The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-09-11
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new Congress. Shall we send Dack 10
Washington he extreme radical represent
aive5 elected during the excitement Of
1860. or sail we send conservative, pru-
dent. wise men. those who love their crun
ny more than party? there are m9ny
such in the State. Republicans we'll as
Democrats. meu who love their country
first and above all else, aud who will de
vote their whole time and attention 10 III,
great con,est which no. only coLyu;es the
nation. but the whole world. aud irave par
y Issues. party platforms aud party til
umphs for other times.
The magnitude of the var ;.as arisen
like a great fire from small bes ginning.
because those in power did LOT properly
appreciate the danger, aud tailed 10 use the
means necessary 10 exinguish Al once.
ii is not wonderful that it burns fiercer to.
day than il did SIX months since, be-
cause our attention has been withdrawn
from the real danger which threatens the
existence of the nation. 20 the discussion
and settlement of collateral questions,
which could better have been postponed
unti il is decided whether We haye..a coun-
try where such measures would have any
force Nearly three fourths OF the time o:
our Senators and members of Congress,
as we'll as that of the President and his
Cabinet, has been devoted TO questions af-
ecting the status of slavery la the States
aud the Territories. when 1t was seer by
every man. not wild with fana,icism. that,
il We could not save the country, the infa
ricr questions respecting slavery would be
ot 40 consequence TO us. The great de-
mon of disuuion must first be put down.
rhis was clearly Coz pretended by Con-
,ress when i; decared, by nearly unanl
nous vote, that neither the Fedora. Gov
nment nor the people or governments Of
tue non slaveholding States have pur-
pose or a constitutional right to legsate
upon. or interfere with, slavery III any oil
the States of the Union.
Happy indeed would ii have been II this
announcement! oi we'll Known principles
had been adhered to- Ii would have saved
US hundreds Of millions Of money, and
many thousands of lives. There is moth
ing more certain tl.an that we must come
back TO this position. Everywhere all over
the North. the people must rally around
the position of the President, the position
Which we lave maintained from the begin
ming. and which we maintain now. The
L tesident says.
Il would save he Union. | would saw.
it in the shories, way ander the Constitu
| ion. The sooner The national authority
can be res ored. the nearer the Union viii
he to the Union a, IL was
III there be those who would not have
the Union unless they could at the same
time save slavery, | do not agree with
them. If there be those who would not
save the Union uniess they could at the
sa'ne time destroy slavery, do not agree
vi h them. Nv paramount ohjcci in this
Struggle is To save the Union, and not ei
ther to save or destroy slavery. Ii could
save the Union without freeing aay slaves
woull do il. and If | could save il by
freeing all the slaves, would do il; and it
| couu save it by fleeing some and leav-
ing oihers alone, | would do that. Wha, |
do about slavery aud the colored race.
do because ! believe il helps save the n.
ion, and what forbear | forbear because
do no, believe it would help save the
Union. shall do less whenever | shall
believe what | am doing hurts the cause;
and shall DO more whenever | believe do
ins more will he p the cause. e.
This Is the tue ground. 1t is the 20
81 ioo the Democracy have always main
tainedel, he position of every friend OF
the Constitution and the restoration OF the
Union
AS the election is approaching let the
best men be selected, who will maintain
,his ground, and the radicals of every
stripe aud hue be discarded. and then.
with energy and vigor in the management
,f our military affairs. there will be hope
that the rebellion will be crushed out But
As long AS we elect and re elect men vino
think more Of crushing out slavery than OF
restoring the Union:who spend their time
IN Lunting down and persecu ing every
man who does not and can not agree with
them in that policy. rather than perIecting
the organization of the army, increasing
it's numbers and efficiency until it is abso
luieIy overwhelming. SO long may we ex-
pscl TO see the war rage. SO long may we
expect to hear Of the danger of Washing.