Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-05-10
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lNFEST1GATOR'S lNVESTIGA fION
OF HELPERS CRISIS.
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last EianCe, aii vi WHICH WAS ueNoecu W out Co
pecal benefit. The gentleman without any show
Of "impudcncc" or lack of manners informs
and his readers, that pcrusa Of our articles has
failed to convince him, any one else he has
heard speak Of them, that they dsprove the po.
sitions he has assumed. Very likely. sir. Wehad
no idea of convincing you. or any one you would
hear speak Of them. "Can a Cushtc change his
skin; or the leopard his spots''' This caudal ap-
pendasc of the "glance" is weaker than any Pc
vious article Investigator has written, its motions
are spasmodc and not unlike those of dying SER
pent. In due time il shall receive the death stroke
at our hands. We shall let it writhe little longer
ere touchi it.
Investigator and his co-laborers throughout the
land, in attempting to discuss the slavery question,
invariably lay down false premise and argue from
it. The consequence is that all their conclusions
are incorrect. For instance, Investigator premises
that the Republicans in favor of and have plans
for aboshing slavery in the States where is exists.
Though this is false and he kn ws it, he argues
from it that the Republicans desire to make the
blacks the social and political equal of the white
and then he glowngy pictures the bad results
which would almost necessarily follow this change.
Then he attempts to prove his premise correct
and how docs he do itl He says Helper is Re-
publican and that John Brown is Republican, and
that Helper and John Brown arc in favor of abol-
ishing slavery and hence the Republican party are
iu favor of abo,ishing slavery. at isa poor rule
that wont work both ways and now let carry
this method Of reasoning little farther and see
what will result from it. Senator Toombs expects
to see the day when he stand Bunker hill and
call the roll Of his ssvcs-in short he desires to
sec slavery in all the States, and hosts of other
slave owning Democrats South desire the same
thing and hence the Democratic party is in favor
of making all the States North slave States, and is
malcamation, &c &c.
In his fourth article the gentleman intends to
say that If the Republican policy is carried out this
country win be in the same condition St. Domingo
is in -"that the most magnificent and costly resi-
denccs, when the refined and wealthy and intelii-
gent m ,dc their homes" would be "thc abode Of ne
groes whose filth isindescrbable hogs reptiles, and
every filthy. sothful, creeping thing which tropical
climate and utter desolation can call together
We venture the assertion that Investigator knows
the policy Of the Republican party to bc-oppos.
on to the extension of slavery and as far as slave
ry is concerned nothing more, free homes for white
men, river and harbor improvements protection to
American industry. Railroad to the Pacific, the
promotion Of educational interests, &C., &c. Yet
with his eyes wide opcn staring at this policy pub
. .lcly proclaimed by Republicans everywhere and
all r
hood to stuy himself by wilfully, falsely and per-
sistently alcdgiug that the Republican party's po.-
icy is Il abolish slavery in slave States and to make
the negro the equal Of the white man. God pity
him for his meanncss. He must know hc can con-
vince no Republican that he, when he writes such
stuff, is aiming at the truth. Then he writes to
keep his weak brethren in his own faith and if he
believes that they are too ignorant to the fall
sity Of his assumptions. his Investigation is but
a poor compliment to their knowledge. Every
thinking man knows that free homes for the Whites
schools. R. Rs. improved harbors and rivers, and
slavery restricted will fill the land with "hoss.
reptiles, and every filthy, slothful and creeping
thing"
Investigator speaks again as follows: "Hs Hell
IL
and hatred. The North is cxtolled beyond the
power Of man to conceive, while the South is be-
meaned into the lowest depths of poverty and deg
relation" lflnvestigator desired to present to his
readers the excellencies of freedom and the evils
of slavery how else would he do it tn IN by con-
trasting the condition of the country and people
where freedom and slavery exists. other things be-
l in Hal L.. -
fom the u S. Census are true, and If the publica-
ton of them by Helper anybody else is calcuia-
ted to create sectional strife and hatred we are ur-
able to perceive the necessity ofit
/ On page l90 Of the Compendium are Transcribed
from Reynolds Political Map of the United States,
published in 1856, two statistical tables, smong
others. one ofwhich investigator "garbles." These
tables read as follows: ''Sixtcen free States viii,
a white population OF a. ,239,67O have thirty -tw
Senator'S Fifteen slave States with a population
of f6.lS6.477, have thirty Senator's. SO that 49,
7JS freemen Of the North enjoy but the same po-
litical privileges in the United States Senate as Is
given to 206, ,2i5 slave propa gandists."
Table second: "The free States have total Of
IA members. The slave States have total OF
80 members. One free State Representative rep
I rcsents 81 ,935 white men and women One slave
Representative represents e,726 Write men and
women. SLAVE Representation gives to slavery an
advantage over freedom of thirty votes in the House
Of Representives.'' aaH hA'1
Investigator "garbled" the frs. Of Che above Ia
bles and then wonders Why it was published to the
men of the South. He uses more than half col
umn Of the Democrat 20 prosc whit nobody ever
disputed This is not the first time, however, he
has fought an imaginary foe. In giving one table
is was convenient for Helper to give another, and
as Investigator finds fault with the author of the
book we shall do likewise with him for not quoting
both tables. The presumptionis is that he. like 9th
ers of the democratic litcrat don't want his read
ers to know all of the truth, don't want them &c
know that there is great inequality in the Con.
gressional representation respects the free and
slave States. q etR
Again the gentleman wakes wroth because Hell
per shows that shareholders have always had the
lions share Of Offices and the governments patron
age. He names Washington, Jefferson, Madison
4 Monroe and Jackson as having been Presidents
and asks. 'can any Republican point out man Of
those times who could have the Office with moro
credit and satisfaction to the country than either o