The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-06-20
SEEMS TROUBLED.

The Republican seems very much troubled
about orr suggestion in favor of holding Demo
cratic county convention. Why this should cause
it any more uneasinesS at tbs time than the same
suggestions woald at any other time,
loss to know. The Democrats have held county
convention once every year since the county was
organized, and those opposed to them have not
heretofore thought strange of it, or called them
traitors for so doing. If the editor of the Repub
lean. " or any o.her man. can show wherein the
Democracy have been guilty of such great polit-
ical crime that they must disfranc,ised, or be
con. ,eed to bow n meek submission to the
great molOch OF abclitionism,' we should be glad
TO have him do it.
Democrats were fighting the battles of the I'm
ion while the leaders of the Republican party
were advocating the policy of letting it slide-de-
nouncing it as a league with hel-and marching
under flags representing the free States only But
now, when it is the policy of the Republican party
although MatinSy says there is party,) to sail
the Union breeze which is just blowing in
the North, he denounces all as traitors who will
rot trample upOn and ignore every political prin-
oiple. and throw up their hats for the Union mere
1y because he and some other recent converts to
the cause of the Union are doing it.
1t is necessary that the Democrats should MAIN
tain their organization, that when the Republican
flash in the pan has subsidized, the will he ready TO
take the government back into their hands, and
20 about tie work Of reconstruction, as it will
doubtless need it after passing through ole Repub-
l.. ~
from principle Repubcans-if we are to Judge
from the lc dcrs, and the acts OF the party--are
Union men from policy. Policy has been the
main spring of every act of the party. 1t was
policy to nominate Fremont in lc56, as he had
Little or no political record for the Democrats to
pick at Ii twas policy to nominate Lincoln in 1869
hccOuse he was Western man, ard supposed to
te conservative and the West must be propitia-
ted. 1t was policy to appoint few Democrats to
important military stst TONS as that might be in
strumental in obtainining Demo cratic money and
Democratic muscle to carry on the war. Now it
Is policy TO proclaim that there is but one party in
the North and it will be but short time before
it wi oe demonstrated to the sati: faction of the
most ouse what that party is. or rather what it is
not The s'oEc party - is not the Democratic
party, nor party llo.in to its principles except
50 far relates TO the enforcement of the laws
and Democrats need not leave their party on that
account, the 50 Union Constitution and Laws
has ever been the motto of the Democracy. We
have not yet seen reason adduced why Dem
Gratis. no are governed by principle, should leave
their party, and Join the no party" or Republican
party. Democrats can be, and are, patriots now
Just TIC same that they were in the days of Jefler
son and Jackson.
Mattingly's suggestion" Let the convention
he held by all meas will be carried out, prob
ably IN manner net very satisfactory to such new
tangled Union men IS are SO clamorous for
the enforcement of the laws. We have 70 doubt
but the convention will take firm stand for the
Union, and the principles which it was formed
The Democrac.. shout organize themselves into a
insults which set of political scavensers and mer
eeaary harlequ;ns are constantly hcaping upon all
who refuse TO endorse an abolition adrninistra-
ton.
The arguments by which he attempts to prove
that all who are opposed to the Republican party
are rebels and traitors, certainly very convinc
ing to sus ;eptbe mind, and exhibit rare order
of cemonstrative talent. We will try our hand
Democrats are Union men. Mattingly is oppo ed
to them Ee is therefore an enemy of the I'm
ion. An enemy of the Union is traitor Ergo,
Mattingly isa traitor.