The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-12-31
From the New York Journal of Commerce
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: and political movements VII occupy the Al
ten:ica of the people. Congress Wiil be Il
work on legislation, and the country VII
work ii the great privilege and duty OF th'
citizens, the discussion OF public measure
ANA the determination Of the future pub
lie policy.
Il It were possible tothrow aside entire
i all parry prejudice and partisan feeling
anl .ook cooily ana calmly ON the i'Fesi-
lential quest;ea.it it woali certainly do eve
ry man good 10 spend an hour er two III
such an exercise. l. would be we'll to asi.
what SORT ci man shall he he, rather
than who shall he be? What shall be his
principles, his - Of ability? There
are some points on which all men viii agree
who have the nations interest II heart
There are others on which they al ought
oa,grec, bat about which there is doubt
les some difference of opinion.
lie ought 10 be new man. BY this we
mean that he ought not to be any man tha;
has been mixed up ii Washington politics,
plundcr and intrisucs. who has been de-
auc!.ei and destroyed ~ those influences
which srrround cfice holders at the Capt
! I'll. If men looked on the charaecr OF
those vhom they select for rulers, to be IN
trusted vii. their grayest interests. a
carefully as they look on the character of
clerks they employ in their Offices, or the
men to whom they lend money or trust
their fortunes, tbey would choose rulers
elsewhere than among the men who have
made politics at the national capital their
trade for years Il is OF no use now 10
tel us that we want men OF experience
We want men Of honesty and ability. and
there is not Ran Of that measure III
America whose experience during the pa=;
three wears has not Just as We'll fitted h;rn
10. the Presidency as that of any person
nos at Wa,h.ngtoa The granl desider-
alum is 4 man who i wholly out OF the
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"a is' INC next ifesi@t"t Ia De" man.
- S''oo'' 'e ';'''h 81 .oo'h ana ViS"r
81 i4iiit. lie VIII pc ea..ei on 10 @irect the
bae'hta'lo'i q 'Ae leop.e ana Tie fes'oT2-
;'cA % I.'srerit, OF t''.a afflicted n''tion-
;" eahho' eAAcs.e i''ih TIC terrible scenes
surrounding u without e'nVnisieA wei
iish e4"ai 70 ''la- "h.'h a'tehaei oIf en-
rance ii''o die;A' Il Has teeh Z co''.para-
my - '.''''''' 20 io'''c"t = per
ioim hoiiihaiiy the tahcil"ns Of ms cii!ce
haf'hs 'fic war. IL wiii te ten iric. Il hur-
cred foid' harder to perform them at its
civ.e- " ny hesitate to express the exact
truth which Is III every inan 5 secret
'hough's' 'hat neither tn President nor
MS administration has fought tins war
II mas i""Sht 'tSeii. We nave driited,
drlitct, drited from battle to battle, irom
experiment 10 experiment. from accitcnt
| TO accident The army OF the People l'as
peei III Inc Held, anu the politicians at
W asi.ngten have had no Elore conception,
'AFee oFsi& months aheai, what would he or
c""'" re 'ie state ol i'iiaife 'hah ihey nave
i'''' o' INC eoh"i''Vn u AFFAIRS IN the next
century n war can go "n tor years IN
''ii' way Du' u ieaa i war once begun
~ i su'cesS'ui ci'se ceii''''iGS strength and
'ie'f u ih'e!-ec'j ciear appreciation ot
i"''i'"'s n''''efS' anu in'id ""'Ne 10 eve
:! l'oSS'''e ei'eise"'y ah' It's require
'''''''' "a S'c' h''"' s'Ioh!s man. "A
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