The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-12-20

oy the SHINY machinery ef American poll
tics. The few grea; men who still hnger
around the helm Of Stale have forced their
wsy through such warring passions and
} political and sectional hatred, that ihsy
have been shorn of their strength aud
have bscciae the objects ofenvy and hate
The political atmosphere is reeking with
passion, envy. jealousy and corraption.-
The land swarms with demagogaes, and
ls inundated with mediocri!y. Disloyal,y,
like marrowless and bloody spectre
stalks in broad DAY light ever the graves
of old Sam. Adams AMI Francis Marion--
disloyalty 10 the Constitution at the Nor:h:
disloyalty 10 the Constitution at the South!
) Demagogues and fanatics, by lfe's de-
voiion % a fiendish agitation, have ersdi
Gated the friendship aud esteem Of gener-
=. a;ons, AMI perhaps hopelsssly sundered
;he hearts OF the cIiilyen of men whose
ragged limbs shivered to 5eihsr around the
camp fires Of Valley Forge 0ne lie after
another has stretched. cracked, and broken
One Iorg thread binds lie children of
Washington and Hancock together. That
cord is stretched with a resstless press
ure by naajmen who stain and tug Al Ell
iher end Strand by strand it parts. be-
fore an awe struck nation aad paraly lyzed pee
pie. The few remaining strands now str;.in
anl sing, and whistle in lhe night wind like
an 1Eoliaa harp. From every hill top aud
on every savanna in eight States Of the
conftdsracy waves (he Tag OF disunion.--
With ihe speed OF pestience and oonta
gion the spectre Of disIoyoliy, STATE by
State, ani county By county. marches
with an uaiiaggins step towards ihe banks
ct the Ohio anI the Potomac In the
NoEth, eight States stand boldly forth as
the uglijfers of the Constitutions Oae
effort alone has been made to return to Cur
loyalty 10 the Constitution, and TO repeal
our nuiifyiDg acts; aud. in the face of t :
cru'nbIiag ru;na Of the Repa5lic. Yer
mont, cIinslng to her ebony IDOLS, by a
E two ihird vo;c answers, "never.."
Senators of the United Sta,esl Repre-
seataives OF The people! il yon mean not
that the very ghost Of American liberty
shall haunt your death beds-if you mean
not that the curses Of unborn generations
sl.al cling around your memories, and fa
ture anlhefnas of the living shall follow
you through lie, wake up TO the realities
and terrible necessities of ibis emergency!
Why stand prating of idle Congressional
comp promises. from the concessions of men
ranking with party hate aud sectional
malice in the hour of their conflict, and
when the dust of battle is on their gar
meuts! Why ta!k of tie strength ofa gov
sranlsei iha. cav live a.one in the hearts
aad Affections Of is peonla? Why talk ct
treason 10 6feep sovereign States Of the
Uaiou Why talk Of force 10 eight mil
lions of Anglo Saxon freemen. who feel
that they have heen wronsed and degraded,
and who ase making their final appeal TO
The God Of nationsl Why talk of butcher
ing a half million Of men, when another
haf million would Gross bayonets with you
above the graves of;heir slaughtered broth.
) ers and freuds? Why dream Of union
AID peace. by the slaughter of brave men.
uno:,ending women anI innocent children.
ia nearly one half of the Coufederacy? ?
Know 20 not. that such An Union would
30 league with death and covenan.
with hell?" Walks up. wo repeat. to the
, necassiiies of these Times that try mems
sous!' Tho Reconstruction of tins Union
will never come from a Congressional com
promise If you were even the men. nor
ia not the time, nor is Congress the place
to settle this matter. The PEOPLE of the
Union can alone save the IIniou.
CALL THE NATION TOGETHER.
National Convention will give TIME
aud HOPE. These are everything now. =
States may seaede before the Cvnvsntion
, can act. La, them alone. Do not recog
nise their accession. Thsy ca,. ba rep
resented in the Convention of States as
we'll VII b secession as without The bor-
der States will aenaand this Of the Gulf
States, and they dsre not refuse. The
very sunlight is not usore clear than that
This is the only road to safe,y for the Amei-
lean Union LET NO DROP or AMERICAN
BLooD BE SHED IN THIS QUARREL. UNTIL
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHALL AGAIN MEET
IN NATIONAL CouNClL! Heed this, and
the Union will vet be saved Disregard
il. and oceans Of blood will never cement
r it. Christianity may blu sh at the crimes
that may follow; humanity may sbulder
al she atrocities com mitted but from the
hour tha; blood flows in this quarrel, thore
is between the Two sec,ien- of this Union
"a high wall sni deep ditch" forever
Let Congress cease TO agitate or recrmin
ate further. Letii cease to hope to make
the final adjustment of this great sectional
question: Let a Convention Of the States
be called NOW. Let the hour for hope and
action not pass in idle endeayors 10 appease
unappeaseabie politicians. 1t viii result
IN nothing bat angry debate. Let The ma
ton be at once assembled. and the ques-
iion OF tho remedy for secession remain in
allegiance until the people of the United
States. outside of all party lines, shall
have solemnly decided their OWN DEsTI-
MES.
If Congress will not do this, the States
mast No time is to be lost. The people
must stand neither Indifferent or appalled,
in the presence of this gigantic danger.--
They must ACT aud THINK. This nation,
and the hopes of free government. must
not perish out before our eyes without