The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-08-21

hanging below few atrocious characters,
he would not, with regard to rebels now
a days. descend below a few atrocious
characters, but he would hang an Aboli-
ZIONIST on the other end of every rope.
Slavery was as much the cause of the
war as the tea thrown into Boston Harbor
was the cause Of the revolution. This was
conceived by desi gning and ambitious men
In proof of it, Mr.. Wickliffe produced
the resolutions passed at the New York
Abolition Convention in 1859. What did
this convention resolve? Why. that be-
cause of the evil of slavery. they invited
a free correspondence with the disunion
lists OF the south, to the end Of dissolu-
tion Of the United States. Thank God,
but more thanks to the abolitionists of the
North. the secessioniss gay. for they have
enabled us to accomplish what we have
been trying to do for thirty years. Hence
you see we have two classes of traitors to
fight: the Aboltionists among us, as well
as the rebels Of the South. AS he had told
Lovejoy in Congress. who. in an abolition
harrangue, brought out metaph orically, a
ship full rugged and freighted with seces-
sionists and aboli;ionists, he would throw
over the abolitionists first So people of
Indiana you must throw them overheard.
| don't care under what name they ap-
proach you. A leopard is just as spotted,
although you call htm bear.
The South wanted Government sepa.
rate from the East. The East wanted a
government separate from tie negro
Tha, is what caused his rebellion. And
if the twenty millions Of he North could
not conquer the six millions of The South
without arming the pigger. in Gods name
let the Abolitionists in Congress get out of
the way, We. the conservative men. old
Wings. Democrats and Republicans who
reverenced the Constitution, for there
were some such, would prosecute the war,
restore the Union. and maintain the rights
of all under the Constitution intact.
Slavery. when the Constitution was
adopted. existed in every State but one
Yet LoveJov talked away in Washington,
/ rying to show that under that instrument,
AMI because of the Declaration of indie
penderce. the negro WAS free and equal
with the white man. Our fa;ners dec Jared
that they-the white race, the Anglo Sax
on race were free and equal They
made this Government for themselves, for
the white man, and not for the negro.
Ii they intended that the negro should
stand side by side with you at the ballot
box. and on the battle field. they were The
greatest set of hypocrites Goc ever made.
that they did not saw SO. Why did they
not free the slaves every where? Let Love-
JOY go and preach his doctrine to the ne
gro, and let the white man alone?
In the last Congress. which had the
most time devoted to it. Congress or the
negro? Voices. 1.-The negro.") Secre.
tary Chase, who is our banker now, was
engaged in cotton planting at puclic ex.
pense. He has agents-lhey used to call
'em overseers. but now they are agents.
treasury rats. employed in this business.
One of them is named Pearce-Pearce, of
Ohio. Gen. Hunter had gone on Pearce' s
Government plantation and turned his ne
groes into soldiers. with red breeches and
striped jackets. Pearce could not stand
Hunters interference. and wrote to Secre
tary Chase about it, and business on the
government Dar tation was, for the pres
ent, at stand still Let the abolitionists
get oct of Congress, get away from posi-
tons of responsibility. ge: out of the army.
and in less than six months we wonld
have peace within the Union and under
the Constitution. He would give all he
had to sustain the Union: he would lay
down his life for it. but he would have no
Union in violation of the Constitution.
What right lad the Genera. Government
to interfere with the slaves in Kentucky?
The Aboltionsts said that il was under
the war power. Even some of the Cover
nors of the states had said that Union was
broken, that we had TO law but that of an
unbridled majority The majority in Con
gress, calling themselves Republican, had
followed the abolition programe to the let
ter They were for confiscation, emanci
patton, and servile war. and desolation
Of the South. Are you for such war? You
are for war for the Union-not for an alb.
olltion war. What would you do with
these niggers9 Do YOU want them in in
diana?
He saw. the other day. in Washington
two hundred prisoners captured bp Ma
jor General Mcdowell. They were poor
negro women in rags. with their babies