Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-10-01
+ WHOLE NO. $50.


failure OF free society. was nnavailine to
them. because they were precluded from
employing it, by admitting slavery in the
abstract To be wrong"
The line of defense, however, is chang
ed now. and the North is completely COR
nered. and dnmb as an oyster. The South
now maintains that slavery IL right. nat.
ural and necessary. 1t shows that all di-
vine, and almost oil hnman. authority JUS
tfes it, The South further charges that
the little experiment of free socieiy in
Western Europe has been. from the be-
ginning. crr,el failure. and that symp-
toms Of failure are abundant in tho North.
While it is far more obvious that negroes
be slaves than whites-for they are only
fit 10 labsr, not to direc.-ypt the princi-
pie Of slavery is in itself right, osa dogs
NOT depend on difference of complerion.--
Difference of race, of lineage. of language.
of habits and customs, all tend 70 render
the institution more natural and durable.
and although slaves have been generally
white, still the masters and slaves have
generally been of different descent Mo-
ses and Aristotle, and the earliest histori.
ans, arc both authorities in favor of the
differences of race, but not of color" -.
The Democrats OF the South in tho
present canvass cannot rely on the oil
grounds of defense and excuse for slavery:
for they seek not merely 10 retain il where IL
IS, but to extend IL into regions uhsre it is
unknoaon. Much less can Mey rely on Ms
mere consolidated guarantees for slavery.
for such reliance is pregnant with the ad-
mission that slavery Is wrong. and bat
for the constitution should be abolished
This constitutional argument for slavery,
standing alone. fully justifns the Aboli-
tionists. They are clearly right If slavery
be morally wrong. for to get id OF it TN
der tao Constitution, or by amending tho
Constitution, is -confessedly impracticablc.
"Nor will it avail rs ought to show
that the negro is most happy and beat sit
mated in the condition of slavery. If wo
stop there, we weaken our cause by the
very argument intended to advance it; for
we propose to introduce into new territory
human beings whom we assert to be unfit
for liberty. self-government, and eqnal as
sociation with other men, We must go a
step further, We must shosc that african
slarery is a moral. religious. natural, and
probably. in tie general, necessary insfifu-
ton Of society. This is the only line of ar
gument that pW enable southern Democrats
to nointoin the doctrines Of State equality
and sloresy extension. fala
Northern Democrats need not 90 thus
far. 7Hey do not seek 10 erfend slarery.
out only 10 agree TO its ertension, as q paof-
ter Of right on our part.
1--WE know that we utter bold .ruths.-
But the time has now arrived when their
utterance can be no longer postponed---
The true Issue should stand out so boldly
ant clearly that none may mistake it."
A So ~
"Repeatedly have we asked the North.
Has not the experiment of universal lib
erty FAILED? Are not the evils of
FREE SOCIETY INSUFFERADLE?
and do not most thinking men among you
propose to subvert and reconstruct it?A
Still no answer. This gloomy silence is
another conclusive proof added tosmauy
other conclusive evidences we have fuf.
nished. that free society in the long run. 10
an impracticable form of society; IL is eve
rywhere starving. der,oralized and insur-
rectiond,y.
eve repeat. then. policy and humanity
alike forbid the extension Of tie erifs Of free
society to new people and coming genera
tions.
1.-TWO opposite and conflicting forms Of
society cannot. among civilized men, CO.
exist and endure. The one must give way
and cease to exist. the other become uni
yersal.
"If free society be universal. immoral.
and uncristan, it must fall. and give way
TO slave society-a social system old sthe
world. universal as man. ~,
A. Democratic paper in Senth Carolina
(I cahnot give the name of the paper du-
ring the last year, said:
t'Slavcry is the natural and moral con-
dition OF the loJoring mar. whether
WHITE or black. Tho great evil of
Northern free society is, that it is buriened
with serDIe class Of MECHANICS and
LABORERS, unfit for self government,
and yet clothed with the attributes and
powers of citizens. Master and slave is Q
relation in society as necessary as that Of
parent and child; and the Northern States
will yet have TO introduce it. The theory
Of free government is delusion" - iFss
The Richmond Examiner. during the
late presidential contest, and while il was
urging Mr.. Buchansn's election with its
acknowledged ability. gave expression 10
the following sentiment:
1--WE have got to batting everything with
the prefix FREE, from free negroes down
and mp through the whole catalogue--
FREE labor. FREE society. FREE will.
FREE thinking, FREE children, and
FREE schoels-all belonging to the same
brood of damnaUe isns But the worst of
all these abominations is the modern sys-
TEN of FREE SCHOOLS. The New
England system of free schools has been
the cause and prolific source of the iAfideh-
ties and treasons that have turned her
cities into Sodom and Gomorrahs, and her
land into the common nesting places Of
howling Bedlamities. We abominate the
system. because the SCHOOLS ARE
FREE."- "-ss.ea-f 80 s r-s4as5 i5aE.aass
About the same time, the Muscoges
Herald. another Democratic paper. pub-
lisbej in Alabama, as If determined not to