Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-02-18

As the Hamilton hfeH:gencer appositely
remarks, when praise is possible it is al
ways better to praise than to blame, better
to commend than condemn. Hence, when
the President in his message on Nicarangua.
took the only position consonant with
justicc and right we commended him. AL
though his action was tar,ly, although his
course had been .tortuous; undecided and
marked with duplicity. although his Ad-
ministration had fostcrcd the spirit of Ma
tional plumber and winkeda at former viola
tions of law. when fcebly and with evident
trcpilation he ultimately took tenable
ground we rcjoiced at it, and gave him all
credit
But his last message is worse than any
thing of the kind during the history of our
Government. The spectacle of an aged
Statesman, avowedly serving his last term
Of public life, descending from his high po-
sition, throwing aside the honorable insig-
MIA of age, and becoming special pleader
in cause unsurpassed and unsurpassablc
in iniquity. can scarcely find parallel If
the Chief Magistrate Of our nation were tes-
tfyins before any county court he would
be guilty of perjury. Processing to give
facts, he conccals and distorts until the
Truth is masc Ire; and then ne proceeds to
elaborate a defense Of his Encouragement,
pcridy and oppression. -
No wonderth that he begins with faischood.
and ends with hypocritical cant,-no won
der that he gives sophistry for argument
and perverts whatever he discusses. He
stands accused before tribunal greater
than the House of Lords. himself criminal
Of deeper guilt than Warren Hastings
His message is the necessitous, earnest
plea of mot guilty which the trembling
criminal responds, when court and Jury are
before him, and visions of ropes, ends and
jeering crowds fill his heated imagination.
We can almost pity him. as We would pity
any poor wretch, who IS compelled to an
swer for his crimes, but it was long aimee
written whatsoever man sowefh,, that
shall he reap" and 1.-THE way of the trans
grcssor is hard The series of butrages
and wrongs. inausurated with the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, must be followed
by convulsions in which some of the guilty
will be engulfed We hope that the con
sequences of guilt may be made so swift
and terrible that smen who have no con
science will at least have fear to control
them. tSS-'-- = Ell
In the picture which, the President pre-
sents in the beginning of his message, he
speaks of faction in open re-
bcllion, but ignores the fact that this faction
embraces three fourths of the people He
quotes Robt j. Walker, while lie remained
thejackaleof slavery, the minion ofthe Ad-
ninistrati6n and was purblind from MS
Soath@n life. but gives ussnot one word
from him sftcr the scales had fallen from
hlseyes and he began toreveal heiniquity
of his masters. He talks Of violence.
though hhesknows that the violencs sas1sll
ON the part of his own chosen officers. 1se, = ]
He Condemns the Free State uastyb for
not voting. though his own appointed
GoseFuoss told him that the maj6fity were
disfrslskissd: He casts ppaH sAhat party
ths bIsmso and the odipm A. tho present
eoEernmept Of Kansas. though he eoniessas
thst II 6pholds this government With
armed men. He condemns them for not
according ia law TO- redress