The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-12-24

the war at once. How BY recognizing
the Confederacy? The Federal govern
ment have no power to DO this. The Fed
eral Generals have no such power except
by revolutionary act. This is what Davis
organs ask. They want Lincoln to reoog-
nizc the Davis Confederacy, when the time
comes.
We want the military power, on both
sides, to agree to stop fighting. 70 agree
to respect. in the meantime, the respective
buntings, called flags, till The PEOPLE Of
each sovereign State shall have, by their
decision, agreed to some compromise, or
else pronounced for renewal OF war for
reasons that rational man can understand.
Let us not permit our unreasonable but
malicious enemies to misreprescnt true
! Democrats. IT is not war that We cppose,
but an unreasonable, an illogical, an uncon
stitutional, an un-American war The
Federal Constitution refused to the FEEDER
al Government any power to coercc, OR to
make war on States Let us look the fact
in the face. that except as an intruder and
a uaurpcr, the Federal Government has
lapsed, and that the dissolution of the I'm
ION has been followed, as all great statesmen
saw it must be followed, by war between
the States In this war Southern States
combined and called themselves Ccnfcder-
ate States Northern States, holding, by
virtue of Il hagitious sectional election, the
machinery Of the late Union, cling to the
name of the United States. It is an old
name, bat q new thing. 1t means the
States that unite on New ENGLAND ideas
Its true name would be othe Puritan Com
monwealth"
Now, it is ofprime importance to have
the minds Of the people Of the differen
States enlightened on the true Issues. BY
and bye, if we, if our friends Do not bcstir
themselves IN the propagation OF the truth,
it viii be too late. The Puritan Coia-
monwealth," when fully established. Will
permit 20 views to be published not eman-
ating from themselves. We have been
befogscd and betrayed, by trusting to pro-
fessed, not real friends The men with
whom Governor Seymour is now actirg are
Part and parcel of the threatened puritan
Commonwealth" They quarrel bitterly
with tl'eir Puritan brethren puritaus al
ways do. But they are ''Nar Democrats
AS thoroughly as John A. Dix, John
Cochran, John Van Buren,. and the rest
Of the free soil Johns that lift their eyes to
the orient OF New Englishmcn. The quar-
rel between them is not about the butch
cry, but about who shall have the hides
and tallow Of lie Federal butcher shop
In this the people can have no interest.
Let the butchers settle their disputes among
Themselves.
In this, Democratic principles have nc
interest, and true Democrats can only
0ourn that they have been betrayed.
Dark days are before US. But, yet,
courage. Human society is the work of
God, and He protects His own. On this
soil the principles of American Democracy
AID they only, can succeed. Once more,
we cry, En.-oN, cryan@e, educate! No
mar, now, is to be trusted as a Democrat
till you have taken him apart, read to him
the simple political caiechism of Dcmocra-
cy. be sure that he understands it, and
then require from him the aYowal and
promise that he will be faithful to it, and
maintain It. When he has done this, enroll
his name As names multiply thus, organ
ize your men by tens, in hundreds Then
call these hundreds often together, in their
hundreds instruct them, and fortify them,
in Democratic principles. There is an
association engaged in doing this. 1t is
widely spread 1t operates quietly and
dcterminedly, in many of these Northern
States. 1t invites, now, the cooperation
Of all like minded 'In union is strength,
and it will be well for all Democratic or
ganizations throughout the country, who
appreciate the thoroughness of the work to
be done, and have the carnestncss to en-
gage in it, to act on common plan. This
will be at the same timea safeguard against
excesses and unlawful acts, provoked by
oppression, but foolish, because profitless
10 any public pood.-[N. Y. Frccmans
Journal
The papers are discovering the politics OF
Gen. Grant What he is now we cannotl