Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-06-02
The Panic In the Republic.
an PARTY.

ES DettoT evidence can De IOunu lDat
the Two Years Amendment to the con-
stitution of Massachusetts, was an outrage
Gus ac.. insulting to adopted citizens aud
oppressive to foreigners desiring to become
citizens, than the great pains that some
of the Republicans have been to, in the
West, to disclaim all sympathy with that
party io the East, and TO repudiate all re-
spoasibiity for this piece of Republican
legislation. Mr.. Lincoln has written let
ter, and so has Mr.. Trumbull--Mr. Grimes
of Iowa. has written a letter, and SO have
we don't know how many more "distin-
guished Republicans of the West" each
and all of whom profess to have been
grieved at the course pursued by their fel-
low partisans of Massachusetts,; and the
said amendmen. is denounced by each and
all of them in good round terms. But
what of it? What does all this protesting
against an act, that has already been en-
acted, amount to? Can any number of
words from the new Republican Senator
from Iowa. or from Mr.. Trumbull, or from
Mr.. Lincoln--Abe Lincoln, the great de-
feated--belp the case one particle? These
are questions obvious to put, and they will
be asked by the people. Somebody has
got to answer them.
There is nothing palmer to our view
than that the Republicans of the whole
country. 1--WE mean of the whole North
Republicans are not tolerated in the South
were willing from the first to have their
friends in Massachusetts prescribe for
eigners.--indeed the Republicans every.
where know, as well as we do, that with
out the principle of prescription Of al
foreigners in their creed, they would soor
be left in minority in every New England
State. There the negro is worshipped anc
the foreigner oppressed. Hence the pro
scriptive acts Of the Massachusetts, legis
lature: they were thought to be necessary
to keep the Republican American party
united, andin the ascendant. This wa
the view taken OF the case by Governor
Banks, the able.t and most aspiring leade
of that party in the east, when, in his mes
sage two years ago, he indicated this yer,
measure (which is now occasioning tn
; Republicans so much trouble) to the Mas
sachusetts Legislature, and urged hi.
friends in that body to adopt it. He tool
the same view, when, only few month.
ago. he renewed the subject, and imploret
the Legislature to adopt this identical Two
Years Amendment bill. 1t is no new &C
of prescription sprung suddenly on th'
Republican party; tits two years old-it ha
been advocated by the Republicans. and b.
the Democrats opposed. Yet it is not un
til after the act has passed into law, tha
the Republican leaders in the West rails,
: their voices against it, The business is al
over with; the constitution cf Massachu
! setts has been amended; the odious Tw,
Years provision is incorporated in the or
ganic law; foreigners prescribed and ad
opted citizens insulted.--and now a few
men who are called leaders of the Repub
, lican party of the West, come before th
} people an profess that they are rery sorr
) that things have gone as they have, an
that they have been opposed to things 60
' ing so. all the while! Shame on the me-
: who thus attempt to deceive the people
their protestations came too late, and thei
fsorrow is hypocrilical. The adopted citi
zens are not fools; nor are foreigners VIII
: would become citizens. They see tn
this question as it is. They understand
, where the responsibility lies. They can
net be cheated. Where were the leader:
of this western Republicsnism when tn
r battle in Massachusetts, was being fought
If they are honest in their protestatiops Q
opposition to tho principle Of the Tw
Years Amendment, why did they not op
t pose the Amendment itself? 1t is eviden
that they were, at heart. its friends; thei
only concern now is. how to shirk the re
sponsibility.-Ch. Times.