The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-12

bent before the tempest; and here and
there only was one found foolhardy enough
it may have been. 10 bend not. and upon
him it fell as consuming fire. The spirit
of persecution for opinions sake, almost ex-
linct in the Old World, now, by some
mysterious transmigration. appeared in
carnatc in the New. Social relations we've
dissolved; friendships were broken up; The
ties of family and kindred snapped asun-
der. Stripes and hanging were everywhere
threatened, sometimes executed. 'sassi-
nation invoked; slander sharper d his
tooth: falsehood crushed truth to the earth; ;
reason fled; madness reigned. Not justice
only escaped to the skies. but peace re.
turned to the bosom of God, whence she
came The gospel of love per shed; hate
sat enthroned, and the sacrifices Of human
. blood smoked upon every altar.
But the reign Of the mob was inaugu-
rated only to be supplanied By the iron
dominion of arbitrary powers. Consti
stitutional limiat on was broken down:
habeas corpus fell; liberty of the press. Of
speech. of the person, OF mails, Of travel,
of ones own house and of religion; the
right to bear arms. due process of law, ju-
dicial trial, trial by jury, trial at ali; every
badge and muniment Of freedom in repub
lican government or kingly government;
all went down at blow, the chief law of
icer Of the crown-l beg pardon. sir. but
it is easy to fall into this courlly language
the Attorney General. first Of all men,
proclaimed in the United States the max
i'm of Romau SEVERITY: WHATEVER PLEAS
Es THE PRGsIDENT, TAAT IS LAW. Prison
e,s Of State were then first heard of here.
Travel was interlicled; .rade embargoed; );
pas ports demanded; Dasii.es were intro
duced: strange oalhS Invented, a secret po-
lice organized: piping" began; informers
multiplied; spies now first appeared In
America. The right TO declare war. TO
raise aud support armies, and to provide
and maintain a navy was usurped by ,l.c
! Pres. dent; aud in "A little mole than two
months IA naval and land force Of over
lhrte hundred thousand men were in the
field or upon the sea. An army OF public
plunderers followed, and corruption strug-
.led with power, in friendly strife for the
mastery at home.
'Fi.h', tax, omauci p1te LIT the g, said
the gentleman from N!aue, (AIr Pike,) at
the lat session, Be the trinity OF our saliva
ton" Sr. tley have become the trinity Of
your dep ddmnation. The war far the
Union is, in your hands, most bloody
and costly failure. The President confess
ed 1t on the 22d of September. solemly,
officially, and under the broad seal of the
United States. And be has now repeated
the confession. The priests and rabies of
Abolition taught him that God would not
prosper such a cause. War for the Union
was abandoned; war for TIE negro openly
begun, aud with stronger battal.ons than
before. With what success? Let the
dead at Fredericks burg and Vicksburg an
swer.
And now sir can this war continue? -
Whence the money to carry II on? Where
the men? Can you borrow? From
whom? Can you tax more? Will the
people bear it. Wai. ill you have col.
lrcted What is already levied. How many
millions more OF "iegal tender to-day
forty per cent, below the par of gold
--can you floal! VIII men enlist now at
any price? All, sir, it is easier to die at
home beg pardon; but hope | am not
'disccuraging enlistments." if am,
then frs. arrest Lincoln, stanton and Hal
leck. and some Of our other Generals, and
will retract; yes, | will recant But can
you draft again! Ask New England
New York. Ask Massachusetts Where
are the nine hundred thousand! Ask not
Ohio--the Northwest. She thought you
were in earnest, and gave you all, all
more than you demanded.
"The wife whose Labe first smiled that day,
L he fa'r, fond bride of yester eve,
: Aud scd sire and matron gray,
. Saw the loved warriors haste away,
And deemed it sin to gricye.''
credulity; and now there is mourning il
e every house, and distress and sadness il
every heart. Shall she give you any more.
i There never was an hour from the be