The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-04

thce that most terrible Of all dooms upon
a people-amal lgarnatioa. and consequent
corruption. disease decay and final death
and extinction. So it is seen that 10. ONLY
was The principle of elfgovernment Yiola-
ted. but it was violated to aceosnn!ish =
purpose so vile and so damnabie th:.t the
human mind finds it difficult to fort. am
adequate conception of the enormitv of the
crime. Here, then, is the position Of,
Thomas Francis Meaghcr Claiming the
right of seli-government for Ireland. he
now seeks to deprive the South of that in
estimable right. and that. too. upon Sub
ject which. according to the Constitution
they have the undisputed right to control
without let CT hindrance from aav source.
La word, he joins Lincoln in the attempt
TO impose upon the South form of govern
ment foreign to the Constitution. in which
white men and negroes shall be placed ur
on footing ofelul ". and military Ges
potism instituted in the place of the self
governing civil machinery which cur faith
ers SO wisely adapted to the wants and &C
MUS of the people.
1t is no wonder, therefore. that man
who has bidden farewell to the very germ
ofrepublican institutions should make sucl,
4 display Of himself as Mr. Mea.her did at
the banquet given on the 18th inst. to the
returned soldiers Of the Irish Brigade.
Enlisted 70 fight in the cause of disunion
aai oppression. it is not at all astonishing
that he desires to crush everybody who
does not agree with him Hence he tells
the soldiers who surrounded him ~to have
no pariey with Copperhcads. show them
no nercy but 'repudiate, tramplc on them.
squelch them" 1t strikes Us that the
valiant Meagher better set the example
himself. He meets any number OF Cop
perhesds.' or people thus called. every
day. Why don't he show his courage by
''Sqnelching' them? If this game is at
tempted, there will 10 doubt, be some one
'squeichci," but We don't believe it will
he "Coppeihea Again, this valiant
General called upon his men ia strife T.
tie eorth arg man aeto ~H req ,cord Of
d:sres,e't against tie CHEF Nogistrcte Of
tie Intcd st tes.' This is another .plcn-
did bit Of teaching from IAN exile for lib-
erty's sake" 1t looks 50 much Ike royal-
" and the divine right Of Abe Lincoln to
rule, that We are not at all surprised at the
toast with which the Brigadier finished
his speech Is follows:
''Abraham Lincoln-by tie WW Of God
and the vote of the people President of the
United States After all this violent fat :
terry, if Lincoln does not raise Meagher 10
the rank of Major General, he will be very
n.enerous. Surely no one can roll in the
lust of abasement at his feet more slavishly
or disgustingly
1t is difficult, perhaps, to assign TO the
Irish among us who still adhere - Lincoln
and his Abolition policy. their proper
place; but whether as the basest and most
mercenary Hessians that every lived, or as
he most deluded followers of the most dis
gusting fanaticism that ever cursed the
earth, one thing is certain, they are doing
more injury to their own countrymen than
has been inflicted on them BY all the tyran-
nv ot Great Britain We do not charge
hat Meagher, Brady, Date aud others
who urge their brothers into the prcsen;
var, understand or comprehend the fatal
consequences wrapped mp in it, but it IS
aeYertheless certain that they are them
selves the tools of the very aristocracy
which for centuries have inflicted such
wrongs upon their native land. The
european policy for thirty years has been
70 break down the distinctions of race ia
his country rs tbs means cf' 3estr2, iig Re
| pu't5can nStitptous This idea has been
the key to British policy ever since Lore
Castlereagh made war on the slave ira lie. y
SIR Robert Peel said that tic 0,G00 00t
s?cnt to eIualizc the races III Jamaica was
the best investment ever made to subvert
Democratic government. --D@y Book
infamous PrSpOsitfOn-a Noble
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