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

g He administered a strong rebuke to those who
symp thized with rebellion. and warned gentle
men that vigilant men watched tlem " Who is
there here or anywhere else in Indiana who sym
pail;zes with traitors I
Anv one here or elsewhere [Cries Of" no, no
mol No. fellow citizens, not one man in all lndi-
ana, | undertake to saw. is traitor or sympa.
thizes with traitors. But Hs Excellency SAYS
that viGilant men" are watching you. Men are
paid upon the Governments secret police force to
watch their neighbors and to report every word Of
their private conversations. Me- who agree with
US, men who were for compromise and peace, are
watched by viglant men, and they had better
have n care Fellow citizens. under your Execu
tive, is not this the most ahect slavery-that is if
we submit to it If am to be a slave should
rather be black one than q white one. But l say,
let His Excellency, the Governor. 60 on. defy
him and every other man who desires to take from
me my liberty Of free speech under the Constitu-
ton. and you and . II Of us, notwithstanding his
aecidency, will continue to-'eel think AMI talk
like Democrats, Yes, and VI will continue to act
| like Democrats.
They say am a secess;onist- Do look like
one Iappeal to my friend Hendricks-I appeal
to you aldo look like secessionist 7 Do
talk like one Do ! act like one ! Laughter,
and crc of 'no, no." When these Republi-
cans talk about seccssionists, aiming at Demo
Gratis. they talk that hich they know to be false.
There is not, repeat, a secessonist in the whole
State in the Democratic party that know Of We
are better Unionists than Morton his man
monkey. That man Morton has done more than
sny other man to enguph the country in civil
the necessary consequence Of which ia disunlo n.
I would, this moment, my friends lay down my lie
willingly and cheerfully if the sacrifice would re-
store peace once rno,c C TO this distracted country
No man shall surpass me in devotion to the Cons-
tuition and the Union. But hold that the Union
never can be maintained by FORE War is dlsun
ion Peace. and only peace, is union. For the
utterance of these sentiments have been denoun.
ced through the miserable, hireiing party apers
as dsunionst. What did Greelev-I wish the
devil had him m)-what did Greeley, the leader of
the Republican part, and the man with more
power in it than any ,heT man--what did he
say
| ANY attempt to coerce the cotton States was
contrary to The Declaration of independence and
in opposition to the Fundamental principles Of our
Cover 1ent''
If the abolition portion Of the Republican party
want to haLg anybody. let them hang Greeley. II
! had made such declaration. every Republican.
Abolitionist in the land would have advocated my
hanging before sundown. My fellow citizens if
any man in this country could claim 10 he the de-
oted friend of Douglas, was that devoted friend
For hm tire greatest Of statesmen, would
have sacrafccd my Ill. Bnt what did these Re-
publicaIs say OF him last year Did not heir
presses and their orators everywhere denounce
him as drunk ,rd. scoundrel. demagognc
Now they treat him as n slint, a'd shed crocodile
tears over his memory. Why. if he as the man
they siy he was, now--why did thev not vote for
him then vocc-" That's it-"l If he had
been elected President of the United States-they
would have been United States. The 10 dav
would have risen upon free. prosperous aud hap
pv people. But these men-these abolition Re
pubiicans- never ANYTHING nn,il it is too late
or Until everybody else has seen it. Laughter.
What did Douglas say, he whom these men now
so cuocize in the last speech he ever made in the
United States Senate 7 WAR" he declared.
wa. dsunon. War was final and eternal sep,ra
ton" And he insisted that every man must al
vocate sut h measures of amendment to the Consti
tuition as would restore the country once more to
peace.
Ard my friends, agree perfectly with Judge
Douglas. our great and glorious. our lamented
statesmen and would to God his wise counsels
might yet be followed by the whole country. TIE
Southern people much to blame for the condi-
ton of fairs which US. bu. the Abolition
party Of the North quite IA much to blame
Douglas said that every man who was for war AS a
means of preserving the Union was per Sc dsun-
;onist. If, then. there disunionsts in this
country :ou need not go to the Dem ,cratic party
to find them. Go to the Aboi:ionists. Go to the
party which sustans the secession journal of India
napois. lfsuch a paper was published in my town
| would run away the very first RAINY night. !
mean no dsre.pect whatever to my Democratic
friens present resident in indianapolis.
What does tn, scoundrel editor Of this shee say
. Better let the Constitution BE- broken than that
we should have evil war and blood shed. What
would a Union be worth held together by links and
|
Journal says. ard yet hc jenounces mo and 81, s
ought to be hung [Cres," Hang him ~
Fellow citizens. this but illustrates the reckles
:nconsisrencvoft these men who are bl,tng, War
War War to the knife. . There is not Rcpub-
lean to my knowledge who disapproves of what
Seward. Greeley. and the Journal said prcviou
to the fail OF Sumter. But rs Old Ahc
Lincoln ch nged font. every knock need, cro~
road politician OF them shouted for booI. for the
knife TO the hilt in brothers heart. AMI now,
if YOU are Tor Abe. Lincoln. the chcago Platform
and the Administration. right or wrong, you are
"A Union man but ii you are Demp cr,t, good.
seeking 10 MAINTAIN the Uniun. you are di.un-
;onist and traitor, and deserve to he hung higher
than the old Him,n they tax about.
, What do they saw You must not inquire inio
the war while II is in progress. oh, no. TIL,
house is on fire. they say. and let put out th,
fire and hunt up the inceniiarics afterwards. Well
the Republican prty. the incendarcs. have al
ready been arreste and they are on trial now, m,
fellow citizens. before YOU AMI before the Who'll,