The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-07
Tile Outbreak Illinois.


are responsible for this outbreak. and up
on their heads is the blood OF the innocent
victims slain.
They have winked ut resistance to the
laws-nay, they have openly counsellcd it.
They have encouraged mobs and in al
most every instance where the laws have
been defed or violence been committed
Democratic officers have been engaged in
assisting or quietly acquiescing in the
crimes committed by others of the party
These riots are not without cause
They have their source in the devlish
machnations of the men in the North who
are to-day plotting the ruin of the Gov
crnmcnt.'
We clip the above from the Journal not
because it is singular or strange in its char
acter, bat because it is fair specimen OF
the manner in which the abolition news
papers of the day justify the outrageous
treatment of Democrats by vindictive, and
lawless men, So far from ''Me leaders Of
tie Democfotic party being responsible
for this outbreak as alledged by the
Journal and other papers of its class, the
facts show that a long and persistent course
of intoierablc outragcs had been perpetra-
ted upon democrats by their political ad-
versaries and the baser sort of lewd fellows
whom they had called to their assistance,
some of whom were at the time wearing,
and disgracing the uniform Of L. s. sold
iers. Had it not been for the persistent
lying, and slanderous denunciations of
democrats BY the Chicago Tribune, State
Journal and their co-laborers in iniquity
there would have been no such difficulty
whatever. and upon tier heads is the
blood Of the innocent victims slain. =
Not democrats. Lut abolitionists "'have
winked at resistance 20 the laws until the
laws have become we'll nigh dead letter
in tie land, and the consequence is that
nothing Is left for the lovers Of peace and
good order. but rs last resort to resist
aggression: by force if necessary These
shameless Prints ayow that democrats
have openly counsellel resistance" to
the laws, and thus seek TO cas-, all the
odium OF their Own iawless proceedings up
On the members cf the only PARTY III this
country, who under the most trying cir
cumstanccs have had the manly courage to
set their faces as firm rs the flint against
all violations of the Constitution and
laws Of the United States, and the
reserved rights of the several States;
whether such violations are PERFORATED by
armed rebels in the South, or their allies
In the North In cur opinion the time has
come, wt are sorry to say it, when the pat
riotic people of this country, driven to
desperation by the constant encroachments
Of the enemies of free institutions upon
their liberties, will not, cannot with safety,
o. honor. longer refrain from the use Of all
the means which God in his Providence
has placed within their grasp to defend
the rights, liberties, and government which
our Eeyolutinary ancestors beq,,cathed to
u, in trust for ourselves and our chill
dren. We have time and again warned
Cur misguided brethren that this time
would come sooner o. later if they persist
cd in their aggressons, but the warnings
were unheedeI, and We now say that even
yet it may not be too late for them to re-
trace their guilty steps, and unite with us
IN one more attempt to save from ruin the
fair Temple of American Liberty. As
democrats We have no higher ambition
than to gather up the broken fragments Of
this once glorious inheritance, shattered
and torn to pieces b. the misguided zeal of
men who claim u be influenced by higher
motives than those which actuatc TIE ma
jority Of their fellow men, and who under
the specious guisc Of freedom and equal
rights, have constantly been dealing dead
lY stabs at the very heart Of our liberties
We would once more erect the Temple,
and consccrate it anew to the holy purpo-
ses of protection, free speech, free press,
and all those Gods given rights 80 dear to
free people, and we invite the cordial CO.
operation Of all who love their country and
arc willing to endure the ob'oquy and
reproach Of fanatics and Ierchance lose
even life itself, rather than witness the hui
initiating spectacle Of our political sunset
ting at noon amidst the clouds of war and
blood, and the residential vapors emana-
ting from the sinks Of filth and corruption
so rife wherever an Office is to be had Or
an army contract obtained.
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