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

S him take heed lest he fall" is a sentimen
never more forcibly illustrated than in ou
own case. Last week we explained to OIL
readers the grounds upon which TIL
I CAUCASIAN was admitted to the mails, ant
) expressed our confidence that no furihe
trouble need be anticipated. This week
! however. our business has been again sud
denly and most Unexpectedly arrested BY
an order from the Post-office Department
prohibiting THE CAUCASIAN from circula
, ting in the mails. With our paper in type
and the press waiting, we determined
!, this time TO proceed to Washington ard
gain by personal investigation the rea.
sons. if possible, for so strange proceed
ing. We have the qualification to state that
there is no cha. ge that we have violated
the terms of our letter to the Postmaster
in New York. or that we have not acted In
good faith in TIE matter. And more.
there is no charge that we have opposed
the war-that we have advocated secession
or laid ourselves liable 10 any charge OF
disloyal;v. unless il be disloya to oppose
Negro freedom. Our only, our sole cause
Of offending. SO far as we can learn is,
/ tha. we have advocated tie suJordination
Of the negro TO the white man as the nor.
NAL order of American society, and con-
tended that the relation Of the races, as it
has come down to US from the founders Of
our government, is right. This being
simply question of political opinion. We
had no suspicion that its advocacy could
fall under the ban of the Administration.
1t is simply the idea or basis of the doc
trine that this is a white mans govern
ment. as proclaimed by Senator Douglas.
Chief-Justice Taney and many Of the most
eminent northern Democrats The stri-
king down of TIE CAUCASIAN. therefore.
has deeper significance than any Prev
Gus &C, Of interference witL the press. Ii
is simply a refusal to allow us to defend
the decision of the Supreme Court Of the
land This, too. after we Lad relied upon
the permission of the department tha,
THE CAUCASIAN should be sent through
the mail, and expended a large sum OF
of money. which is now all lost, in the at
temp. TO get it started.
Finally, rather than have our business
broken up. our establishment idle, our
hands thrown out Of employment just at
the beginning Of the winter, we proposed
to publish paper containing merely
the news of the day. and extracts from
other journals that rere allowed to circu-
late in the mails, and without any opinions
Of ours in it, Our subscribers, we though
might accept this as temporary expedi-
ent, but astounding to relate, even this
,oas refusedi
II would be useless for us 10 try to
find language TO express the bitter, burn
ing disappointment We feel over this last
unparalleled act The loss Of money,
which We could Ill afford, is bad enough.
but the sense of irjus.ice. Of wrong. OF
cruelty. which must be felt to be appre-
ciated, is almost uncomfortable.
Oar readers may inquire, however,
what will you do now? Do you intend
to give upo' We answer. NO! The
principle that we are conlending for is the
vital element Of our very national existence.
Ii is the doctrine Of muli'udes Of Demo-
Gratis in the North and with unbounde ed
confidence in the grand truth that this is
a gorernmem If mhHe men. aud none 9th
CT. we shall never forsabe it, as long as
there are people enough left who will sup.
rort it. The Caucasian will be continued
for the present, at all events, and can be
ordered thraugh news agents There i,
no AFFECTION 10 our continuance OF the pa
per. but only that our subscribers shall
not have the privilege Of receiving their
papers by mail.
We feel sangnne that this subject vii
not be allowed to rest here. The matter
we have reason to believe, will soon b,
brought before Congress. and we trus
that the exclusion Of The Caucasian from
> the mails will be only temporary. At al
events. We ask our subscribers to hav,
patience. and they may rely that ever,
effort we can use shall be made to remov
the ditficnlties that now surround us.
VAN EVRIE, HORTON & Co..
Editors and Proprietors Of The Caucasiaa
J H. VAN EvRIE,
II. &. IIoRToY,
L. b. CHASE