Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-08-19

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logged, We honestly believe there. ar
many Democrats who would. if they eoal,
see, acknowledge that the Republican, par
,tty is right, and would unite with us il
condeming the outrageous wrongs. tho un
paraleled extravagances. and the accumu
lated sins of tue present corrupt admins
tration. We furthermore believe cthat Their,
| isa portion Of the Democracy on. whose
tconsciences is written an acknowledgement
that our principles are pure aud true, thai
they are the principles of w asIlington and
Jefferson and the true and ancient Democ-
racy, but who have not moral 60 urage to
identity themselves with US. To these we
cannot accord honesty. - ..,ssss.8-s I
Andnow we have word to offer to our
Democratic fellow citizens. We propose
few friendly interrogatories, not in the
spirit OF boinbast or ridicule, not in the
Language ofsthe foolish. fiery fanatic. but
in the spirit and words of fellow country
men, who have common interest with
you in all the glorious institutions OF this
great commonwealth. and who arc ready to
labor and sacrifice as much to preserve and
Perpetuate our Uhioa as IL Is as you posi-
bly, can. We respect your name, your
honor and your opinions We do not say
that you are traitors, slavery -extentio nists,
men stealers, robbers, and murderers, be-
cause you unintentionally give your sufFra
ges to an administration guilty. in no small
degree. of several if notsall of these crimes.
Ne.would show you that your conf
dence is misplaced. - That the men YOU
placed in power have basely betrayed you,
and that they are unworthy of your res
pect. much less your support. Candidly
and kindly We point you to facts. Wesc-
riously y ask youwho il was that with sac
religious hands tore asunder the Missouri
Compromise. 50 long embalmed in the
hearts of American Patriots? You are
compelled to answer .the men our votes
placed in power" Who turned loose on
the free soil of the north the prowling wolf
sfarery propagaadism, filing the land with
strife and war. and placing the Union in
jeopardy? Truth forces you to confess,
"the men our suffrages elevated TO power"
Whose policy filled Kansas with lawless
ruff'ans, desecratcd her homes, violated her
daughters, and murdered her sons? Once
more you must eanfess, "thc policy ofthc
Administration our votes placei in pow
er." Ia policy which the Democracy Of the
North wisely and emphatically condemned
IA, the rejection of Pierce but again incon-
sistently sanctioned by the nomination and
election Of Buchanan. g =. = Sc
Who sent in the midst ofa mrongel and
oppressed people an army to force, with
sword and muskct and cannon those liber-
ty-loving patriots to submit to laws more
barbarous and cruel than ever disgraced the
statute books of Austria or Russia? Again
you are forced to acknowledge sthe Pres |
ident our votes placed in power. 80
Who obtained aud zealously sustaiins a |
Judicial decision from the highest tribunal |
IN America which nationalizes slavery, car
rying il as far as the constitution itself ex.
tends, and which unblushiugly declares
hat negroes are not men, but property, and
that the Constitution protects all citizens
ofthe United States Of America. from
Maine to Texas in The possession Of their
property" Truth compels you to an
'wsr the present corrupt Democratic Adj
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What Congress recently refused to adj
nit territory into the confederacy simply
md alone on the ground that She preferred
liberty to Slavery? The responseyou are1
ompelled to make is, 1.-THE present anti
Democratic Congress. And again, who
oncocted and faithfully supported the no.
orious English swindle, winch declares toll
Kansas thatshe shall not be received into I
he Union until she has more than double i
er present population if she persists in I
sr choice of Freedom to Slavery and deg e
edation, and at the same time declares thatI =
he has ample population to come In i'm q
as Slave State; and which. O
'oreover, 'unblushingly offered a heavy 0
ribe to induce her to consent to- slaverv,i a
ishenor and 'infamyg fInithis State the
ws iinprison the man who offers to buy 4
otes. What shall we do with our. Con. :.
TESS who propose to purchases atwbole- n
'le9) To o,all this you are compelled to s,
lswer, the Democratic ADMINISTRATORS" Ii
ifthen the Administration is egailty Aof3
ithese crimes. and you sscinoxledge sit 4 W
'---facts force the confession, - and az ysa]
Q an honest man xhewishes yourscountryl
"A, can yoa still act withSa party whose .
cry dcsd speedsIus ontosruin2s Thelrnen Il
IN have supPortedsshaves vielased their et
edges and baseiy betrayed your princi-l M
sss ssCsa you still suPport them? Em- di
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