The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-05-29
What has been Proven.

w e ASH our readers o cOnSlHer ana pass
their judgment upon the following allega-
tons which we find in the Milwaukee
-News We have read and considered
them, and our judgment is that every ale
CATION made is proved by the events which
have transpired during the past year:
That the election Of the Republican
candidates in November, 1860. was the
dires; calamity which could have befallen
the nation.
That the Democracy were right In their
predictions that the triumph of sect onal-
ism would create civil war.
That the Republican party is the nat
ural enemy of a free press and of tree
speech.
That Republican Congress is incapa-
bic Of legislating for the interests Of the
people.
Thata Republican Cabinet is the most
corrupt Of any which has ever assembled
in Washington.
That the Constitution may be suspend
ed by Republican President, with the
approval of his party constituents.
That the greater the thief the greater
his reward a; the hands of IA Republican
President
That the army could not have been sue
cessiully led except by Democratic gene
rails
Thai the Republicans desire the sub
juga;ion of the slaveholdjHs States. and
not the restoration of theIJon.
That the military ford g alone canno,
restore the Union
That the party IN power would snbsli
tute negro labor for white labor, wherever
the opportunity is favorable for So do.
ing
Tl@t the public treasury is not safe in
the hands of lie present administrali o.
That New neland Manufacturers rule
the party IN power.
That so long as the Republican party
continues in power. the people mast be
enormously taxed and the laboring popu
la,ion must bear the bulk Of tie bur
den.
That the continuance OF the Republican
party in power must perpeIua'e sectional
hostility indefinitely
That Republican presses and orators
cannot be trusted
That in the future dominance Of nation
al Democratic principles in Washington
and throughout the country affords The
only hope of maintaining the Constitution
as it is and restoring the Union as it
was
We will add the following:
That in the levying Of taxes to support
the Government, the Republican parry dis
eliminates in favor Of capital and against
labor. by imposing the burden of taxation
on necessares snd useful commodities of
consumption, and exempling capital from
taxation
That the tendency of the Republican
policy Of Government is towards despo'-
ism in the Government, by depriving the
governed of their constitutional lights
both by Legislative acts and assumptions Of
power by the Executive which are ex-
pressly reserved to the States and peo
pie.
That the tendency of the so called Re
publicanism is 10 subordinate the civil ,o
the military power, and 10 subject the
Judicial branch Of the Govern ment to the
Executive, and 10 center In The Execu
live all the powers Of Government. thus
converting the Federal Government into a
straiocracy like that cf Austria aud France
which is maintained by The force Of large
standing armies. and in which ii is ma,.e
the personal interest Of military men to be
on The side of the Government.
That The Republican party is founded
not only on mn 'irIepressible conflict be
tween me North and the South. thus pro
vok,ng y sectional conflict. but il is found
ed also on an itrepressible coniiic. between
power ilegitimatel acquired and aIbitra
rily exercised. and popular rights. The
whole tendency of Repubicanism. as
manifested by he Rep' hliran party. being
to cenralize and consolidate power in the
General Government by Withdrawing il
from the States and people. and thus es-
tablishing between the Government and
people The relations which exist between
despoic Governments and their subjects.
in witch the Government niake, itself ielt
as an absolu e master. and the pc pie are
ruled IA slaves - State .Selfil ei
To prove who are the disunionis,s. we