prcssiou or a seiitinicnt IN favor of its ,,s,u-
extension. Had the project succeeded, 4
there would this day have been no Rcpuba i
llcsn Party in that great State. The late
election. would have been without. a definite
meaning. The position ofthc members of
Congress elect would have been involved
IN donbt. The cause of Freedom would
have been betrayed; the foundation would !
have ooen lad for Protectionist, Conscr. !
vative. American, Compromise Party. |
which would finally have embraced Millard
Fillmore, and repudiated William II. Sew
ard 'ti+
The miserable scheme failed. The Re-
publican Convention rcaffirmed the Prin-
'lples of the Party, nominated genuine
lcket, the Party went into the canvass on
IS own Principles. anl the result shows
hat 1t commands a, large majority. of the
'oters of the State. To put the issues be-
ond all doubt, Mr.. Seward.took occasion.
short time before the election, to deliver
wo speeches, which were quickly repnb- Is
ished throughout the State, re. stating and
e-enforcing. in bold and eloquent language,
he Principles and purposes of the Repub- t
lcan Party. The demonstration was time !
7. 1t was an extinguisher on the scheme $
Peoples Party" Politicians in this In
district, who had studied the signs of the t
ines in Philadelphia. and learned fr m c
ne columns of the T'iJune, by an unfor- le
mate misinterpretation, to deIude them t
lives with the idea that the struggle .ofllt
s6o was to be decided by an .'Opposi- Z
on Party" on platform silent as 10 the y
lavery Issue, were taken all aback, and Il
led with forebodings Of disaster. They v
Ut really supposed the Republican Party
ther dead or demoralizedi ~ s''isA = )"
We take no pleasure in speaking Of these Y
ings: but the men Of principle, in the Re- al
iblican party must lie on their guard a. di
inst the short-sighted, or sinister policy. ca
at would lower its standard, surrender its to
inciplcs, and degrade its cham pions.- ds
e have referred to the New Y ork Tribune. of
t to impeach its devotion to the Cause OF
Freedom; far from it,. nor would we at til
butte to it deliberate purpose to de- Or
'ralize the Republican Party bnt itslltit
unsels from time to time have been cal :
lated, we fear, to incline. its readers TO
siitions and compromises dangerous tot,,
integrity and efficiency o the organiza, ~
n. -
L is nonsense to talk of the formation
a Peoples Party. 1t is bad in principle
! policy to think OF slurring oyer or ig- ,o
ring the only issue on which Parties are
v divided in this country. Its foIlytol 4
smnt to abate one jot ortittle Of the dec I
alton Of sentiments made at Philadelphia ief
1856, on the organization ofthe Repnb-- giis
IN Party. BY that Declaration it must bot
nd orfall. Emasculate it, and there are vie
a now sustaining it who wouli scou, are E
organizations, end tramPIe it under foot syn
nen enough to destfoy It's power-and III
y would do il. That Declaration is The
!, and let the Truth be maintained bold and
md without equiyocation, cost what it in