The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-03-21
TEE LAPORTE HERALD AND HON.
SCHUYLER COLFAx

\ few weeks ago. We made the following re-
mark. about Mr.. Colfax. in acknowledging the
receipt Of some documents sent us, 10y Inn:
Making mention of h,s narae reminds us that
he is cocreoilist. and though rather good
turcd. well dsposed gentleman generally, yet he
ia for war;. and thinks il necessary to the pres
creation .ni honor Of the Union. We viii now
prophecy The next time he is before the people Of
this des,rct. lie Will deny having been in ia
vor of sny such measures, and will contend that
he was for Cancellation nd compromise"
The L,porte Heral4. Of recent date, under tic
editorial charge of Mr. JAsrER PACKARD, during
the temporary absence Of ,dg Pov 81, the regular
editor, copies Tie above aEl comments thereon
quite extensively. Iiasmueh as . Honest Old
Abe . Is likely 70 surrender Font Sumter 20 the
"tritors =" just for the fun OF the thing, we copy
she first two sentences Of our friend Packard's
comments on What We said Of Colfx Here they
are:
:" 1t is not surprising that Douglas Democrat
should tai. in this way. When men adopt new
principles with every change Of the moon it il
quite natural for them to suppose others are a.
weakkrs ed as Themselves"
This is joke inasn.uc. as Old Abe bids fair 10
change tlrice 70 The moons once. Our prayer is
that kind Providence ny give him courage and
honestyto change until he gets right. Already
he has left The Chicago Platform. and before tao
months lie VIII be far away from it that he will
not know il NAat direction il lies. ard if the Hon,
Schuyler Cofax i net too badly soured over lis
defeat for Tho Postmaster Gcneralshir, he sill be
following in tie wai Of the Administration. II
he does no 90 tai s IL sill ncver ut 10 ncddle
garden seeds another term, to the people Of the
/" Bloody Ninth" In denial of wha, sc said
would be Colfax's future course Mr Packard
publishes the following paragraph in italics, as
though it was Of great importance but, so far US
We can sec, II does not amount to much. and,
though weak, yet il viii not rroyc 70 be true, we
predict: or, L oolmx does not continue 20 stand
+" frIn " Tor " coercion and remains opposed to
any g" compromise" he vii nor be with the I'D.
Hlnis,sation - believe Il viii BE- compelled to
surrender Fort sultlr at least, or bring on civil
war, immediately. The latter nc 20 no; believe
will DC the policy of the Administration. ami we
ere very confident that Mr. Colhx will support.
before two years, Mr.. Lincoln in his policy But,
to Mr. Packard's emphatic extract. Here it's:
TIE time ,c;H neeer cone rchea Schuyler Colfar
ciH deny that he err sf0od firmly for the Uaon and
the Constitutions chen then 1csre ossqiled by South
sra traitors and their oilifs in tbs Nerh NEy-
KR -
The foregoing, Ike Old Abe's Inaugural, is
non-committal and amounts 70 about-nothing.
1t displays only respectable amount of tact, or
quite an amount Of Stiffness. The only way we
can form an opinion IS to what The meaning Of it
l.. Is 10 quote FROM another article, written by the
same gentleman, the following
viewing our present difficulties in the light of
history, w;tlou, regard to party. we believe the
remedy is not IN compromise or eonee ssion. but in
lFm maintenance Of tho Constitution and the
laws This rnasfbs done at The point Of The boyonet
II SEsEssARY.'
This shows the gentleman true position. Just
such politicians he H. are those who will before
long, 90 at Discount
SIR Packard IS one Of the radicals, by both ma
ture and education, and IS therefore TO be sympa
.hixed with 10 some degree on account Of his ul-
sraisn and. if it should turn out that he will
aare to stick up tOT Old Abes policy in surrender
ing the Government properly. we shall sympa-
thize with him sems
He is the same gentleman whose zeal in tho
cause induced him TO conspire with Old Mattugiy
10 defeat his nephew at the late electon.--came
down here and made spread eagle Adolf ion
speech and who said that he held those principles
- t,earer than augt else on earth"
man who would do such thing for such an
object is either very ungrateful naturally, OF must
be a ino:omaniac the niger question. Our
present national troubles hsrc had the good effect
~ 'e--a5- fp.- ~ tn ~ mentioned r1ss. II