The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-01-23

his plan. After recon- rending tha, ne
9roes be taken from States In payment of
the dilec. tax. he goes on to recommend
that in any event steps must be taken for
colon:zing both classes, Tor the one first
mentioned, if the other shall not be bro't
into ex'stence,) at some place or places.
in climate congenial for them. 4
To carry ont the plan Of colonization may
involve the acquiring of territory, and also
'he appropriation of money beyond that
expended in the territorial acquisition
President Lincoln does not inform us, on
what portion of the gobe we are to pur-
chase the territory for the free negroes,
except that he suggests that it must be
where the climate will be congenial.
" Know ye the land of the cedar and vine
Where the flowers ever blossom. the beams ever
shine;
Where the citron and olive are farest of fruit,
And the voice of the nightingale never is mute;
Where the tintS of the earth and the hues of the
In color though varied, in beauty may vie.
'Tis the CLINE of the South it's the land of the
sun"
What think you of this description Of
the modern Eden, the Eysium, which the
President would have US buy for the wea-
ry children of Africa? But what is to be
the cost of its acquisition? Perhaps only
few hundred miliops. This presents
the disagreeable and embarrassing sug-
gestion which Mr.. Lincoln has not met,
that we may not have the gold or hand
that we can conveniently spare. But per-
haps we can buy with Treasury notes.
and they may be multiplied as the leaves
on the trees, or the sands upon the sea
shore. But if John Bull should be the
owner. he is not in temper with Us just
now, and may prove churl enough to say.
will keep my land of orange groves
where the nightingales ever sing, rather
than take your promises to pay.
Clay and Jackson and Webster, and
statesmen OF that class regarded the colo
nization of the negroes as a work of such
enormous cost. as not to be undertaken
/ by the Government, even when at peace,
and free from debt; but in the midst of
civil war-trade and commerce disturbed
our sources Of revenue impaired-with
our industry paralized, and national debt
accumulating at the rate Of nearly two
millions per day, the wisdom and states
manship that now manage our public af
! fairs, commends it as feasible and desira-
bic. When We see such stupendous folly
united to most abandoned corruption and
wickedness We can not too earnestly strive
to rescue the government from, Sucn con-
troll.
/ Emancipation, then, as war measure,
is weakness and not strength-a burthen
and not support, and can be adopted on
/ Iy as means of revenge TO destroy the
South, but not 10 restore The Union-and
to that aspect of the question | call your
attention.
AS party, the Democracy of the North
west have no: been sectional, but have ad
vocated equality of rights and privileges
to all-and thus far have even conceded
New England and Pennsylvania might
have the revenue policy Of the United
States SO adjusted as to give them an ad
vantage of from twenty to forty per cent.
upon their labor, more than conld be Civ
en- to our labor. But we are now being so
crushed, that if we and our children are
not to become the 'hewers Of wood and
drawers of water for the capitalists of
New England and Pennsylvania, we must
look to the interests of our section; and
for the first time in my life | intend to
speak as sectional man.
We are not manufacturing people and
can not we'll become such; our wealth
mast come from the cultivation Of the soil,
and is of those heavy and bulky articles
| tnat require convenient tndIhel duu
cheappess of transportation. A foreign
demand will enrich those regions from
which there is convenient and cheap ap.
proach 10 the ocean, but it can not greatly
benefit us; our corn and wheat. hogs and
cattle are SO weighty and bulky tha. before
they reach the sea coast much Of their
value is lost in the cost of transportation.
And this must continue, for railroad trans
portation cannot become cheap. The ma
malign policy of the party now in power
in the enactment Of the tariff of last sum.
mer. which in ordinary times will be pro.
hibitory and defeat revenue, and which
makes us buy at high prices and sell at
low prices, and which will impair our for
eign market, has heretofore been partially
defeated by the short crops in Europe,
causing a larger foreign demand for
breadstuffs than we have enjoyed perhaps
since l847; yet. with an extraordinary
foreign demand Tor all we have TO sell.