The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-22
From the Chicago Times.
The E5eFeaocracy oa' tEae North

In his recent speech In the United States
senate there fell IRON the reluctant lips of
William Il. Seward an involuntary tribute
to the northern Democracy, upon whicll
the followers Of that gentleman would do
well to reflect before repeating against Us
the party cry of 'secessionisls " fire eat
ing disunionists, and other equally delec-
table phrases which in FIVE lines of their
leaders haranguge are admitted 10 be the
most puerile and beseless of charges He
says:
IL know the Democracy Of the north.
know them in their wanting strength.
DO not know possible disnn;onists among
them all. believe they will be as firm to
the Union now as they were in by gone
days when their ranks were full. and their
challenge 10 the combat was always the
war cry 10 victory
Apart, however, from this refutation ont
Of the mouth Of the great apostol Of Rs
pubiicanlsm, off the ISLANDERS of his disciples
upon the northern Democracy, his words
convey useful lesson which our southern
brethren might properly enough consider.
Most true is l., that in by gone days, the
the challenge of the Democray Of the North
TO the combat was the sure precursor OF It's
successful issue Most true is il that when
they flung down the gage of battle. it was
taken up ouly to be followed by the dis
astrous overthrow Of those by whose ad.
venturous hana it was raised. Even to-
day, though with ranks hnned by deser-
ton and defeat. northern Democracy pre-
scented a steady front TO the common enc.
nay of themselves and the country, and in
spited of every discours cement. in spite oil
years exhaustive struggle with adversii Y
they stand ready 10 so into the fight as
CALAMITY. if not as successfully. as in THEN
palmies, days of triumph. And the sena-
tor fiom New York knows well that the De
mocracv OF the Union have but 10 avail
themselves of the present opportunity to
restore to the Democracy of the mort, by
giving them the man of their choic, the
fullest measure of that power they so glo-
riously welded! He knows we'll that i
the feelings of those in our party. who have
for years borne the heat and burden of the
day. are respected at the Charleston con
vention, victory. long absent. will again
perch on the eagle of norhern Democratic
cohorts. That resultit lays in the power
of the coming national Democratic conven
ton TO bring about and we do not allow
ourselves for moment to doubt that i
will be efieC ed Justice to northern Dem
ocrats demands that il should be SO, and
the responsibility Of defeat by disregard
ing their wishes in SO important a cricls is
altogether too weighty TO be lightly as
sumed. We are ready to do our duty, anC
our whole duty, in the approaching elec
ton. let the convention nominate whom
they may; but we ask with what heart o
hope. after years of disaster. now that tn
prospect again brightens. and the road t
victory is plain, the Democracy of tn
north can enter into the contest with tina
prospect clouded. and that the road block
ed BY the selection of a candidate and tn,
adoption of platform in contrav snlion o
Of their just expectations in the premises
Every breeze brings glad tiding of tn
steady increase ofJudge Douglas strengtI
in the coming gathering. With him a
our candidate, lone blast upon whose bu
gle horn is worth a million men," Sena
, tor Seward will find our challenge tc th
combat indeed the war cry to victory,
victory at which the cong Generation c
OF isms, Of which Mr.. S. is the acknowl
edge chief will be resolved into the chas
of discordant elements from which
: sprang.