The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-10-30

4 harvest, among our abolition fri uds,
.r their defeat at the recent elections
livery cause, except the real one, has been
assigned in one shape or another, and the
I'D adaga of There's none so blind As
nose who will not see,' has been forcibly
.xemplified by them when talking about
leir utter rou: at the polls. One says
he Republicans are all gone to the war,
while the Democrats remained at home.
mother attributes the disaster to the inn
becility Of tie administration in carrying
an the war. A third thinks the Il. G.. G..
did it all, while fourth is very sure that
the whole thing is owing to monstroas
frauds perpetrated by The Democrats at
the ballot box, and SO OH to the end Of the
chapter. All agree in ignoring the real
safe of the case, and each tries to bolster
up the sinking cause of abol!tionism, by
seeking TO deceive the masses Of The peo-
pie.
The true state Of the case is simply
this: the present administr. ton has fallen
so completely into the hands of radical alb
oltionsts, and reckless politico- military
demagogues, who are seeking the utter
subversion of all rights under the constltu-
tion of the country, that the people were
getting tired of seeing one right after an
other swept away under the tyrants plea
OF military necessity, and rising IN the
majesty of that power reserved to them in
the great magma charta of their liberties,
concluded to disp!ace those who had thus
proved false to their rights, and admins
ter rebuke through the ballot box, to
those WHO under the preteuse Of patriot
ism. III the name oI Liberty were dealing
deadly blows at the very heart OF all lib
erty:
1t is no Use. gentlemen, for you TO hide
your heads under the tufts of abolition
grass. the people see your hideous forms
sticking out quite palpabIy, although your
! eads may be concealed. You had much
better abandon Jour unconstitutional and
oppressive doctrines, and return to the
safe and only sure platform upon which to
administer free government, that pre-
scribcd by the fathers and embodied by
Jefferson in the immortal declaration of
rights. Leave off abridging the rights of
the people to free speech and free press:
restore the sacred writ of haJeas corpus,
conduct the war for the restoration of the
government and not for the enamel patton
Of the slaves, throw overheard the pack
of thieving scoundrels who have been
draining the treasury of the nation, rise
above mere partisan preferences when fill
ing important offices, whether civil or mil
itary, adhere to the time honOred prin-
ciples upon Which this country had in the
short space Of three fourths of a century
been conducted to greatness unparallel-
ed in the history Of nations; do these things
undone and very soon, We fear. this glori-
GUS faLric of ours, this heritage of freedom,
will 90 the way of all the earth. and be re-
memb ered no more forever. except as a
byword and a reproach among the powers
Of the world: Lay not the fiattering unc-
ton to your souls that the millions Of Fl ee
white men of this country are willing to
become slaves in order TO release from
bondage the negroes in the Southern
States.
Think not for one moment, that The
hearts of loyal freemen in the North, will
ever beat responsive TO your hateful dogma
Of political equality of the races. Do not
be self-deceived by listening to the echo
Of jour own fendish croakings against the
loyalty Of your ncighbors, even though
they chance to vote the Democratic ticket,
and are in favor Of preserving. unim pair
ed, the go' eminent our fathers gave u.s.
The Democrats are not alone in their de-
testation of tyranny and usurpatlon, IN
their hatred of anarchy and desoatiou.
thousands of true men united with them at
the late elections, and cast their votes in
favor Of the Union and the Constitution,
and against oppression, usurpation and
the odious doctrine of negro equality, both
s cial and political. Take due notice and
govern yourselves accordingly: you may
thus be saved from the modification Of an
other rebuke.
Although negroes are
not men. yet for all the purposes of war.
one black slave woman is equal to four