Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-05

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Here follows the endorsement of the fty eight
Republicans Of which the Democrats COMPLAIN so
bitterly:
ave, The undersigned, members of the House
OF REPRESENTATIVES. OF the Ma ional Congress, do
cordially endorse the opinion, and approve the
terprise set forth above"
Now, Investigator, the endorsement Of the Cir
eular above quoted. by the ffty-eight Republican
members Of Congress, including John Sherman
and Schuyler Colfax. is what seems to worry and
anger you. You say why in the name Of all
that's good did thpy subscribe for, recommend. en-
dorse, and aid in circulating' Answer, we who
believed negro TO be 90 much better than re-
spectacle foreignerl" Well. dear sir, you shall
be answered after we deny the belief you falsely
and willfully impute to US. Love the negro; We
pity him, and pity you for affecting to despse him.
for he is brother and son to more members of your
party than there negro voters in the hole Uni
ted States. Negro equality. chi His blood and
Democratic blood commingling. course through
veins Of thousands Of slaves. Fie upon such
taunts, guilty man. t
Now what did the fry eight endorsed We have
quoted from your own commuuication-and it says
they endorse opinion and approved an enterprise
set forth in circular and Tint too before the first
copy OF the Compend was published Now Inves-
tigator, as You pretend to be shrewd fellow, pray
tell US how Sherman, Cdnax and fifty six other
"expouuders of Republican faith" endorsed
noncntity. for the compcnd had no existence when
they gave their endorsement to the enterprise of
circulating ga copious compend" of the Impend.
ing Crisis. What an investigation you have made.
sir, Again you say, ''thc plea that they had not
read the book Is a come off SO silly
and easily seen through, that no sensible man
should think Of it for moment" Read the
book" before it was published according to your
own showing! We rather think your come-off is
SILLY and easily seen through" We do not wish
to take advantage of the stupidity of your inrcs.
tlsation." You perhaps think they should have
read the original work before recommending the
circulation of a {" copious compcnd yet unpub.
lishd." We admit they shou have done so be-
fore signing such recomm endation, had they not
good reason to believe the compend would contain
nothing at variance with Republican principles
They were informed by eminent members of tho
party that the character of the then forthcoming
work would be unexceptonal. So these eminent
Republicans believed. The work was entrusted
to the author the book and in his desire to rke
slavery vital blow, he incorporated into the com
Congressman may not now and certainly never did
endorse. At the most, the obnoxious sentiments
are only ultra abolitionism.
The only paragraph YOU parade in your first cs
say is Helpers definition Of the word Abolition
ism. He says: "Aboli,ionism is but another nam.
for patriotism, and its other special synon, ms mr.,
generosity. magnanimty, reason, prudence. wis
dom. religion. progress. justice and humanity. -
You and your party, Mr.. Investigator, insist tina
We Republicans aboltionisis, and that We in
terpret and define the word so hurtfui to your nos
tris as above. therefore YOU must conclude that W
sincerely claim to be generous, magnonimons, rea
sondb, prudent. rse. religious. progressive, just
humane. How dc you like us now, Mr.. Invcstga
tor? You have sounded the alarm with the cry
abolitionist, ABoIIrioSrsr. ABOLITIONIST. s.
long that YOU have forgotten almost every othc
word in your vocabulary. Your corrupt and dy
ing party can't scare Republicans into dcscrtio
of their principles by sounding that old false alarm
They arc enlisted for the war.
Investigator again spcaks:-" Either they ar
aboli,ionists, and meant what they said in their en-
dorsemcnt Of the Crisis. fwhen did they epdors
the Criss'] or they are set of incorigislc jack
asses for signing paper, the contents Of whic
they knew nothing about But If Republican
care incorigible jackasses" for endorsing a cir
cular which proposed nothing wrong. what kind c
jackasses wonld you denominate the leaders {
the Dredocratic party who endorsed without know
ing its contents. professedly pro-slavcry book
known the "Black Diamond" book that at
vocated the re-opcning of the damnab!e. murder
ing. piratical African slave tradc7