Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-21

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We commeN1pthe following remarks,
from the Chicago Press and Tribune, to
every honest Republican. We think they
embody the sentiments Of the great body
OF the patty:
Union Of the Opposition.
Many OF our cotemporaries are perse-
vering in their endeavors to bring about
an union of all the elements of opposition
to the Democratic party in 1860. We
have been amused by the contrary reasons
urged for this action, and by the different
and contradictory purposes which are to
be accomplished when the union is affect
ell. We have refrained from comment,
until it seems imperative that we give our
readers our views, lest our continued ST.
lence should be misunderstood.
J a triumph of any party which will not
inaugurate and carry toward the reforms
demanded by the country, will be equiv
alent TO a defeat. The reversal OF the ac-
tion of the government in relation to slave
". is the first thing demanded; but that is
not all. The commercial policy of the
nation IS to be overhauled and amended.
The leaks whereby the treasury is exhaust
ed, and the government reduced to bank
rnptcy, must be sought and closed. The
jobbing and nepotism, the peculation and
robbery, which have made the national ad-
rinistration n reproach where our Amer
tcan newspapers go must be exposed and
corrected. The relation which the govern
ment bears to other powers--our Euro
pcan as well as American neighbors-must
be settled on a just and honorable basis,
and in such way, that fillbustering and
piracy will not have leg to stand on
The improvement of our rivers and har-
bors upon some constitutional and eco
, nomical plan, must be undertaken. The
freedom of the public lands to actual set
tiers, must be accorded as a measure OF
Justice to the landless and to the Western
States. and as guaranty of the freedom
, OF the Territories now unoccupied.
t Until the Republican party can put in
commission government which is willing
and competent to do all these things, honest
ly. boldly, constitutionally y and effectually
victory will be more disastrous to our or
: ganization than defeat. We can bear q
repulse while true to our colors, but tri-
umph which does not bring in its train
the reiormatory measures demanded by
the masses of the people in the South a,
we'll as the North, would be disaster from
which there is no recovery.
G These, in brief, are the views of thi.
journal as to the labors to be pcrformcl
10y the candidates of the party which shal
s next take possession Of the Government
If all that is demanded by the exigencies
OF the times, can be accomplished by al
union of the elements of opposition and tn,
S elevation to the first or second place a
D Washington, of any one of the half dozel
conservative men. who, it is declared
can unite the anti Democratic vote of tn
North and South, we shall not stand in th
u way. We have no attachments to mel
which are superior to our love for tn,
: principles for which we contend. But, a
this writing. we doubt the possibility o
an union on any plan that would prom
ise the attainment of those reforms 70
e which they have contendcd. We doub
: 1t, not because the Republican party i
committed to any radical measures in il
dealing with Slavery; but because the op
v position of the South has never We; ha,
the courage to declare its readiness {,
return to tho policy of the fathers of tn
: republic. Without pledge of that re
turn, ell attempts toward consolidation
Il will end in disappointment. But we d.
!? not perjudge the case. The patrioti
men Of the South have been, since the Ne
braska question was sprung upon the conn
u try, more and more effectually separatin.
II themselves from that sectionalism b,
j. which the dominant party is controlled
: Latterly, they have accorded to the Repub
licans patriotic motives and constitutions
designs. Before the day comes in which
: the arrangements for the next campaign
y must be unalt0rably fixed, they may b,
e prepared to make concessions more impor
r. tant still. While the Republican part,
has partially won the confidence of thos,
. by whom it was looked upon with disgust
It it has lost that tone of fanaticism whicl
J. attended its organization; and withou
lowering its standard or moderating it.
demands, has ceased to fill the States will
wild alarm when contemplating the pos
!" sibility of its success. 1t is not beyon,
+ possibility that tho two may come togeth
d or, if not for permanent union. at leas
t for the accomplishment of high purpose
v But as we before said, the prospect of sucl
a conjunction is slight.
If politicians and others who are anx
ious for the dispossessing the false Democ
Q racy of the power which it abuses, woult
/ cease their designation of candidates Will
4 the vain hope Of rallying the country on ,
name, and apply themselves to filing the
: public mind with the reasons which de-
: mand changein the government power
to the demonstration of the iniquities will
which the present Administration may bt
justly charged; and to an exposition of tn,
: consequences which will inevitably follow
: another term of Democratic misrnle, The
I defeat Of the common enemy could not bt
: doubted Whether the triumph would be
a purely Republican or an Opposition victo.
s ry merely let time and the necessities OF
t the country determine. The object is the
D overthrow Of the Democracy. Let us take
the surest way to attain il!