The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-02-06

able condenser (if may use the word
! Of matters and conclusions. is able to
avoid any grounds for such charge.
, II ever there Was time when the prin
ciples ON which this nation sprang into
, being land by which it must be preserved.
if at all) should be fully and practically
presented to the people in strong contrast
r with the course advocated by tbs oppo-
nents Of those principles. it is now; nou
in the face Of battle: in the prospect ol
grievous taxation; in the presence Of fnan-
cial bankruptcy; n the glare of the frey
furnace that abolition and secession have
seven times heated.
} Mr.. Lincoln entered upon his duties as
Executive with an oath to support the con-
J stitutlon and execute the laws, and a con-
6rmed declared opinion that this Union
could not exist with part Of the States free
and the remainder slave States. That i,
must be all slave or all free. That d.
vided house must fall. That he did no,
expect the house to fall, bu. that he did
expect it would cease to be divided. This
was the theory of the union on which he
was elected. He called to the hiphes,
office in his gift a life long aJolaionist-
VIM. H. Seward-and afterwards permit.
ted him 10 accredit niger to Europe az
a citizen Of the United States under the
national seal. Then came az his next
highest aids, Cameron and Chase-more
ultra than the other. He sent to Canada.
England, France, Austria, Prussia, Russia
and Spain, avowed sbolitionists, the con.
duct Of whose whole lives had tended to
the destruction of fraternal feelings be-
tween the North and South. He commits.
stoned the Infamous Hinton Rowan Helper
and gave high military position to the
abolition desperate Jim Lane. When Ere.
mont began forcible emancipation, and
refused to obey orders. and so conducted
himself that his removal was a military
necessity. he was simply superseded. and
is retained in commission. in inglorious
ease. without inquiry or trial. and gets
some $500 per annum from the public
treasury, which the people must pay back
in taxes amounting from ten to fifteen
per cent. When Cameron was said to
have thwarted him and run counter to his
every wish. when they came to open rup-
ture. when Cameron resigned, and under
circumstances which you say were COM
pulsory and amounted to a remoral, Mr..
Lincoln Immediately sends him to repre-.
sent us at ST. Petersburg (the mosr
friendly Of foreign powers, and our most
important foreign mssior). and recalls
Mr.. Clay-a lifelong avowed aboliiionist
TO take high military command.
Now, sir, while Nc Clellan, and Stanton.
and few Gene rails are not abolitionists,
although appointed by Mr.. Lincoln land
can be superseded at any monent), will you
show the consistency in keeping this ma
ton mtsrepresented at every important
foreign court by rabid abolitionist, if the
President is not himself one. and deter.
mined to keep the most powerful elements
of his position under abolition guardian
ship and guidance ? 1t is we'll known
fact that there is not the talent or acquire
ments In any man or set Of men in the
republican party to organize and discipline
army or command it in the field, and the
appointment of men Of other political faith
was necessity.
II Mr.. Lincoln has cut himself loose
from the radicals If he has changed
his views on this great question '(abolition)
ii he begins to recognize that the doc
trines that have held this nation SO long
together, and made the nation great are
correct and healthy doctrines. as you
assert he has, why does he not clean tho
Augean stables of their abolition filth,
and show to the world that he is . for the
constitution with all its compromises >?
Again If the secessionists are not
entitled to the rights of bslligere ats-if
they are to be treated as persons in an
inssrrection If pO,cer and force do not
settle the question as to belligerency--ii
an uprising Of millions of people, who can
and do send into the field an army of
nearly half million Of men. with all the
material belonging 10 such an army. is a
simple instruction. tell US how the gov
ernment is going to constitutionally pass
and enforce cop6scation bill, or do any
other act necessary and proper to be done
in time of war. according to the la,cs Of
nations and the u,ages Of ,car'!
Were il not for iss absurdity. would not
the position be terrible one? Either
there can be no usages Of war extended
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