The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-02
The End OF The war.


should DO so. The people furnish the
men, and under the operation of the fnan-
cial system of See Chase, they are by
means of high Tariff, and an exhorbl-
tant Revnue law, just beginning to feel
the oppressive pccuniary burdens neces-
sary 70 carry on the war. The dam
phools" at Washington and elsewhere have
been from the first proclaim ne that it Will
soon &c over They now say with marked
competency that "as soon as Richmond
is taken, the war will be substantially
over" The question is, will 1t! We GO
not think 50. Our armies may crush Lee,
take Richmond, overrun the whole OF the
territory Of the seeded States, and still
there Will be no peace. We predicate
this assertion on the ground that there is
TO be no change il the policy of our rulers
in their treatment ofthe rebellion. We
believe that " Il proper management our ar
mics can over-run, take possession and hold
the entire trr;tory of the South, but to 20
80 would yet require a great additional eN-
pe1iiture OF blood and treasure; and when
accomplished should we have peace =
We DC not believe it.
The following from the Cincinnati En-
quirer so nearly expresses our views, and
SO plainly foreshadows the future of this
Country under the war policy that we
give it place to the exclusion of other mat
ter, aal ask for it careful perusal.
The end CT the war b. any process short
Of determination does not lie in the direc-
ton OF Richmond, nor IN the direction OF
the Gulf Of Mexico. Il lies in an oppo-
site quarter Russia holds all of Poland
has holden it for several generations-but
is the war between Russia and Poland over!
Fighting ceases fer time; but each gen
Grafton, burning to revenge the wrongs of
Its predecessors, finds arms IN It's hatred.
and renews the sarugolc. So will it be as
long as Russia is Russia and Poland Po-
land.
The war between Russia and Ci.cassia
is said to be over. How? The people are
all driven out or extermlnated. That it
tie horde of patriots with whom We SYM
pathized until we took to initiating their
oppressor, have either fallen or fed, leav-
ing their native land wilderness. God
the God We worship; the God of the
strong legions and heavv artillery-is Oh
the side of the Muscovite.
The United States is not Russia as yet.
We have no, instltutio aaliz ID despotisu.-
That work is vet to be accomplished
When the South is conquered, ovcrrun.
disarmed, and holden down by troops, can
non, arsenals, don,iciliary espoi mage, sum-
mary executions, terror domestic trcach.
err and suspicion, then the work Of insti-
tutionalizinS despotism at home will be to
be begun In order to do as Russia does,
we must become Us Russia is. In proper
ton as the people of The North are unwil-
ling. their condition will be made TO aprox-
innate TO that Of the pcgp'e of the South.
The - ,.Fping effect OF the ancient tradl-
tons Ok liberty will have to be wiped out.
Those traditions are essentially insurrec-
t;onary. They inculcate characterization.
1t will take generations Of blood to do it,
but it must be done, or all the blood and
treasure we are nOw investing. will be
worse than thrown awa<. Who's the case
comes home to themselves; when each year
and day, the iron is thrust deeper aad
deeper into their own souls. the people
will remember that they inherited liberty;
that b. right Of nature ana by right o!
birth thoy are free.
They will protest, but they have given
away, in the name Of liberty their title to
!rotest They may resist, but they have
exhausted their powers in putting down
the only principle upon which they can
sanctify resistance. They may appeal to
guaranteed rights and the CONSTITUTE ~;
but where Is the Constitution; where are
the guarantee? They have stood b, and
In their fanatic rage and frantic faith
seen them rayished, and applav led the
ravisher.
Every step toward .he conquest and
subjugation Of the South is a step nearer
tie place where the work in the North
will have to begin. The power to hold the
South must be y concentrated, consoida-
tel power. For the North to keep the
South in permanent subjugation will con
s.dering the relative strength of the Two
parties. be the heaviest job ever underta-
ken. To attempt it with any hope of sue
cess will require the strongest known form
of government: the strongest that man,
having administrative power alone lii view,
can devise: absolute authority, AID an I'm
changeable executive. a quadrennial bal
lot-box revolution, a Congress elected by
and responsible to the people, popular sut-
frage and free opinion Will be all alike in
compatible with sucha dynasty. Either
one Of them would destroy it in a day =
The official tenure Of the autocrat must
be his own Will; and the same must be the
limit of his authority. He must own the
State and the people-the people, their
lives and property. 1t must be sole mon
arch with his favorites; ruling over ma
ton Of slaves.
We shall be called upon to progress
backwards over century. The lessons