The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-11
THE OBJECT OF THE REPUBLICAN
LEADERS.

been, and IS prominent friend and Leader of the
Republican party and its great Eien, announces its
object as follows
81. The immediate eradication Of slavery from
the soil of the United States. by the authprtys of
the Federal Government. FILLING in that, by
Join Brown expeditions and simultaneous and ex
tented negro instructions.
ell. The calling 0f a Rational Convention for
revision of the FEDERAL Constitution to place it
unrnstakably md forever the side of freedom
TO erase from il It's lingering remnants of roy ast
ideas; to enable the North 10 share The taxation
and duties, (ls they have shared the guilt AMI
the folly Of slavery, which must necessarily result
from forced emancipation: and. finally. believing
that the people of the Cotton Suites east of the
tIsSisSinpi are. in every essential respect, differ
ent and hostile nation To Us. To take measures for
their temporary secession from the Union. after
the abolition of slavery in their territory that Is
TO saw, if by a fair vote their inhabitants shall de
eide. rs believe they would decide in favor OF
IN Independent government.
ell A lnion wiih the b tsIl North American
Provinces
Let Democrats say anything about disunion and
they are threatened with the rope.
The New York Evening Post, Republican,
sayS:
'.'rhis Is war aeairst the slave holders and
"whcn we have conquered the treason which Is now
ties. then we should be less than sensible men If
we d not a 80 put down forever that which alone
has supported the mutmOUS arS;Ocrats. II Is i'm
possible not TO that human slavery is the can
ker worm Which has for MANY years gnawcd At
the heart of our republic The slave owner is
IN aristocr,t b, the very nature of lis life. Even
if slavery were rigLt IT Is impossible tina. slave
holders should exist pcaceab.v in republic,
feure led as ourS IS upon the will and votes, the
Industry and intelligence of the people
Reaer does this sound ike maintaining the Con
stitution and the lawsl Do you feel like fighting
and paying vour money to wire out the very
rights our WASHINGTON and his compatriots
fought for Yet here it is avOwei as the intcn-
ton of I.ncoln's government.
The New York Tribune, who le the Re
publican party, anil who made Lircon President
says:
ave mean to conquer them-not merely to
defeat. but conquer, TO thcm-anl
We ShIll do this the most meTcuy, the more
speedily we do il. But when the rebellioas trait
overwhelmed in the field AMI scattered
Ike leaves before III angry wind, ii must not be to
return 70 peaceful and contentel homes. They
must find poverty their fire Sides an'l pri-
walton in the anxious ewes OF mothers and the
ra.,s OF children 1t Is little enough the sla~cs
Wilde when masters at the wars. and 10 he
lille and wastcul is the least harmful thing in
which they are likely to engage themselves
There will be little cotton raised il the southern
States this year, and that li;ile must pay the
HANGED expense of route to market. if al
lowed to go at all, the price thereof be return
eel in the bare necessares of life, in limited guam
titles at staryati n prices. The whole coast OF
the South from the Delaware II the Rio Granle,
be solitude, from the presence of Il
blockading squadron, that relief shall come
in to the beleaguered people from the sea-
The italics and sIn,ll capitals in the above arc
as in the origin1l. Nero never published decree
so bloody auI arocious.
The Indiana Journal, the leading Republican
paper of the State. whose editor is of Lin
coins officers, publishes the following:
Settle il now. For so sire rs houl
follows hour, so sure will the North never pause
till the cause that brought the upon it is utter
ly extineuishei. There can be peace. There
can D. no compromise. lt is 20 the utter an
initiation of slavery. The day Of honicd word
has passod The day of bloody deeds has come
And let those who DO the fighting get the pay"
Honest supporters Of Lincoln, how Ike yo,
this sentiment, VIII you support it!
Helper, who endorsed by large majority o
tie Republican members of Congress, and anon,
them SCHUYLER CoLFAx. who pretends to represen
your sentiments. publishes in the book they endoGs
ell, as follows:
"N, opportunity Cor nnicting a mortal woun
in the side Of Slavery shall be pei mtted to pass u
un improved. Thus, terror engeneerers of tn
south, have we iulJ and frankly defined Our 20
sti0n. We have notifications to propose n
compromises to offer nothing 20 retract. FrOwI
fret, foam, prepare your a1eapoas, threat, strike
shoot, stab, Lriag GIRL r0r dissolve the Union
Sirs, Won can neither foil or intimidate Us OF
f,rad he otto riiia ,
Heaven we HAVE DETERMINED to aboLis
Slarery. and 20 help God, ABOLISH IT W
Hip. 49,
Joshua r Giddines is Lincoln's Consul Gencr;
TO the British Provinces Lincoln has endorse
him, and he says:
"Every sentence of Herer's book finds a r.
Spouse the heart OF every true republican"
Lincoln himself says:
81 hate slavery, l think, much any Abo
tionist''
Horace Greedy says, that
s.Whcne-er Abolitionism in the States was pra
tcable ne was ready to favor IT.
The New York Independent, edited 10y the Re
Henry Ward Beecher, one of the most promine
Republicans Of the country, ard which is supper
cd bv over three hundred tsousaad dollars of ca
clrital contributed by many of the most prof
incnt Republicans of New York, says:
1.-The grard resut-the only solution OF |
ouestion-is fast coming up-the Emancipation
the Slaves by the nation. Whit other escape
there from our difficulties? Why should not o
peonle and OR statesmen look it fairly in
face
"The South is far stronger and better suppl
than we suppose. She is in earnest She beliey
herself bitterly wrongcd. She is not likely to &C
slider herself less so after blockade and n ca
paign She is encouraged by the base sympat
IF EnoIand She never could feel any surety
slavery in another Union with US. Sh hates
"Evidently there il but one path to safety a
victorv-one permanent settlement-one
the quiet subiugation of the South. DO not {,
IL, Look it boldly in the fice-namcly: the EN-.
cipation of the slaves
Fighting near our own forces, we hope
revengeful feelings of these poor oppressed or
lures would be restrained. Still, there would
evitably be desoiation and destruction sweep
ike a tempest the southern land. And