The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-12-26

Charlottesville in this State, | was presen
ted by one of the students with the Wa
bash Magazine--a cesk, (uot weekly.
concern, which, as announced on one of
it, pages, is published by The Wabash
College Magazine Association
While shall not attempt to criticize It's
literary merits, which, to say the least, do
not reflect very great credit OF the Institu
ton. from which it animated, cannot pass
over in silence some of tho infamous. and
REASONABLE doctrines find on It's pages
With that narrow vision, but air Of great
wisdom with which students usually treat
Of public oliairs, one of the brilliant CD
editors Of the aforesaid Quarterly has
gwen us a chapter on the war from
which | may be allowed to make the fol-
lowing extracts. lie says:
However much we may deplore the
one .touh of our Constitution. We do rot
regret the advent Of strife through that
breach il the rampant
Although our very lucid (?) author
does not tell us what that breach is he Iefers
to, yet lie is sufficiently clear to inform us
that the Constitution as our fathers made
1t is very Jduly,-Cit is possible he might
be induced TO take the contract OF ma
king new one )-and that be is glad the
war has come upon us,--not that lie might
fight, however. else he would be at it, in.
stead OF staying at home writing silly and
reasonable articles,
1T were cowardly,' he says, for US TO
bequeath broken reed. (the Constitu
lion J. a rotten estate, Che Constituiion), to
future million generations, "a good many
generations to say tue least.
Let our efforts lie says. for the time
fail, it will only make us more desperate
than the South. They, (lhs South shout
Slavery or Death, a most inexcusable
falsehood), We answer ten more summers
shall not see the slave beneath our flag,
restored and floating over all tho South
We do no, nor, (that is while the loyal
and conservative men of our country are
fighting our battles for US fight with this
for our purpose, but it vii! be the end.
Slavery will die. Soon our war cry will
be. not THE CONSTITUTION As 1T Is, but
TIE CONSTITUTION AS IT SHALL BE. aud
then followed a Suing Of high-sonnding
sen useless words, after thu following Sop
homoric strain, but the Constitution as
it shaH be. ba,lemented without. and
crusied with diamonds, and hung with
purple and gold within, glorious and ada
manline all
If such language and sentiments were
only that OF the soft -Jrained student, who
peuned them. it should excite nothing
more than contempt among good and loyal
people; but appearing as ii does in Col
lege Magazine, Which is supposed to be,
in measure, the exponent Of the teach
ings of that College. it assumes more
serious character.
If Wabash. or aay other College SO far
forgets its high character as to become the
hot-bed, and school for teaching treason
and disloyalty, let il be branded with the
infamy it deserves ; and le! all who would
have their youths learn loyalty, and hate
treason, reverence the Constitution, aud
dispise disunion, and secession, AVOID i;
as they would tie gates of hell.
While the Professors Of Wabash College
are contributors TO this Magazine, and
ought TO exercise censorship over it, let
us in charity hope, for the character Of the
Institution, that this reasonable article
found its way into il without their knowl-
edge.
The author winds up with the following
elegant personal allusion, There We ieell
better, it Lad to come, like the war We
should think he would feel better dis
eased body is always improved after it has
spewed up a quantity Of filth.
Nothing bat the miserable ignorance Of
ibis dwelling edilor,-(Gvd save the
m rk should excuse him from the pun
lshment due his REASONABLE sentiments.
lio ought at any rate TO be sent at once to
Dixie, and served as David served Uri-
ah. If Mr.. Gookins, who presented mo
with this Magazine, thinks | have any
sympathy with its political sentiments, he
is wotully mistaken. No good and
loyal citizen. no lever of his country. and
the Constitution has any more utilization or
sympathy with rhite iicered Abolllionss,
than .Jfre eatnig Secessonists, for they are
both traitors, alike. in kind and degree
and both ought to be crushed out by the
strong arm Of government.
VIATOR.
From Cairo.
Special to the Chicago Times.
Cairo, Dec. "a.
A Canadian gentleman arrived here
last evening from New Orleans.