The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-01-15
NUMBER 5O-WHOLE No. l54


free and slave STATES witch on IA
exist. Ifit is true that sla er, "a. T.
abolished by the force of the F .e.si -..
ernment, that the South must be- .-i, n
military subsection, that four mil. d.:
negroes must for many years te un - ,..-
Iirect management of au hori;rs a W.
ington at the public Expense. ,E-n ,i.ri.
We must endure the waste Of our ar,irs
in the field, further drains upon cur loeu
Iation, and still greater bur-ems of deb
We must convert our government into p
military de>potism.
II is suggestive fFct, affo ding instrac
lion and hope for the fu. ure. tia. rh e
theories which have exercised an evil n
fluence on our ma; onal polii di.l not
originate in what may be ca.ed th- heart
of The Union, among he intimate AM y ell
acquainted populations of The cen'ra: aud
wes,ern States, where the SAFES permitting.
aud forbldding slavery are in actual con-
tact, nor in the portions traversed b. the
great east and west Inns Of comm-rce and
interc ,urse. They lave been developed
lmost entirely in TWO sections. compare
lively isolated BY position. traditions And
habits Of thought. and least conaec:ed with
the more homogeneous mass of our p~o.
! pie. There have been extreme northern
views and extreme southern vi, VS.. ba AL
so the broader and more tnleraa. vi VS. IF
he more popular central and Western
States. These ex eud on both sid, of
hat undulating boundary between slave
and free States, which is not one of nppus-
Ing opinions, but of intcrming.ng iut rest.
Their p aims are interorkel by confa~nt
rivers, and not divided by mnun'ain fal-
ges. These States are le,i ION OF harmon
izing views and sympa'h'"s The, are
not only bound together by peculiar in,er-
es's, but b. strcng rra ons for isiay a
division of that boundary. vi ich wnGId
replace heir cordial Intercourse b, 10 lie
re ationships, and throw u,on them al
the greatest and sharpe=t evils Of he ,e;-
aralion. Thus, while they do tot III r.
the passions and prejadices az those ex-
ireme States. which strove TO eili ih.m
in the contest, they have MO iv, Of .h
highest interest 10 restore lh OLD ordes o.
things, and OF tie graves apprehension
from a separation. This war bights ald
destroys the hopes and h~ppin - OF "a
region, while tn ions whose ps,~lo,.
and interests kir.iled ii are mainly re-.n'-
liom the terrible suffering il has cau-..l
The western and central Stale s,s i-.,d
warmly in war for the Un.on "a. co.,
sttution. The northern iisro >!av-
kept eastern Virginia. earn. Is "a r.f.
ed the government in its pole si. r. ~
consistent with Ihi> purpo.e, ~s.ici ~r
known as The border Sac Eolirv. Dr,a
the administration and Congress hen g.
clared their soc purpose to BE- 10 'e.inrc
When the administration Alb ndonsd lhi>
policy, and took up the views q; rAtr".e
northern States, il lost, a, lhe lsJr elrrlio. =.
nearly all the political supp. wncn .
cer'.a' and W. stem S.at,S Afforded H. he
elections OF 1860 and 1851
While The North cannot h,Li ia" sun.h
ern States in suhjusa,.on w.ih"n ii. -.I,,-
ing the pri ciples Of our soseinn.ent, The
great central and western Stats e.; II con
uol the two exiremes. They WI no, ac
cept the views of either as safe guilds in
the condnc. of public affairs Til. Is shown
by the political history of our coa'ry du
ring The pat four years. When it W. be
lieved that the lite admnis,r., on was c.n-
irclled by the views of the Gull S.a,-,. i,
lost lis power in the central anl western re-
gions. The opposing parry. 10 gain pub
lie support. were obliged, by snr.nc. :
and resolutions. TO rep.l the cha.g- .hs.
they would interfere with slavery ia The
States. and they denounced as u,iis, The
imputalions that hey held the ,icxs of
abolitionists Of the extreme northern SC.
ton. Without these pied ,e> .Ley ,ou d
not have gained political power When
the Gulf States seeded. the Genital slave
States, by large msjorilie,, refused To act
with them. They sought to avoid war
and division BY the Peace Confer, ne he'd.
in Washington. Unfortunately, the om
inant leaders OF the party Which had she.
ceeded at the election of 1860. ove:L, II.
the fact that this was done b, he w.. -:
about 100000 against divided ~ pn,
E ton of about $500 900, rejec cd all term,
OF compromise and Cancellation As iac.,.
sisteni with the results of the elect:n,, a,J
attempted I" govern and control an 80,
ed and convulsed country sttir,lv hv ,,.
; opinions and sentiments of mip,,;,,