Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-02-04


State Mass Meeting on the 4th Of next
month. sni because two or three indepcn-
deaf papers, which have been acting with
siso Republican party. do not heartily en-
ao.se the movement. the Laportc inns
goes Of into ecstacics in the expectation
and hope that the party win be rent assun-
der by intestine connections Orpheus,
though giftcl with the power of moving
inanima;o objects BY his Tyre. will find his
attempt to quiet the animated aud vigor-
Gus body of the party of justice and liber-
ty, "a bootless task. King Georges Or
pheus',, some eighty years ago. sang mneh
louder and more confident strains. In praise
of the power. splcndor and benignity OF a
tyranical po;entasc, aud though thcp-ospect
Of success on the part of the champions OF
liberty, for several wears, was dark and
gloomy, yet discrimination to succeed or
die " the attempt. at last enabled them to
triumph. We commend this modern Or
pheus to take lessons from the mighty
past, and not permit his intellectual optics
to DC blinded by cataplasms Of personal
interest" If he does he must not be SUR
prised should the friends of j.stice and lib
erty occasionally push the poultice aside
and adroi,ly apply a sinapisrn to the same
part. -
= For the grafi6cation Of such Of our read
e-s as are curious to see what kind OF song
this Indiana Orphcus sings in praise OF his
God of Slavery. we append an extract;
III the Republican party had the tenaci-
IL of life which has ever characterized the
fierce Democracy we should not anticipate
general disorsanization of the party, IN
c.ient to this little breeze -but its histo-
~ shows it to he but feebly constructed.
AMI it requires but breath TO blow It's
ribs assunder."
"Hisfory" never showed more yIgor-
Gus party, controlled entirely by principle,
than the Republican. It's defeat in the last
Presidential canvass was owing to 10 in
nate weakness of its principles. bat to the
frauds AMI receptions rcsorted to by the 9th
er party. That the cry Of popular sov-
ereigaty,' with which they made the land
ring was hypocritical and hollow is dem
onstrated By the present position OF that
patty on this very question. They may as
severaie as loudly and as frequently as they
plslse that they are in favor Of 1t "hereai'
ter, but surely no one can be found SO
simple hearted as to credit them, when out
Of all the members of both houses Of Con-
gress, belonging to that party, there are
only about twenty-five who are in favor
OF it SOW" or ever were. 1t was the
lullaby song OF the tyrants, with which
they sang the people into fancied security.
while they were forging letters for their
limbs. Does DR.. Everts, for whom per-
sonally we have entertained high respect.
deny this? On what other hypothesis can
be account for the protracted anarchy and
civil war in Kansas, caused BY the bloody
: invasion OF the Territory by Missouri Ruff
isnss Did no. his party sanction the es'
tahiishment Of system Of terror. in which
sousrages which should make savagcs blush
were committed, intended TO suppress all
protest agains, the illegality of these cleo
lions, and to drive ont the Free State set
tiers? Did it not acknowledge the legal
~ of the Legislature elected By Missouri
ans, and send Federal troops to enforce the
most bloody and tyrannical laws ever en-
actsd for free,nsn?-"laws which aimed
fatal blow at the four corner-stones of
free commonwealth, freedom of speech,
Of the press. Of the jury, and OF suffrage"
laws which recognized Slavery as an
existing fact, and provided penalties. as
for felony. against every attempt TO ques-
ton il in word or deed;--and. finally. as
{ the closing act in the first scene of this
drama, dismissed the Territorial Governor,
{ Reeacr.) who had exhibited some signs of
self-respect and conscience in resisting these
wicked schemes. compelling him to fly
the Territory in disguise, under a double
menace Of public prosecution and private
assassination"
ssef We might follow up this vein aud show
che atrocious and unjust acts Of the admin
istfation for the purpose Of forcing Slave
RI and Slave Law upon Kansas. but hu-
mainly sickcns at the recital. In spite of
all the efforts to prostitute her virgin soil
with slavery. Kansas is destined to be the
fatpre seat of empire. and will give tone
; and law to the great west Think not
that those who arc fighting for her freedom
arc to be easily deferred. or will readily
despond of ultimate success.
ear ,a Whatever may be the tenacity oflife ofthe
fierce Democracy" it possesses certainly
! very listls tenacity of principles. Since
1850 Il has occupied four or five different