The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-05

saw the light of day in Southern State. but am
for the whole country. and not for any section
thereof. The South is to blame for breaking up
the Democratic Convention in Charleston in 1860.
The South was wrong in seeding before any overt
act of opposition on the part of Lincoln. do
not, und derstand me, justify secession at all. be-
iSve that State has no constitutional right to
seccda without the consent of the Union
federated with it under the Constitution But
what do we in the North2 man is pns in
nomination and elected to the Presidency who had
asserted over and over again that this country
must be all free or all savc-an rrepressbie con
! f1ict man. The convention which nominated him
adopted platform which said there should be no
more slave States admitted into this Union.
i The South had most certainly right to CON-
plain of this. Nine Northern States had nullifed
the Fugitive Slave Law. The South had a right
to complain of this, and complain most bitterly,
too. Seward, in Ohio. had said that "slaverv
must be abolished, and you and are to do it,
This man got the very first Office under Lincoln.
The South had right to complain of this. Blake,
of Ohio, big AbolitiOnst. but small man phys
ically-the biggest AbolitoAist in such little
cass ever saw-sO big and so black that he would
be visible in the darkest night-introduced res
oluuon in Congress to the effect that "frecdom
ought to be declared for every human being, and
that slavery ought to be restricted wherever Con
gress has the constitutional power. Seventy odd
Republicans voted for it; every Democrat and
conservative voted agaii ti,-thc intense ab
oltonism of the resolution icing patent. Of
this the South had a right to complain. Lincoln
is controlled by the Abolstionists.
Seward has the first place in the Cabinet Chase
the next. Gi .dings has the very best appointment
40 far as money Is concerned. in the Presidents
gift He is Consul General to Can da, t &c end Of
the under ground ilroad. This joshu Giddngs
was not exactly the old Joshua who commanded
the sun to stand still, but the modern Joshua who
commanded runaway niger to come 10 hal;
and he taken under his plternal protection. There
was Burngamc, the IN who wanted anti
slavery Bible, an nntis.avery Constitution. and an
anti slavery Gad--he had foreign appointment
from Lincoln. Banks, who said Let the Union
slider' was now A Major General in the armies of
the North depu D to whip 'e South to keep Il .
Union from sliding OF all these things. adding
studied insult to injury, had not the South good
reason to compla nl
Further, every compromise for the object OF am
i able settlement had been refused by tn Repub'
lieans. Yet they send their emssar les into ev' ry
community for the purpose OF dccelvlnS the peo-
4 Pile Every proposition for peace had been re-
jected by the Republicans. The people of almost
every county in the State, without regard to party
had endorsed the Crittenden amendment. Not
one county in the State. perhaps, il it were pre-
sented 1T least so far AS the Democratic partv l.
concerned, would vote agaEst it. Ii it is right
now. it was right last winter. Yet then the Re-
publicans rejected it That proposition left the
question of slavcry-the only ayitating one and
the cause of all iroublcs-to be settled by the
people at the ballot-box. Ii was proposition
which proposed plan of settlement luitable and
right.
AZ any rate. it was plan of adjustment which
gave to the North four-fiths of the Territories,
and TO the South but one fifth. Ought not that
proposit,on to have been considered fair bv the
Republicans7 All but it proposed. by consti'u-
tona amendment, 20 Ike th" slavery question
out of Congress This cid no. suit, and therefore
every Abolltionist, every Republicm-voted
ayainst it Why did they do his il they want' d
to avert civil war?
The equitable proposition which they rejected
could not have become Il until passed by three
fourtl,s of the States. These Republicans were
afraid TO trust the people with this question They
4 al. 81. Ill t.nf
want peace and settlement, but war and blood
shed.
This is not tile only instance of their rejecting
every proposition fer peaceable settlement. kel
iogc, Republican himself, made M effort by res
olution in Congress in this regard, and 1t got only
one R,publican vote--that of its author, and Inc
got SO scared that he came near voting against his
own offspring
Erhidce's proposition was rejected. Every Re-
publican voting aganstit
Thus have shown you my fellow citizens,
that every proposition for peace and equitable ar
rancement has been rejec.ed by the leaders OF
the Republican party. Then it follows that the
blood to be spilled il. this war will stain not the
skirts of the Democratic party. Upon the Black
Rcpub can Abolition party rests all the resoonsi-
bty-for they might have made peace if they
had desired peace. say upon them rests the re
sponsibity-not acquittins those in the South who
are also in the wrong: and VIII they de' it cram
the record down their throats Make them sw,l
low il. Their argument against YOU will be. Y on
are liar Shut your mouth or we will hang you.
Well, nv friends. won't swear. but say let
| then, hang and be damned.
/ While upon this subject will accumulate evi-
dence goihs to show the completely of the Repub-
ican party against the peace and prosperity OF the
country-against uhe Union and the Constitution
What did the Governor of this State do with ref
crence 70 the Peace Congress! The proposi-
ton for il came from old Virginia twenty two
Safes were represented in il. il the Governor OF
your State isa good Union man. Why did he not
send mixed delegation to that Congress' VIII,
did he not send for instance. one American. one
Democrat. and three Republicansl All of u'
would have been ling foe this. But he did moi
do it. He appo ointed Republicans dyed IN tho
wool lie swore them in advence to defeat al