The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-01-02
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Oul HallOn mas Apply Ceen compared 10
''boiling cauldron'; or in other words
We are like he man who had TIE following
Inscription on his tomb stone: Il was
well. but | wanted to be better; | took
physc. aud here | am No nation ever
prospeled rs did ours, until, a few years
since, we wanted to be better There is a
wide difference of opinion in reference to
what caused the present war. One par
ty says that nation cannot exist, part
tree and part slave. This position we
think is incorrect, from the fact that We
have so lived for eighty years. aad hal
il not been for the abolitiohists medding
themselves about matters which did not
concern them, we would still be living in
peace; but here we are, ruined.
bankrupt nation brother warning against
brother, and neishbor against neighbor.
As for our own part we have always
been peace man, and for SO believing
have been denounced as a traitor, rebel
and pro slaveryite and not us only. but
she whole democratic patty in the North
ern States have been so denounced, he
cause they were in favor of adjusting our
national difficulties without numbering one
another and running our common country.
Since the republicans have quarreled
among themselves in reference to the OBJ
jects Of the war. the appellations of traitor
and tory are moi used go llippantly as they
We're few months since. If speaking
deIogaiory of Mr.. Lincoln's acts and prin-
ciples constitutes treason. il occurs to us
that the republicans have 2 large number
OF traitors among themselves, that, it
would seem. ought % arrest their alien
ton before they become so wonderfully
exercised about the democratic party.
The democrats have given Mr.. Lincoln's
war policy generous support, whenever
1t was confined within the Constitution
lie gave some signs, in his modification OF
Fremont's Proclamation and in his correc
ton OF Cameron's Report. that his policy
was only to put down the rebellion, and
not to emancipate and arm the negroes.
Our opinion is that Mr.. Lincoln enterains
as ultra abolition sentiments as Loveioy,
Fremont or Cameron but the elections
last fall admonished him that there was a
conservative element still existing which
he would do well not to totally disregard
Livery conservative man in the country
whether democrat or republican felt glad
when the President corrected Fremont's
Proclamation and Cameron's Report, yet
at the same time there Is no doubt, in our
nind. but those documents contained his
real sentiments on the negro question,
and had the democratic party and the
Union men in the border States endorsed
the policy advocated in those documents,
he would not have altered them an iota.
We think it extremely doubtful whether
Mr.. Lincoln will ever be able 10 qeell the
rebellion, and bring the seeded States
back into the Union. lie certainly cannot
do it if he pays any attention 10 the aboli-
rion wing of his party;-if he disregards
their counsel there will be break up in
the party. unless we are at f&ut as Judge
Gun government is now spending about
one and a quarter million dollars per day.
this money has all to be paid by the dear
people. We have just began to pay a
small portion of il in the increased price
OF the greater portion of the articles vii ich
we purchase from the merchants on each
pound of coffee We Pay about @ cents. on
each yard of calico, IL cents; On each
ward Of sheeting. about 10 cents, and
rice, :ea, and coffee in the same proper
ton. On the other hand the farmers get
less than half what they usually got for
their pork and corn; so, by having to pay
about one third more for articles which
they buy. and having TO take one half less
for what they sell, they. of course. COM
plain bitterly of hard times but We say
to our riends:-keep in good heart, we
have only foretaste Of what is in reserve
for US. Next year when the ax-gatherer
comes around aud puts one kind of delin-
quents in Jail. and has an agent along to