Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-03-15


the successor of Mohammcd. The world, pre-
possessed in our behalfby early devotion to the
| rights of human nature, no nation ever before
engaged its respect ana sympathes, asks, in won
der and amszemeni, what all this decentralization
means. It has an excuse better than the world
can imagine-bettcr than VIC are generally con-
scious of fourselves-a virtu0us excuse. We have
loved not freedom much less, but the Union of
lour country mach more. We have been made
to believe from time to timc that in crisis, both
Of these precious institutions could not be saved
together; aud therefore have, from time to time,
surrendered safeguards of freedom to prOpitate
the LOYALTY or capital and stay its hands from doing
violence to the Uninn. The state of the case,
however, ought not TO be a mystery to ourselves.
Prescence, indeed, is not given to statesmen; but
we without excuse when we fail to apprehend
the logic OF current events. Let parties, or the
Government. choose or do what they may, the
people of the Unitcl States do not prefer the
wealth of the few to the labor oil the many, capital
to labor, African slaves to white freemen, in the
national Territories and in future States That
que ston has never been sufficiently recognized or
acted on by them. The Republican party embodes
the popular protest and reaction against policy
which has been fastened the nation by surprise,
and which its reason and conscience, concurring
with the reason and conscience of mankind, con-
denim.
The choice Of the nation is now between the
Democratic party AM the Republican party. Its
principles and policy therefore, justly and even
necessarily examined. L know OF only one policy
which it has adopted or avowed, namcly The
saDin7 o. The Territories Of The United States, pos
s5le 6y constitutional and iqcfi means, from being
homes for SIau,ry and POlyyamy. Who, that con-
sidcrs where this nation exists. of what il is
composed. III what age of the world il acts its part
Oh the public stage. and what are its predominant
institutions. customs h1bits and sentiments, doubts
that the Republican party can and will, if unwaver-
ingly faithful TO that pJcy, and just and loyal in
all beside, carry it into triumphal SUGGEST To
doubt is to bc uncertain whether civilization can
improve or Christianity savc mlnkind.
mty, perhaps, infer, from the necessity or the
case, that il will, in all and places. stand
by the freedom of speech and of the press and the
constitutional rights of freedom everywhere; that
il will favor the speedy improvement OF the do
main by homestead laws, and will encourage min
ing, mlnuf.cture AMI internal commerce, with
needful connections between the Atlantic and Pa
cifc States-for all these are important interests
of Freedom For all the rest, the national emer.
gencies. not national influences, must determine,
as society goes on, the p0 icy and character OF the
Republican purity. Already bearing its part in
Legislation and i'm lties, it feels the necessity
being practical in its care of the nItonal health
, and life. while it leaves metaphysical speculation
to those whose dnty it is to cultivate the enno5ng
! science of political philosophy.
But in the midsts o.. these subjects or, rather be
fore fully reaching them. the Republican party
Counters unexpectedly new, and potential issue
one prior and therefore plram )unt to all Others
o.. national life and death. Just as if so much
hal not been already conceded; nay, Just as II
nothing at all md ever been conceded 10 the inter
est OF clptl invested in men. we hear men ices of
of disunioD. louder, more distinct, more emphatic
, than ever, with the condition annexed that they
sh,ll be executed the nofncnt that a Republican
: Adminisr .tiOn though constitutionally elected
shall assume the Government
do not certainly know that the people arc pre-
pired t. Ill such Administration To power
know only, thar though succession Of foods which
never greatly excite. and Gibbs which never en-
tirciy discDurlgc me, I'll, volum, of Republic lnsm
, rises continually higher and higher. They arc
probably wise whose app-ehensions adrnonsh them
's. It !. ARE sdS s.S95Ec f as bsen con,en,
with one cself-intc:rogatory-how IN my votes it N
, clsti These threats enforce another-hls it de-
termination enough to cast thcm7 This latter
question touches ts spirit AMI pride. | am quite
sure. however, that, it has hitherto practiced
selfdenia in my other forms, il will in this
, emergency lay aside all impotence of temper To-
gether with all ambition and will consider these
, extraordinary dec,amttons seriously, ami with a
jus. MO olerion. 1t would be a waste of words to
demonstrate that they unconstitutional, and G.
qutliy idle to sh thl the respon sibIty for dis
union attempted or effected, must rcst not with
those who in the exercise ofconstitutiona author
ity m lint lin thc e Dvernncnt. but with those who
> ver;ing it.
{ What arc the excuses for these manacesl They
resolve themselves into this, tilt the Republican
Party in the Jrth is hostile to the South. But it
already is ovei to be majority in the North; il
Is therefore practically. the people CT the North
Will it still be the North that his forborne
with you 50 long and conceded to you so niuch7--
Can yon Justly assume that affection which has
been so complying can all at change to hatred
intense and inexoriblel
yon say that the Republican party is sectional
one. Is rhe Democratic Party less sectonal7 Is
it easier for beir your sactiont sway than for
you to bear oars1 Is it unreasonable that for once
We should atcrnite? But is the Republican Party
sectiona.7 Not unless the Democratic Party is
The Republican party prevails in the House of Rep
, resentaivcs sometimes; the Democratic Party in
the Senate always. Which of the two is the mos.
pr)scriptive2 Come, if you will. into the Free
Stites, into the State OF New York, any where
from Like Erie TO Sag Harbor, among my neigh
bors in the Owasco Valley, hold your Conventions,
nominate your candidates. address the people, sub
nit to them fully, earnestly, eloauentIy all your
complaints aud grievances of Northern disoyalty,
oppression, pcrfly, keep nothing bics, speak just
"a freely and as loudly there You do here; you
viii have hos sptablc welcomes and app-ecating
dcnces, with balot-boxes open for all the votes
YOU can win. Are yoa less sectional than ths7-
Extend ID us tho same privileges, and will en-
gage that yon will very SOON have in the South as
many Republicans as we htvc Democra:s in the
North. There is, however, better test of nation
aty than the accidental location of parties. Our
policy OF labor in the Territories was not sectional
in the first forty years Of Republic. It's nature
nhcres. 1t will be ,tonal again during the third
forty years, and fccever afterward. IT il not wise
and bcne6cient for US alone, or injurious to you
alone. It's effects are equl, and the same for us
all.
You accuse the Republican party of interior and
: secret designs low cina purity that counts its
votes in this land Of free speech and free press BY
the hundreds of thousand have any secret designs
Who is the conuror, and where are the springs by
which he can control its un-ongregatcl and widely
dispersed m lsses and direct them to objects unseen
ani purposes unavowcdl But what are these hid
den purposcsl You name only one. That one is
TO introduce negro equality among you. Suppose
we had the power to change your social system,
what warrant have you for sapposing that we would
Introduce negro equality among you7 We know.
anil VIC will show you, If you will only give hccd,
that what our system of labor works out, wherever
it works out anything. is the equllity ofwltc men.
The a5orer in the Free States, no m,tter how
humble his occuoition. is whit, MN, AMI he is
politically the equal Of his employer Eighteen Of
our thi ty-three States are Free Labor States
There they are: Maine. New Hampshire, Mas
saclu 'ctts. Vernon, Rhode Island, Connecticut
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan. Illinois, Indian,, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Iowa, California and Oregon. do not array
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