Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-02
DECEMBER 2, IS5Ss" a,

sVSESka siil osle s'sim
3 ss. - rs i.1.,..-.. p; 49,.
nniect6nth he demand, and claims q -
= ecQg gaitipn and supremacy. an
: 'sls1aNe71lattl tliafe6ple are not ripe. fas.such
. an issue--false that they are not dly lo| he
\ sfaneafe npgHiaaS1R Rarty. Has
not that party for the last thee years con-
trolled the political power of nearly all M
Free States, and is it not to-day stronger
In all of them than 1T was in 1856? 30.
But, what avails all this, it is asked, so
long as it shall be unable to take possession
4 OF the Federal Government? Nothing to
the .spoilsmen, the camp followers, whose
AsartS are set upon Federal o. DeAl
A stl5ay llJnys lSI IlIsllly = : Issa0&. sSuh.
ilican Party. holding the power Of nearly
all the Free States, must exert. more de-
clslye influence in favor of Liberty, although
the Federal Government be in the hands
Of the Slave Democracy, than could be ex :
erted by an accidental majority, blown up
I by popular impulse, brought into power
without principel, with no common object.
and no bond of union, but pledge to a.
I void dlstractmg and sectional issues
Shall We, never learn wisdom by tie things
that we have suffered? Such a majority
made General Harrison President, John
Tyler Vice President, John e.. Calhoun
Secretary of State, and it was while Tyler
was acting President that the Texas plot
| was brought to head What good did
your accidental majority do then? Just
such majority gave us Taylor and Fill
mOre-and, under the Administration of
the latter, the Fugitive Slave act was pass
ed, and the Wilmot Proviso abandoned
and, 50 rapid was the process of dcmoral-
ization, that that same majority SOL
emnly affirmed, at Baltimore, in 1862, that
the Slavery Qsestion should no more be
agitated or discusscdl
The Politicians who now seek to dis
gnise Republican, victories, by styling them
"Opposition, +" and propose Peoples Par
ty, to comprehend all the opponents of the
Administration, of Whatsoever complexion,
Ignoring or subordinating the Slavery is.
sue, would repeat the experiments of 1910 |
and 1913. That is their policy. Could
they achieve success in such way. the
Federal Government might change hands,
but it would not change principles. Slave
~ would still WELD its power, whoever
might be the beniiciaries of its trusts: and
a speedy reaction would soon restore to pow
er the Democracy. with enlarged capacities
for sectional atrocities. 8; -.,,t,- /
On the other hand, look at the open,
honest battle fought by the Republicans in
1855. They met the Slave Democracy,
face to face-met it upon the real issue
declared their principles and purposes ex-
plicity-iesorted to no evasion, no subter- I,
uSc, no compromise, no clap-trap. What 4
vas the result? They failed to obtain DOS |
session OF the Federal Government. but I
hey did not fail to save. Kansas from Slave
" -H9.~.- i:i ..~. e~ssseoi in Inrn,ng fLS !
Slave Power out of the White House; but j
hey did succeed in baking every scheme
t was contriving for its agrandizement.-
W hat has Slavery gained since 1867
Nothing. What would it not have gain {
ID, had not its auxiliaries in the Free j
States, on whom ii relies for its conquests, S
been rendered to a great extent powerless /
~ the Republican Party? -, -e,s II
But, is it never to have possession of the c
federal Government? Yes-only. how Il
yer, by adhering to its own Principles and S
IS own Statesmen. There is no other way. p
is now ascendant, by the force of those "
principles and the character of those men, h
4 all the Free States, except New jersey, h
'cnnsylvania, Illinois, and California; in h
hese States its growth is steady; in Illinois, IL
even claims majority Of the popular Il
ote. - siHi ilr fri- Sc
In addition to the States we now control. W
e need only Pennsylvania and New Jer Z
y. to carry the election in 1860, even i
ithout the help of Illinois, Indiana, and k
alifornia- But, let the counsels of the 81
mid and time serving prevail Let the Re- 10
iblican Farty be persuaded to lower its ei
andard, to put aside its principles, to per- &C
1t itself to be absorbed by Peoples Par ia
!, under the lead of National, men. So w
lied, and to suffer its old standard-bear- dc
5 to be sticken down. and how many of ST
c States, now recognizing it, would con- Tn
Inc to acknowledge it? You might gain 81
and New Jersey, but YOU we
'uld lose New England, New York, and Zee
Vest Where, then, your chances for pr
,tory IN 1902. su
Remember, Shams have died out
lard Cider" and ..hog CABIN ssBuena $40
staN and ''Palo Alto" cannot supply cea
lmunition for another campaign. The wi
crssionsi of the last ten years have edu- am
ed the People; they know that they have sfl'
deal with real Question, involving fun 'ent
mental Principles, affecting the destinies an
the unioni and they will Pour,contempt OF :
the politicians who shall be SO imper cor
ent as to attempt to treat them like chill ma
n, and make light Of tl,c;r derc,n hea
u.s. - - sS n1iiseiissyn = 80 hin
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